Combat Mission: Shock Force Exclusive Interview

The Combat Mission series of popular military sims continues with Combat Mission: Shock Force. Shock Force moves the action away from the WW2 setting to a near-future Middle East conflict, but retains the same mix of wargame and squad shooter. In this issue, we have an exclusive interview with developer Battlefront.com's Martin van Balkom about all things Combat Mission: Shock Force. So what's new in the game, is there a strong multiplayer element, and what are Martin's best winning tactics? Find out all this and more inside information when you read the exclusive interview and watch in-game footage of Combat Mission: Shock Force now!
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Combat Mission: Shock Force Interview for the PC
After staggering success with the Combat Mission games set in WWII, Battlefront.com has taken it’s popular military sims to the near future for some fighting in the Middle East. We caught up with Martin van Balkom to find out why Shock Force is as hard hitting as its name suggests.
What’s the scenario for Combat Mission: Shock Force?
Combat Mission: Shock Force is assuming a near-future conflict in Syria in the summer of 2008. Following a number of detonations of dirty nuclear bombs in some major western cities, the trail leads to Syria, where a fanatical group has overtaken the government. An Alliance of western Armies invades the country to remove the terrorists. The game follows a task force of the US Army – the Task Force Thunder – comprised of a Stryker Brigade Combat Team and a Heavy Brigade Combat Team with support elements through that campaign.
The main reason for this backdrop is that we wanted a real-world scenario (as opposed to a pure fantasy setting in a country which doesn’t exist) which gives us the potential to simulate a conventional military conflict. Syria is not Iraq, and has a large and efficient military force. Our game is set to give an idea of how such a conventional conflict could pan out.

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