Back in early February we mentioned that Order of Battle: Pacific was getting another expansion, this one themed around the U.S. Marines. Today I learned that the expansion is closer than we thought, only a week away and releasing on April 7th.
U.S Marines puts you in charge of the titular force during their island hopping campaign of 1942-45. The expansion offers a wealth of new units as well as 11 new scenarios to try your hand at.
- New Scenarios:
- Tulagi
- Guadalcanal
- Munda Point
- Blissful & Goodtime
- Bougainville
- Gilbert Islands
- Marshall Islands
- Saipan
- Guam
- Palau
- Iwo Jima
- New Units
- M2A4 Light Tank
- DUKW Amphibious Truck
- Marine Scouts
- Mortar Infantry
- F2A Buffalo
- Captured Shinhoto Chi-Ha
- BB Kong?
- Concrete Bunkers!
- New Features
- Support Fire ability for Heavy Infantry
- New faction: Marine Corps
- Editor: New Trigger Effect to change hex supply output
- Editor: Disable production for specific factions
- Editor: Trigger Effect “Set Unit AI Team” extended to allow – for example – units patrolling back and forth
Watch for U.S. Marines to launch next week, but you can pick up the base game, Order of Battle: Pacific right now for PC/Mac on Steam. If you don’t want to wait until next week, Matrix has released a U.S. Marines infographic to tide you over. Check it out below:
