#1: Sulla just emailed me about some release of Longest Day Author: ANZAC_Tack, Location: AustraliaPosted: Mon May 04, 2009 9:17 am — "just in from Matrix Games and S3T, the latest version of CC is ready and shipping! Close Combat The Longest Day comes with expanded force pools, support for much larger maps, night battles with simulated flare effects, and more! Also included in this rebuild is are 60+ battles, operations and campaigns including a new enhanced Grand Campaign as well as classic CC5 style Grand Campaign available for download! For a detailed preview of the new features in Close Combat The Longest Day, look here. For a detailed After Action Report from Close Combat The Longest Day, look here. Close Combat - The Longest Day Game Release Date: May 3, 2009 Close Combat - The Longest DayJust in from Matrix Games and S3T, the latest version of CC is ready and shipping! Close Combat The Longest Day comes with expanded force pools, support for much larger maps, night battles with simulated flare effects, and more! Also included in this rebuild are 60+ battles, operations and campaigns including a new enhanced Grand Campaign as well as classic CC5 style Grand Campaign available for download! For a detailed preview of the new features in Close Combat The Longest Day, look here.http://www.wargamer.com/article/2693/close-combat-the-longest-day For a detailed After Action Report from Close Combat The Longest Day, look here. http://www.wargamer.com/article/2694/close-combat-the-longest-day-aar Features include: • Comes with all new 60+ battles, operations and campaigns. • Expanded strat layer with new strat map image as well as 64 gorgeous hand-drawn tactical maps. That's an additional 21 tactical map slots over the original game!• Extended ForcePool list to display 25 of 25 available units as opposed to the 20 that stock CC5 displayed.• New reports at the end of battle showing campaign cohesion and VL control – track your progress after each bout.• New enhanced Grand Campaign as well as classic CC5 style Grand Campaign.• Display of battlegroup cohesion and fatigue status.• Game now accepts maps up to 4800x4800 pixels as compared to the stock CC5 map size of 3600x3600 pixels.• Off-board or off-map support quantities now tied to difficulty level.• Improved graphical communication of strat map connections.• Tweaked User Interface graphics, with nearly all new planes, vehicles and map graphics. Also includes carefully crafted game play manual• Capable of simulating airborne battlegroup deployment drop zones. Get more information on Close Combat - The Longest Day from its official product page. http://www.matrixgames.com/products/368/details/Close.Combat:.The.Longest.Day Cheers and Have fun - Sulla"
