WWII Online News

[p]Since the launch of WWII Online, Spawn Camping has persisted and has driven players away and caused a lot of frustration. This update represents the single greatest effort to improve that experience by providing initial spawn-in protection from campers. Players will have a brief few moments to take cover, despawn, or eliminate the threat if possible.[/p][p][/p][p]Truck drivers now have the full mobile spawn deployment suite across all trucks and haulers (armed/unarmed) as well as SPAAs (including the heavier ones). We want to keep mobile spawns easily deployable, do your part to keep the battle going![/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][h2]World War II Online [/h2][p]Version 1.38.2.0 - January 2026[/p][p][/p][p]Introducing "Spawn Protection Mode," providing global player protection upon spawn in. This update also dramatically improves quality of life for our truck drivers and logistics operations, enabling all mobile spawns across all trucks and haulers (armed or unarmed), and self-propelled anti-aircraft weapons.[/p][p][/p][p]Features[/p]

• [p]Spawn Protection Mode for air, land and sea units.[/p]
• [p]Fallbacks for moveable brigades now survive server restarts.[/p]
• [p]Trucks, Haulers (armed or unarmed) and SPAAs can now deploy all mobile spawn types.[/p]
• [p]Changed name of new large walled mobile spawn to "Outpost."[/p]
• [p]Restored old FMS model for more deployment options.[/p]
• [p]Infantry fall damage reduced slightly.[/p]
• [p]New Towns Added: Great Yarmouth, Aldeburgh, Harwich, Felixstowe, Lowestoft, Colchester, Orford, Woodbridge, Southwold, Halesworth, Norwich and Cromer.[/p]
• [p]New small tower PPO added.[/p]
• [p]Playnet copyright updated to 2026.[/p]

[p][/p][p]Bug Fixes[/p]

• [p]Tint on aircraft canopies resolved, now more clear.[/p]
• [p]Radial clutter no longer flickers.[/p]
• [p]Vehicle materials no longer flicker when two vehicles are inside/outside near each other.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a clip point on Fire Base (FB) infantry spawn.[/p]
• [p]Re-added French Torpedo bomber to be spawnable.[/p]
• [p]Tilburg church no longer clips a building.[/p]
• [p]Somzee city hero monument no longer on a berm.[/p]
• [p]Trelon AI tower no longer clipping a wall.[/p]
• [p]Railroad rails now match bridge rails.[/p]
• [p]Bedford truck no longer gets stuck in dunes tiles.[/p]
• [p]Outpost deployment ranges adjusted:[/p]
  • [p]From enemy facility: 100m (500m total).[/p]
  • [p]From a friendly facility: 200m.[/p]
• [p]Fw-190 wings now render properly across all LODs.[/p]

[p][/p][p]Copyright 1999-2026 Playnet, Inc.[/p]

[p]This year WWII Online is poised to do some great things, addressing both the new and existing player experience. We'll be aiming to remove or lessen the impacts of some old design. This ranges from our user interface to your daily experience.[/p][p]
It is also our 25th consecutive year of operations (originally released June 6th, 2001) thanks to your continued subscription efforts. Sincerely, our team expresses its highest gratitude to the WWII Online playerbase for continuing to believe in and support our project. We hope this roadmap does justice to address key things important to you, our outstanding community.[/p][p]Read the WWII ONLINE 2026 ROADMAP here![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Connect to our Social Media to get more updates and help us gain visibility to grow the community and reach new players to play with:

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[p]Hot off the presses! Do you like BIGGER.BETTER.BATTLES? 130+ registered for our upcoming massive operation, OP CLIMATE CHANGE: https://discord.gg/ZarthmufZF?event=1446338663830261760[/p][p][/p][p]Play this weekend and earn more Victory Points! Get into a fresh campaign and contribute in a meaningful way. Here are the values increased for this weekend: [/p]

• [p]Guarding facilities: Earn 5x more points (stay inside a capture point with an AO/DO on it, and for every 1 minute, you earn points).[/p]
• [p]Kills while guarding: Earn 10x more points.[/p]
• [p]Capture facilities: Earn 2x more points by taking enemy territory.[/p]
• [p]Kills: Earn 3x more points by killing enemy players.[/p]
• [p]Resupply a soldier with an ammo can and earn 2x more points.[/p]
• [p]Destroy an enemy mobile spawn and earn 2x more points.[/p]

[p][/p][p]Video Short on How to Earn Victory Points:[/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p][/p][p]Spread the word, let's get people in-game immediately! Download & Play at https://www.wwiionline.com/play.[/p][p][/p]

[p]OP FROSTBITE: Battle at SW Army Base, Amsterdam [/p][p][/p][p]MAP SCALE AND THE BATTLE FOR AMSTERDAM [/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p][/p][p]HOW TO EARN VICTORY POINTS[/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p][/p][p]Registered for OP CLIMATE CHANGE and HEARTBREAK? Go do that FIRST! [/p][p]Join us and start off 2026 with a BANG! Register now for the newest weekend campaign server operation, "CLIMATE CHANGE" on January 25th. [/p][p]Who does not like all-access while racking up Victory Points? Over 200+ gamers were in OP AUTUMN FURY and FROSTBITE. Your participation helps with the tiered all-access as MORE REGISTRATIONS = MORE ALL-ACCESS![/p][p][/p][p]Let's unlock Friday, Saturday & Sunday of ALL-ACCESS . Share this out to all friends, Discords and social media to bring about BIGGER.BETTER.BATTLES. Receive a Discord Hero badge when you send an invite to all your Discord friends & gamers![/p][p][/p][p]CLIMATE CHANGE Register here: https://discord.gg/ZarthmufZF?event=1446338663830261760[/p][p]HEARTBREAK Register here: https://discord.gg/Ayj9sy2Qum?event=1454889963639406632[/p][p]Expand YOUR all-access / no rank privileges simply thru a Discord registration:[/p][p]< 99 = Sunday only goal attained![/p][p]> 175 = Saturday & Sunday [/p][p]> 200 = Friday, Saturday, & Sunday 100% 3-day ALL-ACCESS[/p][p]Please enjoy all-access on WWII Online and then join us for OPERATION FROSTBITE on Sunday. [/p][p][/p][p]OPERATION NAME: Climate Change[/p][p]WHEN: January 25th 12PM PST, 2PM CST, 3PM EST, GMT+8 [/p][p]WHERE: Campaign Server for large-scale combined arms battles [/p][p]DURATION: 3 hours [/p][p]UNLOCKS : All-Access 24/7[/p][p]Experience YOUR immersive "WWII Online Moment." [/p][p][/p][p]Every soldier is requested to RSVP right away. Doing so encourages more players to participate. Spread the word, let's go! [/p]

[h3]A number of gamers who do NOT play our game do not always recognize the progress that CRS has been making over the years, in particular, towards UE5 (WWII ONLINE v2.0)[/h3][h3][/h3][h2]Several things to consider which are NOT glamorous or headline grabbing:[/h2][p][/p][h3]Our gaming is growing (huge percentage of our customer base does NOT use Steam so Steam Charting is inaccurate at best) and our recent monthly operations are seing participation spike to 200+ players gamers battling it out at one or more battles. Our recent live stream of OP AUTUMN FURY showcased these numbers. Register on our Discord for OPS FROSTBITE and CLIMATE CHANGE in December and January.[/h3][h3]Ours is a multi-player game on a HUGE scale so when a formation of 5 He-111 bombers drops 128 50kg bombs in the midst of a hotly contested town, there are NO stutters.[/h3][h3]That is a significant improvement on the back-end but it's not sexy but very critical for the present and future for 2.0[/h3][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][h3]WWII ONLINE is a global 24/7 game with players competing all on the same server. We have recently improved our prediction code over a series of patches so our players have a smoother and more predictable gaming experience whether on ground, in a vehicle, flying, or even jumping out of an airplane.[/h3][p][/p][p]Massive paratrooper jump over enemy objective![/p][p][/p][h3]We are implementing subtle lighting changes with our recent Phase 1 enhanced shaders. As we progress, these changes will likely be quickly forgotten; however, they provide a richer background to provide a more enhanced gaming experience (IE suspension of disbelief).[/h3][h3]Our focus continues to be on how to improve the present gameplay experiences, interfaces, bug squashing, etc while delivering new UE5 compliant models like our Early War (Tier 0) tanks such as the French R35, British A13, and German Pzr IIC which are currently in development.[/h3][h3]We hope you take a moment to watch the clips above and scroll through the remaining posted screenshots. We have been HARD at work for our present and future members of the community.[/h3][p][/p][h3]Finally, if you are a gamer, join the Campaign Server and play. With the recent implementation of VICTORY POINTS where F2P gamers earn VP and then spend the VP to access premium equipment. Return from a mission with equipment intact, there is NO cost in VP to your balance. You get spawn camped as soon as you spawn in, NO VP loss.[/h3][p][/p][p]Victory Point Walk-through[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p]