angle-of-attack posts

The folks at Steam are apparently not waiting until Thursday to spring some sales on their customers. The PC game download service has launched three separate sales that will last from now until October 5. One is for 25 percent off Angle of Attack and All Aspect Warfare, the two recently released sci-fi action games from developer 3000AD.

Yet another sale has three strategy titles from Kalypso Media (Officers, Hired Guns: The Jagged Edge and Grand Ages: Rome) on sale for 50 percent off their normal prices for the next week. Finally the recent FPS MMO title CrimeCraft is on sale for 25 percent off its normal Steam price until October 5.

Not one but two downloadable PC games from 3000AD are due for release this week along with a sequel to a "M" rated adventure game.

All Aspect Warfare: 3000AD's downloadable sci-fi shooter comes out this week, featuring six character classes, tons of weapons and items, lots of vehicles and support for 32 player multiplayer modes. There's even support for controlling NPCs in battle.

3000AD, the development studio headed up by the always lively (and sometime controversial) Derek Smart, has been working on two upcoming downloadable titles. Today 3000AD announced that both sci-ti themed games (the land-based action shooter All Aspect Warfare and the flying action game Angle of Attack) are now available for pre-order via Steam with both games due out on August 10. (there's no word yet if any of 3000AD's older games will be made available for Steam at some point).

People who pre-order either game via Steam will get 10 percent off their normal price. If you decide to order both you get 20 percent off the total bundle price. In his new developer blog, Smart states that they plans to do updates for the games after their release to include Steamworks features like stats tracking achievements and the like. He also writes about the trials and troubles about getting games on download services like Steam, Direct2Drive and others. There's also some interesting observations on the PC game retail business.

This is the playable demo for Angle of Attack, an aerial combat game that includes both air and ground strike missions. The full game includes a 16 scenario campaign and 16 player head-to-head multiplayer.
"The Terrans have been at war with the Gammulan race for years. In an attempt to change the tide of war and take the battle to the enemy, Galactic Command, the Terran military body, launched an all out attack on the Gammulan homeworlds. The events that take place in Angle Of Attack occur during the final days of the air campaign of the assault on LV-115 – an important planet used by the Gammulans for military purposes and as a staging area for their assault on GALCOM forces."

Download Angle of Attack Demo (189 MB)