With Commander, we wanted to try and capture the fun and challenge of games like Panzer General, but update them. Iain McNeil: Our background is in historical strategy games and recently there has been dearth of approachable strategy games out there. Pocket Gamer: Can you explain why you thought Commander: Europe at War would work well on DS and PSP?

So to find out more about the company’s enthusiasm for handheld gaming, as well as more details about the game, we got in touch with Iain McNeil, Slitherine’s development director, with Luigi Fumero, CEO of developer Impressionware, handling platform-specific queries. And that’s not to mention the wave of DS (and PSP) games being planned by UK specialist outfit Slitherine Software.įirst up will be Commander: Europe at War. It’s a trend that’s continued since with the likes of Age of Empires: Mythologies and Tom Clancy's EndWar recently released while ANNO: Create a New World and Jagged Alliance are still to come. Over two years ago, we suggested that thanks to its touchscreen the DS might become second only to the PC as the best platform for strategy gaming.