The History Channel: Battle For The Pacific (AppID: 10040)

The History Channel takes you to the Battle for the Pacific where you will experience history brought to life in one of the defining campaigns of World War II. Relive epic land battles fought on some of the most brutal and unforgiving battlefields in recorded history. Play through the eyes of an American GI as you experience intense, no-holds-barred action against an opponent for which surrender isn't an option!

• The War in the Pacific's Most Historic Battles - Fight from Guadalcanal through the Philippines to Iwo Jima as you retake captured territories.


• Intense Combat - Experience savage battles where fighting is often hand to hand and your objective is simple: defeat the enemy at all costs.


• Authentic Missions - Based on actual battles: storming the beaches in an amphibious assault, recapturing a strategic airfield, defending against an enemy assault, embarking on a search and destroy mission, fighting through fortified caves and scaling Mount Suribachi to plant the American flag.


• Play Online as an American or Japanese soldier - Play your favorite individual and team-based modes including elimination, team elimination, death match, team death match and capture the flag on battlefields painstakingly recreated from topographical maps and historical records.


• Cinematic War Experience - Battles come to life amidst exploding artillery, whistling bullets, unrelenting enemies and much more!


• Authentic WWII Weapons - Fire authentic allied and axis weaponry including sub-machine guns, sniper rifles, anti-aircraft guns, pistols, and grenades.


• Relive History - Each level begins with a documentary video—featuring actual battle footage, key facts and statistics—that explains the importance that the battle ultimately played in the allied victory.