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If you like historical flying action games, then you should be very happy later this summer. Publisher Kalypso Media has announced it is teaming up with BitComposer Games to release Air Conflicts: Secret Wars sometime in August for the PC and other platforms.

The full game will have seven campaigns consisting of 49 total missions that cover events in both World War I and World War II. Players will pilot a variety of aircraft in both air-to-air and air-to ground missions. There will also be multiplayer support for up to eight players with a variety of gameplay modes to choose from.

The Jagged Alliance turn-based strategy franchise has been threatening its comeback for some time and now a planned graphical remake of Jagged Alliance 2 has gotten a new name and a new US publisher. BitComposer Games announced today that the remake, previously known as Jagged Alliance 2 Reloaded, will now be known as Jagged Alliance: Back In Action.

The game will still feature the player controlling a squad of mercenaries in a series of hot spot missions. The game will be published this fall in the UK via Kalypso Media. Kalypso will also publish the game in Asia and other English-speaking countries while BitComposer will publish the title in other European countries.

Are you ready for another flying action game? The folks at publisher BitComposer Games hope so. Today the company announced its plans to release Air Conflicts: Secret Wars. The game comes from developer Games Farm and features missions from both the First and Second World Wars.

The game itself will let players fly in over 50 missions spanning both of these global conflicts. 16 planes will be made available for players to operate as they bomb ground targets, participate in escort missions and attacking enemy convoys. Players will be able to upgrade their pilot skills after each mission. The game will support both an arcade mode and a more realistic simulation mode. Finally multiplayer modes will be available that will support up to eight players. The game is due out in the second quarter of 2011.

An arcade shooter that was first release for the Xbox 360 earlier this summer is coming to the PC. Publisher BitComposer Games announced that Ion Assault from developer Coreplay (no, not the band; that's Coldplay) will be released for the PC in November and will be a Steam download exclusive.

The sci-fi themed arcade shooter will have players piloting a space ship and using dust found in the depths of space to fight off waves of enemies. Look for the game to put players through four different "sectors" of space, each with six levels and each concluding with a big boss battle. Pricing for the PC port has yet to be revealed.

Hot on the heads of the news earlier this week of the upcoming browser-based game Jagged Alliance Online comes word of yet another new game (sort of) for the turn-based tactical strategy series. BitComposer Games has just announced plans to release Jagged Alliance 2: Reloaded, a graphical remake of the last game in the series that was first released in 1999 from the now defunct developer Sir-Tech.

The new version will feature a full 3D engine but will retain the original's isometric view point. It will also have a revamped user interface and "an extensive tutorial will ease the player into the complex game rules system." The game is due for release sometime in 2011. BitComposer Games has already announced plans to release the long awaited Jagged Alliance 3 for release sometime in 2011 as well.

Yet another PC game franchise is getting a rebirth as a free-to-play game. Today Gamigo and BitComposer Games announced plans for Jagged Alliance Online, a revival of the classic turn-based strategy series that began in the 1990's by the now defunct SirTech.

The browser-based game will supposedly "built around the familiar Jagged Alliance games mechanics". As with the original games you will control a squad of mercenaries in an isometric viewpoint with turn-based and real time strategy mixed in the game design broth. The "Online" part of the game comes in when you can team up with friends for alliances or even borrow some of your buddies mercs to get the dirty job done. It's set for release in 2011.

[Via Rock Paper Shotgun]

Point-and-click adventure games maybe a niche market in the PC game industry nowadays but they still have a vocal fan following. Today publisher Viva Media announced they will be the US publisher for the latest such game Alter Ego, from Czech Republic developer Future Games.

The game itself is a horror-themed mystery game and will have you playing two characters in late 19th century England where your player characters (a thief and a police officer) have to solve a series of murders in a small town. The US version of Alter Ego is scheduled to ship to stores on August 1.

On Monday we reported that Kalypso Media had taken over the publishing duties of Disciples 3 from its former publisher Strategy First. Today another Strategy First owned game, Jagged Alliance 3, also has a new owner in BitComposer Games. Indeed BitComposer claims they now own the full Jagged Alliance IP aside from a social networking-based game that's currently under development at Strategy First. Financial terms were not disclosed

BitComposer claims they are aiming for a 2011 release date for Jagged Alliance 3, a game that's been in development off and on for the past several years with a number of developers. The Jagged Alliance series is a turn-based strategy game with modern day mercenaries who complete missions and take down enemies such as military dictators. BitComposer says that for Jagged Alliance 3 they want to "preserve the popular basic concept of the previous versions and place it in a contemporary setting."

US PC gamers now have a specific release date for the new game in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R first person shooter series. Viva Media announced today that it would be handing the North American publishing duties for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat and would release the game to stores on February 2.

The game, the third in the series from developer GSC Game World, will also be the second game released in the US that will have support for DirectX11 graphics out of the box. It will likely be followed by Aliens Vs Predator which is also expected to be released sometime in February.

Developer GSC Game World's third game in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. first person shooter series is getting closer to finalizing a US release date. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Prypiat, which is already out in parts of Europe, was previously announced for a first quarter 2010 release in the US.

Now the game's worldwide publisher BitComposer has revealed that the international version of the game will ship to stores sometime in February 2010. When it's released it will still be one of the few games that will support DirectX11 graphics. At the moment it shares that honor with Battleforge and the recently released Dirt 2.
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