Happy New Year, commander,
It’s good to be back! We’ve got a feeling 2022 is going to be a kick-ass year! We hope the holidays were delightful (or are still delivering the goods, lucky you) and that you had your batteries recharged, plenty of food in your stomach, and managed to get some good ‘ole fun time on the Steel Division 2 battlefields!
We will start the new year with a recap of the one that came to pass. And as promised, we can finally reveal the release date for our latest expansion, Tribute to the Liberation of Italy. Keep reading to find out more!
January 2021 - Nemesis #3
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1477780/Steel_Division_2__Nemesis_3__Battle_of_Rimini/
First up, and close to a year ago, we released our Nemesis: Battle of Rimini DLC. Our premier Italian influenced mini-expansion, we brought you two new Divisions from Operation Olive. This Allied offensive tried to break through the Gothic defensive line on the Adriatic coast in September 1944. It pitted the hybrid-combined arms 2nd New Zealand Division against the veteran paratroopers of the 1. Fallschirmjäger.
New toys included the British Bristol Beaufighter heavy fighter, Greek Martin Baltimore bomber, German (captured) Re.2005 fighter, as well as various new infantry units such as Greek Oplites mountain infantry, and New Zealander Maori.
April 2021 - Burning Baltics
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1418231/Steel_Division_2__Burning_Baltics/
Ah, our fourth major History Expansion! Burning Baltics released at the end of April. By the summer of 1944, the war had come to the Baltics. This expansion featured a variety of unique new Divisions, tons of new units, new nations, and a new Army General campaign focused on one of the last (successful) Axis counter-offensives on the Eastern Front, Operation Doppelkopf.
With Burning Baltics you got to play with eight new Divisions, from the famous Axis "Grossdeutschland" and "Nordland", to the ad-hoc Panzerverband Strachwitz and the 52. Sicherungs-Division z.b.V.. The Allies received the veteran Soviet 19th Tank Corps, the Mobile Group Fedyunkin, the Estonian 7th Rifle Division and the 43rd Army's Reserve battlegroups.
July 2021 - Nemesis #4
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1571590/Steel_Division_2__Nemesis_4__Storming_Toulon/
We hit our stride with our Nemesis DLCs number four, taking inspiration from the Allied invasion of the swooning and sweltry French Riviera (it is home, after all) in the summer of 1944. Two new interesting divisions, the Axis garrison troops of Verteidigungsbereich Toulon and the Allied French 1e Division Française Libre found their way into Steel Division 2.
We featured a bunch of new units, including Kriegsmarine Marineinfanterie, Commandos d'Afrique special forces, heavy Flak 38 105mm guns, Flakzwilling 37mm, M6 Fargo, and M3 Gun 37mm.
November 2021 - Reinforcement Pack 12
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1810030/Steel_Division_2__Reinforcement_Pack_12__Kostritza/
Things quieted down in the latter part of the year. One of the main reasons was that we were working on several projects simultaneously, including Tribute to the Liberation of Italy, the new Nemesis: Raid on Drvar and a new Nation Pack: South Africa for Wargame Red Dragon. Behind the scenes, we were also preparing ourselves for the upcoming reveal of our new World War III battle simulator, WARNO.
We launched a new map as part of a free Reinforcement Pack. Kostritza was previously featured as a “showcase” map, but never intended for gameplay use. We dusted it off, gave it a lick of paint, and released it to our fans to make up for some of the developmental delays.
December 2021 - Reinforcement Pack 13
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1810031/Steel_Division_2__Reinforcement_Pack_13__Lucky_13/
We weren’t done quite yet! In the last month of the year, we dropped another free Reinforcement Pack, aptly named Lucky 13 DLC. This featured two new Divisions: the Axis Panzerdivision Tatra and the fast-moving Allied Task Force Butler. A bunch of interesting new units were deployed as well, such as the Panzer 38(t) light tank, Volksturm squads, M3A1 Cavalry recon half-track, and OSS elite special forces.
What’s coming next?
We have our next major expansion on the near horizon: Tribute to the Liberation of Italy. You have been itching for a release date. We are happy to tell you that February 3rd will be the launch day!
We’ve already transitioned to the next project, Nemesis: Raid on Drvar DLC. No concrete details yet on when to expect it, but it will come in the not-too-distant future!
And as already hinted, we’re also already at work on our next Army General DLC. But we’ll tell you more about this soon …
Bidding you goodbye!
Happy to have been able to start the new year together, commander!
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See you soon!