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FRONTLINE NEWS: New Weapon Announced for Tannenberg!

We are very excited to announce plans for a new deadly weapon in Tannenberg! Check out the teaser below:
https://youtu.be/yUFx1BBxUNk
Smoking Mechanics

Based on flawless advice from reliable 100% unbiased sources, we have implemented the following mechanics related to the new cigarette weapon:
Smoke transfer - blow smoke in the faces of your enemies to addict them to cigarettes. Watch out for friendly fire!
Nicotine meter - when addicted, if you don’t smoke every 46.4 seconds, you will begin to suffer suppression effects. These will increase until at three minutes your screen will be entirely blurred and shaking wildly.
Cigar class perk - some classes will gain a cigar perk. Cigars suppress your smoking requirement for 80 seconds, and create a double sized smoke cloud which travels twice as far. You can hand out cigars to your allies.
Three on a match - every third player who lights up will have all enemy players instantly gain auto-aim on their head.
Gas resistance - if you can smoke 20,000 cigarettes, you will become immune to poison gas.
Social bonus - If you and an enemy happen to light up at the same time while within 1 meter, you will becomes friends, and count as being on the same team for purposes of friendly fire.
Cut their supplies - Capturing a new ‘smoke dump’ sector type will both hinder your enemies and boost your allies. Enemies will find themselves with unreliable cigarettes which can spontaneously combust when lit, while you and your team will gain access to the Zigarette Ladung 9x, similar to the improvised German bundle grenades. Kick the habit - survive 24 hours in-game without smoking, and you will no longer be addicted.

"I’ve never smoked a cigarette but I’ve seen them in movies, and I’m confident this will provide an accurate and enjoyable experience. Finally, don’t forget that smoking is bad for your health, and we certainly aren’t intending to advertise cigarettes" - Trench Dog

FRONTLINE NEWS: Battles of the Eastern Front!

We have recently put together a historical trailer, showing off the many battlefields featured in Tannenberg now that it’s released, along with the historical battles that inspired each map. Feast your eyes on it here:
https://youtu.be/lv1aKJrosU8
We have some cool things in the works and we’re also working out plans to get more players into the game! We’ll share more about that once we have something to show off. For now, here are a few nice screenshots from our community:

Assaulting a trench following a gas barrage by player M@sterMasco.

An offensive towards the church on the Carpathians, by player Anonim K.

Taking cover for a moment, by player Ssoldat.

We hope to have more to share with you all soon!

FRONTLINE NEWS: Japanese and Chinese Translations Arrive!

Chinese and Japanese translations!

We have added both Simplified Chinese and Japanese translations to both Tannenberg and Verdun! This brings our total supported languages up to twelve - check out these screenshots from the game in different languages:



Flakfire Keeping It Real

Flakfire produced a great video on how we approach the historical aspects of Tannenberg, including some commentary from our very own Jos Hoebe. Maps, guns and uniforms are discussed along with where we get our information from, which can range from books and diaries (one from a young German officer by the name of Erwin Rommel) to reenactors and YouTube channels like C&Rsenal which are dedicated to weapons or history. Check it out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEPaXsYdpCI
A Warm Reception!

Tannenberg has been out for almost 2 weeks, and we’re very pleased with the response we’ve had so far. Reviews from GameWatcher and Destructoid, YouTuber BreakTheVices enjoying the new Bulgarian squad, as well as Spanish YouTuber Taison TV battling it out on Poland.

Over the weekend we also saw Westie play, enjoying the new Martini-Henry rifle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJwWeflONSU&feature=youtu.be
We also have more content on the way, with a new squad and two new maps in the pipeline. There will be a new tutorial hint system added and full controller support as well! Also don’t forget the upcoming Spring event… you can check out the roadmap for Verdun and Tannenberg for more. We are still looking into getting Tannenberg on console - we can’t confirm anything yet!

Give us your feedback!

If you're a new player we'd love to hear your feedback after trying the game. You can post in our Bugs and Suggestions sub forum or on our Discord channel! We want to hear from everyone else too, but we're particularly interested in new user feedback.

See you next time!

Tannenberg Released!

https://youtu.be/9RW4pfqNyeg
We hit the release button, and Tannenberg has officially left Early Access!
There’s a new map, a new squad, new weapons, more improvements and a secret event announced for this Spring...

Welcome the Bulgarian Army

Those following our posts here will have seen several teasers for the new Bulgarian squad, but for everyone else... they bring a number of iconic weapons like the Mannlicher M90 carbine and the venerable Martini-Henry rifle! They can call in flyovers by recon planes to spot concentrations of enemy forces, and enjoy balanced loadout options with rifles, pistols and grenades.



Visit delightful Dobrudja

A new map is set in the Dobrudja region between Bulgaria and Roumania which has erupted into conflict. With the strategically important waters of the Danube river visible in the distance, there is a central hilltop position to contest, with small fortifications scattered around the hillside leading down to a valley in the north.



After an Early Access period full of updates, gameplay tweaks, and useful feedback, we made sure that every squad has their own distinctive loadouts, and every map has a mix of strategic sectors, each offering their own advantages to the side strong enough to take control.

Translations

With the full release comes a great set of translations! Tannenberg now supports the following languages:
Russian
German
French
Portuguese (Brazilian & Portuguese)
Spanish (Spain)
Italian
Turkish
Polish
Japanese and Simplified Chinese will follow soon after release!

Thank you!

Many thanks to everyone who has played the game during Early Access, provided feedback, and supported us! Enjoy the launch and get ready for the special event - we can reveal it is a ‘sort of’ truce event… but nothing like the Christmas Truce.

Owners of our Western Front game Verdun will get a 25% loyalty discount voucher - make sure to check your inventory!

So what are you waiting for? Get yourself a squad together, the Eastern Front awaits!

FRONTLINE NEWS: Less than a week to go!

Five days, to be precise.

The Tannenberg release is less than a week away, so what better way to pass the time than a recap of all the teasers we’ve released so far? Let’s start with the new squad.

Bulgaria

The Bulgarians are a support squad for the Central Powers. As with the Roumanians, it means that every member of the squad carries extra HMG ammo, and their squad roles have a good mix of rifles and grenades, with some pistols available. The Bulgarian NCO will have access to the special Na Nozh! ability which allows spawning in cut-off sectors, and faster recapturing of a target sector.

A Bulgarian squad posing.

Bulgarian troops in action.

Weapons

We’ve seen rifles, a shovel, and more so far. Here are some of the new weapons coming with the release:


In order:
The Russian M1912 trench shovel - a useful tool and deadly weapon.
The Martini-Henry Peabody rifle, an Eastern European and Turk produced variant of the famous rifle used by the British Army.
A Russian ‘Lantern’ grenade - heavy and complex, but effective nonetheless.
A Werndl-Holub rifle, originally adopted by the Austro-Hungarian army in 1867. During WW1 they issued it to some rear-echelon units.
And finally, the Mannlicher M90 carbine!
Dobrudja

We haven’t shown off too much of the new map yet… so today there are three new screenshots for you to admire below:

The road leads on to one side’s headquarters on the right, and you can see one of the cornfields near the abandoned supply wagons.

You can see there are many smaller trenches and pieces of cover to break up the slope.

Here we’re looking over one of the small fighting positions at the view outside the battlefield. The Danube is visible in the distance!

Finally, anyone who hasn’t seen the feature trailer yet should check it out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhSr9ZMtk6k See you in five days!