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Arcane Wonders

Arcane Wonders

Behind Enemy Lines with David Thompson and Trevor Benjamin

Undaunted: Stalingrad is a deep and expansive standalone game that moves the Undaunted series in a whole new direction – an immersive campaign system that plays out like a legacy game but can be replayed for radically different experiences. In Undaunted: Stalingrad, you lead a German or Soviet platoon and battle over a war-torn city in one of the most pivotal battles in history. As you play through the scenarios, your actions and choices will see soldiers fall and be promoted, the city around you will change, and your victories and defeats will shape the course of the campaign.

At the beginning of Undaunted: Stalingrad, your platoon consists of squad leaders, scouts, riflemen, and machine gunners. Over the course of the campaign, you will be able to add many new troops to your platoon and outfit your soldiers with new weapons and equipment. Your

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infantry won’t be alone either! To win in the streets of Stalingrad, you will need all the support you can muster from tanks and more. As you command your forces in skirmishes, they have the opportunity to be rewarded for their valor, receiving promotions and taking on new roles and responsibilities. Many, however, will fall and will not live to see the fate of the city.

Your actions and those of your opponent will reshape the city of Stalingrad as you make your way through the campaign. Buildings will be reduced to rubble by artillery fire and by the destructive might of the German and Soviet air forces. You will have to use the environment to your advantage to be successful in your battles, hiding in the rubble left behind by a destroyed apartment building, navigating secret tunnels, and forcing your opponent’s tanks into your ambushes.

Over the course of the campaign, you will play through up to 15 branching scenarios, with each path driven by your successes and failures. With more than 35 different scenarios in the game, every campaign experience will be different from the one before. Each player in Undaunted: Stalingrad has their own mission briefings, providing players with a story tailored to their perspective of the battle. The game includes more than 150 evocative mission briefings written by acclaimed author Robbie MacNiven that will help immerse you in the story. And, of course, the game’s rich narrative will be illustrated by Roland MacDonald, with more than 300 unique pieces of art.

With Undaunted: Stalingrad you will determine the fate of one of the most important battles in history in a game that promises to be like nothing you have ever played before.

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