Wargame: European Escalation Delayed Until Early Next Year

Wargame: European Escalation, the new strategy game from the developers of the rather underrated R.U.S.E., has been delayed until the first quarter of next year. The decision to do this was a mutual one between publisher Focus Home Interactive and developer Eugen Systems​, and is apparently to "ensure Wargame: European Escalation offers the best possible experience both in single player and in multiplayer."

For the unfamiliar, Wargame: European Escalation is an RTS game set in the period between 1975 and 1985 -- an underexplored era in strategy gaming. The game pits NATO, comprising the U.S. and Western Europe, against the Soviet and Eastern European countries that make up the Warsaw Pact across a series of hypothetical battles that explore what would have happened had the Cold War​ escalated into a full-scale conflict. Battles take place on a global scale, with Eugen Systems' impressive IrisZoom system allowing you to zoom right out to see the world map or right in to see individual units doing their thing.