This new trailer for Massive Entertainment's upcoming PC expansion World in Conflict: Soviet Assault is quite a piece of work.

World in Conflict is a great game, but I can't get behind the recent trend of marketing war games as melodramatic epics. High-drama Brothers in Arms cutscenes and tearful Gears of War commercials pale in comparison to a good, no-nonsense Contra.

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This slick CG trailer for the upcoming World in Conflict expansion Soviet Assault shows the same battle from three different perspectives--all ending in a pretty impressive boom.

The expansion to the excellent RTS will allow players to tackle the game from the Soviet perspective. The title will also include six new single player missions and eight new multiplayer maps.

Soviet Assault is set for a March 2009 release on PC.

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Ubisoft will publish Massive Entertainment's World in Conflict PC expansion pack Soviet Assault this March, the two companies announced today.

Existing owners will be able to purchase and download the expansion pack online, while retailers will stock a new World in Conflict: Complete Edition that includes the original strategy game, the expansion, and several unspecified "all-new features."

Originally expected last fall, Soviet Assault allows players to tackle the game from the Soviet perspective, along with new multiplayer maps, new films, and all-new characters. The expansion was delayed after former owner Sierra merged with Activision and decided to sell off the studio, with Ubisoft then acquiring Massive in early November.

Today's announcement made no mention of the previously announced PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions, which 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand developer Swordfish Studios was assisting with, but did include new screenshots from the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions. Shacknews has contacted Ubisoft for more details.

Publisher Activision Blizzard is currently in talks for the sale of World in Conflict developer Massive Entertainment following the recently completed merger of Activision and Vivendi Games, studio executives told Videogaming247.

"It seems like we have plenty of options. We've had some good meetings here," said Massive founder and president Martin Walfisz. "Being a part of a merger like this is a strange situation, because obviously the new organization has to look over all of its assets, everything it owns and its strategy for the future."

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Original Story: In the wake of the recently completed Activision Blizzard merger, the company has revealed that only five franchises from Vivendi Games' Sierra portfolio will be making the transition to the newly-formed company's publishing operations.

Endangered titles Brutal Legend (Left) and Ghostbusters (Right).

The titles and franchises confirmed to make the leap include Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, Ice Age, Radical Entertainment's Prototype and a yet unannounced title. Those remaining titles formerly slated for publishing deals with Vivendi Games, however, could now be without publishers.

"The only [Vivendi] franchises that Activision Publishing will release are based on Crash Bandicoot, Ice Age and Spyro, as well as Prototype and one other game that has not yet been announced," an Activision Blizzard representative told GameSpot. "We are reviewing our options regarding those titles that we will not be publishing."

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Massive Entertainment sends along a new World in Conflict: Soviet Assault trailer, the first to show actual gameplay footage from the new Soviet Assault content.

Soviet Assault will be released as an expansion pack to the PC game, while the upcoming PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 editions of the game will have the content included. Registered users can use the HD Stream.

The upcoming expansion pack to Massive Entertainment's innovative RTS World in Conflict will allow players to tackle the Russian side of the first game's campaign.

As such, the new trailer is voiced entirely in Russian. Lucky for you, comrade, it also has subtitles.

World in Conflict: Soviet Assault is expected to ship this fall on PC. The expansion will be combined with the original game for release on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

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