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Combat Mission: Battle for Normandy is a strategy video game published Battlefront.com for PC system, release date to be announced later.

The game faithfully recreates the experience of tactical land warfare in Western France during World War II. Using the unique Turn-Based (WeGo)/Real-Time hybrid game system, the first installment in this new series covers the three months after the Allied D-Day landings in Normandy in June 1944, from Operation Overlord in June through the Cobra Breakout in August.

At the player's fingertips are a large array of carefully researched US and German Army formations, equipment, and vehicles, making for a versatile, genuine and powerful battlefield simulation.

Company of Heroes Online is a free MMO strategy video game for PC, release date to be announced later. The game is developed by Relic Entertainment and published by THQ. The open beta for the game started in September, 2010 and is expected to go final later this year. This game has no link with the original Company of Heroes series multi-player system and is a stand alone game, unlike its predecessors. The game uses the same graphics engine as the retail release of Company of Heroes.

There are two multiplayer modes. One is Reward Game and another is Custom Game. In a Reward Game, the player needs to hold a "victory point", thereby draining the ticket counter of the enemy, who will lose when their counter reaches zero. In Custom Game, the player can customize the game as suitable and can be played for total anhilation along with the victory point counter.

Frozen Synapse is a strategy video game for PC system, release date to be announced later. The game is developed and published by Mode 7 Games. In the game, you've patched in to the enemy's security system: get ready to make your plan. Frozen Synapse is the ultimate strategy game: you have full control over your strike team, directing their every movement. At the same time, your opponent is plotting to defeat you. Plan your moves, then hit the "Execute" button: both you and your enemy's turns are executed simultaneously. Bite-size, hardcore strategy: a touch of X-Com and Laser Squad, with a striking sci-fi aesthetic.

Dungeon Defenders is a strategy video game for PC, system requirements and release date to be announced later. The game is developed by Trendy Entertainment and published by Reverb Publishing. The game throws action-RPG and tower defense gameplay into the proverbial blender to create a seamless mix of leveling, looting and high-action territorial combat for casual and core players alike. Dungeon Defenders features a lovingly-rendered watercolor art style and allows up to 4 players, online or locally, to take one of four distinct classes into fierce battle against ever-increasing waves of baddies and bosses across 15 arenas and multiple modes.

The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom (Gold Edition) is a strategy video game developed by Blue Byte and published by Ubisoft for the PC. The game brings a fresh, innovative design to the franchise, while reintroducing the strong game mechanics and deep gameplay that are hallmarks of the highly acclaimed Settlers series. Players will easily become engaged in an exciting campaign, skirmish maps or multi-player challenges in a world of lush forests, open meadows, fast flowing rivers, and high mountains.

The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom (Gold Edition) game features:

Rich gameplay mechanics: The deep building and production systems allow gamers to expand their kingdom village by village, sector by sector, optimizing their creation by fine-tuning production chains and transport systems.

Variety of gameplay: Gamers will be able to choose the best path to lead their kingdom to victory around three main pillars: military, science and trade.

All-new victory system: New victory point system brings more tension and competition to the game. Victory points are awarded in many different ways depending on the choices gamers make throughout the evolution of their kingdom.

Online Multiplayer: gamers will be able to play online and face opponents in classic adversarial and co-op teamplay modes. Online features include user-generated and downloadable content, in-game feeds, and various leaderboards.

A new graphic engine and improved AI: A brand-new graphic engine will let gamers experience the beauty of their kingdom in a never-seen-before level of detail and more than a dozen AI profiles, each with unique behaviors, will add enhanced variety to the game like never before.

Windchaser Guilds of Glory is a real time strategy video game developed by Chimera Entertainment and published by Got Game Entertainment for the PC. In the game, The last conflict that ravaged Ensai turned the old civilizations of the world and their achievements into rubble. A weapon of never before seen power swept over the people of Ensai – numerous ruins still serve as a stark reminder of the destruction visited upon the world. Slowly, societies rebuilt and fused the power of the old magical artefacts with modern technology to create a unique combination. The flourishing cities of the new age trade goods with the help of air-sailing ships of all shapes and sizes that sail across the grasslands of Ensai.

In Windchaser, players assume leadership of one of Ensai's guilds and take command of one of the sailing ships that serve as mobile headquarters. On board, the player recruits new fighters to battle rival guilds. The recruits level up as they gain battle experience, and store collected artifacts along the way. Upgrades allow players to customize and reinforce their ship throughout the game. When the ship is battle ready, the player will fight it out with rival guilds and participate in various battles across Ensai.

Windchaser Guilds of Glory game features:

A rich story line including surprising and interesting twists and turns

Breaking away from several old RTS concepts

Versatile character development

Sophisticated, but easy to grasp combat system

Lively and innovative game world

Intelligent additions to the GUI


System Requirements For Windchaser Guilds of Glory (Recommended PC Game Specs)

Elemental: War of Magic is a turn-based strategy video game developed and published by Stardock for the PC (Microsoft Windows). Elemental: War of Magic is set to be released in February 2010. The game begins with an immersive single player campaign with you being the only person in your kingdom with the ability to channel magic through mysterious shards of magic that are scattered across the world. These shards, a result of a tremendous cataclysm that occurred a century prior when powerful beings waged war across the world, are the source of much of the world's magic.

With the powers of old now gone, you now hold the key to the use of magic in your land. As ruler of your land and a channeler of magic, you must decide how much of your power to imbue into your heroes as you build new cities, explore dungeons, perfect spells of ever-increasing power and negotiate with friends and foes alike.

Elemental War of Magic gameplay video:

Battle of Puppets is a strategy video game developed and published by Small Wonders for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The game combines beautiful graphics, the hallowed art of puppetry, and ruthless combat! Players select and perform their opera in a series of 22 American theaters, each with its own custom backdrop of famous landmarks. Each competition then lets the puppeteer strategically build units, upgrade their castle and outposts, and even cast spells using written gestures to destroy the opposing forces and win the affection of the crowd.

Each of the 5 operas vary significantly in terms of relative strengths and weaknesses, unit types, building speeds, and most interestingly, how they are affected by changing weather conditions. Choosing the best route across the country based on weather patterns is just one of the compelling strategic decisions players must make in Battle of Puppets!

Battle of Puppets video game:

There are also 6 professions and an extra race to unlock as the campaigns progress! Professions let players perform magic to sway the course of battle on stage, and are activated by executing unique gestures on the touch-screen. Learn to repair your troops, mind control the enemy, boo the opposition, and more! Also, use the unlockable race to take on the hard mode campaign.

Battle of Puppets game features:

Maps:
22 unique locations, each with changing backdrops for day and night.

Armies:
Play as any of the 5 different armies, each representing famous operas.
20 distinctive unit types

Modes:
3 game-play modes
Battleground - destroy the enemy castle
Survival - stay alive!
Fast Battleground - destroy the enemy fast
3 difficulty levels
3 distict user profiles

Professions:
6 unlockable professions let players cast magic on the enemy

Climate:
Multiple climates that affect your troops in battle

Languages
English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, German, Japanese and French.

Battle of Puppets is available in the App Store for $1.99.

iTunes Link: http://itunes.com/apps/BattleofPuppets

Monsteca Corral is a real time strategy video game developed and published by Onteca for the Nintendo Wii. Monsteca Corral is set to be released in January 2010. The game is a fast-paced action / strategy / puzzle game. You control a herd of Sdompe, cute and not so bright Monsters who, once activated, never stop running. It is your job to accumulate and guide them successfully through each level. You take the role of a Monster Herder, flying above them and saving them from the dangers of their changing environment and the ever growing ominous robot population. As your Sdompe run through each level, you guide them towards 'Energy orb' bonuses that are scattered throughout the habitat, these will increase the communal power of the herd.

As additional levels arise, the game emerges as a cross-country running game with Sdompe migrating through the different and ever changing environments of the Monsteca World: Stomping through Desert, Open Plains, Wooded Highlands, Forest, Wetlands and City in their bid to make it home safely.

Hotel Dash Suite Success is a strategy video game developed and published by PlayFirst for the PC (Microsoft Windows and MAC ). Hotel Dash Suite Success is set to be released on December 24, 2009. In the game, players helps Flo launch Quinn's new travel business by running themed hotels, managing the flow of new & familiar guests, and fulfilling their unique needs & requests – in order to earn tips to refurbish hotels. Starting with a ramshackle DinerTown hotel, players jump into a time management puzzle that sends them up and down the elevator, with a goal of keeping things in order to keep customers happy! Tasks include delivering luggage, handing off fresh towels and providing room service, while attending to room mishaps and customer whims. Players must travel from top floors to the lobby via the hotel elevators, ensuring smooth hotel operations and collecting tips upon checkout. Juggling customer demands with logistics and an ever-ticking clock, players must be strategic in organizing their time versus customers' patience and personalities.

As the game progresses, players can manage customer temperament by delivering mood-brightening extras, like floral arrangement and gift baskets. With their earnings, players can then upgrade the rooms and common areas of the hotel, fully renovating them and expanding Quinn's new business. As the business succeeds, Quinn and Flo tackle additional hotels, with themes ranging from ski retreat to city getaway, taking on new challenges and challenging new guest types.

Hotel Dash Suite Success game features:

Over 90 upgrades to purchase for bigger tips
50 levels to try and master
5 VIP rooms to decorate to make guests happier
5 hotels to renovate for Quinn's guests

Eufloria is a real-time strategy video game developed by indie developers Alex May, Rudolf Kremers and Brian Granger, and distributed by Valve Corporation (Steam) for the PC. The game was released on October 21, 2009. The game is a real-time strategy colonization game in which you must take control of an entire asteroid belt. You start as a single seedling that produces a tree on your starting asteroid. Your tree in turn produces new and unique seedlings which can be used to conquer other asteroids. However, the astro belt features up to ten AI opponents that provide fierce resistance and have their own drive for conquest. To defeat them you have to explore the strategic possibilities of the game.

Eventually you can build up very large armies of 400 or more seedlings and witness some epic battles. With the exception of the music and sounds (and the font,) almost all of the game content is generated procedurally.