3000AD announced that the long running Battlecruiser series comes to a close with the release of Universal Combat Collectors' Edition.
This collection of games spanning eleven years represents the evolution of hard core space combat sims. It consists of full copies of the three legacy Battlecruiser retail releases in their original state. It also contains over one hundred scenarios from all the games in Battlecruiser and Universal Combat series running on improved versions of the Universal Combat Special Edition game engine.
Universal Combat Collectors' Edition contains Universal Combat Special Edition (3000AD, Oct 2006),
Universal Combat A World Apart (3000AD, Oct 2005), Universal Combat Gold (3000AD, Oct 2005),
Universal Combat (Dreamcatcher Interactive, Feb 2004), Battlecruiser Millennium Gold (Dreamcatcher Interactive, March 2003), Battlecruiser Millennium (EB Games, Nov 2001), Battlecruiser 3000AD v2.0 (Interplay, Dec 1998), Battlecruiser 3000AD (Take2, Sept. 1996) and a whole lot of extras.
Universal Combat CEO is now shipping to retail stores with an MSRP of $29.95 USD. The ESD version will be available through Direct2Drive, Digital River, and BMT Micro in November.