Battlefront Now Available at Matrix Games!

Matrix Games News Release

For Immediate Release

Staten Island, NY, February 8th, 2007 - Matrix Games ( www.matrixgames.com) and Strategic Studies Group ( www.ssg.com.au) are excited to announce the release of Battlefront. Battlefront is a turn-based World War II operational strategy game which features the power of battalion-level combat in some of this period's most bloody and intense conflicts.

Based on the design philosophy of SSG's previous award winning release, the Decisive Battles series, Battlefront presents newcomers and Decisive Battles fans alike with an entirely new system specifically designed for battalion-level combat. Players will have the opportunity to take part in historic battles like Saipan, Market Garden, Novorossisk, and Gazala and relive tough real-world combat decisions involving command and control, sighting, and supply. The scale of Battlefront has been tweaked to perfection so that players will have realistic control over their forces while at the same time making a telling difference in the strategic picture.

For veteran players of the Decisive Battles series who already have a good idea as to what to expect, they will be pleased by the multiple new features for in depth combat and battle management. To that end, Battlefront has innovative provisions for direct and indirect fire, air strikes, and special, historically-accurate combat modes (such as Japanese Banzai attacks).

In addition, Battlefront gives the player a say in the arrival of off-map reinforcements as well as refitted unit. This new layer of "off-map" strategy adds tremendously to the strategy in each Battlefront campaign.

Game Features

● Improved Strategic AI enables a more flexible response to fast changing battlefields

● Improved user interface simplifies unit information

● Command and control system that rewards correct employment of military assets

● Close combat routines have special attack modes such as Banzai, Surprise and Infiltration

● Indirect Fire from artillery and air assets can directly attack enemy units

● Direct fire from AFVs can attack enemy units at range

● Counter-battery fire can eliminate enemy artillery

● Eliminated units can be rebuilt as cadres and returned to battle

● Sighting, command, supply and danger zone rules encourage sensible use of artillery

● Complete Unit, Map and AI editor allows users to create scenarios from scratch

● Improved Play By Email security

More information on Battlefront and the Decisive Battles series is available from www.matrixgames.com.

ABOUT MATRIX GAMES

Matrix Games produces, markets and publishes historical wargames as well as other computer gaming products. Since 2000, Matrix Games has published over three dozen titles and several award-winning games, including War in the Pacific, Conquest of the Aegean, Gary Grigsby's World At War: A World Divided, Crown of Glory, Battles In Normandy, Harpoon 3 Advanced Naval Warfare, Starshatter: The Gathering Storm and The Operational Art of War III. Matrix Games is based in Staten Island, New York. For more information, visit the Matrix Games website at www.matrixgames.com.

ABOUT STRATEGIC STUDIES GROUP

Strategic Studies Group (SSG) was founded in Australia during the 1980s by Roger Keating and Ian Trout with the release of their first game, Reach for the Stars. Over the last twenty years and over fifty computer games, SSG has grown from a fledgling company to one of the driving forces in Computer Strategy in the world today. SSG's Decisive Battles series has won as much acclaim as any modern wargame. Their work continues with Battlefront, the successor to Decisive Battles. For more information, visit the SSG website at www.ssg.com.au.

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