Battlefront.com to Publish PT Boats – Knights of the Sea in North America and Europe

October 1, 2009

Battlefront.com to Publish PT Boats – Knights of
the Sea in North America and Europe

Battlefront.com, an independent internet-based
publisher for superior war and strategy games and one of the internet’s largest
wargaming communities, and Akella, one of Eastern Europe’s leading development
and publishing houses, proudly present  – PT Boats: Knights of the Sea!

PT Boats: Knights of the Sea is dedicated to a
small group of little known – but perhaps some of the most daring – naval
combatants of World War II: the torpedo boat crews. Commanding small, fast and
agile boats, known as the "mosquito fleet“, they proved extremely dangerous to
bigger vessels due their speed and agility – and the on-board torpedo launchers!
More than once in the history of WWII, a handful of those little deadly boats
helped decide the course of an entire battle and executed seemingly impossible
missions.

"PT Boats: Knights of the Sea“ is a full-blown
naval simulation, and more: combining key elements of a strategic, tactical and
action simulator, the game allows the player to control each crew member
separately – or command whole groups of ships in a strategic layer!

Leading small crews on tiny ships against a much
stronger opponent will let you experience the intricacies of naval combat in its
most immediate form. Flexible options will allow you to fully customize the
game’s difficulty, and you will be able to choose to focus on specific areas of
your ship (such as manning a specific gun), or command the big picture.

All ships and weapons are recreated using
authentic historical documents. All game objects use real-life physics, and you
will be able to experience such beautiful and realistic sea and ambiance effects
as never seen before in a PC game.

"PT Boats“ fully supports DirectX 10 and
multi-core processors. System requirements and the recommended system
configuration is listed below.

"PT Boats: Knights of the Sea“ is currently in
localization stage and will be ready for release later this year, 2009. The
English language version will be available in North America and Europe only from
www.battlefront.com
via direct download or as a hardcopy with fully printed manual and DVD box by
mail for $45 (plus S&H if applicable). A free demo will be available around the
time of release as well.

The official game site with more details about
the game, screenshots, videos, discussion board and future announcements is
located at
www.battlefront.com/ptboats
 

Said Martin van Balkom from Battlefront.com:
"When I first fired up the demo for the game, there must have been a loud
popping sound that my eyes made! The ambience, the wave effects, the lighting,
and last but not least the ship models are breathtaking. After diving into the
game I realized that the detail in the simulation doesn’t end with the visuals,
and it was instantly clear that this was a game we just had to publish.
Battlefront’s large wargaming community loves well made realistic and detailed
simulations and strategy games, and PT Boats provides both of that in a unique
mix of high speed boating action, intriguing tactical challenge and hardcore
naval strategy.“

Said Svetlana Gorobets from Akella: "We are happy
to work with Battlefront.com. Huge expertise that the company has in the field
of wargaming convinces us that the product is in trusted hands of highly
qualified professionals who will bring it to great number of gamers in North
America, Western Europe and Asia. PT Boats: Knights of the Sea“ is the next
great product from naval line-up that Akella is famous with, and we hope that
lots of efforts and knowledge which we’ve put into the game will bring a lot of
fun to the community.“