Software:Close Combat: Invasion: Normandy
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| Developer(s) | Atomic Games |
| Publisher(s) | Mattel Interactive |
| Series | Close Combat |
| Platform(s) | Windows |
| Release | October 2000 |
| Genre(s) | Computer wargame |
Close Combat: Invasion: Normandy is a 2000 computer wargame developed by Atomic Games and published by Mattel Interactive for Windows. It is the fifth game in the Close Combat series. A remake, Close Combat: The Longest Day was released in 2009.[1]
Gameplay
Close Combat: Invasion: Normandy is a computer wargame with real-time gameplay, which focuses on military conflict in World War II.
Development
Atomic Games began working on Close Combat: Invasion: Normandy in early 2000, following the release of the fourth Close Combat title, Close Combat. The previous game had been made for Mindscape's Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) label, and Invasion: Normandy began under that publisher.[2] However, Mindscape had since been sold to Mattel when that company bought The Learning Company, Mindscape's parent, for $3.5 billion in 1999.[3][4][5] As a result, Close Combat V was published by Mattel Interactive,[6] a financially unstable company. Computer Games Magazine's Robert Mayer noted in September 2000 that "the future of [Close Combat] is up in the air—Mattel Interactive is perennially on the trading block, and Atomic ... has lost some key staff members in recent months".[2]
Late in September, Mattel sold The Learning Company at a bargain price to The Gores Group. A spokesman for the new managers announced that they expected to make it "profitable within six months."[3] Invasion: Normandy was released in October 2000.[7]
Reception
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According to Metacritic, Close Combat: Invasion: Normandy received "generally favorable reviews" from critics.[10]
References
- ↑ "Close Combat: The Longest Day Now Available". Ziff Davis. 30 April 2009. https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/04/30/close-combat-the-longest-day-now-available.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Udell, Scott (February 21, 2000). "Close Combat V in the works". Computer Games Magazine. Archived from the original on April 6, 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20050406160820/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/026/082/cc5.html.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Asher, Mark (January 2001). "News & Notes; Mattel Dumps Games Division". Computer Gaming World (198): 44.
- ↑ Staff (March 6, 1998). "Pearson loses Mindscape". CNN Money. Archived from the original on February 16, 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20050216013850/https://money.cnn.com/1998/03/06/deals/mindscape/.
- ↑ Zabalaoui, Keith (September 1999). "A Note From the President; Computer Games for the New Millennia!". Atomic Games. Archived from the original on June 11, 2000. https://web.archive.org/web/20000611040019/http://atomic.com/new/page/note2.htm.
- ↑ Mayer, Robert (September 18, 2000). "Close Combat Invasion: Normandy". Computer Games Magazine. Archived from the original on April 6, 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20050406165531/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/029/149/close_combat_5_preview.html.
- ↑ "GameSpace; Close Combat: Invasion Normandy". GameSpot. Archived from the original on April 10, 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20010410012145/http://www.zdnet.com/gamespot/filters/products/0,11114,375013,00.html.
- ↑ Geryk, Bruce (December 5, 2000). "Reviews; Close Combat: Invasion Normandy". Computer Gaming World. Archived from the original on April 14, 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20010414001341/http://www.zdnet.com/cgw/stories/main/0,11529,2656186,00.html.
- ↑ "Close Combat: Invasion Normandy - PC Review - Gamecenter - CNET.com". http://www.gamecenter.com/Reviews/Item/0,6,0-4897,00.html.
- ↑ "Close Combat: Invasion Normandy (pc: 2000): Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on July 26, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070726023444/http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/pc/closecombatinvasionnormandy.
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