Airborne Assault: Highway to the Reich

Airborne Assault: Highway to the Reich
Developer(s)	Panther Games
Publisher(s)	Matrix Games
Platform(s)	Windows
Release	July 2003 [1]
Genre(s)	FPS

Airborne Assault: Highway to the Reich is a video game released in 2003.

Release

Airborne Assault: Highway to the Reich was released by Panther Games and Matrix Games on 1 December 2003. ^{[2] [3]}

Reception

Reception

Review scores

Publication	Score
GameSpy	4/5 [4]
Computer Gaming World	[5]
GameSpot	8.1/10 [6]
PC Gamer	89% [7]

Its unit-level artificial intelligence was praised as allowing "competent execution by groups of forces in pursuit of terrain-based objectives". ^[8]

The editors of Computer Gaming World nominated Highway to the Reich's computer version for their 2003 "Wargame of the Year" award, which ultimately went to Decisive Battles of WWII: Korsun Pocket . They wrote, "Highway to the Reich shows that war gaming is moving in exciting new directions". ^[9]

References

1. "Upcoming Video Game Releases". Statesman Journal . July 24, 2003. p. 51. Retrieved November 25, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
2. "Official site". Archived from the original on 2011-02-08. Retrieved 2017-10-08.
3. Highway to the Reich Matrix Games
4. Dy, Bernard (April 5, 2004). "Airborne Assault: Highway to the Reich". GameSpy . Retrieved November 25, 2021.
5. Udell, Scott (October 2002). "Reviews; Airborne Assault". Computer Games Magazine (143): 78.
6. Ocampo, Jason (December 18, 2003). "Airborne Assault: Highway to the Reich Review". GameSpot . Retrieved November 25, 2021.
7. Trotter, William (March 2004). "Airborne Assault: Highway to the Reich". PC Gamer . p. 77. Retrieved November 25, 2021.
8. Joystick soldiers: the politics of play in military video games , Nina Huntemann, Taylor & Francis, 2009, ISBN   0-415-99659-7, p.158, note 5
9. Editors of CGW (March 2004). "Computer Gaming World's 2003 Games of the Year". Computer Gaming World . No. 236. pp. 57–60, 62–69.