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Steam
Genre: Simulator, Strategy

Battle Fleet Ground Assault

Update 1.611
This update addresses the recent shutdown of our previous account service provider, we have replaced the account system with a new provider and transferred over accounts saved from the old service to the new service. If you already had the game installed on your computer no action is necessary on your part, the account will automatically link to the new provider. If you are reinstalling the game, you can restore your account by clicking on your username in the main menu, pressing Recover Account and entering your email address used with your cloud cloud account.

- Save games are never stored online so those would not be recovered
- Remember that you can always unlock all game features if you prefer to skip the progression system via the options in the main menu

The update also addresses issues with transports and changes the way transports are used in the game:

- Transports do not participate in battles but are still required to take certain territories
- Transports can capture undefended territories by themselves
- Transports cannot attack territories with enemy tanks by themselves
- Transports will be captured if they are not protected by tanks, hence if you move tanks onto a territory that only has enemy transports they will be captured and added to your army

There are also several bug fixes with campaigns, missing tanks and VR compatibility.

Account Service Migration
The player account service we are using for storing accounts in the cloud has been shutdown by the operator unfortunately. We are in the process of migrating to a new provider and will shortly release a new version of both Battle Fleet 2 and Battle Fleet: Ground Assault. This update will allow you to recover an old account if you reinstall the game or install it on a new computer. If you use the same computer the migration should be automatic and not require any action on your part. However as the current service has been deactivated your account progress will not be saved to the cloud until the update is released (it will still be saved locally on your computer, so it won't affect gameplay however if you delete the game before the update is released the progress will be lost).

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Update 1.604 - Free Virtual Reality Update, UI Tweaks, Gameplay Improvements, and Price Drop!

  • Gameplay Update: Get closer to the combat than ever and play through the entire game in virtual reality! Works with HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and Windows Mixed Reality headsets.
  • Gameplay Update: Removed transports from battles. Transports will still be required in campaigns to take territories, but they will no longer take part in battles as they served little purpose in the battle and the odds of destroying them without first destroying all combat units was unlikely.
  • UI Update: Added hidden zone icons to show areas that will provide fog of war cover to a vehicle. These will show up when you are in movement mode as a crossed out eye over the zone. If you move a vehicle into this zone, you will be hidden from the enemy but will still be able to see out of the zone.
  • UI Update: Added a toggle for the "End Turn Confirmation" window. You can turn off this confirmation through the options menu in a battle.
  • UI Update: Industry Points icon changed to make it more distinctive from the Factory icon.
  • UI Update: Enabled camera movement to edge of map at any zoom level to make it easier to target airstrikes, recon and minefields.
  • UI Update: Added a "Help Video" button (Main Menu > Single Player) to help onboard new players. Also expanded the "Battle Help" and "Campaign Help" menus.
  • UI Update: Various other tweaks and adjustments.
  • Community Update: New Discord Server! - Looking for a match? Want to share strategies? Join us on the official Battle Fleet Discord Server!
  • Pricing Update: To celebrate these changes and to tie the series' games together, Battle Fleet: Ground Assault has a new permanent price of $14.99 USD, down from $19.99 USD.

How To Play - Tutorial Video
We've put up a video about how to play Battle Fleet: Ground Assault that covers the basics of the game and some tips on tactics and strategies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-ns4VJK-rY

The video highlights movement, firing, command cards and tactics such as aiming for the weaker side/rear armor of an enemy and remaining hidden in cover.

Update 1.504
This is a small update that mainly addresses performance of the fog of war system to increase framerate when the fog is getting updated (ie when units are moving or when a battle starts).

We're also working on a secret new feature and will be doing some testing with this version as it lays the groundwork for it. More on that in future announcements :)

Update 1.503
The new v1.503 update is now live. This addresses a few bug and adds in the tank stats display in campaigns when you press the "i" button next to a tank in the Army Movement window.



- Added tank stats to army movement in campaigns
- Added tips about Transports for new players
- Fix to minefield card count not being show in the challenges section of unlocks properly
- Fix to AI tanks and transports moving off the map when they don't actually want to retreat
- Fix to AI transports being able to rotate after a move.. trucks can't do that :)
- Fix to proper artillery icons not being displayed in lists
- Fix to Netherlands territory movement to Western Germany
- Added a few new destructible buildings (used mainly in Ruhr)

Thanks to everyone who reported bugs and congrats to last week's Weekly Multiplayer leaderboard winner "Barberousse"!

Ground Assault Let's Plays
Curious about BFGA gameplay and mechanics? Check out these first few Let's Plays on Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUHdCo1xrfA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvzwsV93LSs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpHmB_I1i5k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NCVLuWVE_M

Update 1.502
Our second update since launch is now available. This version addresses a few issues (thank you to the community for reporting them), adds some additional tips to help new players get started, and adds a weekly leaderboard.

The new leaderboard is the first in a series of leaderboards we plan to add. This one tracks multiplayer matches and resets every week. We will be using this for future tournaments.

- Weekly multiplayer leaderboard
- Fixes to floating artillery in Netherlands map
- Additional tips for shell types, and armor
- Better help information for shell types in How to Play
- News ticker in main menu
- Highlighting of ranging circle values to show what distance the ranging circle represents for new players
- Yellow circles are shown in the approximate enemy start position (in single player games) so new players have a better idea of where the enemy will come from.
- Reset Tips button in main menu options lets you reset all tips in case some were missed
- Fix to reset unlocks
- Unlock All button added to main menu options. This lets you bypass the progression system and unlocks all game features.

Thanks again for reporting bugs and issues. We plan to keep growing the game, so please help us spread the word by sharing the Steam page or following us on Facebook/Twitter.

Why "Battle Fleet" for tanks?
Battle Fleet: Ground Assault is the third game in our Battle Fleet series. The previous two games were focused on naval combat pitting WW2 era warships against each other, hence the "Fleet" name. As the games grew in popularity we wanted to expand the series to cover different types of battlefields and bring the unique gameplay mechanics of the series to land based tank battles.

As a small indie team, starting with a new name or brand is an uphill battle (well, launching any indie game is an uphill battle, but a completely new name is even tougher), so we opted to stick with the same series name for this game to help connect with the existing community and let new players know that this game is part of a series. Sure, it might not make literal sense, but hey, it's just a game and sounds like fun :)

Hopefully as you play Battle Fleet: Ground Assault and come to love the turn-based strategy and skill based aiming system, you will be intrigued to check out the Battle Fleet 2 on Steam:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/332490/Battle_Fleet_2/

Thanks for reading!
-Jedrzej
Lead Developer and Founder
Mythical City Games