3GSM 2007: Armored Forces invading the UK

While at 3GSM, I hooked up with German firm Lbxgames, which showed me its latest games.

Pick of the bunch was Armored Forces, which originally came out late last year in partnership with Siemens in Germany, but is now about to be released in the UK.

It's a strategy game set in the year 2456, with you taking on an evil federation of megacorporations (in other words, the likes of Starbucks have got too big for their boots).

You play as the Armored Forces rebel group, which is pluckily defending its home planet of Perseus. The game is turn-based, with you controlling dozens of units and weapons on a 2D map. There are 13 different missions in the solo mode.

Do the screenshots remind you of anything? Yep, it's reminiscent of Nintendo's Advance Wars series on GBA and DS, which on mobile makes its nearest competition Glu's Ancient Empires series.

There's also a multiplayer pass-the-handset mode, which sound like it'll add a new challenge, and Lbxgames also says it supports 'booster packs', which are downloads of new campaigns, missions and weapons.