World in Conflict: Soviet Assault

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The game that was universally hailed as Strategy Game of the Year 2007 returns with all new content! World In Conflict Soviet Assault features 6 new single missions a bevy of new weapons and even more explosive World War III action.

Today (Tuesday 10th March) Massgate have released the latest patch for World in Conflict. This tenth update for World in Conflict makes the original version compatible for multiplayer games with the upcoming March release of World in Conflict Complete and Soviet Assault. It also includes several new features and bug fixes. The missing maps issue preventing players from joining certain servers has been addressed, a new difficulty level has been added for bots, helicopters can now fire at targets directly beneath them, single-player missions have been balanced and tweaked in several ways, admin spectators can now chat to both teams and much more. All localised client downloads can be found on Fileplay at http://www.fileplay.net/files/rts/wic/patches

When World In Conflict: Soviet Assault was first announced, it was slated for the PS3, PC, and Xbox 360. Now, it looks like it'll only be arriving on the PC. Wait, a game whose console versions get canned while the PC version is saved? That's a switch.

As Per News Here Ubisoft Has unveild the Latest RTS developed by Massive Entertainment, World In Conflict: Soviet Assault to hit the UK stores On 13 March.

Videogamer writes: This morning Ubisoft has revealed to VideoGamer.com that for the moment World in Conflict and its expansion are for PC only. Earlier today the publisher announced that World in Conflict: Soviet Assault, the expansion to the popular PC RTS World in Conflict, will be arriving for PC in March. The digital download expansion will arrive alongside a retail game, World in Conflict: Complete Edition, which will include the original game and expansion. For the moment we are releasing Soviet Assault on PC only and have no plans at this time to release it or the Complete Edition on consoles, said the Ubisoft spokesperson.

When the merged Activision-Vivendi dropped a host of games from its roster last year, it left developers and franchises alike in limbo. Among the more notable of these were Massive Entertainment and the multiplatform Soviet Assault expansion to its freshly established real-time strategy series World in Conflict. Ubisoft acquired Massive in November, picking up the World in Conflict brand in the process. However, the publisher did not address release plans for Soviet Assault until today. Ubisoft has announced that World in Conflict: Soviet Assault will arrive on the PC in March. Gamers will be able to pick it up at retailers as part of the World in Conflict: Complete Edition bundle, while those who already own the original game will be able to purchase the expansion online.

WorthPlaying writes: Ubisoft has acquired from Activision Blizzard the assets and all of the personnel of esteemed Malmö, Sweden- based studio Massive Entertainment, as well as the real time strategy brand World In Conflict.

VG247: World in Conflict developer Massive Entertainment may be up for sale, but VP David Polfeldt reckons it could be the best thing to happen to the firm.

Activision Blizzard is putting Swedish developer Massive Entertainment, the maker of World in Conflict and Ground Control, up for sale. This confirms speculation that Activision would drop several of its Vivendi Games franchises after the two companies merged on July 9. More after the jump...