April 16, 2009
Square Enix Announces ORDER OF
WAR
A new western-developed WWII
real-time strategy game
Square Enix, Inc. announced today a
new agreement with strategy game specialist Wargaming.net to publish a brand new
IP set during World War II. ORDER OF WAR will be released on Windows PC across
all North American territories in Fall 2009.
ORDER OF WAR will feature
massive-scale battles brought to life with a cinematic intensity never seen
before in a WWII strategy game. Players will take command of an entire army
including ground troops, artillery, tank divisions and aircraft in all-out
strategic assaults. The single-player mode can be played out in two campaigns –
American versus German forces on the western front and German versus Russian on
the eastern front. Missions will be based on key historic events and operations
from 1944.
ORDER OF WAR will be Square Enix’s
first release of a western-developed game outside of Japan. It will also see the
company’s first simultaneous release across multiple territories.
John Yamamoto, president and chief
executive officer of Square Enix, Inc. comments, “ORDER OF WAR offers Square
Enix an exciting opportunity to enter this hugely popular genre, and is a strong
proposition for our first western-developed release. With its cinematic
intensity, hugely realistic battles and historical accuracy, the game looks set
to whet the appetite of any war-gaming fan.”
Victor Kislyi, chief executive
officer of Wargaming.net says, "ORDER OF WAR will take strategy games in a new,
exciting direction, narrowing the gameplay focus on the best part and challenges
gamers to defeat the most powerful armies of WWII. And we are really glad that
this immense title will be released by Square Enix – one of the largest and most
successful publishers in the world."
