Battlestations: Midway

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Microsoft has confirmed that this week's Xbox Live Marketplace Deal of the Week is Battlestations Midway's Iowa Mission Pack. The pack, which is normally priced at 400 MS Points, has been reduced to 320 MS Points (£2.72) for this week only and includes a massive new multiplayer map 'Battle of the Sibuyan Sea' a new single player challenge mission 'Raid On Truk', and 5 exclusive new units – the legendary USS Iowa battleship, P-38 Lightning (Allied) and Gekko (Japanese) fighters, the IJN Shimakaze Destroyer as well as a totally new unit type - the Japanese mini-sub.

Eidos Interactive, creator of some of the world's leading videogame properties, today announced the launch of a new community-focused destination site for Battlestations: Pacific.

Last year's Battlestations: Midway came out to somewhat mixed reviews after an incredibly long gestation period which included multiple moves to different publishers. Once Eidos actually released the game, it seemed as if many gamers didn't really know what to do with it. It was a WWII flying game crossed with a naval tactics simulator that let the player switch freely between all the units he was commanding on a large and dynamic battlefield. Perhaps the learning curve was too steep, or World War two games are just a little played out for most gamers right now. But there was a significant portion of gamers (including yours truly) who really dug the game, appreciated its well-blended approach to including action and strategy equally in a game, and were glad to finally be playing a WWII game not set in the hedgerows of France. Those fans formed a community and that community clamored for a sequel. Eidos listened, and is now ready to present them with one: Battlestations: Pacific.

On December 20, 2007, video game publisher Eidos Interactive filed to protect the trademark Battlestations: Pacific in relation to computer and video game software. Mork is going to go ahead and guess that Battlestations: Pacific will be the name of the sequel to Eidos' video game Battlestations: Midway.

Now up on Xbox Live is the Iowa Mission Pack for Eidos Interactive's Battlestations: Midway. Finally, after themes and pin-ups, we get to see some more World War II shooting action. Not that we have any complaints about them pin-up girls. Anyhow, the Iowa Mission Pack is available for 400 points, so that shouldn't weigh so much on your Microsoft pockets. As promised earlier, this mission pack will be including new stuff, like the multiplayer map for the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, as well as the single player challenge mission, Raid on Truk. Also, you will find here five new exclusive units in the form of the USS Iowa battleship, P-38 Lightning (Allied) and Gekko (Japanese) fighters, the IJN Shimakaze Destroyer, and the new Japanese mini-sub.

Eidos is viewing the success of its naval combat game Battlestations: Midway as reason to warrant a sequel, it's emerged. It was also reaffirmed in the report that a Just Cause sequel is in development. Eidos was unavailable for comment on either sequel at the time of writing, however the producer on Battlestations: Midway, Klaude Thomas, did hint at potential content for a follow-up when we talked to him at the end of last year. It's likely that the sequel will be returning us to WWII,

SCI has reveled that work on a new Battlestations: Midway game is already underway, due to the recent success of the first release for this series. The original title entered the UK charts at No1 for both the PC and Xbox 360 and has been receiving some great review scores.

Downloadable content for Eidos' naval combat game, Battlestations: Midway on Xbox 360 is being released sometime in March, according to publisher Eidos. Available through Xbox Live Marketplace, the content includes two new historical battle maps from the Pacific War in WWII and five new

Tomorrow, the community of Xbox 360 Battlestations: Midway players will get the chance to engage in fresh new Pacific battles as two new historical battle maps and brand new vehicles become available on Xbox Live Marketplace for the Xbox 360.