Blitzkrieg 3 lets you attack or defend in asynchronous multiplayer (hands-on preview)

For the first time in a decade, Russian independent game publisher Nival is launching a new game in the Blitzkrieg series for the PC. The real-time strategy game Blitzkrieg 3 looks beautiful, and if the game truly is as polished as Nival has shown, it could spark a revival in World War II games on the PC.

We got a hands-on preview and a briefing from Sergey Orlovskiy, the chief executive of the Moscow-based company. This is a treat since the original Blitzkrieg debuted in 2003 and Blitzkrieg 2 came out in 2005. Nival has been working on Blitzkrieg 3 for about three years, Orlovskiy said. The funny thing is that the title started out as a game about the Vietnam War. But as development progressed, the team switched gears and returned to World War II.