Axis & Allies 1942 Online

Released: Nov 9, 2021
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Last updated: 17 Sep 2026, 01:27 GMT

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07 Jul 2026Developer post
Axis & Allies 1942 Online patch
Attention Commanders, It’s been a while. A new minor update for Axis & Allies 1942 Online is rolling out today on Steam, iOS, and Android. We’ve refreshed our build pipeline for AAO, which should help us deliver updates more consistently going forward. Patch Notes Fixed a cra
Attention Commanders,
It’s been a while. A new minor update for Axis & Allies 1942 Online is rolling out today on Steam, iOS, and Android.
We’ve refreshed our build pipeline for AAO, which should help us deliver updates more consistently going forward.
Patch Notes
Fixed a crash triggered when launching an amphibious assault with bombardment in a sea zone that also contained active sea combat. This previously caused an endless crash loop that prevented players from continuing their games and resulted in an auto-loss.
Known Issues
If you’re experiencing graphical problems on Linux, add the following flags to AAO’s Steam Launch Options to get the game running again:
--disable-gpu --disable-gpu-compositing --use-gl=swiftshader --disable-gpu-sandbox
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30 Sep 2025Developer post
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05 Jul 2022Developer post
Axis & Allies 1942 Online Patch! New Defense Profiles, iOS fixes, and More!
Attention Commanders, A new patch for Axis & Allies 1942 Online is on the way. 🎲🎲🎲 ⚠️OUTAGE NOTICE:⚠️ The game will be unavailable from July 6th 11:00am-1:00pm MDT while the team rolls out the patch. PATCH DETAILS FEATURES New Defense Profiles | You can now pick from new o
Attention Commanders,
A new patch for Axis & Allies 1942 Online is on the way. 🎲🎲🎲
⚠️OUTAGE NOTICE:⚠️ The game will be unavailable from July 6th 11:00am-1:00pm MDT while the team rolls out the patch.
PATCH DETAILS
FEATURES
New Defense Profiles | You can now pick from new options of Defense Profiles for Submarines and Destroyers! Differentiate between lone Subs and Subs with a fleet when automatically submerging, or select the last defending Destroyer to be preserved in an encounter with attacking Subs
Black Screen Prevention on iOS | Axis & Allies 1942 Online on iOS will now use Minimal High Quality Sprites by default: only unit icon sprites will be used on the game & combat boards. The setting (which players can find & tweak to their liking in Graphics -> Image Content And Resolution) will hopefully mitigate black screens and constant reloading. The Use Minimal Resources setting will also cause no animations and unit icon sprites only, but at a lower resolution than default
FIXES
Game History now shows players who forfeited in Custom games
Purchase Panel and Map Notes should be more accessible on mobile devices with unusual screen resolutions
Fixed an incorrect error message when attempting to move a transport to a non-hostile seazone in the Combat Move phase
Fixed The Victory Cities text in the Help More Victory City list section
More crash fixes
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02 May 2022Developer post
Hotfix! Battleship combat & email notifications
Attention Commanders, Today we’re releasing a small hotfix with important updates to make your Axis & Allies 1942 Online experience smoother. Hotfix Details: Fixed combat situations where hits couldn't be assigned to battleships Email notifications now show correct turn expir
Attention Commanders,
Today we’re releasing a small hotfix with important updates to make your Axis & Allies 1942 Online experience smoother.
Hotfix Details:

Fixed combat situations where hits couldn't be assigned to battleships
Email notifications now show correct turn expiry times
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26 Apr 2022Developer post
Axis & Allies 1942 Online Patch! Customized Turn Timers for Custom Games & More
Attention Commanders, A new patch for Axis & Allies 1942 Online is on the way. 🎲🎲🎲 ⚠️OUTAGE NOTICE:⚠️ The game will be unavailable from April 26th 11:00am-1:00pm MDT while the team rolls out the patch. PATCH DETAILS FEATURES Customized Turn Timers for Custom Games | The ga
Attention Commanders,
A new patch for Axis & Allies 1942 Online is on the way. 🎲🎲🎲
⚠️OUTAGE NOTICE:⚠️ The game will be unavailable from April 26th 11:00am-1:00pm MDT while the team rolls out the patch.
PATCH DETAILS
FEATURES
Customized Turn Timers for Custom Games | The game now allows you to customize the Turn Timer when setting up a non-Ranked game. Can be defaulted to a particular value for all new games in user Settings
More informative Game History | Game History now shows length of game and which round it ended at
More informative in-Game Menu | The in-game menu now displays the Match Name, Game Mode & Dice Mode
More Colorblind adjustments | With the Colorblind Setting enabled, the game now also changes display of units & unit tokens
Improved Offline Mode detection | Increased the speed with which a local network disconnection is detected to prevent players from entering Online games if they don’t have a network connection
FIXES
Tentative fixes for Black Screens & Dice Animation issues on iOS
The War Diary now shows the origin location of units for the Combat Move and Noncombat Move phases
Combat scenarios of Submarines vs Fighters are optimized for quicker play
In-game Audio tracks now play properly on PC
The Purchase panel is now disabled when viewing completed games
Aircraft Carriers and Fighters can now properly deploy in any sea region
The game shows the first roll for attackers in the Roll Log properly when there is an offshore bombardment
Clearing your in-game notifications should work better
Fixed The Victory Cities text in the Help More menu
More crash fixes
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29 Mar 2022Developer post
Hotfix! March 29th
Attention Commanders, A new hotfix for Axis & Allies 1942 Online is on the way. Hotfix Details Fixed an issue with Aircraft Carriers’ movement Fixed an issue with the Colorblind mode not saving on tablets & phones
Attention Commanders,
A new hotfix for Axis & Allies 1942 Online is on the way.
Hotfix Details
Fixed an issue with Aircraft Carriers’ movement
Fixed an issue with the Colorblind mode not saving on tablets & phones
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14 Mar 2022Developer post
Axis & Allies 1942 Online Patch! Colorblind Setting & Bug Fixes
Attention Commanders, A new patch for Axis & Allies 1942 Online is on the way. 🎲🎲🎲 ⚠️OUTAGE NOTICE:⚠️ Online games will be unavailable from March 14th 11:00am-1:00pm MST while the team rolls out the patch. PATCH DETAILS FEATURES Colorblind Setting | The game now has a sett
Attention Commanders,
A new patch for Axis & Allies 1942 Online is on the way. 🎲🎲🎲
⚠️OUTAGE NOTICE:⚠️ Online games will be unavailable from March 14th 11:00am-1:00pm MST while the team rolls out the patch.
PATCH DETAILS
FEATURES
Colorblind Setting | The game now has a setting with updated map colors for Protanopia, Deuteranopia, Tritanopia, Achromatopsia
Improved Server Efficiency | Combat moves and Combat with very large numbers of units now proceed more smoothly
Combat Predictions Calibration | Combat predictions (Implausible, Poor, Unlikely, Favorable, Strong) now calculate more accurately
FIXES
Sorted the Season dropdown list in the Player Profile
Fixed the End Turn pop-up screen
Ranked games no longer show a “Notify” option
It’s no longer possible to kamikaze Fighters; Aircraft Carriers are forced to catch lone Fighters disabling alternative moves
The Mobilization Phase confirmation pop-up screen now properly shows warships deployed in the hostile sea zone
Added the automatic transport destruction when the Attacker has only aircraft units vs submarines on Defense
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08 Feb 2022Developer post
Feb 14: Season 7 + New Patch for Axis & Allies 1942 Online
Attention Commanders! On Monday, February 14th, 2022, we’re rolling into Season 7 of competitive play and releasing a new patch for Axis & Allies 1942 Online . Read on for details... ***IMPORTANT*** In-Progress Ranked Games: In-progress ranked games not completed by 11 am MST
Attention Commanders!
On Monday, February 14th, 2022, we’re rolling into Season 7 of competitive play and releasing a new patch for Axis & Allies 1942 Online.
Read on for details...
***IMPORTANT***
In-Progress Ranked Games:
In-progress ranked games not completed by 11 am MST on February 14th, 2022 will be removed.
Stats:
Unfinished ranked games will not count towards your season ranking or custom game statistics.
Outage:
Axis & Allies 1942 Online will be unavailable from 11 am-3pm MST, February 14th, 2022 while the team launches Season 7 of ranked play and releases the patch.
SEASON 7 LAUNCHES ON FEB 14, 2022
Season 6 will come to a close next Monday. Here are Season 6’s top players (as of this afternoon)— there is still time to get into the Top 10 or even claim the 1st spot!
PATCH DETAILS
Features
Unfinished Ranked Games | Ranked games will become custom games at the end of seasons instead of being deleted (the change will come into effect at the end of Season 7)
Turn Timer | Merged US & USSR turn timers: the turn timer will now only reset if the US and USSR players are different
Turn Timer | The timer will no longer reset when a power’s turn is completely skipped
Forfeit Button | Moved the Forfeit button further away from the Return to Main Menu button & added the 2nd confirmation dialog requiring a typed confirmation when forfeiting (can be disabled in the Gameplay settings)
Combat Banners | Added option to disable animated combat banners without disabling all combat animations
Notifications | Added alliance a player is controlling to notifications about starting a ranked game
Fixes
Further adjustments to the Profanity Filter
Fixed bug where players would incorrectly be ranked in the Platinum category
Fixed a few display bugs in the Observer Mode
Fixed combat banners not being dismissed when hitting the continue/accept key
Fixed a bug where players would incorrectly be ranked in the Platinum category
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27 Jan 2022Developer post
Hotfix
Hotfix for IC overlapping some units
25 Jan 2022Developer post
Axis & Allies 1942 Online Patch! Game History Improvements & Bug Fixes
Attention Commanders, A new patch for Axis & Allies 1942 Online is on the way. 🎲🎲🎲 ⚠️OUTAGE NOTICE:⚠️ Online games in will be unavailable from January 25th 11:00am-1:00pm MST while the team rolls out the patch. Patch Details You can now minimize the Purchase Panel during t
Attention Commanders,
A new patch for Axis & Allies 1942 Online is on the way. 🎲🎲🎲
⚠️OUTAGE NOTICE:⚠️ Online games in will be unavailable from January 25th 11:00am-1:00pm MST while the team rolls out the patch.
Patch Details
You can now minimize the Purchase Panel during the Purchase Phase on tablets and PC
Game History now shows all Matches you’ve played up to a month ago
Notifications for starting Ranked Games now display the Commander Name of your opponent
Profanity Filters are now relaxed to accommodate common word patterns. Profane words that are common word patterns inside other words are now only considered profane if they are separate words
Fixed a bug where conquered areas didn’t switch to the invader Power’s colour
Fixed a bug where negative hits blocked combat
Fixed incomplete movement arrows caused by missing borders
Industrial Complexes should no longer hide units when zoomed in
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13 Dec 2021Developer post
Hotfix
Fix for infinite horizontal scroll setting not toggling.
13 Dec 2021Developer post
Hotfix! iOS & Android improvements
Attention Commanders, A new hotfix for Axis & Allies 1942 Online is on the way.🎲🎲🎲 ⚠️OUTAGE NOTICE:⚠️Axis & Allies 1942 Online will be unavailable from 12:00-2:00pm MST while the team rolls out the hotfix. HOTFIX DETAILS Added an option in Game Settings under Graphics
Attention Commanders,
A new hotfix for Axis & Allies 1942 Online is on the way.🎲🎲🎲
⚠️OUTAGE NOTICE:⚠️Axis & Allies 1942 Online will be unavailable from 12:00-2:00pm MST while the team rolls out the hotfix.
HOTFIX DETAILS
Added an option in Game Settings under Graphics to disable Infinite Horizontal Map Scrolling (The Infinite Horizontal Scrolling now defaults to "off" for the iOS App Store & Google Play to reduce memory usage)
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06 Dec 2021Developer post
Hotfix! Crash Fixes & Online List Improvements
Attention Commanders, A new hotfix for Axis & Allies 1942 Online is on the way. 🎲🎲🎲 ⚠️OUTAGE NOTICE:⚠️ Online games in Axis & Allies 1942 Onlin e will be unavailable from 11:00am-1:00pm MST while the team rolls out the hotfix. Hotfix Details Fixed an issue with cancell
Attention Commanders,
A new hotfix for Axis & Allies 1942 Online is on the way. 🎲🎲🎲
⚠️OUTAGE NOTICE:⚠️ Online games in Axis & Allies 1942 Online will be unavailable from 11:00am-1:00pm MST while the team rolls out the hotfix.
Hotfix Details
Fixed an issue with cancelling amphibious assaults
Fixed an issue with hit assignment to a cruiser
Added a speculative fix for cases where games don’t end properly if a player forfeits
Added an automated task to delete unstarted and unfinished games with no players from the online list
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24 Nov 2021Developer post
Hotfix: November 24. Crash fixes & The Forfeit button placement
Attention Commanders, A new hotfix for Axis & Allies 1942 Online is on the way. 🎲🎲🎲 ⚠️OUTAGE NOTICE:⚠️Axis & Allies 1942 Online will be unavailable from 11:30am-1:30pm MST while the team rolls out the hotfix. Hotfix Details The Forfeit / Delete Game button now stands o
Attention Commanders,
A new hotfix for Axis & Allies 1942 Online is on the way. 🎲🎲🎲
⚠️OUTAGE NOTICE:⚠️Axis & Allies 1942 Online will be unavailable from 11:30am-1:30pm MST while the team rolls out the hotfix.
Hotfix Details
The Forfeit / Delete Game button now stands out from other Menu buttons
The game no longer crashes while viewing the online games list
Fixed a crash when cancelling bombardments
Deploying several Industrial Complexes to the same region is no longer possible
Players on the opposing alliance can now be kicked from the game during the setup
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10 Nov 2021GamingOnLinux
Axis & Allies 1942 Online from Beamdog is out now with full cross-play
Beamdog, known for their RPG revamps like Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition and Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition have finally pushed Axis & Allies 1942 Online out of Early Access as a finished game with full cross-play. Read the full article here:
09 Nov 2021Developer post
Axis & Allies 1942 Online Launches Out of Early Access!
Calling all Commanders! Brave soldiers, officers & recruits! This is not a drill... Launch Day🎲 Axis & Allies 1942 Online is officially out of Early Access! We're incredibly proud of our small team of soldiers for bringing this classic board game to audiences all around
Calling all Commanders! Brave soldiers, officers & recruits!
This is not a drill...
Launch Day🎲
Axis & Allies 1942 Online is officially out of Early Access! We're incredibly proud of our small team of soldiers for bringing this classic board game to audiences all around the globe!
The full release is available now, with full cross-play support for Windows, macOS, Linux, iPadOS & Android.
Taking A Look Back...
We rolled into Steam Early Access way back on July 31, 2019. Since then the game has had five full seasons of competitive play, more than a dozen major patches, and a major overhaul of the user interface.
Features like the War Diary were in the game from the start, but since launch we've added some major feature updates based on player feedback, including:
New Starting Setup: The Larry Harris variant
New Dice Modes: Low Luck and Biased
Player Profiles to track your game stats
Competitive Seasons with matchmaking & ladder boards
2019 Screens:
2021 Screen:
EA BY THE NUMBERS:
You know Axis & Allies games take time to complete (some games are played over days or weeks!), but you've managed to finish over half a million online matches!
TOTAL Online Multiplayer Games Completed: 521,628
Axis Victories: 287,333
Allies Victories: 222,947
Online Larry Harris Games: 418,997
Axis Victories: 224,303
Allies Victories: 191,213
Online Standard Setup: 102,655
Axis Victories: 63,049
Allies Victories: 31,739
Total Ranked Games: 332,513
Axis Victories: 178,751
Allies Victories: 153,762
🎖️Special Commendations🎖️
To Our Community:
We are massively grateful to each and every one of you for your support through many months of patches, hotfixes, beta builds, and five seasons (and counting) on the field of battle!
To the Community Discord:
Special thanks to the fan-run, community discord— for giving us so much support and feedback, and for running fan tournaments!
(Join the fun here)
To the Season Champions:
Shout out to all our ranked players! There is fierce competition from astounding tacticians!
Congratulations to our Season 1 through 5 Champions!
Season 1:
Season 2:
Season 3:
Season 4:
Season 5:
Thank you!
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04 Nov 2021Developer post
Hotfix! Memory Leak Fix & Stability Improvements
Attention Commanders, Today we’re releasing a small hotfix with important updates to make your Axis & Allies 1942 Online experience smoother. 🎲🎲🎲 ⚠️OUTAGE NOTICE:⚠️ Axis & Allies 1942 Online will be unavailable from 10:30am-12:30pm MST while the team rolls out the upda
Attention Commanders,
Today we’re releasing a small hotfix with important updates to make your Axis & Allies 1942 Online experience smoother.
🎲🎲🎲
⚠️OUTAGE NOTICE:⚠️Axis & Allies 1942 Online will be unavailable from 10:30am-12:30pm MST while the team rolls out the update.
Hotfix Details
Added a zoom sensitivity option slider
Fixed memory leaks related to combat images
Ranked game stats now display correctly on Player Profiles
Introduced a speculative fix for a crash when desynchronizing
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14 Oct 2021Developer post
Hotfix!
Fixed error when defender submerges submarines with defence profile.
13 Oct 2021Developer post
Minor Hotfix
Fix for purchased units not appearing.
13 Oct 2021Developer post
Patch Today! New Quality-of-Life Features & Combat Fixes
Attention Commanders, We’ve been down in the trenches hard at work on upgrades for soldiers on the frontlines! Today’s patch delivers new quality-of-life features, and fixes a stack of bugs relating to combat moves and encounters.🎲🎲🎲 ⚠️ OUTAGE NOTICE: ⚠️ Axis & Allies 1942
Attention Commanders,
We’ve been down in the trenches hard at work on upgrades for soldiers on the frontlines! Today’s patch delivers new quality-of-life features, and fixes a stack of bugs relating to combat moves and encounters.🎲🎲🎲
⚠️OUTAGE NOTICE:⚠️ Axis & Allies 1942 Online will be unavailable from 10am-12pm PT while the team rolls out the update.
Check out full details below!
Features

Buttons and UI now stand out when you move your cursor over them
Tablet players can now launch games directly from email notifications
You can now click on a battleship stack in combat to view each ship’s health
Removed unnecessary rolls in combats with only fighters vs. submarines and/or transports remaining
Easily update your defense profiles with new drag & drop controls
Streamlined the settings menu for clarity
Fixes

Fixed an error occurring when a Destroyer and Fighter move to attack Submarines
Fixed a deployment error in the Mobilization Phase
Fixed scrolling issues on the map and side panels
Bombardments now show hit assignments after the dice rolls as expected
Fixed Submarine hit assignment where the continue button was being enabled earlier than it should during hit assignment
Fixed a crashed that occurred when cancelling a bombardment
Fixed a crashed that occurred while observing other players turns
Fixed an issue with notifications not always appearing
Fixed an issue with slow AI dice rolls
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***IMPORTANT***

SEASON 7 LAUNCHES ON FEB 14, 2022

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Launch Day🎲

Taking A Look Back...

EA BY THE NUMBERS:

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