Publisher: Matrix Games
Developer: Cornered Rat
Category: Action
Release Dates
Intl - 11/11/2005
Electronic - 12/12/2005
N Amer - 12/23/2005
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News
WWIIOL: Battleground Europe Free Special Event
Game marks anniversary with free special event
Battleground Europe Offers Free 14 Day Tour of Duty
Try the updated MMOG wargame, Free for 14 days!
Battleground Europe Unveils New Sniper Class
Matrix Games are pleased to announce Battleground Europe has brought a new class into the virtual battlefield
Matrix Games Releases Battleground Europe to North America
New stand-alone release for massively multiplayer WWII combat action game
Matrix Games Signs Battleground Europe!
World War II Online Expansion Available This Month Through Matrix Games
Description
Report for duty to this first-person, online action game where players choose to fight alongside and against thousands of other players on the battlefields of Western Europe.
Grab a rifle and experience heart-stopping infantry action or choose to advance your skills in one of dozens of accurately modeled combat vehicles, naval vessels or aircraft. Succeed and help the cause of the Allied or Axis forces. Fail and watch your side get pushed back and struggle for a foothold.
Volume one in The Virtual Battlefield Series, Battleground Europe features the armies, vehicles, weapons and equipment found on the battlefields of Western Europe 1939-1942.
Features
- Thousands of online players sharing a single, persistent world
- Growing list of 100+ historically accurate weapons including aircraft, tanks, anti-aircraft guns, trucks, rifles, machine guns and more!
- First person perspective in all game play
- Huge game world measuring more than 350,000 square miles
- Character advancement and career paths
- Strategic systems driven by player missions and command
- Groundbreaking physics and damage modeling
- Localized in English, French, German, Spanish & Italian
Hardware Requirements
- Windows XP Service Pack 2
- 2.0+ GHz CPU (Dual Core Processor Recommended)
- 1 GB of RAM (2 GB Recommended)
- 128 MB Dedicated 3D Video Card (OpenGL v1.2 and Shader 2.0 compliant, Shader 3.0 Recommended) *
- DirectSound-compatible audio processor
- Internet Connection (Broadband Recommended)
- 1GB free hard disc space
- USB joystick highly recommended
- *(nVidia7600GT / ATi X800 or better recommended)
Notes
Game released in Europe on 10/21/05
"Beyond Blitzkrieg". The game will now be released as:"BATTLEGROUND EUROPE
Matrix Games will publish via digital download in North America





