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BATTLEFIELD ACADEMY GETS A BRAND NEW ADD-ON PACK

Essen, Germany, 22nd October 2010

Slitherine and Matrix Games officially announce a brand new add-on for award winning turn-based strategy game Battlefield Academy at Spiel 2010, the most visited games show in Europe.



May 1940. Following the invasion of Poland, Germany opens the western front and invades France. It’s the Blitzkrieg, a new and dangerous form of warfare based on speed and aggression using concentrated mechanized forces to pierce the enemy lines and encircle them.

After taking the wargaming market by storm with its revolutionary fast paced gameplay system, Battlefield Academy is back with this amazing add-on pack. Players will be able to take command of German forces and lead them to the conquest of Paris.

With 9 single player missions and 4 multiplayer missions, 25 new units and a host of additional features, Blitzkrieg France takes Battlefield Academy to a new level.

Blitzkrieg France is and add on for Battlefield Academy and requires Battlefield Academy to be played.

Battlefield Academy Blitzkrieg France will be available from both Slitherine and Matrix Games stores in November.

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Features

• 25 New Units & 28 modified units with new camouflage patterns and stats to represent the war in 1940: Panzer II German Light Tank, Sturmpanzer German SP Gun, French Infantry, French LMG, Matilda I British Light Tank, Renault FT17 French Light Tank, Char Bis French Heavy Tank, R35 French Medium Tank, Somua 35 French Heavy Tank, French 25mm AT Gun, French Lorry, French Mortar, French Engineer, French Hotchkiss MG, Corps Francs, British Boyes AT Rifle, Sau 40 French SP Gun, Sdkfz 251/10/4 German Halftrack, Berliet VPH Mobile AA, French Scout, Lorraine 38 APC, Panzerjager I, German Panzerbusche AT Rifle, Panhard P178 French Armoured Car, Schneider P16 French Armoured Car

• 9 Single Player Missions

• 4 Multiplayer Missions

• New Abilities & Bonus
Rally – an officer bonus that allows you to boost morale of a single squad
Resupply – an officer bonus that allows you to replenish a units ammo
German Heinkel 111 Airstrike
French Breugot 693 Airstrike

• New Bunker Objects

Find out more about Blitzkrieg France here : http://slitherine.com/games/babf
Find out more about Battlefield Academy here : http://slitherine.com/games/bbc_ba_pc

I told ya I told ya, see, didn't I tell ya

When is November? Damn 9 days from now!

I will be lurking waiting on this one guys

Soooooo when are you doing the Barbarossa add on

I want that one too.

Great news, awesome looking add-on for one great game!

Thanks for the update iainmcneil!

More screen shots at the info page.

This is gonna drive me nuts waiting.

Very good news.

Speechless.

1939 was my highest hope for the setting for next expansion.

Drats, now November seems like an eternity away...

Thanks Slitherine!

Great news thanks very much.

Sorry it's not Breugot 693 but BREGUET 693, Somua S35 is not a heavy tank but medium.

But for me the German army parading on the Champs Elysee behind the Arc of Triomphe is hard.

I will be purchasing on 1st day it is released, and I have two other friends prepared to do the same.

Great stuff - can't wait to play this and see all the new units and tanks. Those long winter evenings will just fly by!

The Sturmpanzer should be called a Sturmpanzer I if you don't want to use a name including sIG 33.

The Somua 35 should be Somua S35 and it's a cavalry/medium tank as noted by Lannes.

The Char Bis should be Char B1 bis.

The Matilda I is an infantry tank (slow speed, heavily armoured) like the Char B1 bis.

Panzerjager I should be Panzerjaeger I as there's an Umlaut on the first "a".

Boyes AT Rifle should be Boys AT Rifle.

Panzerbusche should be Panzerbuechse (Umlaut on the "u") 39.

The Sdkfz 251/10/4 should just be Sdkfz 251/10/4 for the Sdkfz 251 with PaK 36, unless you mean the halftrack AA version which would be the Sdkfz 10/4

Great news,going to purchase 1st day for sure.!

My favourite resource

http://www.chars-francais.net/

And David Lehmann's posts at Axis History Forum.

Great ! I hope it is the first of many add-ons for Battlefield Academy.

Yes ... very good news !

Pip ... You guys have time to add a FRENCH PARTISAN unit?

You know, slip off the uniform and add some cloak 'n dagger

Thank you folks!

Very good news!

Definitely looking forward to this.

my guess is that one cant play the Germans in single player.

gone get it anyhow....


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Second paragraph

After taking the wargaming market by storm with its revolutionary fast paced gameplay system, Battlefield Academy is back with this amazing add-on pack. Players will be able to take command of German forces and lead them to the conquest of Paris.

this game is getting better all the time!! you guys have done a fantastic job! hopefully we'll get some gypsy jazz a la django reinhardt as some authentic backing music, and some onion seller music too! lol!

Fantastic! Can't wait to get my hands on this one!