Battlestations: Midway’s new set of mean machines

February 28, 2007

In case you’ve forgotten, the scheduled Downloadable Content“>downloadable content for Battlestations: Midway will finally go live tomorrow, March 1. The download will include two new historical battle maps and five brand new vehicles. It seems that the folks over at Eidos Interactive are really making sure that fans always have something new to look forward to.

Anyway, we’ve already discussed the last time around the battle maps that will be included in the download. To refresh your memory though, the single player map is called “The Raid on Truk” while the multiplayer map is called “The Battle of Sibuyan Sea.” But what are wars without vehicles, right?

The new battles, like what we’ve mentioned earlier, will feature a new set of air, sea, and undersea vehicles. These will definitely challenge any player’s skills and naval strategies. Here are the newest mean machines:

P-38 Lightning: A fast, powerful and distinctive twin-engine interceptor and one of the most important American fighters of the Second World War. Its long range and twin engines made it well suited for duty in the Pacific.
Nakijima J1N1 Gekko: The first Japanese aircraft designed and built specifically to intercept and destroy other aircraft at night. It was deadly against Bombers and as a powerful kamikaze plane against ships.
USS Iowa (BB-61): The lead battleship of its class. Nicknamed Â”The Big StickÂ”, this famous flagship fought in numerous and significant battles in World War II and the Korean War.
IJN Shimakaze: The IJN Shimakaze (“Island Wind”) is considered to be the fastest and most powerful Destroyer of World War II and she was the only one of her class built.
Type A mini-sub: The Type A mini-sub was a two-man submarine. Difficult to detect, the Type A submarines were used during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and throughout the war.

Update: We’ve got info from gaming site Pro-G that the downloadable content set to be released March 1 will be delayed because of “technical issues”. The content for Battlestations: Midway – both for the PC and for the Xbox 360 – will be released simultaneously later in March.

See more screenshots after the jump!

Buy: [Battlestations: Midway (Xbox 360)]

Buy: [Battlestations: Midway (Windows XP)]

P-38 Lightning: A fast, powerful and distinctive twin-engine interceptor and one of the most important American fighters of the Second World War. Its long range and twin engines made it well suited for duty in the Pacific.
Nakijima J1N1 Gekko: The first Japanese aircraft designed and built specifically to intercept and destroy other aircraft at night. It was deadly against Bombers and as a powerful kamikaze plane against ships.
USS Iowa (BB-61): The lead battleship of its class. Nicknamed Â”The Big StickÂ”, this famous flagship fought in numerous and significant battles in World War II and the Korean War.
IJN Shimakaze: The IJN Shimakaze (“Island Wind”) is considered to be the fastest and most powerful Destroyer of World War II and she was the only one of her class built.
Type A mini-sub: The Type A mini-sub was a two-man submarine. Difficult to detect, the Type A submarines were used during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and throughout the war.