First of all, apologies for the long wait for this update. We wanted to rework some very delicate aspects of the game that required extensive testing to ensure the changes were released in a stable condition. However, as you'll see, this update includes significant performance improvements that we’re confident many of you—especially those with low-end setups—will appreciate!

Here are the changelogs for this update:

• Completely reworked Campaign and Multiplayer menus to provide a higher-quality experience and greater control over mission setup, including new options.
• Reworked UI navigation for gamepads.
• New German Afrika Korps uniforms.
• New placeholder German Infantry uniforms (WIP).
• Added the MP38.
• Reworked the MP40, MP41, and STG 44.
• Added new patches for some battalions.
• Reworked some VFX.
• Added new on-cover animations for some vehicles.
• Added new Kar 98 animations.
• Added new Walther P.38 animations.
• Reworked various TPS animations.
• Reworked multiple sounds.
• Reworked several vehicles.

• Improved the performance of units during battles.
• Enhanced spawning performance for units in battle: spawning may now have a 1–2 second delay for units to load, which resolves occasional lag spikes during spawn events.
• Improved the performance of road decals.
• Completely reworked the map prop spawn system for faster, smoother, and more optimized gameplay.
• Improved the physics of planes.
• Made significant improvements to plane AI.
• Fixed various issues in tutorials.
• Fixed AI-related issues.
• Adjusted British army uniform colors.
• Fixed various FPS animation bugs.
• Improved the handling of infantry uniform shaders.
• Corrected localization issues.
• Enhanced overall stability and reduced memory usage.
• Addressed various smaller bugs reported via Discord[discord.com].


We’ve reworked the campaign menu to give it a fresh look and improved functionality for managing campaign missions. The updated menu now offers two main ways to configure a match:

• A quick setup option for players who prefer minimal customization and want to jump straight into the action. This "Full Campaign" play type lets you play through all missions in the default campaign order without configuring options or returning to the menu after completing each mission.
• A detailed configuration option that allows for in-depth customization of one or multiple missions, played in a specific or random order.

The menu also lets you set up missions for Multiplayer. You can decide at the last minute whether your configuration should be joinable by others online. While optional, this feature may encourage more players to host multiplayer matches and keep that section of the game active.

Since the Singleplayer and Multiplayer menu configurations now share the same UI, any future features added to the match configuration (like the "Play Type" option) will be available for both modes.

The Multiplayer menu has also been enhanced with additional server list details and a more user-friendly, less chaotic interface.


We’ve spent significant time reworking various systems to optimize performance, especially for low-end hardware such as the Nintendo Switch and Xbox One.

The performance improvements include:
• Improved map prop spawn system: Props now load faster and smoother as you traverse the map.
• Optimized respawn performance: Previously, units spawned instantly but caused occasional lag spikes. Spawning is now asynchronous, taking 1–2 seconds per squad but resulting in smoother gameplay.
• Better AI rendering performance: AI now places less strain on the GPU.
• Enhanced cover generation: Props with AI cover positions are now managed more efficiently, reducing CPU usage.


Here is the new cover image for the upcoming Sino-Japanese DLC!

Now that we’ve completed urgent UI and performance updates, we can dedicate more time to completing the DLC. Here’s the current progress:
• Props and buildings: 90% complete (this represents most of the DLC’s workload, with nearly 100 unique assets).
• Map development: 50% complete.
• Uniforms: 90% complete.
• Weapons and animations: 50% complete.
• Vehicles: 30% complete.
• Music: 100% complete.
• Voiceovers (Chinese faction): 80% complete.

While we initially hoped to release the DLC by Christmas, the scope has grown significantly. However, we aim to launch it before the end of winter.


We’ve submitted the update to Nintendo and Xbox and hope for swift approval. Console players will benefit from enhanced gamepad navigation, UI, and performance changes!

The PlayStation version is nearly ready with a PS4–PS5 cross-gen build. This allows a single purchase to work across both consoles, with graphical enhancements on PS5 to leverage its capabilities.

A dedicated PS5 build is also in the works but will come later. It will primarily feature support for the PS5 DualSense controller’s adaptive triggers.



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In case you didn't know we have defined a precise roadmap for the next months of development and you can read it here.

We keep improving all features of the base game and as always we will be going on listening to suggestions from people inside the Steam Discussions and the Discord server[discord.com].


Thank you all,
Marco

Hi everyone,
Here are the changelogs for this update (1.4.4):


• Released Tunisia Campaign Part 1 with 15 new missions.
• Added Pattern 14 Enfield rifle.
• Added M1917 Enfield rifle.
• Added Springfield M1903 Early War.
• Reworked Springfield M1903 A3 and its optics.
• New FPS crawling animation.
• Reworked TPS animations when using static MGs.
• Significant changes in audio mixing.
• New Japanese voice.
• Numerous changes in weapon sounds.
• Some additional new sounds.
• Various localization fixes.
• Added Ukrainian language support.
• Added trigger pull animation in FPS.
• Added and reworked various props.


• Major mission rebalancing.
• Uniform improvements.
• Reworked various FPS animations.
• Improved wet material effects under rain.
• Enhanced grenade bounce physics.
• Minor AI improvements.
• Various smaller fixes based on feedback from Discord[discord.com].



We are now releasing Part 1 of the Tunisia Campaign, covering the northern region of the Battle of Tunisia.
This campaign includes 15 new missions, a new map with various new props, buildings, weapons, vehicles, and unique camouflages created specifically for this setting.
As promised, this substantial campaign is released for free.
The second part of the campaign, featuring South Tunisia, is scheduled for early 2025.



With Tunisia Part 1 now released, we are shifting our focus to the Sino-Japanese War. This substantial DLC campaign will require only a few months to complete and will introduce a vast amount of unique content that’s rarely seen in WWII video games. Expect more news on this soon!



We’re working on bringing this latest update to Xbox and Nintendo Switch, hopefully within the next couple of weeks as usual.
Regarding the PlayStation version, we finished a fully functional build last week. We are currently conducting quality checks on the final product before submitting it to Sony for approval. While it’s challenging to provide an exact release date, we hope the game will be available on PlayStation by Christmas!




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In case you missed it, we have outlined a detailed roadmap for the upcoming months of development, which you can read here.

We are continually improving all aspects of the base game and, as always, are open to suggestions from the Steam Discussions and Discord server[discord.gg].

Thank you all,
Marco

Hi everyone,
Here's the changelogs for this update (1.4.3):

•New Destructible tracks and wheel system (description below).
•New Face-Body system to have more quality and better proportioned human bodies, more quality faces, and new future systems.
•New eye blinking anymation.
•New Automatic weapon sound system. The system is now applied to all portable, turret and plane MG42, MG34 and Browning M2. During the following weeks we will keep reworking more automatic weapons to use this new system.
•Added new TPS animations.
•Added 22 new rock models for Map Editor and future Vanilla campaigns.
•Added new Zis-2 AT gun with winter camo variant.

•Improved vehicle damage system and explosions damage system by a lot.
•Improved size of FPS hands.
•Improved FPS walking dynamic animations.
•Reworked Zis-3 AT gun.
•Various other smaller fixes from feedbacks on Discord[discord.com].

We just released our newest roadmap today. Within the roadmap we explain all the biggest features we will attempt to work on in the future months. As always, every future update will also contain a good dose of smaller new features and improvements.

You can see the full roadmap post here!


We released a lot of stuff during Septembe, like a new AI system for Self propelled artilleries, many new vehicles, new animations and various gameplay changes.
We didn't have the time to properly discuss them within Steam posts, but you can read trough all the changes recently released in our changelogs post.



We've made significant changes on the vehicle damage system in order to push it toward a better simulation. Tank tracks and vehicle wheels can now easily be damaged by smaller calibers, making AT guns more useful. Damaged tracks and wheels will show a visual effect and will prevent vehicles from moving until a member of the vehicle crew will exit and repair the part.

This little clip shows an example of the system:


We are showing some news about the upcoming campaings in the roadmap post. As explained, we will start tetsing Tunisia Part 1 (North) within the next couple weeks in public BETA.



All the changes up to this update are now being delivered to Xbox and Nintendo to wait for their approval which as usual should take around 10-15 days.
Playstation 4 and Playstation 5 version of the game is proceeding development steadly.




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In case you didn't know we have defined a precise roadmap for the next months of development and you can read it here.

We keep improving all features of the base game and as always we will be going on listening to suggestions from people inside the Steam Discussions and the Discord server[discord.gg].


Thank you all,
Marco

We’re excited to share our new roadmap, laying out the path ahead for Easy Red 2 from late 2024 to mid-2025. We're working hard to make the game bigger and better than ever, with new systems, features, and content to look forward to. Here's a glimpse at what's coming:

• New Body & Face Mesh System: We're bringing in more realistic body proportions and facial animations, including eye blinking! New skin effects and improved faces are coming in future updates too.
  
• Enhanced Sound System for autmatic weapons: Expect a significant overhaul of automatic weapon sounds, covering everything from SMGs to turrets and plane MGs. This new sound system will create a much more immersive experience.
  
• Vehicle Destructibility: With destructible static vehicles already in, we’re adding destructible tank tracks and wheels next. This will include new effects for destroyed tank tracks, and make anti-tank rifles more useful in battle.
  
• Crouching in Open-Top Vehicles: To help protect from enemy fire, you'll soon be able to crouch inside open-top vehicles like the LCVP or when using mounted MGs.
  
• Modding Scripting Support: We'll try to expand modding capabilities by adding scripting options. This will eventually allow scripting for AI behavior and mission creation!
  
• PlayStation 4 & PlayStation 5 Releases: Console players, we're coming your way soon!
  
• Kwajalein & Anzio Campaign Reworks: We’ll be upgrading both these campaigns to bring them in line with the latest Easy Red 2 content quality.
  
• Constant Free Content: More vehicles, weapons, uniforms, buildings, and props! While it’s tough to predict every addition, upcoming campaigns like Tunisia and the Sino-Japanese War will bring loads of exciting new content.
  
• Nintendo Switch & Xbox: As always we'll keep releasing every update on all systems!

• Vehicle Animation Reworks: We're revamping animations for characters in vehicles to make them more natural and fluid.
  
• Vehicle Model Updates: Many older vehicle models are being upgraded to match the quality of our latest creations.
  
• Sound Overhauls: Expect enhanced audio quality across the board, from weapons to environmental sounds.
  
• Menu & UI Improvements: The mission selection and loading screens will be reworked for a cleaner and more consistent experience. We’re also adding small UI features to improve overall usability.
  
• AI Enhancements: We've made great strides in AI this year, but there's still room for improvement. Expect more updates to make battles feel even more realistic.
  
• Uniform Updates: We’re continuing to refine the look of uniforms. As you know British uniforms have been reworked recently, and next up are the German ones.
  
• Gore System Improvements: We know many of you have requested improvements to the gore system. We’re experimenting with new ways to implement this.

We decided that Tunisia will be split into two maps: North and South. We figured it would be best this way as to include many important locations from the campaign without squeezing them too close together in proximity. From the lush open fields of the North to the arid landscapes of the middle and down to the bone-dry South, Tunisia features a wide variety of scenery, maybe some totally different than what you think of when you think of the North African campaign in the Second World War.

The first map for the Tunisian campaign, the North, is nearing completion and the missions will going into development shortly! We can hope to have some missions coming into the PC public BETA around the first half of October.

Some key locations will be Tunis, Bizerte, Mateur, Enfidaville, Longstop Hill, Zaghouan and multiple more. At the moment, based on the missions planned there will be at least 16 new missions added to the base game Easy Red 2 with the Northern Tunisia campaign alone!

New props, vehicles, uniforms, and a new faction—New Zealand—are all coming with this campaign.

This massive DLC will include far more content than originally planned, with two major campaigns: the 1937 battles of Shanghai and Nanjing. Expect a huge array of new buildings, props, uniforms, and unique weapons like the Type 11 LMG, complete with a complex reload system. Check out a sneak peek of the Type 11 LMG system we are working on:

Note: This is a concept preview in a testing scene, and it's nothing like the final product.


This roadmap only outlines the major features and changes coming in the next several months. As always, we'll be working on smaller updates, bug fixes, and polishing regularly—just like we have for the past four years with near-weekly updates. You can view our full history of changelogs here.

We owe our continued success to you, our dedicated community. Your feedback and suggestions have been invaluable, and your enthusiasm for Easy Red 2 motivates us to keep pushing the game forward. Thank you for spreading the word and being part of this journey.

We keep improving all features of the base game and as always we will be going on listening to suggestions from people inside the Steam Discussions and the Discord server[discord.gg].

Stay tuned, and see you on the battlefield!

Marco and the Easy Red 2 Team

First, here's the changelogs for this update:

•Static emplacements can now be destroyed.
•Reworked damage system for tanks and wheeled vehicles.
•Tanks and wheeled vehicles now can be repaired in some occasions with a Toolbox Item.
•New multi-interaction system by holding F.
•Reworked FIAT 626 model in 3 variants and 4 camos
•Reworked JU-52 model now with 4 camos.
•Reworked Opel Blitz model with many different camo variants.
•New British and Polish helmets.
•New Canadian voice.
•New Juno Beach voice lines.
•New ripped flags props.
•Added sensitive content filter.
•Added new Date Palm prop.
•Added US M43 uniform.
•Added British officer uniform & vest (dog tag soldiers)
•Added Japanese officer uniform & vest (dog tag soldiers)
•New TPS LMG locomotion animations.

•Big changes in AI for vehicles in order to make them more convincing in movements and get stuck onto props less often.
•Fixed a bug where AI was sometime instantly dying when leaving a vehicle in motion.
•Smaller infantry AI performance and pathfinding improvements (expecially inside big buildings).
•Other fixes in AI.
•Improved soviet uniform skinning.
•Reworked some anims.
•Fixes in Canadian uniforms.
•Fixes in Winchester M12 Trench Gun.
•Fixes in Obrez gun.
•Fixes in US M41 uniforms.
•Reworked many weapon firing and reload sounds.
•Fixes in various missions.
•Fixes in Matilda tank.
•Fixes in Tiger I tank.
•Fixes in Panzer III E tank.
•Fixes in Panzer 38(t) tank.
•Fixes in Bren Carrier.
•Fixes in PTRD animations.
•Fixes in Obrez animations.
•Fixes in Volga River Crossing mission.
•Increased maximum dead bodies limit.
•Various other smaller fixes from feedbacks on Discord[discord.com].



We've made significant changes to how vehicles function in the game.

First, static vehicles can now take damage until they are completely destroyed. Some of these vehicles can be damaged by grenades or collisions with other vehicles, while others will require larger explosions, such as demolition charges, to be affected.

Additionally, the damage systems for tanks and wheeled vehicles have been completely rewritten. Beyond the introduction of a new damage formula, certain parts, like the engine and transmission, can now be repaired after being destroyed. To perform this, tank crew members are now equipped with a new "Toolbox" item, which they can use to repair damaged parts. AI-controlled units will also be able to use this tool.


Significant progress has been made recently in AI pathfinding, especially for vehicles. AI-controlled tanks and wheeled vehicles should now move more realistically on the battlefield and reach their destinations faster. While this is a substantial improvement, the AI has also received several smaller adjustments recently and will continue to be enhanced in future updates.



We are almost done adding new vehicles and props for the new free Tunisia campaign, and those are already accessible on the Map & Mission Editor. We now plan to make a few desert uniforms for British and German army. In the meantime, now that the Stalingrad campaign is fully reworked, we will also start focusing most of our map making efforts into making this map and it's missions.

As for the Second Sino-Japanese War DLC, we are almost done making the buildings and the uniforms for this campaign. Then we will also have to finalize the weapons, the vehicles, the map and the missions. This campaign will be finalized after the Tunisia campaign, and we hope to release it during the Fall.



All the changes up to this update are now being delivered to Xbox and Nintendo to wait for their approval which as usual should take around 10-15 days.

Also we can finally confirm that a Playstation 4 and Playstation 5 version of the game is being worked on and we hope to release this around Christmas.




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In case you didn't know we have defined a precise roadmap for the next months of development and you can read it here.

We keep improving all features of the base game and as always we will be going on listening to suggestions from people inside the Steam Discussions and the Discord server[discord.com].


Thank you all,
Marco

First, here's the changelogs for this update:

•Fully reworked Stalingrad map for better quality and performance.
•Added 17 missions for the new Stalingrad campaign.
•Fully reworked British uniforms.
•Added Matilda tank.
•Reworked Panther driving vision port.
•Added setting to cap dead bodies count for performance.
•Auto transport vehicles can now be placed as static props.
•Added new setting to increase night moon light.
•Added variant of Mosin 91/30 with straight bolt.
•Reworked most of the soviet uniforms, gears and headgears.
•Added new soviet and german officer uniforms, vests and headgears.
•Added new soviet Telogreika uniform.
•Added new Bofors gun.
•Added some new vehicle camos.
•New drag injured soldiers anims.
•Added double tap to toggle lean.
•New TPS ADS anims system.
•Changes in AI in order to use the TPS ADS system.
•New auto-transport fishing boat.
•New soviet tram prop.
•New MC 200 and MC 202 Italian fighter planes.
•New TPS jump animations.
•New music for upcoming Tunisia camapign.

•Fully reworked Mosin animations (all variants)
•Updated localization.
•Small fixes in rigging.
•Fixes on aim-toggle system.
•Fixed the way AI uses Mission Editor waypoints.
•Fixes in maps.
•Fixes in missions.
•Fixed French boat driver uniform system.
•Fixed music volume.
•Various fixes in vehicles.
•Improved drag injured soldier system.
•Changes in gamepad key bindings.
•Fixes with multiplayer syncronization of lean.
•Improved collision system of aircraft carriers.
•Fixes in various missions.
•Async resources reload is now more reliable.
•Fixes in Shohatsu driver.
•Fixed a bug where sensitivity was not affecting TPS ADS.
•Fixed bug with calliope and other vehicles.
•New weapons damage formula based on kinetic energy of bullets.
•Fixes with polish names.
•Fixes with some weapons.
•Fixes with some vehicles.
•Building destruction smoke now follows wind direction.
•Fixed bullet crack sound when ADS with scoper Kar 98.
•Enter vehicle animation removed when switching seat inside a vehicle.
•Improved UI navigation with controller.
•Improved slider usage with controller.
•Trackpad and Gyro can now be used toghether trough Steam Input with gamepad that supports them.
•Smaller improvements in settings UI.
•New Enfield sounds
•Kos map updated
•Fixed a bug on OSX version where it was not possible to load an heightmap texture in map editor.
•Fixes with soviet medic helmet.
•Changes on Enfield rifle and Enfield revolver sounds.
•Various other smaller fixes from feedbacks on Discord[discord.com].


We have finally managed to fully rework the Stalingrad campaign to ensure that even the first DLC, released back in 2022, can still compete with the latest game content!
•A complete overhaul of the Stalingrad map to make it more historically accurate, visually appealing, and optimized.
•A full rework of the missions to make them more historically accurate and to increase the total number of missions to 17.
•Revisions of the Soviet uniforms.
•Updates to various Soviet weapon animations, including the addition of the Mosin M91/30 with a straight bolt.
•Improvements to various Stalingrad props, with a few new props added as well.

The Stalingrad campaign has now more content than ever, so if you still have to get the DLC, this is the right moment!
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We are almost done adding new vehicles and props for the new free Tunisia campaign, and those are already accessible on the Map & Mission Editor. We now plan to make a few desert uniforms for British and German army. In the meantime, now that the Stalingrad campaign is fully reworked, we will also start focusing most of our map making efforts into making this map and it's missions.

As for the Second Sino-Japanese War DLC, we are almost done making the buildings and the uniforms for this campaign. Then we will also have to finalize the weapons, the vehicles, the map and the missions. This campaign will be finalized after the Tunisia campaign, and we hope to release it during the Fall.



All the changes up to this update are now being delivered to Xbox and Nintendo to wait for their approval which as usual should take around 10-15 days.

Also we can finally confirm that a Playstation 4 and Playstation 5 version of the game is being worked on and we hope to release this around Christmas.



As many know, we originally planned to rework the AI over a few weeks. However, we decided to make deeper changes than originally planned, leading us to work on the AI for a longer period and in parallel with other tasks. As a result, AI development has become a continuous process that will likely continue throughout the year.

The next big step will focus primarily on improving AI vehicle driving.



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In case you didn't know we have defined a precise roadmap for the next months of development and you can read it here.

We keep improving all features of the base game and as always we will be going on listening to suggestions from people inside the Steam Discussions and the Discord server[discord.com].


Thank you all,
Marco

First, here's the changelogs for this update:

•Reworked most of the soviet uniforms, gears and headgears.
•Added new soviet and german officer uniforms, vests and headgears.
•Added new soviet Telogreika uniform.
•Added new Bofors gun.
•Added some new vehicle camos.
•New drag injured soldiers anims.
•Added double tap to toggle lean.
•New TPS ADS anims system.
•Changes in AI in order to use the TPS ADS system.
•New auto-transport fishing boat.
•New soviet tram prop.
•New MC 200 and MC 202 Italian fighter planes.
•New TPS jump animations.
•New music for upcoming Tunisia camapign.
•Improved drag injured soldier system.
•Changes in gamepad key bindings.
•Fixes with multiplayer syncronization of lean.
•Improved collision system of aircraft carriers.
•Fixes in various missions.
•Async resources reload is now more reliable.
•Fixes in Shohatsu driver.
•Fixed a bug where sensitivity was not affecting TPS ADS.
•Fixed bug with calliope and other vehicles.
•New weapons damage formula based on kinetic energy of bullets.
•Fixes with polish names and localization.
•Fixes with some weapons.
•Fixes with some vehicles.
•Building destruction smoke now follows wind direction.
•Fixed bullet crack sound when ADS with scoper Kar 98.
•Enter vehicle animation removed when switching seat inside a vehicle.
•Improved UI navigation with controller.
•Improved slider usage with controller.
•Trackpad and Gyro can now be used toghether trough Steam Input with gamepad that supports them.
•Smaller improvements in settings UI.
•New Enfield sounds
•Kos map updated


While in the last couple of updates we didn't do a lot of progresses with AI, as we focused a bit more on Stalingrad rework, free Tunisia campaign and Sino-Japanese war DLC, AI this is still a very big focus for this year.
People that have been playing Easy Red 2 before 2024 I'm sure can clearly see big differencies on how AI troops behave and perform today, however we want to put the same amount of effort on vehicle's AI trough the rest of this year.


As announced recently, we wanted to re-make it not only with better performance, but also bring it more up to line with the Easy Red 2 standard in terms of map and mission design. Now, it's featuring at least 14 totally new missions made from the ground up on a whole new map.

We are going to start testing Stalingrad rework in public BETA during next days, and we expect it to be fully released during the second half of this month.


Tunisia production is underway, and you can expect it to release within a couple of months after the Stalingrad rework is out (we'll have a more precise time frame once that is the case). Probably, by the end of this summer! Some locations it will include will be Tunis, Bizerte, Kasserine, Sidi Bou Zid, Faid Pass, and some more!

As for the Second Sino-Japanese War DLC mentioned in previous update posts, it may take at least a few months to get out due to the sheer amount of content that's going to be included with it. We can tell you now at the very least it will include the 5th largest city in the world at the time-- the great Shanghai.

Notice that the assets for the upcoming Stalingrad remake and Tunisia campaign are being added before the release of the campaign, so the Map Makers can already make use of them and can give us feedbacks inside our Discord server[discord.com].


As soon as Stalingrad reowork will be ready to be released, we will send new updates to console versions featuring all the changes up to the latest version of the game, so of course also including the Stalingrad rework itself, this update and last few updates.

We also are officially working on Playstation 4 and Playstation 5 porting of the game as requested by many of you. It's still very early to plan when a release will be possible, but we hope this is something that could be completed around Christmas.



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In case you didn't know we have defined a precise roadmap for the next months of development and you can read it here.

We keep improving all features of the base game and as always we will be going on listening to suggestions from people inside the Steam Discussions and the Discord server[discord.com].


Thank you all,
Marco

First, the changelogs for this update:

• Improved distant LOD colors for Autumn trees
  
• Improved LOD cross fade transition for better graphic quality.
  
• Changes in missions
  
• Changes in easy difficulty: now all friendly units are marked on you HUD
  
• New stalinkas and other soviet structures (you'll see why later in the post!)
  
• New Panzerbüchse 39 animations
  
• New TPS hit reaction animations
  
• New Bofors 40mm Anti-Air vehicle/emplacement
  
• New Panzer 3 "J" variant
  
• New Winchester Model 12 "Trench Gun" variant
  
• Added Tunisia buildings for Map Makers and for upcoming Tunisia Campaign.
  
• Added many desert camo variations to tons of vehicles!

• Improved vehicle collision physic with units.
  
• Fixed first Kos mission
  
• Changes in other missions
  
• Fixes with AI when the turret they drive is out of ammo.
  
• Fixed wrong daimler ammos.
  
• Fixes in Sten MKV.
  
• "Force end match" for multiplayer match admin has been moved to pause menu.
  
• Many other smaller fixes from user feedbacks.

And now the headliner: the Stalingrad rework.


Stalingrad have previously been left a bit behind other official maps ever since its release in September 2022, so we wanted to re-make it not only with better performance, but also bring it more up to line with the Easy Red 2 standard in terms of map and mission design. Now, it's featuring at least 14 totally new missions made from the ground up on a whole new map.
The rework will also include fully reworked soviet uniforms.

The original Stalingrad map was wiped totally clean to pave way for this rework-- one where we not only improved performance, but also the visual aesthetic by a multitude of times!

Now, Stalingrad should not only run better and look nicer, but it is also much more accurate in layout to the real deal, with iconic locations like the Fallen Fighters square, the Tram Depot, the Tsaritsa Balka, the Grain Elevator, Pavlov's house, and more! Here's some more preview images:

The Stalingrad rework can be expected to be released hopefully within the next month or so.


Tunisia production is underway, and you can expect it to release within a couple of months after the Stalingrad rework is out (we'll have a more precise time frame once that is the case). Probably, by the end of this summer! Some locations it will include will be Tunis, Bizerte, Kasserine, Sidi Bou Zid, Faid Pass, and some more!

As for the Second Sino-Japanese War DLC mentioned in previous update posts, it may take at least a few months to get out due to the sheer amount of content that's going to be included with it. We can tell you now at the very least it will include the 5th largest city in the world at the time-- the great Shanghai.

Notice that the assets for the upcoming Stalingrad remake and Tunisia campaign are being added before the release of the campaign, so the Map Makers can already make use of them and can give us feedbacks inside our Discord server[discord.com].


If you're a console player, we also recently made a bunch of quality of life improvements: improved UI, stability, and a rebindable gamepad to name a few. We're also working with console producers to find a way to get allowed at least a map and mission sharing system, but this may take some time, so please bear with us!

On that note with consoles, we also started working on a Playstation version! December is about the predicted range for when that's in its final stages, though.


Thank you to the hundreds of new players that came during the recent WW2 sale and gave us tons of feedback and suggestions. It's people like you who keep this game improving, and thanks for coming along! Don't be afraid to join the official Discord server[discord.gg] as well to leave even more feedback and suggestions!




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In case you didn't know we have defined a precise roadmap for the next months of development and you can read it here.

We keep improving all features of the base game and as always we will be going on listening to suggestions from people inside the Steam Discussions and the Discord server[discord.com].


Thank you all,
Marco

•Reworked controllers to support both Steam Input but also direct controller input.
•It's now possible to rebind controller buttons from pause settings.
•Added vibration and gyro support for controllers both with Steam Input and direct input.
•Improved on-screen input UI.
•Added new optional setting to display the available actions at any moment (To help new players).
•Various changes and imporvements on UI.
•Added M3 Grant and M3 Lee (Desert variants).
•Added crouch sprint.
•Reworks in netcode to improve multiplayer latency and stability.
•Reworked TPS bazooka locomotion animations.
•Added a French Chasseur uniform.
•Added new dead tree prop.
•Added indicators on each spotted Enemy at easy difficulty to help new players recognizing enemy units.
•Added new setting to automatically reload weapons when magazine is empty.

•Increase hold breath sounds.
•Reworked deprecated ruined buildings.
•Improved translations.
•Stuka syren now works also at slower speed.
•Improved Springfield reload sounds.
•It's now possible to press R to reload a different projectile on a turret.
•Fixes in missions.
•Several other smaller changes and fixes suggested on the Discord server[discord.com].