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Steel Soldiers

Developer: The Bitmap Brothers | Publisher: Eon Digital

	Type: Action/Strategy		Skill Level: ...
	Players: 1		Available: June 15

Eon Digital has given us a first look at The Bitmap Brothers upcoming instalmment for the PC quotient; Steel Soldiers is a 3D action/strategy game that puts players in control of a robotic ensemble. Leading your units into battle involves acquiring new territories and destroying opposing forces (ah, those are stipulations I can admire).

Steel Soliders is laced with the humorous and almost cynical personalities of the individual robot units. Through character voices and animated, cartoon cut scenes, gamers are constantly reminded that war is hell -but it can still be funny. The game’s real-time strategy elements are focused on action, thereby keeping the player’s focus on the battles at hand rather than on resource management.

Features include:

Completely 3D environment, boasting 30 missions within six worlds.

30 different unit types, including land, sea and air.

20 different types of buildings and structures.

Different map sectors yield different resource amounts and also vary in strategic superiority, thus forcing the player to think before initiating actions.

Intuitive point and click control system lessens the learning curve and gets players right into the action.

Digital Interactive Music Engine (DIME) scales the volume and tempo of in-game music to coordinate with battles and heighten the intensity.

20 multiplayer maps allow up to eight players to challenge each other via LAN or Internet connection

Media

Desert Stage (5.8MB)
Forest Stage (5.6MB)
Ice Stage (5.8MB)
Volcanic Stage (5.4MB)
Wasteland Stage (5.5MB)

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