Buka Entertainment today announced that it will publish Pacific Storm early in 2005. Currently in development at Lesta Studio, the title is described as a World War II-inspired real-time strategy game in which players will have the option to assume control of individual vehicles just as they would in a conventional combat simulation game.

　　Pacific Storm will let players re-create major Pacific battles from World War II from the perspective of either the US or Japan. Authentic units available to players will include battleships, aircraft carriers, destroyers, cruisers, rocket cruisers, submarines, torpedo boats, tankers, cargo ships, transports, fighters, attack planes, torpedo bombers, strategic bombers, reconnaissance planes, land cannons, and antiaircraft guns. All of the units in the game will gain experience in battle and will remain with players as they progress through the game's missions.

　　Resource gathering will have a part to play in Pacific Storm, and, although details are scarce at present, Buka has confirmed that resources in the game will include money, iron and nickel ore, bauxite, and oil. The game will feature multiplayer support in addition to the single-player campaign, although details are again scarce at the time of writing.

　　We'll bring you more information on Pacific Storm as soon as it becomes available.