World in Conflict: Soviet Assault
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World in Conflict: Soviet Assault is an expansion pack
developed by Massive Entertainment
and Swordfish Studios
for the real-time tactics
video game World in Conflict
. It features the ability to play as the Soviet Union
in the single player campaign, against which the player fought in the original World in Conflict.
The World In Conflict Complete Edition and Soviet Assault Expansion Pack were released in the United States on March 10, 2009 and later on in Europe and Australia on March 12, 2009.
, is set in an alternate 1989 in which the Politburo
of the Soviet Union
elects to take military action to sustain itself, rather than collapse. Failing to achieve aid diplomatically, the Soviet Union invades Western Europe. However, in addition to the standard US campaign, the player also assumes the role of Romanov, a Lieutenant in the Soviet Army
under the command of Colonel Vladimir Orlovsky, who also commands two other subordinates in his battalion, his nephew Captain Nikolai Malashenko and Major Valeriy Lebedjev, a KGB
officer attached to the battalion.
Spetznaz infiltrate and destroy a US outpost in West Berlin to make way for a full scale Soviet invasion. The Berlin Wall is destroyed as the Red Army battalions move through. After ferocious fighting the US 6th Armored Battalion is destroyed and the victorious Soviets unite Berlin, moving on to their invasion of Western Germany, and thus beginning World War III
. Months later, Soviet forces launch a surprise invasion of Seattle, Washington. During the invasion Orlovsky and his forces are tasked with pacifying the countryside. Guerrilla civilian resistance members have began attacking Soviet forces, fueling Malashenko's hatred. Romanov and Malashenko attack the guerrilla command post, and the guerrilla leader is captured. However Orlovsky finds Malashenko attempting to massacre several civilians with a firing squad to demoralize the Americans. Orlovsky reprimands him and warns that stepping out of line once more will result in his discharge.
A flashback depicts the events of the European theater of war. A stalemate in the fighting between the USSR and NATO results in a new task to conduct a raid on a Norwegian coastal base, thereby opening a bombing corridor to fly sorties against Britain and Europe and giving the Soviets the edge. During this successful attack and the testing of a new incendiary bomb, Orlovsky and his men learn that a NATO task force made an incursion into the Soviet Union. Orlovsky and his officers are ordered to return to Russia, where they defend a POW camp from a NATO attack force. Malashenko receives news that his wife and daughter were killed in a raid by NATO forces, and is motivated further by hate. He also states his disdain over the Soviet government and the GRU
's lies to the Red Army over enemy figures and facts.
The events return to the aftermath of Cascade Falls, in which US forces nuked the town to stop impending Soviet forces. The Red Army retreat from Cascade Falls back to Seattle to prepare for the inevitable US counterattack. Romanov is given command of Frontal Aviation assets and is commanded with defending the trucks loaded with injured Soviet troops from the US forces. During the mission, Malashenko shoots and kills Orlovsky for ordering the Soviet forces to go back to Russia instead of attempting an impossible defense of Seattle. Lebedjev is given command of the remaining Soviet forces and soon realizes, like Orlovsky, that Seattle cannot be held and makes plans for Orlovsky's units to go home. A disillusioned Malashenko, however, proceeds for Seattle where he is sure to meet certain death.
All the multiplayer content released for Soviet Assault (new maps) is available free of charge to the World in Conflict community via Massgate. However the new single-player missions must be purchased for the user to access the content.
and PlayStation 3
as a stand-alone game, and for Windows
-based PCs
as an expansion pack. However, the console versions were cancelled.
On July 29, 2008, Sierra dropped World in Conflict: Soviet Assault, among other games from their productions, putting the future of World in Conflict: Soviet Assault in question.
On August 6, 2008, Sierra put Massive Entertainment up for sale. On November 11, Massive was acquired by Ubisoft.
Expansion pack
An expansion pack, expansion set, or supplement is an addition to an existing role-playing game, tabletop game or video game. These add-ons usually add new game areas, weapons, objects, and/or an extended storyline to a complete and already released game...
developed by Massive Entertainment
Massive Entertainment
Massive - A Ubisoft Studio is a Swedish video game company based in Malmö, Sweden. The company is fully owned by Ubisoft. They are best known for the Ground Control series of real-time tactics video games. They were acquired by Vivendi Universal Games in 2002...
and Swordfish Studios
Swordfish Studios
Swordfish Studios was a British software development company based in Birmingham founded by Rage executive director Trevor Williams and Joan Finnegan in September 2002....
for the real-time tactics
Real-time tactics
Real-time tactics or RTT is a subgenre of tactical wargames played in real-time simulating the considerations and circumstances of operational warfare and military tactics...
video game World in Conflict
World in Conflict
World in Conflict, or WiC, is a real-time tactical video game developed by the Swedish video game company Massive Entertainment and published by Ubisoft for Microsoft Windows. The game was released in September 2007...
. It features the ability to play as the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
in the single player campaign, against which the player fought in the original World in Conflict.
The World In Conflict Complete Edition and Soviet Assault Expansion Pack were released in the United States on March 10, 2009 and later on in Europe and Australia on March 12, 2009.
Gameplay
The new expansion features 6 new single player missions and 2 new multiplayer maps. It features new missions in the single player campaign and will integrate these new missions with the current US campaign, meaning the two will be interwoven with one another. The Console versions were to feature voice commands that would allow units to be ordered and deployed onto to the battlefield through a headset. However this feature was never implemented for the PC version. The 2 multiplayer maps are available free of charge for owners of the original World in Conflict.Plot
The game, following the events of the original World in ConflictWorld in Conflict
World in Conflict, or WiC, is a real-time tactical video game developed by the Swedish video game company Massive Entertainment and published by Ubisoft for Microsoft Windows. The game was released in September 2007...
, is set in an alternate 1989 in which the Politburo
Politburo
Politburo , literally "Political Bureau [of the Central Committee]," is the executive committee for a number of communist political parties.-Marxist-Leninist states:...
of the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
elects to take military action to sustain itself, rather than collapse. Failing to achieve aid diplomatically, the Soviet Union invades Western Europe. However, in addition to the standard US campaign, the player also assumes the role of Romanov, a Lieutenant in the Soviet Army
Soviet Army
The Soviet Army is the name given to the main part of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union between 1946 and 1992. Previously, it had been known as the Red Army. Informally, Армия referred to all the MOD armed forces, except, in some cases, the Soviet Navy.This article covers the Soviet Ground...
under the command of Colonel Vladimir Orlovsky, who also commands two other subordinates in his battalion, his nephew Captain Nikolai Malashenko and Major Valeriy Lebedjev, a KGB
KGB
The KGB was the commonly used acronym for the . It was the national security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 until 1991, and was the premier internal security, intelligence, and secret police organization during that time.The State Security Agency of the Republic of Belarus currently uses the...
officer attached to the battalion.
Spetznaz infiltrate and destroy a US outpost in West Berlin to make way for a full scale Soviet invasion. The Berlin Wall is destroyed as the Red Army battalions move through. After ferocious fighting the US 6th Armored Battalion is destroyed and the victorious Soviets unite Berlin, moving on to their invasion of Western Germany, and thus beginning World War III
World War III
World War III denotes a successor to World War II that would be on a global scale, with common speculation that it would be likely nuclear and devastating in nature....
. Months later, Soviet forces launch a surprise invasion of Seattle, Washington. During the invasion Orlovsky and his forces are tasked with pacifying the countryside. Guerrilla civilian resistance members have began attacking Soviet forces, fueling Malashenko's hatred. Romanov and Malashenko attack the guerrilla command post, and the guerrilla leader is captured. However Orlovsky finds Malashenko attempting to massacre several civilians with a firing squad to demoralize the Americans. Orlovsky reprimands him and warns that stepping out of line once more will result in his discharge.
A flashback depicts the events of the European theater of war. A stalemate in the fighting between the USSR and NATO results in a new task to conduct a raid on a Norwegian coastal base, thereby opening a bombing corridor to fly sorties against Britain and Europe and giving the Soviets the edge. During this successful attack and the testing of a new incendiary bomb, Orlovsky and his men learn that a NATO task force made an incursion into the Soviet Union. Orlovsky and his officers are ordered to return to Russia, where they defend a POW camp from a NATO attack force. Malashenko receives news that his wife and daughter were killed in a raid by NATO forces, and is motivated further by hate. He also states his disdain over the Soviet government and the GRU
GRU
GRU or Glavnoye Razvedyvatel'noye Upravleniye is the foreign military intelligence directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation...
's lies to the Red Army over enemy figures and facts.
The events return to the aftermath of Cascade Falls, in which US forces nuked the town to stop impending Soviet forces. The Red Army retreat from Cascade Falls back to Seattle to prepare for the inevitable US counterattack. Romanov is given command of Frontal Aviation assets and is commanded with defending the trucks loaded with injured Soviet troops from the US forces. During the mission, Malashenko shoots and kills Orlovsky for ordering the Soviet forces to go back to Russia instead of attempting an impossible defense of Seattle. Lebedjev is given command of the remaining Soviet forces and soon realizes, like Orlovsky, that Seattle cannot be held and makes plans for Orlovsky's units to go home. A disillusioned Malashenko, however, proceeds for Seattle where he is sure to meet certain death.
Distribution
The expansion was delivered through two methods: online download and retail. There are two retail versions, with one consisting of the expansion only, with another, called "World in Conflict: Complete Edition", containing the original game and the Soviet Assault expansion. The online download only contains the Soviet Assault expansion and is designed for players who already have the original game.All the multiplayer content released for Soviet Assault (new maps) is available free of charge to the World in Conflict community via Massgate. However the new single-player missions must be purchased for the user to access the content.
Development
Soviet Assault was going to be released in Q4 2008 for the Xbox 360Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
and PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3
The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
as a stand-alone game, and for Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
-based PCs
Personal computer
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as an expansion pack. However, the console versions were cancelled.
On July 29, 2008, Sierra dropped World in Conflict: Soviet Assault, among other games from their productions, putting the future of World in Conflict: Soviet Assault in question.
On August 6, 2008, Sierra put Massive Entertainment up for sale. On November 11, Massive was acquired by Ubisoft.