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In Battle for the Pacific, players will experience World War II like never before, reliving epic land battles on some of the most brutal and unforgiving battlefields in recorded history. Players will strategically recapture important locations throughout the Pacific Theatre that are vital to the allies on the “Road to Tokyo.” If you are a history buff and love first person shooters, then this game is made for you.
KEY FEATURES:
• The War in the Pacific’s Most Historic Battles – Fight from Henderson Field in Guadalcanal through the Philippines to Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima. Experience some of the most exotic and forbidden battlefields including dense jungles and barren volcanic islands.
• Intense Squadron Based Combat – Face the harsh realities of war as you engage the enemy on the frontlines. Fight alongside squadron members reacting to the events of the battlefield, where fighting is often hand to hand and your objective is simple – defeat the enemy at all costs.
• Authentic Missions – Based on actual battles including storming the beaches in an amphibious assault, recapturing a strategic airfield, defending against an enemy assault, going on a search and destroy mission, fighting through fortified caves and scaling Mount Suribachi to plant the American flag.
• Online Multiplayer Action - Play online as an American or Japanese soldier in your favorite individual and team based modes including elimination, team elimination, death match, team death match and capture the flag on battlefields painstakingly recreated from topographical maps and historical records.
• Cinematic War Experience – Battles come to life amidst exploding artillery, whistling bullets, falling comrades, unrelenting enemies and much more!
• Authentic WWII Weapons – Fire authentic allied and axis weaponry including sub-machine guns, sniper rifles, anti-aircraft guns, pistols, and grenades
• Relive History – Each level begins with a documentary video featuring actual battle footage, key facts and statistics, and the importance that the battle ultimately played in the allied victory
Developed by Cauldron, and published by Activision, The History Channel: Battle for the Pacific is set to release on November 20th 2007 for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
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BOOO Is what I say. Who will even think of getting this while games like Haze, COD4 & TimeShift come out? Activision is releasing this game on a bad time frame. I doubt they'll see much profit for this game.
psn id: gingo... they have seriously picked a bad time to release this with the plethora of FPS coming out soon this would have been a great summer game
Bad Timing People,
Bad timing.
Why do people still make WWII games anymore anyways?
HAZE > Battle for the Pacific but maybe I'll rent it.
and all those "it's the future! shoot aliens" games arent all the same? you people crack me up
Yeah a month ago this would have worked nicely, or perhaps post christmas too.
But I can't fault the PS3 getting another game.
Am I the only one who thinks that playing actual historical battles is a slightly tasteless?
PASS, if another ww2 fps comes out with NOTHING NEW I will not buy it. I'm seriously tired of these average ww2 games now. People don't care about it anymore.
looks good, but like u guys said very bad timing, very bad, there idiots no offence actually
@ DeadOnArrival06
Are you serious? This game is in DEVELOPMENT. Which means it wont hit the shores till like mid-late 08... and by that time we'll all want something new cause Haze, COD4 and TimeShift all come out within the next few months.
@djrussell...ummm...you may want to read the article again, there's an actual release date printed on it! (November 20th 2007 on 3 formats!).
It's true it's a bad time, but if it is a great game I'm sure sale will pick up after xmas. Although I do doubt it as there was no hype about this game whatsoever! So, good luck to Activision and Cauldron!
I honestly think this game will impress most gamers, though I do agree on really poor timing. I wouldnt be surprised if we see a delay on it.
For people that immediately write this off just because its either "just another WW2 FPS", or because "it's just another FPS, AND it's coming far too late", it's pretty closed-minded not to at least take a few minutes to give it a play. Keep in mind, this is from the devs that did Soldier of Fortune. I don't think this will disappoint, and even if it does by some chance, it's worth at least trying before slandering it.
looks half a.... COD 4 and HAZE is where its at.
Can we get Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 or X-Men Legends 3 please?
Well if this game is developed by the same people who made the new soldier of fortune (which looks pretty gd tbh) then it should only be a budget game, so i expect they arent too bothered wether it sells well, just tht it sells.
This game is not targeting the normal gamer, this is positioned to go after the older gamers. The guys that watch nothing but the military channel, and have old books on WW II sitting around the house.
i will only buy timeshift if there is some kinda cheat code where i can pause time for as long as i want becuase i love messin with the guys when there like dont shoot becuase i took there gun even though i know they would glady shot me in the face