Get ready for some free-to-play WW2 action as Battle Islands launches on the PS4 today
Suit up for war solider because DR Studio’s free-to-play title Battle Islands has just started its PS4 invasion and the games been built from the ground up, so this isn’t just a simple mobile port.
Get ready to train a army as Battle Islands is available today on the PS4.
Taking place in the South Pacific during World War 2, the game puts you in charge of a crack garrison on a tropical Island, and it’s your job to train your army and battle for land, air and sea supremacy as you both defend your own Island as well as taking the fight to your opponent’s Island to raid and pillage their resources for your ever-growing army.
While Battle Islands started its life as a mobile game, the game was later ported to Steam and from today is available on the PS4 but as already mentioned this isn’t a simple port. For the PS4 version Battle Islands has been built from the ground up and now features “brand new higher resolution assets” as well as a completely new user interface for the PS4’s controller. The PS4 version will allow up to 60 players playing on the network at the same time, will play at 1080p but the game will be online only.
On the PlayStation blog DR Studio’s Studio Head Rory Jackson also stated that they have plenty of new content incoming so players should expect regular updates.
Today sees the launch of Battle Islands on the PS4, and for the console version DR Studio’s has built the game from the ground up and has a new user interface suitable for the PS4’s controllers.
The original source for this story is the PlayStation Blog and you can read it here.