

"The 2000 Premier Awards (Wargame of the Year)" (PDF). Archived from the original on October 17, 2006. "Pretty as a Panzer ( Panzer General 3D Assault Review)" (PDF). Archived from the original on April 28, 2005. New ideas are still being developed well over a decade after its initial release. Panzer General III: Scorched Earth is set in World War II on the Eastern Front.It shares the same engine as Panzer General 3D Assault, although the graphics are improved. The game and its sequels spawned a loyal following, who have revived online head-to-head play and added many units, features, and over 2,500 scenarios. Panzer General III: Scorched Earth (2000) is a turn-based strategy computer game by Mattel based on the game Panzer General 3D Assault by Strategic Simulations, Inc., which was owned by Mattel. In 1996, Panzer General won the Origins Award for Best Military or Strategy Computer Game of 1995. The next instalment of the famous Panzer General series got a new game system, totally redesigned interface and fresh.

Units are able to gain experience and become stronger, where success in one battle would award the player prestige to upgrade units, acquire additional units, and select a better scenario for the next battle. Its novel feature was to link individual scenarios into a campaign spanning World War II from 1939 to 1945. While the names and information for the units are reasonably accurate, the scenarios only approximate historical situations. Panzer General is an operational-level game, and units approximate battalions, although unit size and map scale from one scenario to the next are elastic.

In Campaign Mode, the player assumes the role of a German Generalissimus against the Allied computer. One plays lone scenarios from either Axis or Allied side and against a computer or human opponent. Panzer General is turn-based game, set on operational level hex maps.
