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Screens Updated: 7/29/2005 A few shots of 2K and PopTop's modern-day, fictional, United States civil war strategy title. Following a great increase in terrorism, internal strife, and ultimately, the nuclear destruction of Washington, D.C., the United States shatters into a half-dozen nation-states that descend into war. Take the helm of one of these newfound sovereignties (or the ”peacekeeping” European Expeditionary Force) and struggle to reunify America…by any means necessary!
PopTop Software, the developers of the Railroad Tycoon and Tropico series, turn their focus on a much darker subject matter with Shattered Union, a turn based strategy-wargame in which players fight tactical battles in a variety of known locations in an attempt to reunify the United States by force.
Screens Updated: 7/1/2005 2K Games has released new screenshots from Shattered Union that sets up the alternate history (depicting a new civil war) in the game. Looking very interesting.
Set atop the smoldering ruins of a fictional United States torn apart by civil war, Shattered Union is an action-packed turn-based strategy game for consoles and PC. Gamers will play through an exciting single player campaign to reunite the country by force or online in one-on-one matches. “With their work on the Railroad Tycoon and Tropico series, the developers at PopTop showed they could create fun and exciting strategy games,” said Christoph Hartmann, Senior Vice President of Publishing for 2K Games. “With Shattered Union, they’re taking on a darker theme, but will bring the same level of quality to war gaming as they did to running railroad empires and tropical islands.” PopTop Software, the developers of the Tropico series and Railroad Tycoon 2 and 3, turn their focus onto a much darker subject matter with Shattered Union, a turn-based strategy wargame in which players fight as one of many warring factions in an attempt to reunify the United States fractured by a second civil war. Features: - Modern 3D tactical war game viewed from a "bird’s-eye" overhead camera.
- Non-linear mission progression with changes based on player-made decisions.
- Real-time resolution of turned-based moves. Take your time while you decide your move, but once you have selected your action, see the results all play out in full animation models, exploding vehicles, and burning cities and forests!
- Fully destructible terrain/environment. As the battle proceeds, everything from explosions and destroyed buildings permanently mark the terrain. Moving tanks will leave tread marks that stay for the duration of the mission. At the end, very little will look the same.
- Fight your way across the United States! Had enough of the windy city? Then go ahead and bomb Chicago! Invade across the Rockies into California, capture the tank factories in Ohio, and lay siege to New York City! You decide - the fate of the nation is in your hands!
- Choose to play as one of seven different factions: Greater California, Arcadia (Pacific Northwest), New Republic of Texas, Heartland (Midwest and Great Plains states), Dixieland, Yankee Union and the European Expeditionary Force.
- Call up National Guard forces equipped with M1 Abrams battle tanks, Apache helicopters and stealth bombers. Or make a deal with the Russians and equip your boys with MiG fighters and T-95 Heavy Tanks.
- Online and offline multiplayer on all platforms.
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