Battlezone 98 Redux

Battlezone 98 Redux is a full remaster of the 1998 original — one of the genre-defining first-person tank-RTS hybrids that influenced the field for decades after. The alternate-history premise frames the 1960s 'space race' as cover for an actual interplanetary war between the United States and Soviet Russia over mysterious alien bio-metal scattered across the solar system. Two singleplayer campaigns covering 29 missions span seven planetary environments — Moon, Mars, Venus, Titan, Io, Europa — each with their own terrain conditions and tactical demands.

The blend the game pioneered is what makes it distinctive. From the first-person cockpit of your tank, you fight vehicle-to-vehicle engagements directly while simultaneously commanding the broader strategic picture — issuing orders to your other units, scavenging bio-metal off the battlefield, constructing factories and power plants and barracks and defensive turrets, escalating each engagement toward an epic confrontation. Howitzers, MAG cannons, cold fusion lasers, Day Wrecker artillery and other futuristic weapons fill out the tactical arsenal.

The Redux release brings the entire game up to modern visual standards — completely remodelled vehicles and buildings, enhanced lighting and shadows, improved particle effects, upgraded animations, upscaled terrain — without altering the core systems that made the original beloved. Online multiplayer supports 2-8 players in Deathmatch or in the more strategic 'Strategy' mode. Steam Workshop integration plugs in nearly two decades of accumulated mod content (new maps, vehicles, HUDs, custom scripts), and a built-in map editor lets new modders join the community.