Jagged Alliance: Crossfire is a tactical military RPG and it will be released this September, Kalypso Media has announced. This is a standalone expansion pack to Jagged Alliance: Back in Action and features new mercenaries, new environments and new weapons to challenge the player’s battlefield planning skills, while offering a combination of humorous dialog and realistic combat that fans have come to expect from the series’ decade-long history.

“Khanpaa, a peaceful and tranquil nation, is being held in the terrifying iron grip of a group of paid mercenaries…yet the United Nations looks the other way. UN ambassador Behnam Atiqullah tries to help his home country, but there is not much he can do. Military intervention from a major world power seems not to be an option and Khanpaa appears all alone…,” reads the story description.

“That’s where you come in! As the strategic genius behind your own personal Private Military Corporation, you’ve offered to help by bringing in your team of skilled mercenaries to retake the tormented nation of Khanpaa! Help the oppressed people by hiring a team of hardened guns-for-hire and prepare for battle in treacherously frozen mountain badlands. Along the way, discover why Khanpaa has been turned into a bloody battlefield and who aims to truly profit.”

Check out the features below.

Features: 

• Tactical combat at its finest, using the enhanced “Plan n Go” system of plotting your team’s moves strategically, then executing them in nail-biting real time
• 10 new mercenaries round out your team, completing a roster of more than 50 distinct combatants with unique skills, weaknesses and quirky personalities
• 10 new maps set in the unforgiving, frozen countryside of the mountain nation of Khanpaa, will challenge your planning skills –  rocky mountain terrain, narrow valleys and icy cliffs will provide new cover opportunities, chokepoints and offer optimum ambush points
• 15+ hours of gameplay across a brand new standalone campaign with a broad variety of missions
• New weapons, enemies and equipment – supplies are scarce, and your mercenaries will have to make the most of outdated weapons, limited supplies and equipment
• Enjoy the Jagged Alliance series as never before with vastly improved graphics, enhanced AI behavior, optional line-of-sight/fog of war, a polished interface and numerous performance and gameplay updates

Kalypso Media has announced the release of Jagged Alliance: Back in Action to UK retail today. Jagged Alliance: Back in Action will challenge players to run their own Private Military Corporation, managing everything from recruiting and equipping mercenaries to commanding troops in boots-on-the-ground combat. Jagged Alliance: Back in Action is available for PC for SRP £34.99 GBP/ €44.99 EUR.

Here’s some info on the game as given by the devs:

Jagged Alliance: Back in Action takes players to the fictitious country of Arulco, where a ruthless dictator has seized power and only a small group of rebels stand to resist her. Tasked with freeing the island from the dictator’s iron grip, players will command rebel and mercenary forces while using tactical and economic tools to keep troops supplied and ready for the next flight, all while commanding them directly in nail-biting battles.

Back in Action’s innovative “plan & go” combat system combines real-time strategy (RTS) with turn-based elements to guarantee that the intricacies of tactical warfare are rendered in dynamic, exciting gameplay. This challenges would-be commanders to master not only strategy and tactical combat, but also to maximize their team’s capabilities through RPG-like character advancement.

Key features of Jagged Alliance: Back in Action:

• Unrivalled mix of combat (tactics), role-playing, business and strategy
• Innovative “Plan & Go” combat system combines RTS gameplay with turn-based elements
• Realistic battlefield settings with authentic firearms
• Laptop/computer menu as a central anchor point for the player
• Assemble squads from numerous individual mercenaries, each with their own personalities
• Simultaneous control of multiple squads using a strategic map
• Convincing characters who interact with and comment on game events
• Acquire resources by capturing mines and encampments

bitComposer  Games have released single-player demo for Jagged Alliance: Back in Action.

The demo includes:

• One tutorial mission
• One sample level from the final game – “Orta Laboratory”, which takes place about 2/3 of the way through the game and will challenge players to demonstrate their advanced tactical planning skills through the “Plan & Go” system
• A pre-assembled team of veteran mercenaries, armed to the teeth and ready for action

You may download the PC demo from Strategy Informer.

Along with a new 3D graphics engine, Plan & Go is one of the key new features in Jagged Alliance: Back in Action, and will challenge players to craft the ultimate battlefield strategies as they coordinate actions between mercenaries and mercenary teams, as they fight to free the island of Arulco. Kalypso Media will release Jagged Alliance: Back in Action in the UK on 10th February, 2012 for Windows PC.

Back in Action takes players to the fictitious country of Arulco, where a ruthless dictator has seized power and only a small group of rebels stand to resist him. Tasked with freeing the island from the dictator’s iron grip, players will command rebel and mercenary forces while using tactical, diplomatic and economic tools to keep troops supplied and ready for the next flight, all while commanding them directly in nail-biting battles.

Kalypso Media and bitComposer Games have announced that Jagged Alliance: Back in Action will arrive in stores worldwide in February 2012 for PC. The game will have players commanding teams of mercenaries as they attempt to retake the island nation of Arulco from an evil dictator. Players will not only take control of combat teams on-the-ground, but will also manage finances, logistics and more.

Here’s some info on the game as given in the press release:

Back in Action takes players to the fictitious country of Arulco, where a ruthless dictator has seized power and only a small group of rebels stand to resist him. Tasked with freeing the island from the dictator’s iron grip, players will command rebel and mercenary forces while using tactical, diplomatic and economic tools to keep troops supplied and ready for the next flight, all while commanding them directly in nail-biting battles.

Back in Action’s innovative “plan & go” combat system combines real-time strategy (RTS) with turn-based elements to guarantee that the intricacies of tactical warfare are rendered in dynamic, exciting gameplay. This challenges would-be commanders to master not only strategy and tactical combat, but also to maximize their team’s capabilities through RPG-like character advancement.