Source: Blue’s News

Mythical City Games announces Battle Fleet: Ground Assault, a turn-based strategy war game will come to Steam on May 1st. This is continuation of the Battle Fleet series takes the World War II turn-based strategy to dry land, featuring tank combat in spite of retaining the “Fleet” nomenclature. They also announce that an update will come later this year to add full virtual reality support, saying VR and desktop players will be able to do battle against each other. This teaser trailer offers a look at gameplay, and the announcement includes more details:

Mythical City Games announces today that the sequel of the popular turn-based military strategy game “Battle Fleet 2” will be released on Steam May 1st. Battle Fleet: Ground Assault is a new and unique turn-based strategy war game, designed for cunning tank based military maneuvers and challenging new battles, that brings a whole new tactical strategy experience to the genre.

Battle Fleet: Ground Assault takes some of the most exciting tank theaters of war from WWII and puts them on your desktop in this action packed turn-based strategy game. Battle Fleet: Ground Assault boasts a wide array of historically accurate WWII vehicles and tanks as well as different play environments that provide topographical challenges during combat.

In the teaser trailer you can see squads of tanks locked and loaded as they take to the front lines of the fight. The gameplay captures the excitement and power of these lethal war machines. The video shows off the wide range of rural and urban fighting environments as well as showcasing the fully destructible environment and buildings. With 20 historically accurate tanks to choose from, the sky is the limit as you mobilize your forces to the enemy frontlines.