Step behind the periscope of a German U-boat and take on the Allied Forces in famous battles across the vast Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.

The best-selling submarine series of all time continues with the highly anticipated Silent Hunter: Battle of the Atlantic. For the first time, you can live the life of a submarine captain from a first-person view as you lead your crew in a truly dynamic campaign.

• Put on the captain’s uniform For the first time, walk through highly detailed submarines, access every part of your U-boat, and manage your crew in the new first-person view.
• Become a real leader Directly command your crew and experience the tension and fear inside the U-boat through the new advanced order system.
• Test your war strategies Choose your own strategy and select your targets with a new objective-driven, dynamic campaign.
• Make the enemy react to you Open new locations, upgrades and resupply possibilities, while the Allied ships adjust dynamically to your approach. Your actions will directly impact the evolution of the campaign.
• Accessibility Enhanced Prowl the waters with a brand-new user interface. Now, every beginner can successfully command a sub free of confusion. In expert mode, experienced players will be provided with all the necessary information and controls to command the sub completely on their own.
• Cinematic Experience Experience the most realistic and immersive Silent Hunter ever created. Improved environment graphics create a powerful level of immersion as you operate authentic, highly detailed U-boats and surface ships.
• Multiplayer Mode Play in cooperative or adversarial modes in scripted and generated missions.

About the Gold Edition

Includes three famous non-playable historical U-Boats:

• U-99 (type VIIB) – submarine of U-boat ace Otto Kretschmer
• U-30 (type VIIA) – submarine of U-boat ace Fritz Lemp
• U-552 (type VIIC) – submarine of U-boat ace Erich Topp

Includes four famous Allied ships:

• HMS Duke of York (King George V battleship class) – the ship responsible for sinking the German battlecruiser Scharnhorst and carrying Churchill to America in one occasion.
• HMS Walker (V&W destroyer class) – ship commanded by Donald Macintyre during the battle for convoy HX112 which led to the capture of top U-boat ace Otto Krestschmer (U-99) and death of U-boat ace Joachim Shepke (U-100)
• HMS Stork (Black Swan sloop class) –flagship of the famous commander Walker, leading the 2nd Support Group flotilla assigned to U-boat hunting
• HMS Suffolk (Kent cruiser class) –famous British cruiser involved in the battle of Norway and the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck

Includes The Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic Official Guide:

• 110-page PDF guide detailing the crew, submarines, ships, and weapons of Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic.

About the Franchise

Silent Hunter is the most award-winning submarine series of all time, with nearly 1.5 million sold copies worldwide. Silent Hunter®: Wolves of the Pacific was voted 2007's "simulation game of the year" by PC Gamer.

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• OS: Windows® XP (Service Pack 3), Windows Vista® (Service Pack 2), Windows® 7
• Processor: Intel® Core?2 Duo E4400 2 GHz / AMD Athlon? 64 X2 4000+ 2.1 GHz or higher (Intel Core?2 Quad Q6600 2.4 GHz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 2.6 GHz or higher recommended)
• Memory: 1 GB (Windows XP) / 2 GB (Windows Vista, Windows 7) (2 GB recommended)
• Graphics: 512 MB DirectX® 9.0c-compliant video card(*see supported list)
• DirectX®:
• Hard Drive: 10 GB (15 GB recommended)
• Sound: DirectX 9.0c-compliant sound card
• Peripherals Supported: Windows-compliant mouse, keyboard
• Internet Connection: 256 kbps Broadband connection (512 kbps connection or better recommended)

Supported Video Cards at Time of Release:
NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT / 9 / GTX 200 series
ATI Radeon HD 2600 / HD 3000 / HD 4000 / HD 5000 series
NVIDIA SLI & ATI Crossfire