Introducing Battle Group Commander: Episode One!

February 16, 2009

Introducing Battle Group
Commander: Episode One!

Brand New Game Series From ProSIM
Company!

In a gaming world obsessed with the
big Dubya Dubya Two one developer, ProSIM Company, has represented the spearhead
in providing gamers with exciting alternatives in the form of the ultimate in
modern land combat simulations. From the early days of BCT Commander to their
latest title, Air Assault Task Force, ProSIM has given PC gamers the very best
in real time simulations, allowing players to fight in North Korea, the Middle
East, Afghanistan, Somalia, and more using today’s tools of conflict. Their
titles have changed the way gamers view real time gaming and what a wargame
actually can deliver, and in 2009 ProSIM is once again ready to set the
wargaming world on fire.

Publisher Shrapnel Games and
developer ProSIM Company are extremely proud to announce the launch of a brand
new episodic series of modern warfare simulations for the PC entitled Battle
Group Commander. A Battle Group is a British Army term for a battalion-sized
formation that brings together armor, infantry, artillery and other assets into
a combined arms team.

Battle Group Commander: Episode One
is designed by Gary Bezant, former member of the British Army and designer of
the controversial ProSIM title, The Falklands War: 1982 (also published by
Shrapnel Games). Episode One allows players to step into the boots of a Battle
Group Commander (imagine that!) and fight a Soviet-style enemy in the Salisbury
Plain Training Area of England (analogous to the NTC in the US). No word yet on
whether steaks will also be involved.

Powered by the Air Assault Task
Force engine, Battle Group Commander: Episode One gives players everything
they’ve come to expect from a ProSIM title. Players can command units
individually or by company in pausable real time. Detailed weapons modeling
allowing for individual weapon destruction. Terrain that is derived from real
world digital elevation mapping. Intuitive GUI. Aggressive AI that uses a
variety of operational plans for great replayability. Realism and playability,
the dream of every wargamer, all found in Battle Group Commander: Episode One.

What’s most exciting though about
Battle Group Commander: Episode One is the episodic nature of the series. Priced
at a very affordable $14.95 and available as a direct download, it is a perfect
way in these challenging economic times to enjoy quality wargaming without
breaking the bank.

Episode One contains four scenarios
and supports both single and multi-player gaming. As a standalone product new
players can enjoy the simulation, with a detailed web-based tutorial,
streamlined yet comprehensive electronic manual, and pre-set scenario planning.
Veterans of ProSIM games will find that although made more noob-friendly, Battle
Group Commander: Episode One boasts all the detail you’re used to. Nothing has
been "dumbed down", and in fact owners of Air Assault Task Force (or the older
Armored Task Force) can install Battle Group Commander: Episode One and gain
access to all the units and the map found in the new title!

So, not only is Battle Group
Commander: Episode One an exciting standalone digital wargame that hearkens back
to days of the cardboard microgame (big gaming for very little money), it’s also
the equivalent of an expansion for owners of Air Assault Task Force or Armored
Task Force! A win-win for both new and old fans alike!

Future episodes in the Battle Group
Commander series will feature British operations in other settings and
situations. Later this year another series will launch, March To Baghdad, whose
episodes will cover Operation Iraqi Freedom.

For more information on Battle Group
Commander: Episode One please visit its

official product page
. Please note that since this is an episodic release
there will not be an official demo for the title. To experience the engine it is
based upon please download the demo for Air Assault Task Force, found here.

Battle Group Commander: Episode One
is available for Windows and only as a direct download. It is priced at just
$14.95.

For the entire line of ProSIM titles
please visit
www.shrapnelgames.com
.  While there fans of modern warfare gaming
should also check out winSPMBT, available in both a free edition and a retail
Enhanced edition. We also carry an impressive mix of award winning independent
strategy titles and other niche gaming in a variety of formats.