1C and Battlefront.com have announced that Theatre of War has now gone gold. The much anticipated World War Two real-time strategy game by the creators of IL-2 Sturmovik and Combat Mission will be released worldwide on April 19, initially via digital delivery from Battlefront's download portal at battlefront.com, and a couple of weeks later in a DVD version with printed manual available by mail. Theatre of War is not sold in stores due to Battlefront's "independent publisher" policy.

Due to the high demand and large number of pre-orders and to be able to deliver the anticipated download bandwidth required especially for the first days of release, Battlefront has multiplied its file hosting capacity by partnering with Fileburst, one of the leading high volume data delivery service providers on the market.

The gold demo for the game will be available for public download in a few days.

Theatre of War depicts battles of World War II between 1939-1945. Command hundreds of different unit types in fove historical campaigns (US/UK, Soviet, German, French and Polish) with an emphasis on realism and detail, and real world military tactics that will challenge even the most battle hardened armchair general.

For more information, visit battlefront.com/products/tow.