The final days of fighting on the Eastern Front

Genre: Historical RTS

Developed by: Nival Interactive

Published by: CDV

Distributed by: Ascaron Entertainment (UK)

Website: http://www.blitzkrieg2.de/

Release date: 3rd November 2006

SRP: £19.99

PEGI: 12+

Platform: PC DVD-ROM

Continuing its longstanding tradition of supporting fans through high-quality expansions for its key franchise titles, Ascaron Entertainment and CDV Software Entertainment present Blitzkrieg 2: Fall of the Reich for the PC, the first stand-alone expansion for the recently released Blitzkrieg 2 historical RTS.

Fall of the Reich covers 3 major offensives taking place in the final days on the Eastern Front. With Germany holding strategic cities in a bid to protect the Fatherland, and the Red Army relentlessly driving towards Berlin, the Spring of '45 saw some of the most vicious battles of the entire war.

'Fall of the Reich' covers both the Soviet and German offensives in the long Siege of Budapest, the incredible tenacity of Axis forces in holding "Fortress Kurland" and the Soviet "Operation Bagration" that freed Byelorussia and opened up Eastern Europe to the Red Army.

Sixteen historically based missions across 10 new maps will challenge beginning and veteran strategists as they try to either capture or defend the remnants of the German war machine during the final days of World War II in Europe.

Blitzkrieg features

Two Campaigns - Fight for either Germany or the USSR in 2 full campaigns in the last major offensives of the Eastern Front.

8 Missions allow you to replay World War II history

Commendations - The Kurland Cuffband and the Medal for the Capture of Budapest

4 New historically authentic units

6 New Single Player Maps - covering famous battles

4 New MP Maps

About CDV Software Entertainment

CDV Software Entertainment is dedicated to publishing and distributing top-notch video games worldwide. The publicly traded company, founded and headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany, has its North American offices located in New Jersey and North Carolina, and partners with leading distribution partners across the globe. As publisher of critically acclaimed titles like Codename: Panzers, Divine Divinity, American Conquest, Combat Mission, War Front: Turning Point, Cossacks and the Blitzkrieg series, CDV is Europe's foremost publisher of PC strategy titles.

About Ascaron Entertainment

Ascaron Entertainment is one of the pioneers in the development of computer games. It is also one of the leading developers of computer games in Germany and has been prominent in the sales charts for more than a decade with titles such as Patrician, ANSTOSS, Port Royale, DarkStar One and SACRED.

Ascaron is headquartered in Gütersloh, Germany, and maintains a development studio in Aachen (Germany) and Berlin, as well as an international department in Birmingham (UK). The UK office provides a bespoke publishing, sales and marketing function to selected European affiliate label partners. Currently, Ascaron markets its products in more than 30 countries and over 15 languages.

For further information about Ascaron Entertainment visit: http://www.ascaron.com

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