Battlespace Command is Everything RTS Players Have Been Begging For

MicroProse just announced Battlespace Command, a new realistic military RTS game where players will utilize every facet of modern warfare on battlefields as large as six million square kilometers.

From coordinating infantry attacks to deploying drones, long-range missiles, aircraft carriers, tanks, and naval forces, Battlespace Command is looking to give RTS fans a full-scale military experience, with 50 playable nations at launch, as well as over 250 unit types.

New Modern Warfare RTS Announced by MicroProse

Battlespace Command is being developed by Wirraway Software, which is known for the mobile turn-based strategy games Pacific Fire, Blitzkreig Fire, and Redfire. Now, they're taking a crack at RTS in spectacular fashion.

While no release date window has been announced, Battlespace Command has the potential to be a big player in the military RTS world, as it's seemingly jam-packed with features that will give strategy fans full control over a global battlefield.

In this new RTS experience, players will utilize electronic warfare systems, communications networks, and radar to keep a close eye on the battlefield as combat unfolds, deploying forces including: infantry squads, helicopters, strategic bombers, naval forces, and ballistic weapons.

This will be a single-player game with operations of various scales, from urban warfare scenarios to battles that take place over mind-boggling distances. According to the game's Steam page, Battlespace Command will include: "Battlefields of up to 6,250,000 km², generated from real geographic data with destructible environments and urban combat."

The game will reportedly feature over 50 playable nations at launch, with plans to add more in the future, with each nation possessing unique abilities and equipment.

Full modding support will be available, as well as scenario creation and a mission editor, giving fans a true strategy sandbox experience, and according to Wirraway's website, "Battlespace Command places players in command of modern military operations on an unprecedented scale. Infantry squads, armored assaults, helicopters, drones, electronic warfare systems, strategic bombers, naval forces, cruise missiles, and ballistic weapons all operate together in a unified real-time simulation where positioning, coordination, and information dominance determine victory."

There's a long list of impressive features that could make Battlespace Command do incredibly well, but one that stands out is the ability for players to switch between a fully simulated 3D battlefield and their tactical command map, which uses "realistic, physics-based simulation of sensors and signals."

Battlespace Command definitely has a lot of potential to be an immersive and complex RTS game, but we likely won't have a release date window for quite some time.