Battlefield Academy Blitzkrieg France announced!

[Lord Zimoa of Flanders]

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Battlefield Academy Blitzkrieg France announced!


May 1940. Following the invasion of Poland, Germany opens the western front and invades France. It’s the Blitzkrieg, a new and dangerous form of warfare based on speed and aggression using concentrated mechanized forces to pierce the enemy lines and encircle them.
After taking the wargaming market by storm with its revolutionary fast paced gameplay system, Battlefield Academy is back with this amazing add-on pack. Players will be able to take command of German forces and lead them to the conquest of Paris.

With 9 single player missions and 4 multiplayer missions, 25 new units and a host of additional features, Blitzkrieg France takes Battlefield Academy to a new level.
Blitzkrieg France is and add on for Battlefield Academy and requires Battlefield Academy to be played.


Features

· 25 New Units & 28 modified units with new camouflage patterns and stats to represent the war in 1940: Panzer II German Light Tank, Sturmpanzer German SP Gun, French Infantry, French LMG, Matilda I British Light Tank, Renault FT17 French Light Tank, Char Bis French Heavy Tank, R35 French Medium Tank, Somua 35 French Heavy Tank, French 25mm AT Gun, French Lorry, French Mortar, French Engineer, French Hotchkiss MG, Corps Francs, British Boyes AT Rifle, Sau 40 French SP Gun, Sdkfz 251/10/4 German Halftrack, Berliet VPH Mobile AA, French Scout, Lorraine 38 APC, Panzerjager I, German Panzerbusche AT Rifle, Panhard P178 French Armoured Car, Schneider P16 French Armoured Car

· 9 Single Player Missions

· 4 Multiplayer Missions

· New Abilities & Bonuses
Rally – an officer bonus that allows you to boost morale of a single squad
Resupply – an officer bonus that allows you to replenish a units ammo
German Heinkel 111 Airstrike
French Breugot 693 Airstrike

· New Bunker Objects




First screenshots of BA: Blitzkrieg France


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You can see more info here:

http://www.slitherine.com/games/babf



Beware: this is an expansion and it needs the original Battlefield Academy game to run!




Cheers,

Tim aka LZ

[Lord Zimoa of Flanders]

76% - PC Gamer

Battlefield Academy got another great review in PC Gamer, a 76% score! They wanted more German campaigns, Blitzkrieg France is coming... :-)

Cheers,

Tim aka LZ

[Vuk]

An expansion pack already! You guys must be very proud.

[Lord Zimoa of Flanders]

The expansion for Battlefield Academy just released! Blitzkrieg France can be found here: http://slitherine.com/games/babf

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New! 1.5.0
+ Blitzkrieg! New units and objects from the early war in Europe.
+ Use CTRL+Left Click to open a draggable info panel for any unit.
+ Updated multiplayer replay to add progress indicator.
+ New script commands.
+ The new update adds the ability to unlock the expansion without the need for an installer. If you buy Bliztkrieg France and already have v1.50 installed you can use the "Register Expansion" button on the launcher and this avoids the need for downloading the Blitzkrieg France installer. It also means moving the game to a new PC or reinstalling is much easier.

Blitzkrieg France – only for those who buy the expansion
+ 25 new units including the Char Bis, Somua, Panzerjager and Sturmpanzer.
+ 9 Single player missions
+ 4 Multiplayer missions
+ 2 Airstrikes – Heinkel 111 amd Breugot 693

Fixes
+ Faster screenshots and movie capture on most video cards.
+ New tweak SREENSHOTOUTPUT to allow for capture of JPG (1) and PNG (2) files.
+ AI bug where units would end up with negative APs.
+ Improved tips display to make them easier to read.
+ Script command Get/SetUniversalVar for passing values between scripts.
+ Script command SetCurrentSelectedUnit.
+ Script command SetUIObjectTooltip.
+ TAB no longer selects units in the editor.


Cheers,

Tim aka LZ