Eight Games For Eight Days And Ten Years Of Weirdness!
Scorching Shrapnel Games Summer Sale Starts Now!
Cary, NC, 20 July 2011
Eight days that will shake the world! Join Shrapnel Games as we unleash a very special summer sale, a sale designed to free you from the confines of your false reality! Pierce the veil and bathe in the wombs of the eight worlds before you. Spit upon the mundane, bind the monotonous, and lust for that which is oh so sublime. As a journeyman of time and space rule the ancient lands of Mesopotamia! Crush your enemies as Europe burns! Descend into the darkness and slay the great beast! Watch for the Fire in the Sky!
From July 20th until July 27th Shrapnel Games is pleased to offer discounts on eight titles meant to lift you out of the summer doldrums. Eight titles featuring plenty of variety from each other, there’s a little bit of everything for everyone. And not only are we offering these eight games for eight days but as a bonus we’re featuring some really awesome discounts on Digital Eel games to celebrate their 10th anniversary! Read on!
Ten years ago the independent studio known as Digital Eel was unleashed onto the gaming world. Whether the official story of three industry veterans wanting to create fun and ingenious games is to believed, or the unofficial story involving aliens, pods, and a waffle griddle, it doesn’t matter because however they came to be the gaming world is a better place because of it.
To mark a decade of strange worms, odd blobs, insane boxes, cryptic candy, and bizarre worlds Shrapnel Games is pleased to offer some fantastic savings on both BRAINPIPE: A Plunge to Unhumanity and Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space.
BRAINPIPE, normally sells for $14.95 but for the next eight days to honor ten years of Eelness we’re taking ten dollars off! That’s right, the mind blowing game of inner discovery featuring an award-winning soundscape is only $4.95!!! Available for both Windows and Mac, take the twisted journey for again, $4.95!!!
Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space, available for both Windows and Mac, is the most epic game you’ll ever play in under twenty minutes. A thrilling space opera on your desktop, this award-winning classic normally sells for $24.95 but for the next eight days can be purchased for only $16.95! Another great bargain, and one that won’t be repeated again soon so grab your towel and head off to infinity and beyond for about the cost of a pizza!
Be sure to visit
www.digital-eel.com to join in all the Decennial fun!
Besides saving on all Digital Eel titles enjoy discounts on the following eight games:
winSPWW2 Enhanced Edition on sale for $34.95. Do you dream of hexes? The ultimate turn-based tactical computer wargame, winSPWW2 is every wargamer’s desire. Covering not only the Second World War but the years leading up to it, winSPWW2 (based on the classic Steel Panthers series) features literally hundreds of scenarios, and about every piece of important hardware that saw action, or could have, during the ‘30s and ‘40s. Campaigns, random battles, multiplayer, and the ability to create your own scenarios ensures this is one game that keeps on giving and giving.
Space HoRSE on sale for only $24.95. Not every battle involves firepower. Some involve money. Enjoy intergalactic wheeling and dealing in this sci-fi economic strategy game that’s fun for young and old alike. An homage to M.U.L.E., Space HoRSE is fast playing, colorful, with plenty of surprises to keep the replay value high. Discover the joy of the deal in Space HoRSE.
Raging Tiger: The Second Korean War on sale for $31.95. There is no Team America, there is only Joint Task Force Iron. Command the very best ground forces the US and ROK have to offer as you head north, intent on striking down the serpent that is the DPRK. Intense real-time strategy gaming featuring the most realistic portrayal of modern warfare found on your PC, playable against the challenging computer opponent or other players.
War Plan Pacific on sale for $34.95. Take an epic conflict spanning the world’s largest ocean that lasted four years. Distill it down into a wargame that is playable in a single session and yet manages to retain its historical accuracy. Congratulations, you have War Plan Pacific. Designed for maximum playability, War Plan Pacific is a grand strategic title that features massive naval action, sweeping island hopping campaigns, and multiple victory conditions. And yes, Japan actually has a chance of winning…at least in game terms.
Bronze on sale for $24.95. Bronze is a game of conquest in the ancient world featuring several distinct and historically accurate civilizations. It is not what you would expect from such a game though, instead choosing a path of innovation and creativity. In this puzzle/strategy title enjoy battling for supremacy in Mesopotamia in campaigns, quick matches, and the ultimate play mode—survival. Games are playable in minutes, and with its Eurogame-like feel Bronze will appeal to a wide variety of strategy gamers. Forget heading down to the local coffee shop to get your tile placing fix when you can do it all in the comfort of your own home.
World Supremacy on sale for $24.95. From the developer behind the best selling Space Empires series comes World Supremacy, the game of modern world domination. Part Axis and Allies, part Superpowers, and all amazing, World Supremacy allows up to eight players to battle for control of a randomly created world using contemporary weapons of war. Take the fight to your opponents using armor, helicopters, attack submarines, nuclear bombs, and more. A simple research tree and basic economic model add to your strategies. With player controlled starting variables, map randomization, and full modding capabilities, World Supremacy offers quite a bang for the buck.
Air Command 3.0 on sale for only $29.95. Try your hand out at a completely different kind of strategy game. In Air Command 3.0 players take on the role of air traffic controllers at various airports (expandable to an additional 34 airports by purchasing the expansion pack), directing air traffic and doing your best to avoid mayhem. Scenarios are playable in minutes and feature plenty of realism, from true-to-life doppler precipitation patterns to jumbled communications. An editor is included allowing airports from small town sized to international hubs to be created. This may not be your usual strategy game, but it’s as addictive as tank warfare or anything the realms of fantasy has to offer.
Scallywag: In the Lair of the Medusa on sale for $21.95. Create a character, light your lantern, and head down into the dungeon to defeat the Medusa in this Rogue-like action RPG. Eighty levels of randomly generated dungeons, dozens of critters bent on your demise, scores of items to loot, and twenty levels of character experience make this a very hefty dungeoncrawl. Not only is it a dungeoncrawl, it’s a complete dungeoncrawl toolkit. Using nothing but general Windows applications Scallywag can be completely modded, from the simple such as changing a monster’s stat to total conversions. Experience the best of two worlds today!
To check out demos and discover more information for all the games on sale please visit us at
www.shrapnelgames.com. Remember, the sale lasts until July 27th! Enjoy your summer and enjoy the savings!
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