World in Conflict: Soviet Assault

Game download site Gamersgate is continuing its week long celebration of its 2.0 revamp (or upgrade or reimagining . . . take your pick) and has put another game on sale for just one day (today actually) It's World In Conflict: Complete Edition, the new collection for the RTS game from developer Massive Entertainment.

For today only you can get this game (which has the original title and the new Soviet Assault expansion pack) for just $14.99 which happens to be a 50 percent savings from its normal Gamersgate price. Remember you can also still get the WWII RTS game Men of War on Gamersgate for just $11.99 until May 31.

Now that World in Conflict developer Massive Entertainment has been bought by Ubisoft, the developer's founder has decided to leave. Gamesindustry.biz is reporting that Martin Walfiz has departed the company for currently unknown reasons.

In a statement Ubisoft said, "Ubisoft is saddened by the recent departure of Martin Walfiz from Massive Entertainment and we wish him all the best in his future projects." Walfiz launched the Sweden-based developer in 1997 and helped to created the acclaimed sci-fi action-RTS games Ground Control for publisher Vivendi Games before leading the creation of the alternate history based game World in Conflict in 2007. Ubisoft bought Massive in late 2008 and released the stand alone expansion pack World in Conflict: Soviet Assault just last week.

This high-impact trailer marks the release of World in Conflict: Soviet Assault, the first expansion for one of the best strategy games of 2007. It includes campaign missions from the Soviet perspective and new weapons for more mass destruction than ever. The game is available via digital download through select retailers like Gamersgate.

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This trailer for World in Conflict: Soviet Assault runs through some of the major characters players will encounter in the upcoming expansion. Some of the faces will be familiar to those who played the original game. Soviet Assault takes place in Europe in an alternate history where World War III breaks out, and this time players will be able to experience the story from the Soviet's perspective. The game is scheduled to release for retail and digital download stores on March 12.

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World in Conflict: Soviet Assault: PC owners will be able to download this stand alone expansion pack to the terrific 2007 RTS game this week. It's set in the 1990s where the Cold War never ended and the Soviet Union stages a full scale invasion of the US. The expansion from developer Massive Entertainment and publisher Ubisoft adds six new single player missions on the Soviet end of things along with two new multilayer maps. If you don't have the original game you can also pick up World in Conflict Complete in retail stores this week. it has both the original game and the expansion pack.

On Wednesday we introduced you to the concept of the BigAss 25, a list of the 25 most exciting PC games that we will be covering a lot of on our site. These are also the games that you as fans will be playing and talking about more than most. We started with the first 13 titles and today we conclude with the final 12 in alphabetical order

We have games that were released in 2004 and games that won't be released in, well, we just don't know yet. We have shooters, RPGs, RTS games, MMO titles and much more. Remember this list is not set in stone; we plan to revise the BigAss 25 list every few months.

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While PC owners have been waiting for the RTS expansion pack World in Conflict: Soviet Assault for a while the game was also supposed to be released for consoles. At least that was the plan when the game was going to be released via Vivendi Games. However the dumping of the World in Conflict franchise (thanks to the Activision Blizzard merger) and its purchase by Ubisoft have apparently made the game a PC exclusive.

IGN reports that an Ubisoft spokesperson stated, "World of Conflict: Soviet Assault will be released for the PC later this month. A console version of World in Conflict is not planned for release at this time." As we reported previously the game will be released as a stand alone digital download title on March 10 in the US. The game will also be part of a World in Conflict Complete edition (combining the original title with the expansion) for both digital and retail release.

Set to the song "Koop Island Blues" performed by Koop, this montage trailer highlights the heavy weapons commanders will have at their disposal in World in Conflict: Soviet Assault. Mass destruction has never been so mellow. The game is expected to release for the PC later this month.

"World In Conflict: Soviet Assault features six new single player missions and eight new multiplayer maps all played from the perspective of the Soviet side of the conflict. "

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It looks like developer Massive Entertainement and their new owners Ubisoft are aiming for an early March release for the World in Conflict: Soviet Assault release. The expansion pack for the 2007 alternate history RTS game will be released in the US on March 10 and in Europe on March 12, according to a recent post on the developer's message board.

There's also more info on exactly what is contained in the expansion. Soviet Assault will have a new single player campaign with a total of six missions plus two new multiplayer maps. There's no word yet on pricing for the US version of the game which will be released as a stand alone game via digital download, including Steam. Also Ubisoft will release the World in Conflict Complete edition, combining the original game with Soviet Assault, as both a digital download and a retail release. Keep in mind that Steam versions of Soviet Assault won't work with a store bought version of World in Conflict. Likewise a Steam version of the full game won't work with a store bought version of Soviet Assault.

Valve's zombie co-op themed shooter Left 4 Dead continues to bring in the awards. Last night at the DICE Summit it was named as the Best Computer Game of 2008 during the 12th annual Interactive Achievement Awards. The game also won for Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play.

Some of the other PC games that won their categories this year include Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 (Strategy/Simulation Game of of the Year), World of Goo (Outstanding Achievement in Game Design), Fallout 3 (Role-Playing Game of the Year) and World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year). You can check out the press release for the full list of winners.

We were very happy to learn that Ubisoft wasn't going to abandoned World in Conflict: Soviet Assault when they bought the game's developer Massive Entertainment late last year. The PC expansion pack to the terrific RTS-action game is due out this March (along with a new collection of the original game and the expansion).

Ubisoft sent over some new screenshots from the expansion showing off some of the new content that players can expect to explode play with. As we have reported before, Soviet Assault will contain an all new single player campaign from the Soviet's point of view along with some cool new multiplayer maps and features..

This trailer for World in Conflict: Soviet Assault reveals some of the factions, environments and explosive action players can expect from the game. The alternate history real-time strategy game will include new units, more multiplayer maps, and gameplay from the Soviet perspective. The game is expected to release in March.

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After buying Massive Entertainment late last year,publisher Ubisoft was quiet about if the developer's long awaited RTS expansion pack World in Conflict: Soviet Assault would in fact be released. Today the publisher sent over word that the expansion is indeed still being released in March.

Adding an new Soviet single player campaign along with more multiplayer maps, Soviet Assault will be released as a paid download for previous owners of the game. Ubisoft also plans to release a new retail version (World in Conflict: Complete Edition), containing both the original game, Soviet Assault and other unnamed new features. Ubisot also sent over some new screenshots from the expansion.

[via email press release]

It's been several days since Valve has updated their hit zombie co-op shooter Left 4 Dead but the developer has now issued a new update for the title via their Steam service this evening. What are the more significant changes? Well, Versus mode is now locked on Normal difficulty and also finding a dedicated server is "faster and more reliable" when you start a game from a lobby.

Valve has also added a new game on Steam; World in Conflict, the acclaimed 2007 RTS title from Massive Entertainment. The addition comes courtesy of Massive's new owners, publisher Ubisoft. It's still unknown if Ubisoft will be publishing the long awaited expansion pack for the game, Soviet Assault.

One of the developers and game franchises left twisting in the wind after the Activision Blizzard merger has finally found a new home. Ubisoft has announced that it has purchased the Sweden based Massive Entertainment and the full rights to their World in Conflict RTS series. Financial terms for the deal were not disclosed.

The original World in Conflict was one of the best RTS games of 2007 but when its publisher Vivendi Games merged with Activision the new management team didn't want to take on the franchise or the developer, despite the fact that Massive was already working on a follow-up, World in Conflict: Soviet Assault. Today's press release made no mention of World in Conflict: Soviet Assault's status. We will email Ubisoft to find out if the publisher still intends to release that game.