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Do you hear that howling in the woods? If you've been keeping an eye on our social media this won't come as a complete surprise, but aggressive wolf packs will be making their way into Tannenberg for the duration of this special event!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwDXkextcWg
From today until April 21 you should keep an eye out for wolves encroaching on the battlefield. Forced by hunger to seek human prey, packs of wolves are dangerous predators. Over the weekend canine interlopers will appear in any battle, and after that they will only appear on winter maps until the end of the event.

'Wolf Truces' were described by various books and newspapers, with Eastern Front combatants sometimes calling temporary ceasefires to deal with particularly aggressive groups of wolves.

For instance this article from the New York Times. While some details are likely exaggerated, it speaks to the real threat wolves could pose.


You will be able to earn a special Wolf Truce medal if you can survive a wolf attack without killing or injuring anyone on the opposing team. The game will not enforce any truce, though it will tell you when a wolf attack begins, and exactly when you will need to cease fire in order to earn the medal.

Over the weekend, there will be one wolf attack event in every battle. After that, there will be one wolf attack event in every battle on a winter map. There will be a minute of warning before the suggested truce period starts (which you will need to respect if you want to earn the medal). Finally, a timer will indicate how long wolves will continue to be attacking. Maintain the truce until that timer ends to earn the medal! You can also see whether or not the truce has already been broken.


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Yesterday's update fixed a range of issues, polished various aspects of the UI, and made improvements to bot behaviour. Here are some of the most notable:

General Features
• Players can now report others for cheating / toxic behaviour in-game, and add them to a personal ban list.
  
• Fixed third person choke animation not playing after dying by gas.
  
  Menu Adjustments
• Now when you try to join a full squad, instead of attempting to load, no action is taken.
  
• Front selection can now be done via a sub-panel in the main menu, instead of an overlaid menu.
  
• Replaced Private Match banner button with Custom Match game mode button.
  
• Added LOW/MED/HIGH server population indicators. Will also display ping if we have pinged this session.
  
  Bots
• Fixed bots not dying from gas.
  
• Bots will take of their gas mask after exiting gas.
  
• Fixed issue where bots would still know where their target is if it went hidden by smoke/gas after acquiring the target. The first target acquisition was already never possible through smoke/gas.
  
• Fixed bots sometimes not spawning.

Check out the full changelog!


There is also a new report function which will allow players to report others for cheating, chat harassment, voice harassment and offensive names. Data is gathered from the match, processed, and passed on to administrators who may then take manual action based on multiple reports. Note that we will not apply automatic bans based on reports.
The new report function.

Good luck out there...

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

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

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!

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 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

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!


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!