Ship Simulator Extremes

Ship Simulator Extremes is the third installation in VSTEP's "Ship Simulator" home computer serious game series. It is the first game to not include a year in its title, a change which appears to have come about after repeated delays moved the game's expected release date to a year or more after original predictions. Little has been confirmed about the game, but various trailers and renders from the game have been thoroughly analyzed by the series's fan base to produce a large amount of speculative information.

Release
The precise release date of Ship Simulator Extremes is debatable (see next paragraph). Ship Simulator 2010 was first announced near the end of 2008. At that time, its expected release date was Q1 2009. A teaser trailer later placed the release date as Summer 2009, calling the game, "Ship Simulator 2010: Extremes." The release date has changed many times since then, altering to Q3 and then Q4 2009 before a later uploading of the same teaser trailer placed the release date within Q1 2010. After Lighthouse Interactive went bankrupt, Paradox Plaza won the bid to publish the new game, launching a trailer, dropping part of the name to, "Ship Simulator Extremes," and stating only that the game is "Coming Soon."

Late in 2009, Amazon.com started allowing preorders for the game, but the United States and United Kingdom versions of the site appeared to disagree on release date. This flaw can still be noted, as amazon.com considers April 13, 2010 to be the release date while amazon.co.uk claims the release date is February 19, 2009. It is possible that the European release is scheduled for February while the American release will be in April. Vstep has Posted both Add on Amazon Uk and Amazon USA as they have mentioned that USA Release date is April 13, 2010 while European Release Date is Still Q1 2010!

Theories, Enviroments, and Ships
Ships which have appeared in trailers or screenshots, making many believe they will be included in this game include the following:

Ocean Star, Esperanza, Rainbow Warrior III, Billy Greene, at least two types of frigates, Fairmont Sherpa, Titanic, Vermaas, Pride Of Rotterdam, Rigid Inflateable (RIB), Red Jet 4, and Portifino Angel.

Enviroments which are confirmed or highly suspected to appear in this game include the following:

Bora Bora, Antartica, Sydney, San Fransisco, New York, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Mediteranian Sea, North Sea, Phi Phi Islands, Rotterdam, Marsellie, Padstow, The Solent, Hamburg, and Dover-Calais (A strong campaign within the Ship Simulator community lead to the two enviroments being placed within the same map within the game).