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Battlestations Midweek Madness 50% Off!

November 10, 2009, 10:15 am - Valve - General Announcement

Battlestations Midway and Battlestations Pacific from Eidos are available for 50% off until Thursday!

Pre-Purchase Battlestations Pacific, Get Midway Free

May 4, 2009, 5:12 pm - Valve - Product Release

Battlestations Pacific, the sequel to the critically-acclaimed Battlestations: Midway is now available for pre-purchase via Steam. Relive some of the grandest and most critical naval battles of recent history and for the first time, choose to lead your fleet to a completely different ending to the war.

Pre-purchase Battlestations Pacific before release and get a copy of Battlestations: Midway for free to play right now.

Introducing the Eidos WWII Collection

May 25, 2007, 3:05 pm - Valve - Product Release

The Eidos WWII Collection, a new game bundle for fans of WWII-based games, is now available on Steam. Engage your combat skills across three game genres: action, stealth, and real-time strategy.

The collection includes:
• Battlestations: Midway, the 3rd-person action game featuring the all-new Iowa Mission Pack
• Commandos: Strike Force, the only WWII stealth combat action game
• Commandos 3: Destination Berlin, a game of real-time tactics set behind enemy lines in the European theater

The Eidos WWII Collection is available for $59.95. Save 20% ($47.95) when you buy before Tuesday, May 29.

New Battles, Vehicles for Battlestations: Midway

May 23, 2007, 12:00 pm - Valve - Product Release

Eidos has released two new historical battle maps and brand new vehicles for Battlestations: Midway. The new maps re-enact two of the most epic battles from the infamous Pacific war: The Battle of Sibuyan Sea and The Raid on Truk. The new battles also feature a new and unique set of air, sea and underwater vehicles that challenge the player's skills and naval strategy.

The new Iowa Mission Pack includes:
• The Battle of Sibuyan Sea, a new multiplayer battle
• The Raid on Truk, a new single-player battle
• New ships and planes
• P-38 Lightning (Fighter Plane)
• Nakijima J1N1 Gekko (Fighter Plane)
• USS Iowa (BB-61) (Battleship)
• IJN Shimakaze (Destroyer)
• IJN Type A mini-sub (Submarine)

The content update will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted.

Battlestations: Midway Update Released

May 9, 2007, 4:27 pm - Valve - Product Update

Updates to Battlestations: Midway have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Battlestations: Midway

• Lower bandwidth usage when playing multiplayer games
  
• Multiple clients connections now allowed from the same IP adress
  
• Bug fixed which prevented some players to connect to games via LAN
  
• GameSpy servers no longer appear in LAN browser
  
• Inclusion of a connection-meter to the multiplayer menus
  
• 'Surrender' option added to the ingame multiplayer menu
  
• The game no longer stops the Windows screensaver
  
• Fix for the multiplayer map 'Islands of Solomon'
  
• Fix for a mission-end camera issue with the multiplayer map 'Operation MI'
  
• Foliage trees no longer have the black outline
  
• Fixed an issue with the ships' flags
  
• The propeller on the "please wait" screen is now rolling
  
• The multiplayer code now includes the GameSpy NAT Negotiation feature