Jagged Alliance: Back in Action Demo Released

Want to know what you’re getting yourself into before putting down your hard-earned cash on Kalypso and bitComposer’s Jagged Alliance: Back in Action?  Then you’ll be pleased to hear that there’s now a playable demo available that’ll take you through the tutorial mission and one level of the game.  You can grab it from AtomicGamer, Strategy Informer, and the other usual suspects while you read through the press release that covers its scope:

Test Your Tactical Talents with New Jagged Alliance: Back in Action Demo
 
Bracknell, UK, 1st February, 2012 – Do you have what it takes to assemble an A-team, invade an island and oust an evil dictator? If you think you’ve got what it takes, it’s time for you to launch your career as the leader of a Private Military Corporation in the newly released single-player demo for Jagged Alliance: Back in Action, the upcoming tactical combat game for Windows PC from Kalypso Media and bitComposer Games.
 
The demo, available at the mirror links below, offers you the opportunity to take a squad behind enemy lines as they clear all the opposition in the area. Jagged Alliance is all about testing your combat planning skills, and the Orta Laboratory level featured in the demo will challenge you to use the (Plan & Go) system for optimizing your battle plans before you drop those pesky villains with a well-aimed shot from one of the many real-world weapons featured in the game. (Plan & Go) is a new addition to the Jagged Alliance series, introducing a battle planning mode that moves above and beyond turn-based play, and will prove both exciting and challenging to hardcore veterans and tactical newcomers alike.
 
The demo includes:  
‘¢ One tutorial mission
‘¢ One sample level from the final game (Orta Laboratory), which takes place about 2/3 of the way through the game and will challenge players to demonstrate their advanced tactical planning skills through the (Plan & Go) system
‘¢ A pre-assembled team of veteran mercenaries, armed to the teeth and ready for action
 
Jagged Alliance: Back in Action takes players to the fictitious country of Arulco, where a ruthless dictator has seized power and only a small group of rebels stand to resist her. Tasked with freeing the island from the dictator’s iron grip, players will command rebel and mercenary forces while using tactical, diplomatic and economic tools to keep troops supplied and ready for the next flight, all while commanding them directly in nail-biting battles.
 
Back in Action’s innovative (plan & go) combat system combines real-time strategy (RTS) with turn-based elements to guarantee that the intricacies of tactical warfare are rendered in dynamic, exciting gameplay. This challenges would-be commanders to master not only strategy and tactical combat, but also to maximise their team’s capabilities through RPG-like character advancement.

About The Kalypso Media Group
Founded in 2006 in Germany by industry veterans Simon Hellwig and Stefan Marcinek, Kalypso Media is a global, independent developer, marketer and publisher of interactive entertainment software with 120 employees world-wide
 
Along with Headquarters in Worms, Germany, the company has offices in the United Kingdom and the United States.  Kalypso Media also enjoys very strong global digital distribution through its Kalypso Media Digital Ltd. Subsidiary, and owns three development studios Realmforge Studios GmbH, Gaming Minds Studios GmbH and Noumena Studios GmbH and works with multiple leading independent developers.
 
Kalypso Media’˜s titles include the critically acclaimed Tropico 4, Sins of a Solar Empire, Dungeons and Jagged Alliance: Back in Action. Upcoming multi-platform titles include The Dark Eye Demonicon and Port Royale 3, along with Legends of Pegasus and Hard Reset: Extended Edition for PC. Further information about Kalypso Media is available at http://www.kalypsomedia.com.
 
About bitComposer Games
bitComposer Games is an independent publisher of PC and computer games based in Eschborn, Germany. The company focuses on the international marketing of software entertainment products for the classic PC, console and handheld platforms. bitComposer Games works with experienced development teams and service providers worldwide to develop in-house projects, licensed titles and commissioned productions. For more information, please visit: www.bit-composer.com