Axis & Allies Release Date: Q4 2004 Developer: TimeGate Studios Publisher: Atari Axis & Allies Preview » Check latest prices » Visit the Axis & Allies forum »

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• World War II setting
• Features board-game-like mechanics
• Streamlined strategy and resource system
• Historical battles
• Randomly generated maps

Watch an Axis & Allies video. Click 'Stream for Free' for higher resolution. The tagline for Axis & Allies is "World War II is in your hands," which, since you have the power to lead Germany or Japan to victory, is very appropriate. You'll also have the option to play as Great Britain, Russia, or the United States. You'll play through a number of historically accurate missions before leading your chosen faction to victory and, in some cases, rewriting history. If you play as Germany, for example, you'll have successfully invaded Great Britain by the time you finish that particular 12-mission campaign.

Interestingly enough, since Axis & Allies draws inspiration from the classic board game of the same name, it will have features like dice rolls and randomly generated battlegrounds based loosely on the geography of the region. In order to succeed in most operations, you'll have to use an intelligent combination of forces, like tanks, infantry, and artillery, as well as generals serving under you who, depending on their own unique skills (and history), will make special abilities available to you on the battlefield. Each of the abilities in the game will have a cost in "general points" and a timer linked to it, ensuring that you can't use them repeatedly. Simple abilities, such as additional supply drops, will cost relatively little and will be available frequently, but major abilities, like dropping an A-bomb, are unlikely to be an option more than once or twice during a typical battle. Axis & Allies promises a refreshing change of pace from the conventional real-time strategy game.

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