Commander: The Great War releases on iPad and Steam

Lord Zimoa · July 25, 2014, 04:25:54 AM

Commanders, new fronts are opening up!
JULY 25TH, 2014

Commanders, new fronts are opening up!
Commander: The Great War releases on iPad and Steam today

Epsom, UK, July 25, 2014.

Acclaimed by the press – "Can't recall enjoying a grand-strategic WWI title more" (Rock Paper Shotgun), "Accessible and well-documented, without sacrificing challenge or strategy" (Tacticular Cancer) – and rewarded by the community with the Digital Strategic Game of the Year 2012 title attributed by the Grogheads readers – Commander: The Great War is finally reaching new platforms with its releases on both the App Store and Steam.

In the iPad version of the game you will find all the elements that contributed to the success of the PC version, giving you a unique wargaming experience on your tablet. Creating such a complex wargame on a tablet device was a huge challenge and The Lordz Games Studio has been optimizing this gem for months so as not to sacrifice any feature from the game on PC.

The huge campaign map, 5 grand campaigns, unit customization, research and technology panels, realistic combat model, cross platform multiplayer and gameplay adapted to the touchscreen platform turns Commander: The Great War into the deepest World War I simulation on iPad.

And we should not forget our PC community!

We are glad to announce that the game is released on Steam as well. Faithful to our habits, we are also going to offer a free Steam key to anyone who has a copy of the PC game, wherever they bought it from, once the game is available on this digital platform! All they have to do is register their serial here and they will be able to redeem a free key to add the game to their Steam library!

Get more information on Commander: The Great War from its official Steam and iPad pages.

bbmike · July 25, 2014, 06:52:16 AM

Steam key generated flawlessly! Now I'm off to see about buying that iPad version...

Lord Zimoa · July 25, 2014, 08:41:45 AM

To celebrate CTGW PC releasing on Steam, we give a 50% discount coming week to equal the iPad version at 19.99 $:

http://www.slitherine.com/games/ctgw_pc

or

http://www.matrixgames.com/products/385/details/Commander.-.The.Great.War.

TheCommandTent · July 25, 2014, 08:56:47 AM

Got my STEAM key now just waiting impatiently for it to unlock on STEAM so I can download it. :)

Slick Wilhelm · July 25, 2014, 10:52:11 AM

Congrats on the release, but wake me up when the Android version is released. I've got a Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2 ready and waiting to play it on.

FlickJax · July 25, 2014, 10:59:08 AM

SAYS 8 HOURS AND 26TH jULY HERE - uk :(

sandman2575 · July 25, 2014, 11:12:59 AM

Good news. There are precious few good games for iPad -- Commander Great War seems perfect for that platform. I guess I'll soon find out :) Also glad to have a Steam key for my PC version... I seem to have a worsening case of Steam Tunnel Vision, where the only games that register in my consciousness as being available to play have to be on Steam, or I forget I own them...

Rayfer · July 25, 2014, 12:43:55 PM

Steam is saying 6 hours to release but it doesn't show a price. Will it be the same as the $19.99 sale at Matrix? Hmmm?

tgb · July 25, 2014, 05:53:33 PM

Steam version is out

bbmike · July 25, 2014, 05:55:58 PM

And I have to add that, as we were assured by the developer, the iPad version is not a 'lite' version. It plays just like the PC version!

TheCommandTent · July 25, 2014, 06:22:16 PM

Quote from: tgb on July 25, 2014, 05:53:33 PM
Steam version is out

Woot! There goes my weekend.

sandman2575 · July 25, 2014, 07:06:08 PM

Quote from: bbmike on July 25, 2014, 05:55:58 PM
And I have to add that, as we were assured by the developer, the iPad version is not a 'lite' version. It plays just like the PC version!

Excellent. I had pretty much given up on the iPad as a gaming platform (...for intelligent games, that is -- not interested in "Infinity Blade" type garbage). I can count on one hand the number of games I *enjoy* playing on iPad. So this is great news -- a serious, not watered down grand strategy game for iOS. O0

JasonPratt · July 25, 2014, 07:06:57 PM

Weirdly, the steam registration link seemed to go to a page that wasn't mine but which had keys for various games to be redeemed (including TGW) -- but which when I clicked the redeem button generated a null field.

Oh well. I "logged out" and logged back in and everything was fine after that. Just weird.

Nefaro · July 25, 2014, 08:14:30 PM

Quote from: JasonPratt on July 25, 2014, 07:06:57 PM
Weirdly, the steam registration link seemed to go to a page that wasn't mine but which had keys for various games to be redeemed (including TGW) -- but which when I clicked the redeem button generated a null field.

Oh well. I "logged out" and logged back in and everything was fine after that. Just weird.

The Slitherine site has been a bit wonky the last couple times I did this, but it eventually worked after relogging or reloading the page(s) in question.

republic · January 13, 2015, 10:28:18 AM

How would you guys rate naval combat in this game? I've been eying it awhile.