Battlestations: Pacific

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Battle your way to victory on land, sea and air as Feral Interactive has announced the release of Battlestations: Pacific for the Mac, coming tomorrow, Friday, October 8th 2010. Developed by Square Enix London Studios, Battlestations: Pacific takes the critically acclaimed action/strategy gameplay of Battlestations: Midway to the next level with two huge campaigns, one based on the actual events of the War in the Pacific and the other a what-if? scenario based on the premise of Japanese victory.

Games For Windows has slashed 50% off of Eidos' action strategy title Battlestations: Pacific as part of its Games on Demand Spring Sale.

Steam has given discounts to Battlestations titles and bundles ranging from 50% to 66% off.

It was announced last week that the PC videogames client from Microsoft, Games for Windows – LIVE, would be receiving a Games on Demand service similar to that launched earlier this year in Xbox 360 prior to the year's end. And now, Electronic Theatre can bring you the full details on the launch line-up, and a freebie offered to early birds.

It's a good day for World War II buffs. Steam announced today that three games depicting the conflict will be getting mid-week discounts.

D2D is onto the fifth and final week of it's 5 Year Anniversary $5 Game Sale, this time giving several war titles the Lincoln treatment. Highlights include 90% off Battlestations: Pacific and over 80% off on titles Company of Heroes Gold and Supreme Commander Gold. Ten games in all fill the war list, with 20 other titles from all genres still being offered at $5 including Bioshock, Mount & Blade and The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena.

Publisher 'Eidos' has just announced that 'two new download packs' are shipping in July for their Battlestations: Pacific. Featuring six new units and 18 new pieces of nose art, the Mustang Pack allows players to customise their battles in both single and multiplayer modes. Amongst the units, players can take to the skies in the legendary US P-51 Mustang bomber escort, a late entry to the Pacific campaign but one which made its mark in Europe as a deadly force; or control the seas with the US Navy's Alaska Class, giving the upper hand with a large and heavily armed 'cruiser killer'; or the Super Yamato Class, a huge behemoth of a ship which, had it left the drawing board, would have outclassed the Yamato in every way with the potential to be the most powerful battleship in history. More info in the url.

Following the recent release of Battlestations: Pacific, Eidos has released a new video and screenshots of the new website that gets players to create their own nose art. BombShellBeauties.com allows users to view pin up ladies, aka models Tailor James and Irena G, as they pose in a selection of different positions, then stop the film at the pose they like and make that image into nose art for a plane. The films can be paused, sped up or slowed down, and viewers can even zoom in and out. Text and a background can be added to the final image, which can be made into a postcard or a desktop background.

Battlestations: Pacific offers one of the most authentic gameplay experiences with over 100 air, sea and undersea units to master: fighters, bombers, kamikaze planes and subs, aircraft carriers, destroyers, submarines, battleships and more. Each unit is recreated with incredible visual detail and comes complete with a full damage model that brings the battle to life. AA fire can rip planes to pieces, with wings and tails sheering off while carefully placed bombs or shell fire can pierce the hulls of even the largest ships, causing engines to stall, fuel stores to catch fire, magazines to explode and ultimately ships to break apart.