Hello commander!
That’s right, welcome to a bit of a surprise! We wanted to look at all the good things that came out of Eugen’s workshop in 2020, and we realized we need a separate, dedicated DevBlog post to really do this justice.
Much like we did last year, we are going to highlight all the DLCs and bigger expansions we released for Steel Division 2 in 2020. No small feat in an otherwise challenging year for all, so let’s celebrate it together!
Our regular blog post schedule continues as usual, so expect a new Steel Division 2: Burning Baltics Versus article this Thursday.
January to March
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1254980/Steel_Division_2__Reinforcement_Pack_6__Auto_Deployment/
In February, we released our first free DLC of the year: Reinforcement Pack #6. This DLC introduced the Auto Deployment mechanic, which greatly sped up deployment not only in our Army General campaigns but also during Skirmish matches.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1236360/Steel_Division_2__The_Fate_of_Finland/
What came before was just an appetizer. In March, we released the History Expansion: Steel Division 2: The Fate of Finland. This was the second of the three paid expansions we promised to deliver within one year of Steel Division 2’s launch.
Steel Division 2: The Fate of Finland features:
- 6 new Divisions, including unique Finnish formations. As the Axis, play with Panssaridivisioona, the Ryhmä Raappana, and the 122. Infanterie-Division. As the Allies receive access to the 126-y L. Gornostrelkovy Korpus, the Podv. Gruppa Vyborg, and the 358-ya Strelkovy Div.
- 1 new massive Army General campaign - Tali-Ihantala - as well as two new Historical Battles, The Last Battle and Fate of a Nation.
- A host of new units, such as the BT-42 assault gun, the multi-turreted T-28 tank, the Finnish T-26E, the fast BT-7 and the state-of-the-art ISU-122S. Take to the skies with warplanes such as the Polikarpov I-153 biplane, the lend-lease P-40 Kittyhawk, the Italian-made Fiat G.50 or the Finnish-designed VL Myrsky.
- 2 new Aces: Eino “Illu” Juutilainen and his Me-109 G-2/R1 fighter, and Alexander Bilyukin with his lend-lease P-39N Aircobra.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1254990/Steel_Division_2__Reinforcement_Pack_7__Rules_of_Engagement/
We also released another free DLC in March: Reinforcement Pack #7. This DLC brought you the new Rules of Engagement mechanic, allowing you to fine tune the default behavior of units when executing certain types of orders.
April to June
In April, we brought you the Reinforcement Pack #8 re-introducing an often-requested points-based game mode from Steel Division: Normandy 44: Destruction.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1254991/Steel_Division_2__Reinforcement_Pack_8__Destruction_Mode/
Not only that, but we also rolled out several improvements to the Army General mode, including a new way to display a pawn’s strength, new unit pawn labels, and an improved Autoresolve panel.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1307600/Steel_Division_2__Tribute_to_DDay_Pack/
A whole bunch of good stuff came in June, with our commemoration of the invasion of Normandy on June 6th including a brand-new DLC for Steel Division 2, Tribute to D-Day, featuring 6 original divisions from Steel Division: Normandy 44.
This DLC brings:
- 6 new divisions, including the Polish 1 Dywizja Pancerna, the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division, and the 6th British Airborne. For the Germans, you’ll get the 3. Fallschirmjäger-Division, the 12. SS-Panzerdivision “Hitlerjugend”, and the 17. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division “Götz von Berlichingen”.
- A comeback of fan-favorite units such as the M18 Hellcat tank destroyer, Cromwell and Tetrarch tanks, “Beute” Firefly tank, Fallschirmjäger, U.S. Rangers, and more.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1307590/Steel_Division_2__Reinforcement_Pack_9__Army_General_Versus/
We also released the free Reinforcement Pack #9 in the month, bringing you Army General Versus, introducing 1v1 online battles to Army General.
July to September
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1348670/Steel_Division_2__Black_Sunday/
You’d think the summer would be quiet. Guess again! In August, we released the third and final of our originally announced History Expansions: Steel Division: Black Sunday.
Steel Division 2: Black Sunday features:
- Experience the Jassy-Kichinev offensive into Axis Romania during World War 2 with 2 brand-new Army General strategic campaigns, each focussing on one of the massive pincers of this Soviet assault in August 1944.
- 6 new divisions, including the Romanian 1 Blindata “România Mare”, the 5 Cavalerie Motorizatâ, and the Division 4 Munte. As the Allies, play with the 7-y Mekh. Korpus, the 3-ya VDV Div. or the Morsk. Gruppa Bakhtina.
- Over 150 new units, such as the TACAM T-60, the Resita AC 75mm AT gun, Vanatorul de Care R-35 tank destroyer, Italian license-built JRS-79B bombers and IAR-80M fighters, off-map MLRS rocket BKA riverboats, repurposed SU-76i tank destroyers, and T-80s tanks.
- 2 new Aces: the Romanian tank buster Lazar Munteanu and Konstantin Dmitrievich Denisov.
- Update how your units look with over 15 new Camouflage Skins, from official French early war patterns for the R-35 or the Moscow 1942 air defense markings for a Spitfire Mk VB fighter.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/988171/Steel_Division_2__History_Pass/
An easy (and discounted) way to access all three of the original, Year 1 History Expansions is to get the Steel Division 2: History Pass. This pass grants you Steel Division: Death on the Vistula, Steel Division: The Fate of Finland, and Steel Division: Black Sunday.
September to December
We were not done yet! Moving towards the tail-end of 2020, we started to launch the first of our new Nemesis DLC. These smaller expansions feature a pair of new divisions, with new units, as voted on by you, the community. Each Nemesis DLC is the result of three voting rounds, with only the most popular DLC option to be released.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1405650/Steel_Division_2__Nemesis_1__Sandomierz/
The first Nemesis DLC was decided on by us, and launched in October for free. Nemesis #1: Sandomierz Bridgehead featured the German 16. Panzerdivision and the Soviet 97-ya Gv. Strelk. Div. It also brings the new Königstiger (H) and Razveddozor unit, as well as 1 new Ace, Aleksander P. Oskin and 1 alternative Camouflage Skin for the 1 Königstiger (H).
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1418230/Steel_Division_2__Nemesis_2__Lvov_Offensive/
And in November it was time for our first player-voted Nemesis DLC, Nemesis #2: Lvov Offensive. This mini expansion brought the German 20. Panzergrenadier-Division and the 10. Gv. Tank. Korpus, as well as 1 new Ace, Helmut Bruck. This Nemesis DLC and also features a variety of new units including Bef.Tiger (P), Elefant, Panzer V/IV, T-5 Pantera, Flakpanzer T-34(r), among others.
What happens next?
We are still mighty busy with lots of new things. 2021 is promising to blow 2020 out of the water - that’s for sure! What are we working on?
We have recently revealed a brand-new History Expansion, Steel Division 2: Burning Baltics. It will feature:
- 1 massive new Army General campaign set in the Baltics during Operation Doppelkopf, allowing you to take command of either the attacking Axis 3. Panzerarmee or the defending Allied 1st Baltic Front.
- 8 new Divisions, playable solo, coop, or in multiplayer, including 6 which took part during Doppelkopf and 2 divisions from Army Group North’s theater of operations.
- 120+ new units, including a variety of new models such as Aufklärungspanzer 38(t) recon tank, Ar 196 A-3 floatplane, Soviet MT-13 160mm super-heavy mortar and the BS-3 100mm heavy AT gun.
- 1 gigantic new 10v10 map, the largest map ever to be included in Steel Division 2.
- 2 new Nations: Lithuania (Axis) and Estonia (Allies) and 2 new Aces.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1477780/Steel_Division_2__Nemesis_3__Battle_of_Rimini/
Don’t forget: Nemesis: Battle of Rimini is coming your way. The launch of this Nemesis DLC is on January 28th!
Until Thursday!
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See you on the battlefield, commander!