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Voodoo Extreme Readers' Choice 2009
By Alan Wilson
Published: December 18, 2009
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Our old friends over at Voodoo Extreme are running their annual Readers' Choice awards - Killing Floor is up for awards in the categories for "Best PC Game Expansion" and for "Best PC Shooter". For good measure, Red Orchestra: Heroes of Stalingrad is up for "Most Anticipated Game for 2010". So if you like us, like Killing Floor, like all our FREE expansions for Killing Floor and/or like the look of Heroes of Stalingrad - GO VOTE FOR US! Click on the Voodoo Extreme logo above to jump to the voting.
Have a good holiday!
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Mare Nostrum Update
By Alan Wilson
Published: December 16, 2009
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Big update for Mare Nostrum released - available on Stema at http://store.steampowered.com/app/1230/. The mod now features:
- 26 all-new Steam achievements.
- 14 new infantry weapons, such as the ever-distinctive Thompson submachine gun, Bren machine gun, Beretta 1934 pistol, and the SMLE rifle.
- Full Italian and Polish localizations.
- Over 20 new crewable vehicles including the Italian Carro Armato M13/40 and Semovente 75/18, countered with multiple Valentine tank variants, plus the Stuart I, Matilda II and Vickers Mk VIB.
- 12 new maps, including:
- Crete - Fallschirmjäger units dropping into the midst of Australian defenders in this classic battle.
- Ancona Approach - The Fallschirmjäger are back in action, this time defending against the Polish advance in eastern Italy.
- Gazala Line - Desert tank warfare does not get bigger than this. Start your engines and prepare for total war.
- Road To Tunis - The war in North Africa is almost over, but the British must first push the Axis tanks from one last mountain valley to reach Tunis.
- Tobruk Central - The Australian defenders have been under siege for longer than they can remember, how much longer will they be able to hold out?
- Bardia - The Italian garrison is surrounded, but they will not give us this cliff top town and its valuable port without a struggle.
So whether it is the North African campaign, roaming the deserts in the armoured vehicle of your choice or the bitter fighting in Crete and mainland Italy, new and old players alike will get a chance to see why RO remains a classic. Now with the opportunity to re-play those battles RO-style, courtesy of Mare Nostrum! For more information on the mod (and to see the trailer) head to the Steam page at http://store.steampowered.com/app/1230/.
Big Darkest Hour Update!
By Alan Wilson
Published: August 20, 2009
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The Darkest Hour team have put out a big update today, with a loooong change list. If you already have the mod installed, Steam will update it to the latest version automatically for you. And if you don't have it installed - get it and play it! For all the details, check out the news on the DH forums - HERE. Discuss this article in the Forum!
By Christian Schneider
Published: June 19, 2009
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A required update for Red Orchestra has been released for both Windows and Linux dedicated servers. All dedicated servers must be updated to be compatible with the client version now on Steam (and to show in the server browser). This update now makes mandatory the optional fix that was released some weeks ago that fixed player counts in the server browser.
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By Christian Schneider
Published: June 9, 2009
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Tripwire Interactive is happy to announce the release Darkest Hour: Europe 1944-45, the latest total conversion mod for Red Orchestra: Ostfront to be released on Steam. Darkest Hour is free to all those who own Red Orchestra and can be simply downloaded and installed through Steam. Darkest Hour finally brings the Americans to Red Orchestra, focusing on the beaches of Normandy, Operation Market-Garden, the Battle of the Bulge and on into the Reich. Featuring airborne parachute drops and late war German and Allied tanks Darkest Hour brings an all new style of gameplay to Red Orchestra. A trailer is available on Steam along with screenshots and other information on the Mod's Steam page. Now you can play as American, British or Canadian troops, with a huge range of additional features:
- More than 20 new infantry weapons, such as the ever-distinctive Garand, M1 Carbine, .30-cal, Bren, FG42, Thomson and the Enfield rifles
- American Bazooka, British PIAT and German Panzerschreck to go tank-hunting with
- New infantry features, including Airborne drops onto the battlefield, bullet suppression and supersonic cracks, plus a new radioman class for calling in artillery strikes
- Over a dozen new crewable vehicles including the King Tiger and JagdPanther for the Germans, countered with multiple types of Sherman in 75mm, 76mm and 17-pounder versions, plus the Cromwell, M10 Wolverine and Achilles
- 11 new maps, including:
- Juno Beach - Canadians storming the beaches in classic D-Day action
- Carentan - the US 101st Airborne assaults the town shortly after D-Day
- Brecourt - 101st Airborne attempt to put a key German artillery battery out of commission behind the beaches
- Ginkel Heath - British paras drop into a hotly-contested LZ at the start of Operation Market-Garden
- Wacht-am-Rhein - sweeping tank combat during the Battle of the Bulge, including the fearsome King Tiger
- Stoumont - American infantry and armor try and hold back the SS PanzerGrenadiers in the streets of the Ardennes town
So whether it is the Normandy campaign, para-jumping onto the dropzones around Arnhem or the bitter fighting in the Battle of the Bulge, new and old players alike will get a chance to see why RO remains a classic. Now with the opportunity to re-play those battles RO-style, courtesy of Darkest Hour: Europe 1944-45! For more information on the mod (and to see the trailer) head for the Steam page.
And, just to ensure that everyone gets a chance to see Red Orchestra on the Western Front, we are dropping the price of RO on Steam to $4.99 right through until the end of the weekend (Sunday 14th June). For the full details and history of the mod, head for their own web page:
http://www.darkesthourgame.com
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