Battlestations: Midway IPO Announced

Eidos Interactive Ltd’s Battlestations: Midway for the Xbox 360 and PC will debut on the simExchange on Friday, February 2, 2007. It will be categorized under the Strategy genre. Shares will open for purchase at 40 DKP (forecasts 400,000 copies sold worldwide over lifetime) for the Xbox 360 version and 60 DKP (forecasts 600,000 copies sold worldwide over lifetime) for the PC version. This game was released in North America on January 30, 2007. The game will be released in Europe on Februay 9, 2007. The game listing was first submitted by Friscokid. The PC version is found here and the Xbox 360 version is found here. The summary of the game is:

Battlestations Midway is a new real-time strategy game where the player takes control of US and Japanse Naval and Air Force battlegroups in World War II. The game features 60 real-life vehicles designed for realism, so the player must apply real world tactics and strategies.

The single player campaign begins with the Pearl Harbor bombing. You control a single PT boat. As you advance through missions, you will gain control of more ships, such as destroyers and carriers. You will later be able to launch waves of fighters and torpedo bombers.

Online multiplayer can scale from 1v1 to 4v4 US vs Japan battles. In a 1v1 game, you control the units of 4 players alone. Multiplayer games center around destroying the opponent’s base or carrier.