Full name: Pacific Storm: Allies Genre: RTS / RTT / Simulation Release date: January 2008 International Publisher: CDV USA Publisher in Russia: Buka Entertainment Official Site of the Game: www.pacificstorm.net

Pacific Storm: Allies is an add-on for Pacific Storm, a unique game about the war in the Pacific. It has the elements of a global strategy, tactical naval war-game game and an arcade aircraft simulator. Playing either for the United States, Imperial Japan, or a newly introduced nation (the UK) you walk through a dramatic sequence of large-scale naval and air military operations. The game covers the time from 1940 to 1948. As you play, you can develop new technologies, build and deploy new weapon systems and even change history. Thanks to a smooth and seamless combination of strategy, tactics and simulator, you are completely free to take whatever strategic or tactical decisions you consider best or abandon for a time all strategy and tactics and inhibit any of your units so as to take part in the fighting personally. Pacific Storm's gameplay combines exceptional depth and scale of the strategic mode, superior authenticity of the tactical mode and exciting dynamics of the simulator.

Add-on Features

• Besides Japan and USA, Pacific Storm: Allies brings in new allies and axis nations for each side (Germany for Japan, the UK and the Netherlands, and the USSR for the USA). One will need to cooperate those new nations war and diplomatically wise.
• The UK is now a playable nation with its unique units technologies and bases;
• Strategic level now offers more zones for establishing new bases;
• The add-on implements hit location system, which realistically shows the damage dealt to ships, aircrafts, different devices installed on those ships and aircrafts, and how units are being destroyed. The level of damage will now directly influence on how units function;
• Diplomacy has also been added to the game; with its help one can arrange a joint nations operation or trade technologies and units;
• 4 new types of buildings now available to help you train your crew - engineering academies, army academies, air forces academies and navy academies);
• Numerous new technological upgrades which will give users more freedom in creating different weaponry and units' modifications;
• Long range ground, water and air based ballistic and cruise missiles now could be launched on strategic level;
• New system of cargo transportation based on routes creation;
• Improved graphics engine now offers post-render effects such as Glow, Blur and others;
• New mod system allows to create different modifications of the game: add new units, change units' skins, create new maps, missions and even new special effects. One can change balance and visual look of the game;
• Greatly expanded set of tactical missions due to the new nations;
• PS:A offers you a differential control of major and minor calibers, torpedoes and air defense systems, which could be controlled by AI as well as player;
• Significantly extended list of units over 50 new aircrafts and modifications, and 20 new ships;
  Refined landscapes the world is now abundant with different decorative elements (seagulls, pretty clouds, detailed terrain) which make it more realistic;
• Saving on the tactical level option is now available;
• Hydroplanes can now station on the submarines;
• Additional sound design was added for example tutorial mission's text is now fully dubbed;
• New award system and statistics on how you complete a mission. You gain points for completing tasks, destroying enemies on strategic, tactical and in simulator modes;
• New direct ship controlling mode (3d person view) allows the player to control the movement of his ships and its weapons (major and minor caliber, air defense turrets, torpedoes).