If you’re a fan of strategy games, like me (though I haven’t seen many that have piqued my interest lately), you might like this.

CDV Software Entertainment, the publisher of series such as Codename: Panzers, Blitzkrieg and Cossacks, has teamed up with developer Digital Reality to bring strategy games to next-gen consoles.

ImageThe new studio, dubbed WHIZ Software, will also develop strategy titles for handhelds. The first title is expected to release in fourth quarter 2007.

Now, it does say “next-gen”, so that doesn’t necessarily have to include the PS3, should they choose to develop for the 360 and Revolution exclusively, say. But it does seem to indicate that these games will be coming to the PS3.

Next Generation – Next-Gen Strategy Studio Formed