Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront News

Community members! We thank you for your kind reactions and your help to those Valencians that were hit by the recent horrendous flash floods. We have closed the fundraising account today, because it's time for the donations to be put into action. Today, we want to give you the results and to show you where the funds go.

We have found a local, dependable organization that helps victims get on their feet again.
They have their feet on the ground, right in the middle of the disaster area; we have seen them at work locally and they are doing a fantastic job right now.
By donating directly to this organization we can make sure the help actually goes to those local victims that need it most.
It’s called “from Valencia for Valencia” and this is their website:
https://desdevalenciaparavalencia.com/


This organisation is in direct contact with the local victims and they offer help in different ways, for instance with meals and materials.

We received donations from 78 community members, for a total of 2.504 Euros.
That’s awesome! We want to thank everyone for donating and spreading the word!

As promised, we have doubled this amount. That means Barbedwire Studios put another 2.504 Euros on top, and we have wired “from Valencia for Valencia” 5.008 Euros today.

We are proud of our community; and on behalf of the victims, thanks again!

Community members and friends! Last week, disaster struck in Valencia when unexpected flash floods took everyone by surprise. The lack of preparation caused hundreds of human lives to be lost, and did untold damage.

The headquarters of our development team is located in Valencia, and despite it not having affected our operations directly, it has caused enormous commotion.



The situation has been worsened by a severely delayed response of the emergency response bodies, now prompting volunteers and local businesses to take action. We are one of those local businesses, and we have decided to take action too.

We have opened a donation fund, and we encourage all of our community to help in whichever way possible. This fund will support the drive for humanitarian help - not from a large NGO, but by delivering the help directly to the people that need it.
At the end of this campaign, Barbedwire Studios will double the total amount of your donations, and forward the total sum to those local organizations that we know can be trusted to use them directly to help the victims.
Please use the QR code below to connect to the paypal account we started for this disaster:



On behalf of the victims, we’d like to thank everyone in advance for their support. We will communicate the results and actions. We are grateful for any help that allows the victims to get back on their feet again.

Community members! We are thrilled at the great increase in players over the past week and a half. The most played WW2 RTT in the world welcomes all new players!
In the meantime, the sale will end in just 3 more days; have you told all your friends about the public secret that is our highest discount ever?

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26447/Call_to_Arms__WW2/

And, if you recently bought our game, did you know we have compiled some important tutorial videos?

[h2]The Curve[/h2]
You may know from experience that Call to Arms - Gates of Hell is an intricate game that takes a while to fully master. The game features a vast array of mechanics for an RTS, some very unique, and these play an important part in the game’s realism and immersion; it’s not the most forgiving gameplay. In other words, there is a learning curve.
To flatten this curve, we recently added new tutorial missions and put out a set of tutorial videos on our Youtube channel.

Community artwork by @Amzingdoge

These are compiled from the in- game tutorial missions, which we cannot recommend enough to new - or even returning - players.
These missions teach you the basics of our game. Besides the official tutorials we made, we also keep a playlist of tutorials which our very lively community has produced over time.
We strongly recommend you have a look at either of these; you can find the official ones HERE.

[h2]The WW2 bundle[/h2]
The highest discount you can achieve at any time is by buying the “World War 2 Bundle”.
That goes for the current sale as well as for future sales. The bundle adds another 10% discount, which is put into effect on checkout. So if you’re looking at your cart wondering where that 10% goes, just remember it will be applied on checkout.
To remind everyone what you will have if you buy - or complete - the ww2 bundle, this is what it gets you:

• 4 factions
  
• 59 single-player missions, of which 5 tutorial missions
  
• 16 skirmish missions
  
• 98 multiplayer maps
  
• 4 Multiplayer game modes
  
• A Dynamic Campaign Generator
  
• 31 dynamic campaign maps
  
• Over 750 different tanks, vehicles and weapons
  
• Thousands of high-quality map assets
  
• Action in Eastern, Northern and Western Europe
  
• A built-in editor

As you can see, that’s a lot of replay value; and with the current sale, it’s beyond great! Get the bundle today:

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26447/Call_to_Arms__WW2/

[h2]Support[/h2]
Even with the tutorials, we can imagine you might still have a question, or you might want to get some support playing the missions or organize a match in Multiplayer. Maybe you just want to chat about WW2 in general, share a family war story, and take part in the screenshot competition.
In that case you definitely want to join the official Gates of Hell Discord server!
It’s the right place for your ww2 chats, technical support, feedback and much more. You can join by clicking on the banner below.

[h2]Something is brewing[/h2]
Something is on the horizon. A legend from the past is returning, stronger than ever. Are you ready, commanders?
Coming soon as part of Community update 4, stay tuned!

Community members! We launched the Airborne DLC last week, and for the first time, we did so at a discount. Besides that, the entire game is on sale for the rest of October. If you ever considered trying one of our other DLCs, this definitely is the right time to do so. What’s in it for you? Keep reading!

[h2]The WW2 bundle[/h2]
The entire game is currently on sale; you can get each element at up to 75% discount. However, if you buy the World War 2 bundle before October 31st, you get another 10% off!
So what do you get in the bundle, besides the extra discount?

• 4 factions
  
• 54 single-player missions
  
• 16 skirmishes
  
• 98 multiplayer maps
  
• 31 dynamic campaign maps
  
• Over 750 different tanks, vehicles and weapons
  
• Thousands of high-quality map assets
  
• Action in Eastern, Northern and Western Europe
  
• A built-in editor

Community art by @ColoradoConnor

Feel free to compare this list to any other game; it’s literally hundreds - if not thousands - of hours of replay value packed in a single bundle of endless possibilities.
This kind of sale does not happen very often, but right now, you still have the opportunity to use the best offer in the entire Call to Arms - Gates of Hell history. The sale ends after October 31st.
Get it now, commanders; this is not the time for hesitation!

Click below to see how your discount turns out:

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26447/Call_to_Arms__WW2/

Community members!
We are thankful for all the reactions we got to our Airborne DLC launch.
In the meantime, we have fixed a few issues that were reported after launch, resulting in today’s game update.

[h2]Hotfix[/h2]
We have included several changes in this update:

• We fixed a critical error where Airborne owners could not host campaign missions in cooperative mode if they did not own the Liberation DLC.
  
• Fixed multiple issues in Airborne campaign missions.
  
• Improved multiplayer server browser to reduce the time to connect to game lobbies, which is especially helpful when there are many lobbies and players. We have limited room to improve the connectivity because it is up to Steam to provide it, so it is outside our control for the most part. However, we did improve the game’s processes to lower connection times.

The update is now available for download! (Hint: restart Steam if you do not see it available yet)
You can find the changelog HERE.

Community art by @RUSSTG44

[h2]Player Record[/h2]
We broke the player record on Sunday when we had close to 9000 concurrent players.
These numbers make Call to Arms - Gates of Hell the currently most played WW2-themed real-time tactics game worldwide; however, records are there to be broken, so we have our heads down to produce the next faction: the British.
We’d like to thank you for your continued support, and we are delighted to see the enthusiasm in the community!

The number of concurrent players eventually went up to over 8900

[h2]Sale[/h2]
As you may have noticed, we have put the game on sale outside Steam’s sale schedule to allow more people to try the DLCs and grow the community.
The sale will continue until the end of the month (31 October), so tell all your friends, and let’s grow the community even more!
Don’t let the opportunity slip, check the discount;

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26447/Call_to_Arms__WW2/