Phantom Renaissance, the Massive Assault Stand-Alone Expansion Set Announced
New Orleans, LA. May 4, 2004 —
Big Massive Assault Series News! Wargaming.net announced today that
it is developing Massive Assault: Phantom Renaissance — the stand-alone expansion set
for its highly acclaimed turn-based strategy game Massive Assault.
The development has been going for the last six months.
"Considering how well Massive Assault and Massive Assault Network
were accepted by the gaming community, Massive Assault franchise will be Wargaming.net’s
major focus for the next couple of years," said Victor Kislyi, President of Wargaming.net.
Massive Assault: Phantom Renaissance features a renewed global conflict, starting five
years after the First War for the New Worlds ended in Free Nations Union’s victory.
The remnants of the defeated Phantom League go underground, preserving a couple
of undisclosed Secret Allies with hidden research facilities. New types of
unprecedently powerful weapons have been developed. They commence their surprise attack
during the celebration of the Anniversary of the Great Victory, destroying more
than half of the F.N.U. forces on the parades - then they easily overtake all
major cities driving the remaining F.N.U. detachments to mountains and islands and
to some yet unpopulated planets.
Massive Assault: Phantom Renaissance will include all-new "Assault" mode, where
a player will be given limited resources to recruit and deploy a task
force and capture a network of well-guarded enemy strongholds, taking key positions within
established turn limit. This mode will add one more exciting strategic level
to Massive Assault’s gameplay - huge face-to-face battles similar to those of
ancient and medieval times.
"Massive Assault was acknowledged by the industry as a sharp innovative strategy
game, in many respects rejuvenating turn-based genre with its original Secret Allies
concept, dynamic gameplay, great balance and its true easy-to-learn-hard-to-master formula," said
Nick Katselapov, VP, Marketing & Public Relations. "However some shortcomings were
pointed out by the press and the players such as non-adjustable difficulty
levels and identical unit sets, plus requests for new unit types and
planets and wider range of tunable gameplay options - we have
taken care of all that and added tons of new features and content."
Other additions and improvements will include:
6 new planets for World Wars including massive-sized deathmatch maps
2 Mega Campaigns featuring various warfare styles: prevailing defensive operations for F.N.U. and offensive tasks for Phantom League. Mega Campaigns will also include World War and "Assault" mode steps.
20 new single-player scenarios with new mission types and twists
All-new "Assault" game mode
New A.I. - with more sophisticated tactical techniques and strategic "talents"
Variable number of Secret Allies for each side in World Wars
10 new units, unique for each side, leading to different strategies
Unit graphics technology completely remade - now units look more detailed and feel "real"
Enhanced 3D engine: increased performance, improved terrain and effects graphics
Additional battle music & new voiceovers
Massive Assault Network compatibility
2 new battlefield viewing modes: CNN-style "fancy camera" and historic-atlas-style 2D strategic map mode
Many single-player and multiplayer gameplay enhancements
LAN play
Massive Assault: Phantom Renaissance will greatly expand Massive
Assault world and give the game’s fans much wider variety of
strategic choices. For the convenience of the gamers who have
yet to experience the Massive Assault world, the original Massive Assault game
is NOT required in order to play Massive Assault: Phantom
Renaissance. Massive Assault: Phantom Renaissance includes its own
set of tutoring missions.
About Wargaming.net
Wargaming.net, Inc is a game development company based in New Orleans,
Louisiana. Since 1998, Wargaming.net specializes in creating military strategy games
with strong orientation towards Internet play. For more information, visit
the website at: http://www.wargaming.net
For publishing deals contact:
Victor Kislyi
President, Wargaming.net
e-mail: vk@wargaming.net
Toll free 1-866-623-7378
ICQ: 31372258
MSN: vkislyi@hotmail.com
