E3 06: Panzer Tactics blitzing DS

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted May 5, 2006 1:47 pm PT

CDV Software to storm Nintendo's portable with turn-based military strategy game set in World War II.

CDV Software, a longtime purveyor of PC-based military strategy sims, is starting to think outside of the desktop box--the publisher has announced it is preparing Panzer Tactics DS for the Nintendo DS. The publisher of such games as Codename: Panzers - Phase Two and Blitzkrieg 2 will be bringing the turn-based strategy game to Nintendo's portable later this year.

Built on hexagon-based maps, the game's campaign mode will take players through a series of 30 historically based missions from actual World War II battles. The missions get tougher throughout the three different campaigns, but so do the player's troops. Troops that survive emerge as experienced veterans, and players can also gain access to new types of units along the way.

Panzer Tactics DS will take advantage of the system's hardware, giving players the option to control the game with the D pad and buttons or with the touch screen. It will also make use of the system's wireless capabilities for multiplayer matches accommodating up to four players.

The game is being developed by Sproing, whose past credits include Iron Soldier 3, Beyond Normandy: Assignment Berlin, and the downloadable AIDS prevention game Catch the Sperm 2. CDV expects to release the game in the fourth quarter of the year.

38 Comments

  • nasgoth1

    Posted Feb 15, 2008 9:52 am PT

    I heard it was coming to PSP too?anybody know if its true....?
    Id actually buy a nintendo ds just to play this game as field commander on psp was best game i ever played.Just not enough ww2 strategy games for PSP IN MY OPINION.

  • miamidolphins72

    Posted Jun 28, 2006 8:38 pm PT

    In the E3 trailer, it does say the game uses Nintendo WiFi Connection, so that is a big plus. I'll keep my eye out for this one come Fall.

  • T_U_M_E_G

    Posted May 6, 2006 7:17 pm PT

    HAAT

  • spade0013

    Posted May 6, 2006 3:18 pm PT

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  • sabru8

    Posted May 6, 2006 10:56 am PT

    cool

  • shp2400

    Posted May 6, 2006 8:46 am PT

    Hexagon style maps? Sounds interesting.

  • comthitnuong

    Posted May 6, 2006 7:18 am PT

    sweet

  • anamnawshad

    Posted May 6, 2006 6:52 am PT

    Cool!!!!

  • naumann

    Posted May 6, 2006 4:49 am PT

    Strategy games are always the most fun. Especially on handhelds. I can't get enough Fire Emblem and Advance Wars.
    Idea = 9.5
    Execution = probable 8.5 (...we'll see)

  • Spotse

    Posted May 6, 2006 12:33 am PT

    cool

  • Belgarion88

    Posted May 5, 2006 10:18 pm PT


    Ikzai
    Whenever I see Panzer I think of a new Panzer Dragoon game. /:

    lol same. still i recon this game will pull of a good 7.6 score

  • FuguNabe

    Posted May 5, 2006 9:00 pm PT

    Sounds good to me

  • joeamis

    Posted May 5, 2006 8:51 pm PT

    Nice. I'd love to see an RTS on DS though. If Blizzard ported Starcraft or even Starcraft 64 to the DS, I would buy buy an extra copy of the game and give it to a Gamespot user.

  • garand13

    Posted May 5, 2006 6:47 pm PT

    OMG this should be great w/ Wi-Fi and all.....most WW2 games own....I will probably get this....awesome concept for a DS game!

  • Narroo

    Posted May 5, 2006 6:14 pm PT

    ANOTHER world war 2 title?!?!
    Maybe at E3 we'll here about a title that lets us live the holocaust and the consintraion camps!

  • broxibear

    Posted May 5, 2006 6:07 pm PT

    Interesting. Should make a change from the usual fantasy themed strategy games we see on handhelds.

  • bulldog7

    Posted May 5, 2006 6:06 pm PT

    WW2 games, been there, done that.

  • duxup Site moderator

    Posted May 5, 2006 5:50 pm PT

    Strategy games have found a great home on the DS. I say keep them coming.

  • kriptonzz

    Posted May 5, 2006 5:13 pm PT

    Panzer tactics looks like a cool game, perhaps I will pick one up when it comes out.

  • Shingo

    Posted May 5, 2006 4:15 pm PT

    Catchy name, sounds interesting

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