Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront News

We are currently undergoing a closed beta test for Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront. As a next step we will launch an open beta via Steam playtest early March.

[h2]How will it work?[/h2]
Simply sign up on the Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront store page. You will then get notified once you have been invited to join the beta. First come, first serve.


[h2]When will it start?[/h2]
Small numbers may join later this month, the full beta will start early March. Once the beta starts, we will invite a certain amount of players per day, so make sure to be one of the first to sign up.

[h2]What are the requirements?[/h2]
Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront is a DLC for Call to Arms and requires you to own at least the Basic Edition. No further requirements.

[h2]Is the beta free?[/h2]
Yes.

[h2]Will I keep the DLC?[/h2]
No, you will have to purchase the full version later, if you want to have it.

[h2]How long will it last?[/h2]
We will run it for around a week, depending on the feedback, we may or may not run another round later.

[h2]What’s the purpose of the playtest?[/h2]
We want to collect tons of feedback from you! It is really important to us, that as many of you as possible are satisfied with the final experience. Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront is developed by a very passionate indie team with the support of us as an experienced developer. Made by people from our community for our community and therefore we want to take the time we need to create something you really deserve.

With your help we will be able to shape this game into something bigger and better!



[h2]What is Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront?[/h2]
Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront is a WW2 experience based on the Call to Arms engine! Experience 64-bit and OOS free netcode. 2 new handcrafted campaigns, as well as the latest version of Conquest (dynamic campaign). The multiplayer experience will feature doctrines and different periods of war. Furthermore, highly detailed and very realistic gameplay is waiting for you with an emphasizes on classic controls and advanced penetration mechanics. Lots of new things to discover, as almost no detail has been spared.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD0o9xC8lkM

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Hello everyone, we have a lot of news, right at the end of a remarkable year!
We have news about our closed beta, about our Discord server and release.


Our beta is now in progress, and the testers have started to have their first and thorough look at our game.
Since our beta is a closed beta the testers will not be publishing any videos or images, but we will record some footage in- game as we go along and show it to you soon.

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As promised a long time ago, the beta test is also the “go” for our discord server.
This is where we intend to keep you entertained with a meta game and more images than we did before on social media, we will also continue to do so after the release of CtA: Gates of Hell. We may be doing some developer Q&A as well. Here’s the invite: GoH Discord

Be sure to check the rules, and have a good time!

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We have a releasable product at the moment, just before the end of the year. Q4 has passed and we can’t release before the year is out, but our beta is under way and we have great support from DMS. They will be supporting us to release as soon as we can. On the way to release, they will help us to provide some very nice possibilities; for instance, we intend to offer you an early opportunity to play a demo-version of the game for free! We plan to do a random player access "free to play" test. This will be specified soon, and we plan to allow quite a number of players access to it. As mentioned, the closed beta test is also playing out at the moment. The beta will give us a very honest first impression, and the feedback from that will make for a “warmer” experience for you, the future players. This combination of beta and FtP tests may give us a few bugs to repair. Please stand by for a release date.

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• GoH will feature quotes by famous ww2 people, instead of tips.
  
• Against zero budget, over 30.000 man-hours have been invested
  
• Blog Posts on our methods & the connections to ww2 history can be found on our company website

That’s it for now. Thanks for stopping by, we hope you liked this update, and as always you’re welcome to let us know what you think in the comments section. We will be back with more news soon!

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Hi everyone, here’s another update on our project. We’re getting ever closer to release and this update will tell you a bit more about what it will contain.
So what’s in store? We have goodies to show you, and progress to report. Last but not least, we want to show you a briefing. Keep reading!


Our beta test will be very short compared to other beta tests, because of the way we set it up (with a relatively small group of highly experienced and qualified testers). This is now right on the doorstep and we will update you as soon as we can about any dates we set (including release).

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The beta will be about a new feature as well. This multiplayer feature will offer special units that can be called in when you start your battle. They are related to the time period of the war to keep a balance in that respect; They don’t force odd situations, like facing an IS-2 with a Panzer II or anything like that. Doctrines are meant to give you a choice of special units that suit your playstyle and your tactical ideas. Before starting your battle, you can choose (per faction and per war period) from 2 to 3 different doctrines, so the choice you make depends on how you want to fight at that moment.
Let’s say you want to have an attacking, aggressive tactic and you’re playing an early war scenario. You could choose “Breach and secure” to get special units that help break defensive positions. You could also do the opposite if you want to take a passive aggressive stance. In that case you choose “Not one step back”.
All in all there are 4 types of doctrine: offensive, defensive, support and all- round. Of these, 2 or 3 are available for every faction, depending on the war period. There are 3 war periods; early, mid and late. Doing the math, that means we have a maximum of 9 different doctrines per faction. In the initial release there’s a total of 16 doctrines, which will be expanded to 18 later.

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Playing Call to Arms - Gates of Hell should be fun, and at the same time - like we have said from the beginning - we want to make it as immersive as we possibly can.
One element that we feel will contribute to the immersion is an introduction video for each SP mission. These will show you where the mission takes place, and its meaning in the grand scheme of things; we use the historical situation to get you up to speed for each mission.
We did a try- out a while ago and decided, based on this video, that we will go ahead and do all the missions like this:

https://youtu.be/4XDDwxZf7x0
We think it will contribute to the immersion, do you agree?

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• Roald Dahl, the author of “Charlie and the chocolate factory”, was a RAF fighter pilot in WW2, fighting in North Africa and over Greece.
  
• After injury forced him to stop flying in 1941, he became a spy for MI6 in the USA.
  
• Antoine de Saint- Exupéry, author of “The little prince”, was a fighter pilot too. He disappeared in 1944; the wreck of his P-38 was found in 1998.
  
• He was probably shot down by Horst Rippert of the Luftwaffe - a fan, who had read his books in the early 1930s.
  
• Kurt Vonnegut, author of “Slaughterhouse five”, fought in the US army and was taken prisoner during the battle of the bulge. He survived the bombing of Dresden as a PoW.
  
• Arthur C. Clarke, author of “2001 - A Space Odyssey” was a RAF pilot and technician in WW2. He helped develop radar systems, among which GCA radar.

That’s it for this month. Thanks for your continued interest & see you next month!