Old soldiers never die: Free update to Battle of the Bulge adds x-platform and more next month By Owen Faraday

Rise from your grave.

Pocket Tactics is a member of the Wargamer Limited Group, which is owned by Slitherine Software.When Philadelphia's finest studio Shenandoah was consumed last year by Slitherine, the Galactus of wargaming, grognards started to worry -- as grognards do. There hasn't been much in the way of news forthcoming since the acquisition, which some took as evidence that the makers of Battle of the Bulge and Drive on Moscow would vanish down the memory hole.That is apparently not so. Shenandoah rises anew, according to news sent my way last night -- and its first order of business is to re-release its first (and most brilliant) game: Battle of the Bulge. A new edition of the WWII sim will be released on the 17th of September, bringing the game to PC and Mac for the first time and adding a bevy of new features.The biggest change will be cross-platform multiplayer across iPad, iPhone, and desktop platforms. Battle of the Bulge was always at its best as a head-to-head multiplayer game, and increasing the size of the user pool will be just the defibrillator it needs. The new multiplayer setup will include in-app tournament support.Additionally, revenant Shenandoah say that they've re-written the game's AIs -- both Axis and Allied. I seem to recall that Bulge's AI was relatively sharp back in 2012, so I'm curious to see what that means.Most importantly (and I just verified this with Slitherine's PR a few minutes ago), Battle of the Bulge won't be a new app on iOS. If you already own it, you get all the new features (and the benefits of a re-invigorated multiplayer community) gratis.The new Bulge drops on iOS and desktops on the 17th of September.This video's old, but it still does the trick.