Welcome back, commander.
That’s it, the results are in: we have an official winner of our fourth Nemesis DLC run! In the not-too-distant future, you’ll be able to play with the one, the only: Nemesis: Storming Toulon.
Let’s take a look at how the votes dropped: Nemesis: Storming Toulon edged out ahead with 45% of the vote, followed closely by Nemesis: Ligurian Standoff with 38.1%. Coming in last, Nemesis: Battle of Păuliș garnered 16.9% of the poll’s share.
From the whole Eugen team, we wanted to thank you for participating in this Nemesis DLC poll. We appreciate your efforts in keeping it cool and clean. Good stuff!
The winner is Nemesis: Storming Toulon
As the winner of the latest community vote, Nemesis: Storming Toulon will be our fourth Nemesis DLC. Highlighting the opening battles for the important port of Toulon during Operation Dragoon - the Allied invasion of Southern France in August 1944 - it features two fascinating battlegroups: Verteidigungsbereich Toulon versus the 1e Division Française Libre.
What can you expect from Nemesis: Storming Toulon?
Verteidigungsbereich Toulon
- An ad hoc Axis battlegroup composed of Kriegsmarine Seesoldaten garrison units, German naval commando pioneers, Kadetten, Brandenburger special forces, regular Grenadier infantry, and even elite Italian San Marco naval troops.
- A heavy dose of artillery, reflecting the historical presence of naval batteries, bunkers and Flak units. This includes a variety of calibers: Skoda 75mm, Italian 149mm and Soviet 152mm howitzers, and heavy Flak 38 105mm.
- Off-map artillery is also available, with the extra firepower coming from big platforms such as 138mm, 164mm or 340mm.
1e Division Française Libre
- The “real deal” of the Free French will bring a melting pot of a battlegroup containing everything from experienced Légionnaires, Polynesians infantry, veteran North African soldiers, Central Africans reinforcements, and Commandos d’Afrique and Parachutistes de Choc special forces.
- Additional firepower is provided by a combat command from the armored 1e Division Blindée with Stuarts, M10s and Shermans.
- Artillery support is made up of 105mm and 155mm (Long Tom) howitzers, with AA cover offered by towed Bofors AA guns.
- Air support will come from the Free French Air Force, as well as British carrier-borne squadrons. This includes B-26 Marauders, P-39 Airacobra, P-40 Kittyhawk, P-47D Thunderbolt and Spitfire, as well as Hellcat, Wildcat and Supermarine Seafire fighters.
Nemesis: Storming Toulon will also feature a new type of defensive structure. The so-called Tobruk bunker, which is essentially the obsolete tank turret of a S35 Somua (47mm), R35 (37mm) or Panzer II (20mm) mated to a concrete casemate.
Read all about the Nemesis: Storming Toulon in the original detailed blog post.
What happens next?
As we mentioned during our previous community votes, the runner-up Nemesis DLC options will see a play-off vote in the future. Currently, we have the following silver medalists waiting for their second chance: Nemesis: Raid on Drvar, Nemesis: Slovak Uprising, and now Nemesis: Ligurian Standoff. We will let you know when (and how) a new poll will happen. Keep an ear to the ground.
There are only winners with our Nemesis DLC, except for the third place losers, which this time is Nemesis: Battle of Păuliș. Back to the drawing board with this idea!
Which Nemesis DLC can you play already?
Nemesis: Battle of Sandomierz Bridgehead is our first Nemesis DLC and available for free now! It features the 16. Panzerdivision and the 97th Guards Rifle Division from the Eastern Front, bringing a number of new units, including the most powerful German tank of World War II, the Königstiger (H).
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1405650/Steel_Division_2__Nemesis_1__Sandomierz
The second Nemesis DLC, Nemesis: Lvov Offensive is available now for €4.99 / $4.99! This Nemesis DLC contains the German 20. Panzergrenadier-Division and the Allied 10th Guards Tank Corps, bringing new units such as the heavy tank destroyer Elefant, the unique Bef. Tiger (P) and Bef. Panzer V/IV tanks, Muniwagen Panzer III, Flakpanzer T-34(r) and Flakpanzer Panther, and captured T-5 Pantera..
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1418230/Steel_Division_2__Nemesis_2__Lvov_Offensive
Nemesis: Battle of Rimini is our third confirmed Nemesis DLC. It will bring the 1. Fallschirmjäger-Division for the Axis, and the combined Allied battlegroup of the 2nd New Zealand Division with the 3rd Greek Mountain Brigade attached. Except some news about this Nemesis DLC soon!
Coming up next
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Once again, we bid you adieu for the week. We’ll be back, same place, same time. Play it cool on the battlefield, commander!