May 18^th, 2006 (11:27am) - Matrix Games and 2by3 Games have announced the release of the v1.801 incremental update for War in the Pacific: The Struggle Against Japan 1941-1945.

This update is a follow-up to the v1.80 major comprehensive update and continues the work of the expanded War in the Pacific development team. The v1.801 update resolves a number of minor issues that were reported after the release of v1.80, including 12 fixes and 6 enhancements. Fixes include corrections to a combat report text overflow, float plane airgroup sizes, a few more unit fragment issues, torpedo attack altitude and replenishment airgroups. Enhancements add the ability to fill an airgroup with pilots with one button click, allow players to draw replacement planes one at a time from the pool, add a count of named pilots remaining, give the ability to load airgroups without planes onto transport ships and make the automatic supply "push" to outlying bases smarter and more efficient.

The v1.801 update is available online as an incremental update for version 1.80 of War in the Pacific. Owners of War in the Pacific are encouraged to upgrade to this new official version, which can be found in the Matrix Games "Latest Downloads" link in the "Games" section of the Matrix Games website.

For more information, visit the website at www.warinthepacific.net or check the main Matrix Games page at www.matrixgames.com .