Zurich, Switzerland – March 10th 2021 – Swiss developer Blindflug Studios is proud to launch the new edition of their iconic nuclear war strategy game First Strike: Classic, available now on PC, iOS and Android devices.
First Strike: Classic reprises First Strike: Final Hour with a brand-new AI with new tactics and a redesigned user interface. First Strike: Classic replaces the original version of First Strike: Final Hour on Steam, Google Play Store and Apple App Store and will be available for existing Final Hour owners free of charge.
First Strike: Final Hour first launched in March 2014 and has since been played by more than 11 million players worldwide, with fans residing in every country on Earth except North Korea.
Following fan requests for game updates, the remastered First Strike: Classic will serve as a base for future content and expansions which will begin rolling out in summer 2021.
First Strike: Classic features:
- A new and optimised codebase, rebuilt from the ground up.
- Massively improved AI with new behaviours and tactics.
- A refreshed and redesigned user interface
- Twelve playable nuclear superpowers. You decide which real-world superpower you play, from the USA to Russia, China or North Korea.
- Devastating superweapons. Build twelve technologically advanced missiles, from Tridents to the TSAR, unique to each nation.
- Build rockets and missiles, conquer territories and research new devastating nuclear technologies.
- New social hub.
- Control the world. Shoot and defend against incoming nuclear missiles on a 3D globe.
In addition to the launch of the new remastered game, players have the opportunity to talk to the developers in a Q&A on March 13th 2021 from 6PM GMT (7PM CET) on Twitch, YouTube and Facebook. As a special bonus, Blindflug will also hold a live tournament of their multiplayer title Stellar Commanders.
First Strike: Classic is available today on Steam, iOS and Android.
Trailer: https://youtu.be/VSF6vOyorMA
Homepage: http://www.firststrike.mobi/
BLINDFLUG STUDIOS: www.blindflugstudios.com
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/BlindflugStudio
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/BlindflugStudios
INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/blindflugstudios
Apple App Store
First Strike: Classic: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/first-strike-game/id783636913?ls=1
First Strike: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1434281598?mt=8
Google Play Store
First Strike: Classic: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.feinheit.games.firststrike
First Strike: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.blindflugstudios.firststrike.free&hl
Steam
First Strike: Classic: https://store.steampowered.com/app/587000
About Blindflug
We are an indie game studio founded in 2014 by Jeremy Spillmann and Moritz Zumbühl, based in Zürich, Switzerland and Poznań, Poland. Our mission is simple: We want to create beautiful, imaginative and incredibly fun games that center around real-world dilemmas. We believe that games are an incredible medium for allowing players to experience the most complex of problems while being hugely entertaining too! Our first title First Strike, a nuclear war RTS game, has been played by more than eleven million players so far. It was followed up by the highly critical acclaimed Cloud Chasers that explores the topic of migration, the dieselpunk action game Airheart and the Apple Arcade launch title Stellar Commanders. With over 50 nominations and prizes at international awards and festivals, like the Best GDC Pitch and German Developer Innovation Prize, Blindflug is one of the standout indie game studios in Europe.