Eidos Interactive announces that Battlestations: Pacific is available today in North America, while the European release of the World War II action/strategy sequel to Battlestations: Midway is planned for Friday. A playable demo was released a couple of weeks ago, and here's word:

Redwood City, Calif. – May 12, 2009 – Eidos Interactive, Inc. and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announce that Battlestations: Pacific™ on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Games for Windows® LIVE launches today in North America and on May 15 in Europe.

The sequel to the critically acclaimed Battlestations: Midway™, Battlestations: Pacific offers players the chance to relive or rewrite history with two action-packed naval campaigns to challenge every armchair admiral. The U.S. campaign picks up where its predecessor left off and takes players through the key stages of the war by authentically recreating some of the grandest naval battles of recent history. The Japanese campaign offers players a unique “what if” scenario and the chance to change the course of history, starting from the attack on the U.S. Fleet at Pearl Harbor and on through Asia, Australia and beyond, expanding its empire throughout the Pacific Rim.