Storm the Beaches for the D-Day Sale!

[Scott Parrino]

Matrix Games and Slitherine (www.slitherine.com) are excited to announce that starting June 6, and ending June 12, 2012, selected World War II strategy games will be sold at discount prices in memory of the important day when Allied forces invaded Europe by landing on the beaches of Normandy.

Titles ranging from Battle Academy to Close Combat: The Longest Day to Command Ops: Highway to the Reich and their expansions will be discounted in both physical and digital download form. Savings can reach up to 40% on certain titles, so players can rush in and nab the strategy game (or games!) that they’ve been eyeing in the past!

The full list of titles on sale are below. Please note that these are the download prices, boxed copies and promo contracts will be discounted but at different rates than the download copies.

Battle Academy PC and Mac - Originally $29.99, now $19.99!
Battle Academy: Blitzkrieg France PC and Mac - Originally $14.99, now $9.99!
Battle Academy: Market Garden PC and Mac - Originally $14.99, now $9.99!
Battle Academy: Operation Sealion PC and Mac - Originally $14.99, now $9.99!
Close Combat: Cross of Iron - Originally $39.99, now $29.99!
Close Combat: The Longest Day - Originally $39.99, now $29.99!
Close Combat: Wacht am Rhein - Originally $39.99, now $29.99!
Close Combat: Last Stand Arnhem - Originally $39.99, now $29.99!
Decisive Campaigns: The Blitzkrieg from Warsaw to Paris - Originally $39.99, now $29.99!
Advanced Tactics: Gold - Originally $39.99, now $29.99!
Command Ops: Battles from the Bulge - Originally $59.99, now $39.99!
Command Ops: Highway to the Reich - Originally $24.99, now $14.99!
Norm Koger's Operational Art of War III - Originally $39.99, now $29.99!
Battles in Normandy - Originally $49.99, now $34.99!
Commander - Europe at War - Originally $29.99, now $19.99!

Be sure to get them while you can! The sale lasts from June 6 to June 12, 2012!

[Hanal]

I've been waiting for Battlefield Academy to go on sale so I can repurchase it. I've missed not being able to play the game since my old pc bit the dust.

[Vyshka]

ORIGINAL: J P Falcon

I've been waiting for Battlefield Academy to go on sale so I can repurchase it. I've missed not being able to play the game since my old pc bit the dust.

You should be able to re-download your original purchase

[Hanal]

ORIGINAL: Vyshka

ORIGINAL: J P Falcon

I've been waiting for Battlefield Academy to go on sale so I can repurchase it. I've missed not being able to play the game since my old pc bit the dust.

You should be able to re-download your original purchase

I have been able to do that with many of the games I lost..for example I have my Battle Academy France expansion, but unfortunately with the core game, I lost everything and forgot to register it when I bought it. I do not even have my original purchase email address any longer. It's a simple lesson learned from being a bit careless with my back ups and I do not mind buying it again.

[cohimbra]

ORIGINAL: Scott Parrino
Close Combat: Last Stand Arnhem - Originally $39.99, now $39.99!

Hi, I think there is an error here.

[rodney727]

ORIGINAL: cohimbra

ORIGINAL: Scott Parrino
Close Combat: Last Stand Arnhem - Originally $39.99, now $39.99!

Hi, I think there is an error here.

As the old saying goes trust but verify.

[IainMcNeil]

Yes thanks - fixed!

[rowech]

Any chance we see Battle Academy for ipad go on sale as well?

[IainMcNeil]

No sorry that's definitely not going on sale.

[rowech]

Thanks for letting me know. I can't bring myself to pay $20 for an app so I'll end up passing for now. Thanks.

[IainMcNeil]

I don't understand the logic but its your call The PC version is exactly the same and 50% more normally and the same price now.

[rowech]

A $20 iTunes price is only going to get people who are already big wargame fans. It will never tap into a new customer base. Someone like myself, who is only a mild wargame player, won't fork over that kind of price when I can buy 5-10 other games for a total of $20.

[IainMcNeil]

You may say that but the evidence is against it. We've been the #1 strategy game in 11 countries and top 10 almost everywhere.

You cannot get anything like our games on the iOS store. Getting 5-10 other simpler games is fine if that's what you want, but it's not what we're seeing or hearing. Just look at the reviews!

[rowech]

Football Manager -- $10
Combat Touch -- $5
Versions of board games like Settlers, Ticket, etc. range from $5-$10
Your own game Conquest! is only $3.

By the look at pricing and it sounds like you're charging $20 because you feel you have the only true wargame on the ipad, there's no competition, and because of the name attached to it. No doubt, like I said, real wargamers are going to jump right in and not blink twice. You will keep the same customer base you have but I'm not sure how you're going to build it up. How many customers like me are intrigued by the game but bail because of the price? Those are the customers you don't see in reviews.

[helm123456789]

I find it odd that you have been a member of the forums since 05 and have over 200 posts, but you claim your a casual player of wargames. It would be my guess you have a couple Matrix titles. What was the price of them? Football Manager for iOS and Android is very stripped down. Have the PC version and bought the Android version to support the developer, but only play the PC version.

[rowech]

Most of my posts are from when matrix carried puresim baseball. I'm definitely not a major war game player.

[stone10]

great news!!

[IainMcNeil]

I understand what you are saying but we think you are wrong and that the pricing policy of the app store and places like Steam is completely broken and have no intentions of following it. We want to release games at a price point that is fair and sustainable for us and the developers and this is based on our decades of experience. This is what we're doing and it is working. We also don't do massive sales as we think it penalises the early adopters who are our hard core fans base. We have a fairly steady price point over the entire lifetime of a product and you can be sure you're not going be regretting buy as the game is on sale 75% off the day after you bought. We just don't do this. Our hard core fan base is extremely important to us and work hard to look after them.