Square Enix ships first Western developed game

Square Enix announced that Wargaming.net’s latest strategy game, Order of War, is now available at retailers across North America. Order of War is Square Enix’s first release of a western-developed game outside of Japan. It is the first of many - with the next one coming from Gas Powered Games.

Order of War is a historical World War II real-time strategy game that offers large-scale battles and epic warfare along with a veneer of cinematic intensity. Players are challenged to take command of infantry, tank battalions, heavy artillery and aircraft, planning a multi-pronged strategic assault through missions based on key historic events and operations from 1944.

The single-player mode can be played out in two campaigns. The first features American forces versus German forces as they land on the beaches of occupied France on D-Day. The second lets players change sides, commanding German forces in Poland battling against the Soviet Army and in France battling American troops. The multiplayer mode can be played in either LAN or Internet mode, with battles taken from six maps from the campaign mode

Order of War is available at retailers today, as well as via download through Steam.