From the Matrix Games web site comes the following press release:

The next highly anticipated turn-based strategy hit from SSG is now
available!

Matrix Games and Strategic Studies Group (www.ssg.com.au) are thrilled to announce that
long-awaited successor to the award winning Decisive Battles series, Kharkov:
Disaster on the Donets, is now available! To mark the game’s release, a new
promotional trailer exhibiting the various features and new mechanics of
Kharkov is available for download
or viewing on YouTube.

David Heath, Director of Operations at Matrix Games, said “The latest
masterpiece from the award-winning Strategic Studies Group has been at the top
of many gamers’ wish lists and for good reason.  Kharkov: Disaster on
the Donets brings together the riveting and enjoyable mechanics of the
Decisive Battles and Battlefront titles and combines it with
plenty of innovation and novel gameplay!”

Command the Soviet forces, newly confident after stopping and throwing back
the Barbarossa offensive, or try the elite and seasoned German army now
reconstituted after Winter losses and ready to regain the initiative.  Two
separate forces prepared offensives in the same area in the Spring of 1942. 
When the dust had cleared the Germans had managed a great victory that opened
the doors to the drive on Stalingrad.  But the outcome was far from certain and
in Kharkov: Disaster on the Donets, history is yours to rewrite.

This new system supports both regimental and battalion level combat, while
incorporating many innovative features such as off-map reinforcement decisions
and on-map historical areas of operation with mystery variants to increase
replayability and limit the effect of hindsight.  Along with the streamlined
supply and movement systems, a new bonus and advantage system for headquarters
effects, simplified direct fire and improved combat tables, an improved strong
points system and the ability to create hedgehog defenses make this the most
advanced and realistic SSG design to date.  This will also be the first in a new
successor series to Decisive Battles, with an updated Across the
Dnepr sequel already in the works!

 

Kharkov: Disaster on the Donets – Seize the Initiative and
Secure Victory!

Features include:

• Successor to the highly popular and award winning Decisive Battles and
  Battlefront engines, combining the best elements of both
• An innovative and fun area of operation system which limits unrealistic
  redeployments for both players, with changes triggered as local objectives are
  achieved and based on mystery variants to keep the enemy guessing
• Improved and simplified supply, movement and direct combat systems
• Improved combat tables that better model diminishing returns and new HQ
  bonuses that can affect Direct and Indirect Fire
• Improved strong points and new hedgehog rules
• Models both battalion and regimental combat