T-72: Balkans on Fire! is a groundbreaking new tank simulation by Russian game developers IDDK/Crazy House. Set in the violent period of civil wars in Yugoslavia from 1991 to 1995, it puts the player as a Russian volunteer tank commander right into the turret of some of the best tanks the Russians built – the T-72B, the T-55A and the T-34-85.
Battlefront.com, Inc., an independent, internet-based publisher and developer of war and strategy games and home to one of the web’s largest war and strategy game communities, and IDDK, one of the leading Russian development and publishing houses, disclosed today that they have signed an exclusive agreement to bring the groundbreaking new tank simulation T-72: Balkans on Fire! to the market.
The game will not be sold in stores, but will only be available via mail order from www.battlefront.com. T-72: Balkans on Fire! is already in beta stage, and is scheduled for a release in the second quarter of 2005.

GAME FEATURES
• Three types of playable tanks modelled: T-34-85, T-55A and T-72B
• Control individual crew stations (Commander, gunner or driver)
• Wide variety of armoured vehicles included as well as infantry, artillery, engineering vehicles, helicopter and trucks
• Command attached units (infantry and armor) up to a full tank platoon
• Mechanized infantry can be transported inside trucks and APCs and on tank hulls
• Detailed modelling of each vehicles fire control systems, main and secondary weapons, ammunition types, engine management and transmissions, starting and driving procedures
• Realistic night vision combat capabilities – realistically modelled low light level and infrared sights
• More than 70 types of buildings and installations that can be damaged or destroyed
• More than 40 types of plants, trees and grass sway in the breeze
• High-quality modelling of water surfaces and amphibious vehicle capabilities
• More than 5000 polygons per vehicle including detailed bump mapping
• Scalable realism settings
• Powerful mission and buildings editor available!
• LAN Network and Online multiplayer
• Realistic ballistics – wind effects, shell aerodynamics and flight characteristics, barrel wear and droop
Advanced Physics and Environmental Game Engine
o Vast open spaces with draw distances of more than 2 km
o Topographic height differences on maps of up to 800 m
o Realistic passage of time transitions (day changes to night)
o Dynamic weather and environmental effects: smoke, fog, rain, rainbows, dust, wind effects
o deformable terrain
o shell holes and trenches dug out in real time
o destroyable structures, vehicles and vegetation
o Clouds cast shadows
o optical lens flares
o “Out of the sun” glare effects
o shell impact angle calculations
o detailed armor penetration results
o post-penetration shell path and damage assessments
o High Explosive fragmentation dispersal calculations
o Realistic vehicle and structure collision detection and damage
o Individual internal and external vehicle system damage modelling including track damage, engine overheats, fuel leaks, turret jams, crew casualties, bailouts and more
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