Matrix Games

Battle Academy Mega Pack

The Battle Academy Mega Pack is a collection of all previous Battle Academy Expansions. The mega pack includes Blitzkrieg France, Operation Sealion, Operation Market Garden, Operation Husky, Rommel in Normandy and Fortress Metz. Together these expansions bring over 100 new units, 6 new full campaigns and over 75 scenarios for either single or multiplayer use. Buying this pack together with the Battle Academy base game is the best way to get your hands on the complete Battle Academy series!  

Note: The Battle Academy Mega Pack does NOT include the base game and requires Battle Academy to play.

The Battle Academy Mega Pack includes ALL of the following:

Blitzkrieg France

May 1940. Following the invasion of Poland, Germany opens the western front and invades France. It’s the Blitzkrieg, a new and dangerous form of warfare based on speed and aggression using concentrated mechanized forces to pierce the enemy lines and encircle them.

• 25 New Units & 28 modified units with new camouflage patterns and stats to represent the war in 1940 
• 9 Single Player Missions
• 4 Multiplayer Missions
• New Abilities & Bonuses
  • Rally – an officer bonus that allows you to boost morale of a single squad
  • Resupply – an officer bonus that allows you to replenish a units ammo
  • German Heinkel 111 Airstrike
  • French Breugot 693 Airstrike
• New Bunker Objects

Operation Sealion

It is September 1940, and the Germans launch their invasion of Britain. In this fictional "What If?" campaign, you command the Home Guard's desperate counterattacks against German glider troops and the tenacious defence of the South Coast Sea Front. Mount "Butcher and Bolt" missions with the clandestine Auxiliary Units or land coastal raiders from Motor Gun Boats. Can you hold back the might of Operation Sealion?

• A host of brand new British Units.
• 10 varied single player missions - new "silent kill" attacks allow for clandestine stealth missions, while naval units allow raiders to be transported around coastal maps.
• New 1940s British Terrain and Building set, complete with red postboxes and telephone kiosks.

Operation Market Garden

After fighting some of the most iconic moments of World War II, it’s time again to use all your tactical skills to capture Arnhem bridge and secure a crucial victory against the Germans in one of the most complex and articulated battles ever fought. In September 1944, the Allies launch Operation Market Garden, the daring attempt to capture the crucial bridges of the Netherlands and open the door to Germany. Airborne troops drop behind enemy lines to secure the crossings while British tanks race to reach them.

• New US and UK Airborne forces. 
• 8 Single Player Missions linked into one flowing carryover campaign.
• 4 Multiplayer Missions with new “accumulation” mode - earn a point for every VP you hold per turn. The player with the most points at the end of the game wins.
• New Dutch Terrain and Buildings, including the infamous Arnhem bridge.
• New carryover feature where units that survive one mission continue to the next.

Operation Husky

Can you do better than General Patton and Montgomery? Open the attack on the soft underbelly of Europe in "Operation Husky", with nine missions detailing the invasion of Sicily. With more than 30 new units, and missions ranging from the chaos of the initial night drops to the grim battles across the baking hills of the interior, Battle Academy: Operation Husky lets you test your tactical skill against the tenacious Axis defenders.

• 9 missions detailing the airborne and naval invasion and the bitter fighting for the islands interior.
• 4 Multiplayer maps
• A ton of new Axis Units
• Several new Allied Units
• All new Sicilian terrain set

Rommel in Normandy

This time, play the Normandy campaign from the other side and play as the Germans and their mighty Tigers through ten varied missions.  Take command from the initial chaos of the airborne drops all the way through to the desperate escape from the Falaise pocket and learn the skills required to control an army stretched to its limit by years of war.  Can you master some of the most modern and deadly units of WW2?  Will you struggle to hold the line with battered equipment against the overwhelming mass of the Allied invasion?  Find out in "Rommel in Normandy"!

• Play as the Germans as you defend Fortress Europe in 1944.
• Fight 10 single player battles in the Normandy campaign.
• Control both the best the Whermacht can offer - sleek Jagdpanthers and deadly pak43 anti tank guns - and the dregs from conquered enemies.
• Battle through supply shortages and bomb-shocked soldiers.
• 5 new multiplayer maps featuring a variety of play styles

Fortress Metz

In Battle Academy: Fortress Metz  you play the forces of the US 3rd Army as it tries to encircle Metz and cause the city to capitulate. Ten missions based on historical situations will test your skills as a commander.  From the early attacks of the newly created, but raw, Panzer Brigades to the desperate attempts by the US infantry and engineers to take the forts, Battle Academy: Fortress Metz  offers the player a wide diversity of missions. Will you be able to use your forces correctly to crack the Metz defenses while trying to fight off assaults of Panthers and German assault forces? Find out in Battle Academy: Fortress Metz !

• Play as the US forces as you attempt to encircle and capture Metz in 1944.
• Fight ten single player taking you through the Metz campaign.
• Duel with the new Panzer Brigades as they try and crush your 3rd Army forces.
• New units include the Hummel, Sdkfz 234/1 armored car, Sdkfz 251/16 halftrack and US 3 inch AT gun.
• Four multiplayer missions featuring three based on historical situations.