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Red Orchestra Website Offline Monday 21 April

For the observant amongst you - or those who cannot live without their daily fix of the RO forums - you will have noticed that we went AWOL late Sunday night. Turned out to be a foul-up with the web server (and email, for that matter) which took us until this morning to sort out. Apologies!

And now - back to your normal programming!

Carpathian Crosses mod Released

At 1pm EST today (Friday 11 April, 2008) the Carpathian Crosses team are releasing the Beta version of their new mod for Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45. This mod brings the next new nationality to the game - the Romanians, who provided the single largest contingent of Axis troops on the Eastern Front, after the Germans themselves. The player will get to experience a completely unique setting, that has never been done before! On top of that, they are also adding the famous Russian Black Sea Naval Infantry - the "Black Death". The mod features new maps, new models, new vehicles and weapons including the first playable mortars.

Here is a short summary of the new features included:

• 5 new maps, including close-quarters infantry combat, combined arms and wide open tank maps
• 2 new tanks: the Romanian Renault R-35 and the Soviet T-26
• 9 new weapons, including anti-tank grenades, the ZB-30 machine-gun - and playable mortars
• A detailed mortar crewman and spotter system to support the mortars
• Romanian player classes with appropriate gear and uniforms; plus the Soviet Black Sea Naval infantry
• New tank system features
• Full support for custom mappers
• And the mod is integrated directly into the original Red Orchestra game

The mod will be available to download after 1pm Eastern/7pm Central European time on Friday. For more information on the mod and its content, plus links to the download mirrors, head over the to Carpathian Crosses website at www.carpathiancrosses.com

And here are some screenshots to get the juices flowing:

RO Support for Steamworks

Tripwire Interactive have updated their WWII multiplayer classic, Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 (RO), with support for Steamworks, a complete suite of publishing and development tools available free of charge to game developers and publishers.

In this Steamworks update for RO, Tripwire has leveraged the online matchmaking services offering, including integration of the Steam Server Browser, the Friends “Join Game” functionality (for use in and out of game), as well support for player and server stats viewable on www.steamgames.com.

There are also a bunch of other changes and updates for the game, including a fix for the aggravating "German grenades do not work for Russians" bug that recently came to light. The full changelog is on the forums.

Beginning today, the update will be automatically applied via Steam via Steamworks auto-updating feature to both the retail and online versions of Red Orchestra.

Mare Nostrum Beta Updated

Following feedback from the first few days of their Open Beta, the Mare Nostrum team have been hard at work to update the game - and the first full update is here already. It includes updates to the maps, a bunch of fixes - and the first appearance of the Australians!

Click on the logoo above or click HERE for more details.

Bonzer job, mate... stick another shrimp on the barbie and stuff those Jerries! Strewth, cobber!

Mare Nostrum Releases Open Beta

The first mod team to get their work out for the public to play will be the Mare Nostrum team. They are releasing an Open Beta to give everyone a taste of what is to come, as well as get themselves some heavy-duty testing, later today (March 1, 2008). The full details will be over on the Mare Nostrum site (click HERE) from 1pm EST (6pm UK, 7pm CET). Head over there to download the mod, as well as to make any comments on their forums. Have a jolly good time, chaps, and give the Hun a damn good seeing to!

And here are some of the highlights for you:

Open Beta Feature List

• British Commonwealth forces with new player model and voice commands.
• New map and objective win/loss music.
• New menu interface and music.
• Reskinned German player model.