Blitzkrieg 2 ( Russian : Блицкриг II ) is a real-time tactics computer game based on the events of World War II . The game is an evolution of its predecessor Blitzkrieg and is the second title in the Blitzkrieg series. The game takes place in North Africa , the Pacific and Europe , and features the 6 different factions portrayed in the game that fought in their battle respective grounds during the war.
17-410: As its predecessor and the similar Sudden Strike games, Blitzkrieg 2 focuses on the battles of World War II rather than real-time strategy aspects like base building and resource extraction. The game features many new features and units over its predecessor; the graphics engine is upgraded, allowing for full 3D and the game features over 250 units compared to Blitzkrieg' s 200. In Blitzkrieg 2 ,
34-511: A faction (e.g. Soviets, Germans, or Allied forces) and gains control of many varied units such as infantry , tanks and artillery . The games focus primarily on tactics, eschewing traditional real-time strategy resource gathering and base development. The original Sudden Strike , released in 2000, included three campaigns (Soviets, Germans, and Allied forces). The battles are presented in an isometric perspective with line-of-sight occlusions and practical cover. Sudden Strike helped pioneer
51-562: The Commandos , Imperial Glory , and Praetorians series from Pyro Studios in July 2018. Pyro, whose work has been more focused on supporting Ilion Animation Studios , welcomed Kalypso's opportunity to bring their titles back to the market. Kalypso later announced high-definition remasters of Commandos 2 and Praetorians for early 2020, and the formation of its third internal studio, Claymore Game Studios, to develop new games in
68-620: The Commandos series. The company fully acquired the remaining ownership of Gaming Minds from Dumont and Struve in June 2020, with Dumont and Struve still remaining as the studio leads. In October 2021, it announced a new studio in Munich called Nine Worlds Studios , which is named after the nine worlds of Norse mythology . They will be responsible for creating a new Tropico entry. Project Manager Thomas Schneider, formerly of Aesir Interactive,
85-737: The Tropico series from Take Two Interactive , with the first Kalypso-published game in the series being Tropico 3 . UK-based Ascaron filed for bankruptcy in April 2009. Kalypso was able to acquire rights to its series DarkStar One , Patrician and Port Royale in June 2009, though left other assets like the Sacred series with Ascaron. Kalypso also acquired fifteen former Ascaron employees to establish its second internal studio, Gaming Minds Studio, in Gütersloh , of which they held 60% ownership,
102-708: The United Kingdom and the United States and has studios, including Realmforge Studios, Gaming Minds Studios, Claymore Game Studios, and Nine Worlds Studios. Kalypso is best known for publishing Tropico , Sudden Strike , Dungeons and Railway Empire series. Kalypso Media was founded on 16 August 2006 by Simon Hellwig and Stefan Marcinek. One year later, a branch was opened in Bracknell, UK , and in June 2009, another in Ridgewood, USA . In 2009,
119-795: The attack on Pearl Harbor . The final chapter of the American campaign is set in the German Ruhr in 1945, during the invasion of Germany . The Soviet Campaign begins shortly after Operation Barbarossa , going through the 5 years of the war against Germany eventually ending with the Soviet victory at the Battle of Berlin . At the end of each campaign, a short cinematic plays. The game contains six factions: Germany , Soviet Union , United Kingdom , Japan , United States and France . The game received positive reviews before release, yet never achieved
136-685: The capture of Tobruk by Axis forces. The third is in the Soviet Union, during Case Blue . The fourth chapter is staged in the Ardennes during the Battle of the Bulge , 1944. The American campaign has its first 3 chapters in the Pacific theater , where the players lead your forces against the IJA ( Imperial Japanese Army ) and IJN ( Imperial Japanese Navy ) in a number of missions beginning shortly after
153-422: The real-time tactics genre, building upon concepts established by Counter Action for DOS , which was published by Mindscape in 1996. Sudden Strike 2 was also developed by Russian developer Fireglow and published by CDV and was released in 2002. The game has since undergone minor changes in its game engine and now features a higher resolution setting and other graphical changes. The campaign still involves
170-651: The Soviets and Allies, against the Germans and a new country, Japan. Sudden Strike 3 is the third title in the series and the first to incorporate a 3D graphics engine. The game was released in 2007. Sudden Strike: The Last Stand was released in March 2009. It is a enhanced version of Sudden Strike 3 which brings back a few features from Sudden Strike 2 . The user interface is reworked in order to make it easier for player to control units and realize their tactics in
187-651: The game. In 2010, GFI Russia made Confrontation. 3D. Reboot , a spin-off of the series set in the modern day with the Russian Federation fighting both the USA and Taliban in a fictional 10-day conflict. For the Western release, the game was renamed to Warfare Reloaded , likely since it used the same engine as "Warfare", with the "Confrontation" (or Sudden Strike in English) branding removed. Sudden Strike
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#1732802087025204-462: The group opened its second UK outlet in the form of Kalypso Media Digital Ltd. in Leicester . Kalypso Media Digital Ltd. is responsible for the online marketing of its own games and the products of other providers. In November 2008, it founded the subsidiary Realmforge Studios GmbH, based in Munich , and integrated Boxed Dreams, developer of Ceville . At the same time, it acquired the rights to
221-602: The other 40% owned by Daniel Dumont and Kay Struve, former Ascaron employees that were named to run Gaming Minds. In July 2010, Berlin manufacturer The Games Company (TGC) filed for bankruptcy and in September, Kalypso took over, acquiring several brands owned by the insolvent company. Kalypso also brought in TGC's internal studio Silver Style Entertainment and created a third internal studio, Noumena Studios in Berlin . The studio
238-697: The players can choose from three separate campaigns: The Nazi German Campaign, the American Campaign, and the Soviet Campaign, each divided into four distinct chapters. The German campaign begins in France, 1940, where the player is put in command of German offensive forces in an effort to conquer France . Here, they may use the signature Blitzkrieg strategy. The second chapter is set in the North Africa Campaign , which ends with
255-554: The same long lived success its predecessor had achieved, even though two expansions and numerous spin-offs were made. The base game Blitzkrieg 2 was released together with both add-ons as Blitzkrieg 2 Anthology : Sudden Strike Sudden Strike is a series of real-time tactics video games set during World War II . The series is developed by Fireglow based in Russia and published by CDV software of Germany and has been re-published by ZOOM-Platform.com. The player selects
272-554: Was rebranded as Skilltree Studios in 2014, but in March 2016, Kalypso opted to close the studio. Kalypso founded a sister company for mobile gaming development, Kalypso Media Mobile, in April 2014 in Berlin . The studio’s first mobile and tablet games were released a year later in May 2015. In January 2016, Stefan Marcinek sold his shares in the Kalypso and left the company, leaving Simon Hellwig as sole shareholder. Kalypso acquired
289-548: Was released in 2017. It was developed by Kite Games and published by Kalypso Media for PlayStation 4 and PC. While the developers hoped to remain true to the spirit of other games in the series, new skill trees and commander roles were introduced as features. Kalypso Media Kalypso Media Group is a German video game developer and publisher . Founded in 2006 in Worms , the group includes four companies in Germany ,
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