Question to the developer:)

[Strela]

Any hint as to which theater the new game will cover?

(BTW - I am thoroughly enjoying the first Panzer Battles title. I'm only about halfway through the scenarios but I must say that it is one of the best wargames I have played in a long time. I very much look forward to future releases).

John mentioned details in one of the video interviews he did.

In summary, the game under development was meant to be the original game in the series. It's West Front. The original development team had done a huge amount of work and it was well along the cycle before going on hiatus.

The positive news is that an initial testing version will be going out to testers this weekend.

The map is beautiful, particularly with the enhanced graphics from Kursk and some Western European buildings etc. One of the original scenario developers is working on the title and just delivered some additional scenarios to go with the ones already completed.

The OB has been redone to Kursk standard (more renaming of components than a revamp - the original is exceptionally accurate) and all new artwork - again at Kursk standard is close to completion. The big positive is that with the artwork for Kursk & the West Front done, we are only missing winter graphics for units to have a full library of artwork. We will need Winter graphics for follow on titles.

As we enter the testing cycle there is still a lot of work to do and based on Kursk experiences we are also testing various engine changes that if successful will be included for Kursk also. The testing and tweaking of scenarios will take a while, so I ask for your patience. There is a really diverse range of scenarios and quite a few that are on a smaller scale to promote fast and focused play.

I want to ensure that appropriate credit is given to the original designers, they really did most of the heavy lifting for this new title.

Finally, thank you for the kind words regarding Kursk. We enjoyed bringing the game to you and despite a few niggles we believe it is a superlative system. We will continue to enhance the game series with both new titles and adjustments to the engine.

David