Announcing ATLANTIC FLEET

[Killerfish Games]

Today we reveal our next game and we're excited to say it is "Atlantic Fleet". In addition, we've launched Killerfish Games http://killerfishgames.com to support our ongoing game development.

Many players requested German and Royal Navy ships over the last months so it may come as no surprise that we've tackled this theatre of war next. What might come as a surprise is how much more we're putting into this next game!

Things are about to get a whole lot bigger and better:
- currently at 26 ship classes with more coming!
- bigger battles with up to 8 ships per side
- new torpedo firing model with salvos
- more realistic air operations with fighter and bomber wings
- land based aircraft
- all new damage model with destructible gun turrets, torpedo tubes/launchers, directors, RADAR and more
- new weapons such as secondary guns, hedgehog, squid, aerial rockets and aerial depth charges

On top of the greatly improved combat we're planning new ways to play the game:
- sandbox campaign (similar to Pacific Fleet)
- single battles with hot seat multiplayer (similar to Pacific Fleet)
- stand alone historical battles
- dynamic campaign where you'll manage the navies of Germany and Britain throughout the war

It is still many months until release but we'll continue to post more information and as always discuss the game.

[nikimcbee]

Is it going to focus on surface action?

Some sort of convoy command would be cool imo.

[Killerfish Games]

There will be plenty of surface action. In addition submarine/anti-submarine warfare is getting a complete overhaul since it played such a central role in the theatre.

Convoy actions will be in the game for surface raiders and wolf packs to take on and escorts to defend.

[nimmerzz]

Man, can't wait! Awesome game from decent developers! Glad these guys are doing well. I'll buy a couple copies just to show my gratitude!

[SuspectedMammal]

Very excited about this game, especially since it seems to becoming more realistic than Pacific Fleet (which was very good by the way).

Such an interesting and massively neglected theatre of war. Especially from the Royal Navy's perspective.

[USS Astoria]

Originally Posted by Pacific Fleet

There will be plenty of surface action. In addition submarine/anti-submarine warfare is getting a complete overhaul since it played such a central role in the theatre.

Convoy actions will be in the game for surface raiders and wolf packs to take on and escorts to defend.

DID YOU SAY SURFACE RAIDERS?! *excited sqeal*

Raiders were my favorite ships involved in the war, I would love to see them in game! Do they get a special perk or something, like where an enemy ship cannot fire on one until it fires first or something like that?

Anyways, this looks amazing!

[Punkrokker]

Looks pretty cool. Will be keeping an eye on this for sure.

[Killerfish Games]

Originally Posted by USS Astoria

DID YOU SAY SURFACE RAIDERS?! *excited sqeal*

Raiders were my favorite ships involved in the war, I would love to see them in game! Do they get a special perk or something, like where an enemy ship cannot fire on one until it fires first or something like that?

Anyways, this looks amazing!

There's 3 German Auxiliary Cruisers (Surface Raiders) currently in game:
Pingiun, Atlantic and Kormoran.

In the dynamic campaign the raiders work alone (not in task forces) and have a bonus not to be detected by allied ships. They also have an initiative bonus (get to act first) and a range bonus (get to start closer to the enemy).

There is also a single historical mission "Kormoran vs Sydney" where the two ships start of at very close range and duke it out until one (or both) are sunk.

Pictured below is a screenshot of the Kormoran.