Slitherine starts designing its military hardware

[Daniele]

The wargaming veterans over at the Slitherine Group announced today that there business will be expanded in a completely new direction. Having tons of experience with simulating wars in the digital realm, the men and women of the group have gained lots of knowledge and know-how on advanced weapon systems and military hardware. As such, Slitherine Group Chairman JD McNeil announced that a new company branch will be opened, focussing on the research, development and production of new, real world, weapon systems.

JD explains: “Having developed digital combat simulations set in all different times, we have gained a lot of insight on the weapon systems used, the comparisons between them and the development cycles of the different types of military hardware. It was when we worked together on several modern warfare titles that we looked at these weapons and thought: We can do better!”

Rumours were already in the air regarding this new step for the Slitherine Group, with several journalists spotting key company members in the international arms fair in Saudi-Arabia earlier this year.

“Don’t get me wrong. ” Said JD McNeil: “We will continue to develop serious wargames, as that is where our passion lies and our core audience can be found. But developing and selling actual military hardware will allow us to generate a bigger income which we can then invest into making better and more accurate games.”

Marketing director Marco Minoli jumps in: ”It would be very cool to see in a couple of years that we can create games based conflicts where our own weapons where used! ”

An exact timeline on when we could expect to see the Slitherine branded weapon systems could not be given. But we should expect to see more in the next two to five years.

[zakblood]

yes April fools

[xavutrecht]

What's gonna be the first step?
A giant camo lizard?

[MikeMarchant]

Mutant scythed elephants as self propelled artillery?

[vexillia]

The spoof was timed after midday I hope this doesn't bring too much bad luck to Slitherine and the author.

[Kerensky]

I may or may not have fallen for this because I forgot what day it was...

[gillmant]

Well, why not, guns or butter or both!

[BiteNibbleChomp]

yes April fools

Ha! exactly. I saw your trick last year pretty quick as well.

- BNC