The Escapist: Who are we talking to? What’s your position at eSim and what do you on/for Steel Beasts? In Part 1 of our interview, Nils talks to us about eSim, the development process, who uses Steel Beasts, and why they use it.
Military Academy at West Point, along with a dedicated civilian fan base that produces maps, mods, and scenarios with all the fervor of the true believer. Their clients include the Scandinavian countries, Denmark, Spain, Australia, New Zealand, and the U.S. While Steel Beasts looks like a hardcore tank game on the surface, it is intended to be a simulation, a military training tool for use in teaching the tanking trade to the soldiers of tomorrow. Continuing with this issue’s theme of Serious Games, I talked to Nils Hinrichsen of eSim Games about their flagship product, Steel Beasts.
