Archive Entertainment announces March of Industry is the next release from the developer of 8BitMMO, saying this management simulation set in a former Soviet republic is coming to Windows, OS X, and Linux as a free-to-play title "soon." The March of Industry website is online with an announcement trailer showing off the game and its throwback style as well as signups for an upcoming closed beta test. Here's an outline of what this will involve:

In March of Industry, players manage a weapons factory in a recently-capitalist, ex-Soviet country. Take the country's natural resources (copper, tin, vodka) and craft them together to create more advanced resources and finally weapons. Players can sell these weapons and use the proceeds to automate their crafting and mass-produce even more weapons.

As the player's factory expands, they can create better (and more outlandish) weapons. The 'Rocket-Propelled Katana Launcher' is both simple to make and reasonably profitable. If you're up for more of a challenge, try combining 'Vodka' and 'Exercise Machines' to create the smelly but deadly 'Vladimir Putin's Gym Shorts'. Or perhaps you prefer the terrifying but compact 'Inconveniently Small Dragons'?

Sign-ups for the upcoming private beta are now being accepted. March of Industry is planned to be free-to-play and compatible with Windows, Mac, and Linux via Steam and Kongregate, with a mobile release also being planned.