World War II Online Gets Major Update To Virtual Battlefield Plu

Factories, strategic bombing and players commanding the war

The new version brings huge new gameplay features with the addition of a factory-powered strategic system and new RPG functions allowing players to have even more control over the virtual battlefield. A new strategic system, in which planned and accurate air/land/sea attacks of key facilities now allow combatants to interdict their enemy's ability to wage war, provides rich and rewarding new gameplay. The Research, Development and Production (RDP) system provides player-commanders the ability to manipulate spawn lists. The in-game factories power the RDP system, outputting the means necessary for vehicle and equipment choices on spawn lists. This spawn list is "ordered" by the player-run High Command in advance so while commanders' choices may give a country spawn lists that have real impact on it's chances to win the war, protecting the factories and allowing them to complete the RDP cycle is the only way to see that the new lists are made available in-game.

Plus much more

This new version has a lot more to offer new and existing players. In addition to porting the Unity 3D graphics engine to OpenGL, it adds another 40 cities/towns/ports to what is already the largest online world available in an MMOG. A large number of new special effects area added to the game such as debris from shell hits on aircraft, shell ejections in first and third person and more battlefield explosions. These features along with new infantry animations and additional vehicles make this update one of the biggest to date.

Free trial available!

Gigex.com, a leading outsourced ASP specializing in Internet launch of high-volume game demos and trailers have teamed up with Playnet to provide an exclusive 7-day free trial. The offer available through the Gigex-powered affiliate network including some of the best known game destinations on the web, provides players a free download of the game client and unrestricted access to the virtual battlefield. Visit http://www.gigex.com for details and find WWII Online on the 'Gigex Top 50'. Also for a limited time, all former account holders are welcomed back with free playtime to experience this major update. Visit www.wwiionline.com for details.

About World War II Online

WWII Online an online combined arms simulation set in a relentless, action-packed environment where players can command and crew a variety of accurately modeled vehicles and aircraft, sling weapons, and fight as foot soldiers with and against thousands of other gamers. Set in the early war years, it includes equipment and major battle points: strongholds, fortresses, forests, rivers and more - much as it was on the battlefields of Europe. WWII Online is still the first and only massively multiplayer first-person virtual battlefield that covers a ½ scale map of Europe with accurate terrain modeling. It allows thousands of players to fight 24/7 in a persistent world in which character advancement and career paths provide a rich RPG layer, and strategic systems are driven by player missions and command structures. Players from around the world can take part in creating new history while fighting on the battlefields and skies of Europe. The game is available for purchase and play at www.wwiionline.com. Screenshots available at http://www5.playnet.com/bv/wwiiol/media.jsp

About Playnet

Playnet, Inc. is an Internet technology company with patent-pending technologies (networking software, middleware, application development tools, and back-end support systems). Playnet specializes in design and development of massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs) at its internal software design studio, Cornered Rat Software (CRS), and its Playnet.com division operates a web-based hosting service designed to accommodate the needs of online gamers and their communities for its own and 3rd-party game titles.