MinionWorkz Update Pack Now Available!

The new pack from the MinionWorkz team is now available! If you have not already grabbed a copy of the files, then grab them from the following mirrors:

Players/Mappers, grab both files:

• Map pack from FileFront or GamersHell
• Vehicle pack from FileFront or GamersHell

And Server admins can grab their own versions:

• Server Map Pack from FileFront or GamersHell
• Server Vehicle Pack from FileFront or GamersHell

Once you  have downloaded, simply unzip and place in the relevant directories in your Red Orchestra folder under Steam games and you are good to go!

MinionWorkz Vehicle and Map Pack

The MinionWorkz team are already well know in the Red Orchestra community for their high-quality and innovative add-ons for the game. This time they have out-done themselves with a huge new update pack, that will be released free very soon.

To celebrate, they have produced a new trailer, which you can get off the AfterHourz site, by clicking HERE. Of course, we also have some cool new screenshots... read on for more!

Alternative download sites - the trailer is also available from:

• Filefront - CLICK HERE
• Gamers Hell - CLICK HERE
• And for the Antipodeans, we have AusGamers - CLICK HERE

The pack includes new operable vehicles and working anti-guns for both sides. The Allies get the KV-1B heavy tank, plus the immense KV-2, with an insane 152mm howitzer as a main gun! They have brought back an old favorite in the Zis truck, as well as introducing the Zis-3 76mm anti-tank gun. The Zis truck carries passengers and they have also updated the T-34 to carry riders as well. The Axis get the Stug IIIB, for a nice early-war variant, plus the 75mm anti-tank gun mounted on the Sdkfz 251-22 halftrack. Fast, mobile AND deadly. For more killing power, the Axis get the Pak-40 and Pak-43 anti-tank guns, while the Pz IV F1 gets the availability of smoke rounds.

The vehicles also come with a whole new set of skins, covering a wealth of camo schemes, from basic summer greens, through the various German green/red camo systems and also on to more winter skins for the vehicles and guns. We will not list all the new skins here, as we lost count at around 30 new ones! You will just have to take a look for yourself!

On top of the additional vehicles, the team has updated the whole objective system for new Gametypes. This brings in mobile Objectives, along with Search-and-Destroy, Mission-based and Breakthrough Gametypes for players and mappers to enjoy. The Tripwire team is really excited about these new additions to the game. The combination of new vehicles, more working anti-tank guns plus the new Gametypes open up whole new areas of as-yet untapped gameplay: we really want to see what people make of them, as well as what the mapping community can make with them!

To showcase the new features, there are 2 entirely new maps and updates to 3 earlier maps. The new maps are Klin, plus Roadblock, featuring the shocking moment in 1941 when the Germans first met the giant KV-2 heavy tank. In real life, it took them nearly two whole days to get round that one tank – the map will let the players find their own way to deal with the brute! The old favorites, Berezina, Elnya and Tractor Works all get an overhaul, with the new gametypes, vehicles and weaponry featured too.

STEAM SALES! RO 50% OFF!!

Just for the Holiday Season - just in time for that last-minute gift for a friend... or for yourself... go, you know you want to! Only available through to Jan 1!

Click HERE for this very special off on Steam! This makes your favorite game under $10 for the holidays!

Well, it is nearly Christmas time once again - and the Darkest Hour team have a small present for everyone. They have some new media, plus a cool new trailer. Click through the banner above or click HERE for the details!

And a Happy Whichever-Holiday-You-Are-Celebrating to all our fans.

ModDB Mod of the Year Awards

Well, it is that time of the year again. And our old friends over at ModDB are running their annual Mod of the Year competition once again. The initial cull is over and they are down to the Top 100 mods. We are impressed to see 2 Red Orchestra mods on the Top 100 for the "Best Upcoming Mods & Indie Games of 2007" award - Darkest Hour AND Mare Nostrum made the cut. Really nice job, guys!

Now, for those that are too young to remember, Red Orchestra won the ModDB "Mod of the Year" way back in the day - and look where it got us! So - we actively encourage everyone to go and vote over at ModDB. Click on the logo at the top, or HERE to vote!