Hello, commanders!
We hope you are well. In today’s DevBlog, we’ll take a good look at the other new expansion planned for Steel Division 2.
While lots are still under wraps, including the name of this soon-to-be expansion, we can reveal the contents: divisions!
The next Tribute to expansion coming to Steel Division 2 will bring all the remaining Steel Division: Normandy 44 divisions to Steel Division 2. This satisfies a popular community’s request and, at last, introduces all of the original divisions into our second instalment, too!
Steel Division 2’s Roadmap
Not long ago, we laid out Steel Division’s 2 Roadmap. We revealed that two new expansions would come to our World War II battle simulator: an Army General expansion and a Tribute-style expansion.
- The Army General campaign will focus on the Battle of Dukla Pass. You can read more about this Slovakian campaign in this DevBlog here.
- A Tribute expansion focusing on introducing several new divisions. These would be in the style of Steel Division 2: Tribute to the Liberation of Italy or Steel Division 2: Tribute to D-Day
Please note that this new Tribute expansion might have been revealed later, it will likely be one of the first DLCs to be delivered.
The new Tribute expansion
So what will the new Tribute expansion contain?
- It will include ALL the missing Steel Division: Normandy 44 divisions, including those that were featured in DLCs.
- This means 7 Axis and 6 Allied divisions.
- This will result in the biggest Tribute expansion for Steel Division 2.
- It will contain only divisions. So no maps, be it new or based on Normandy.
- The new divisions will be reworked to take advantage of Steel Division 2’s mechanics, traits, equipment, etc. This means they will be closer to historical reality and maybe a bit different regarding unit disposition, materiel, weapons, and other stuff. The new divisions will keep their main features and playstyles, of course.
The division list
Which divisions will make their appearance in the new expansion?
Steel Division: Normandy 44
- Allied US 101st Airborne Division a.k.a "Screaming Eagles"
- Allied UK Guards Armoured Division
- Axis 91. Luftlande-Division
- Axis 716. Infanterie-Division
First Blood DLC
- Allied US 1st Infantry Division a.k.a "Big Red One"
- Axis 1. SS-Panzerdivision a.k.a "LSSAH"
Second Wave DLC
- Allied US 4th Armored Division
- Axis 16. Luftwaffe-Feld-Division
- Axis 9. Panzerdivision
Back to Hell DLC
- Allied French Demi-Brigade SAS
- Allied UK 7th Armoured Division a.k.a "Desert Rats"
- Axis 2. Panzerdivision
- Axis Festungs Gross-Paris
A brand-new division
As the SSB from the Second Wave DLC has already been ported with the Steel Division 2: Men of Steel expansion, this makes the number of divisions uneven in the new Tribute division. To balance this, we will include a brand-new division: the 4th Canadian Armoured Division.
Despite being the Western Allies' third largest supplier of manpower and equipment, Canada has been overshadowed (in Steel Division 2 at least) because its divisions and arsenal were very similar to Commonwealth or American divisions. For a long time, we have been looking for a way to add more Canadians, hence their inclusion into the new expansion.
All the new divisions will gain their spot in the sun in the upcoming DevBlogs.
See you on the battlefield
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See you on the battlefield, commander!
