Genre: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical
Steel Division: Normandy 44
The Phase 2 of the Steel Division 2 Beta is now live!
The second Phase of the Steel Division 2 Beta is now live for players who have pre-ordered the game! This phase will be live until next Monday at 3PM CEST! A lovely weekend awaits you!
Wait... what? Didn't we say that the beta phases were only 48-hours long? Well, we've listened to your suggestions and decided to make this phase available a bit longer! Time to cancel all your plans for next weekend, because you'll be busy destroying tanks in Belarus (it's an amazing excuse to give to your in-laws, trust me, I use it all the time)!
[H1]More maps, more divisions, and a new coop mode![/H1]
In this second phase of the Beta, you will have access to:
4 Divisions: The 78. Sturmdivision, the 26th Guards Rifle Division, as well as the 2nd GuardsTank Corps & the 5. Panzerdivision
Three Game Modes: Conquest, Closer Combat and Breakthrough, featuring the brand-new Defensive Structures
Three Maps: Tsell, Lyakhavichy and the now well-known Orsha North
Last but not least... we'll also let you play with a brand-new, unannounced game mode. Again... WHAT? Unannounced? Do we still have unannounced stuff for Steel Division 2? Well... we do, and this one's big.
In this second phase, you will be able to play in the new 5-player coop mode! Pick you side (Allied or Axis), team-up with 4 friends and jump into a ferocious online battles against our deadly A.I.!
We can't wait to read your thoughts on this new game mode!
You can have a sneak peek on the Beta Content on this gorgeous, 19 minutes of pure happiness, Skirmish Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzCkuTvJYnU
And you can learn how to build the perfect battlegroup in this Deck Building video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Byaq-Zn48aA
[H1]Sharing your thoughts, reporting bugs & crashes[/H1]
This Steel Division 2 Beta is... well... a Beta.
Technically speaking, you will probably encounter the last remaining bugs. If you see one of those, please report them through this form, so we can eradicate them as soon as possible. When the game crashes, an automatic email is sent to our team with the technical details needed to fix it. Nevertheless, you can still contact us through this form if you feel that you need to bring more details.
This beta will also help us to understand what you like and dislike in our game. At some point of the Beta, we will send you a survey that will cover all of the different aspects of the game. But don't hesitate to share your thought in the Steam Beta forums! We're reading every single comment and will try to answer them as much as possible. Any constructive feedback will be welcomed and acknowledged by our dev team, and we will update the game accordingly if we feel that the suggestions are good for the game (and, of course, feasible). And of course, any trolling or any message that doesn't follow the Steamhub's rules will be moderated.
We can't wait to read your comments, and we hope you'll enjoy your experience with the Steel Division 2 Beta.
Have fun!
Play the Steel Division 2 Beta now!
The Steel Division 2 Beta is now live for players who have pre-ordered the game! This first phase will be live for 48 hours, and the Beta will start again next week!
We can't wait to read your comments, and we hope you'll enjoy your experience with the Steel Division 2 Beta.
Have fun!
Preload the Steel Division 2 Beta now!
The Steel Division 2 Beta starts Tomorrow at 3PM CET! Check out this link for the exact time in your time zone. Players who have pre-ordered the game can now preload the beta and get ready to fight!
[H1]Packed with awesome WW2 content[/H1]
In this first phase of the beta, you will have access to:
Two Divisions: The 2nd GuardsTank Corps & the 5. Panzerdivision
Three Game Modes: Conquest, Closer Combat and Breakthrough, featuring the brand-new Defensive Structures
Two Maps: Orsha North & Vitebsk East
Every phase of the beta will see new content to discover.
You can have a sneak peek on the Beta Content on this gorgeous, 19 minutes of pure happiness, Skirmish Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzCkuTvJYnU
And you can learn how to build the perfect battlegroup in this Deck Building video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Byaq-Zn48aA
[H1]Sharing your thoughts, reporting bugs & crashes[/H1]
This Steel Division 2 Beta is... well... a Beta.
Technically speaking, you will probably encounter the last remaining bugs. If you see one of those, please report them through this form, so we can eradicate them as soon as possible. When the game crashes, an automatic email is sent to our team with the technical details needed to fix it. Nevertheless, you can still contact us through this form if you feel that you need to bring more details.
This beta will also help us to understand what you like and dislike in our game. At some point of the Beta, we will send you a survey that will cover all of the different aspects of the game. But don't hesitate to share your thought in the Steam Beta forums! We're reading every single comment and will try to answer them as much as possible. Any constructive feedback will be welcomed and acknowledged by our dev team, and we will update the game accordingly if we feel that the suggestions are good for the game (and, of course, feasible). And of course, any trolling or any message that doesn't follow the Steamhub's rules will be moderated.
We can't wait to read your comments, and we hope you'll enjoy your experience with the Steel Division 2 Beta.
Have fun!
Steel Division 2 - Dev Diary #14: New Tactical Features
Hello all! As you might have noticed, news around Steel Division 2 have been moving pretty fast in these last couple of days: we just have announced the Beta start date, the game's new release date, and released a new gameplay video! That doesn’t mean we are slacking off when it comes to our dev diaries, though. If you want to take a tour of some of the many new tactical features, orders and small details players will be able to encounter in Steel Division 2.
The beta starts in less than a week, pre-order Steel Division 2 now to secure your access!
Steel Division 2 - Beta start date, release date update, and a gameplay video
Hello everyone! As you can see, no dev diary today, as we have some important announcement to make. Don't worry, the Dev Diary, about the Real-Time Tactical new features, will be published tomorrow.
[H1]The Beta Starts on March 27th[/H1]
The first phase of the Steel Division 2 Beta, available for every player who pre-purchased the game, will start on March 27th and will be 48 hours long. The beta will then start again for a second 48-hours phase on the following week, and so on until release. We are aiming a total of 5 beta phases.
Each phase of the beta will allow us to gather as much feedback as possible from you. Besides classic bug fixing and optimization, this long beta will help us to improve the game and deliver the best tactical and strategic experience to you at the game's release.
On the first phase, you will have access to:
Two Divisions: The 2nd GuardsTank Corps & the 5. Panzerdivision
Three Game Modes: Conquest, Closer Combat and Breakthrough, featuring the brand-new Defensive Structures
Two Maps, including Orsha North
Every phase of the beta will see new content to discover. Time to update your drivers and make some room on your hard drive!
[H1]Releasing the game on May 2nd[/H1]
As a result, the game will be available on May 2nd instead of April 4th, and owners of any Digital Deluxe Edition (Total Conflict, Commander Deluxe & General Deluxe) will be able to play the game from April 30th.
Delaying a game is never an easy choice, but the producing the best game possible is our main priority, and we feel that your feedback during the Beta will help us achieving this goal.
Steel Division 2 is, in terms of content, a huge, ambitious game. Even in the Standard Edition, the game will feature, at release:
The game is packed with cool new gameplay features, such as the new Defensive Structures, the Commanders, and more unnannounced features (we'll talk about it just below). The content is even bigger if you own Steel Division: Normandy 44, as you will get the Back to War pack for free.
We also have serious post-launch plans for the game, including (besides constant improvement of the game, of course), 10 free DLC (including maps, divisions, aces, camos, and more) releasing during the year after Steel Division 2’s release.
[H1]And now: some gameplay![/H1]
Spoiler alert: the following content contains some gameplay elements that will be detailed in tomorrow's Dev Diary. You've been warned!
In this video, we are playing a 1v1 Closer Combat Battle against the A.I. on the Orsha North map. The 2nd GuardsTank Corps Battlegroup we are using is very similar to the one we've built on the Deck Builder video, and we're fighting against the 5. Panzerdivision. All this content will be available on the first phase of the Beta.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzCkuTvJYnU
Even if the video is edited (to make it more digestible), the battle you will see was only played once, we didn't cut it to make it look like the perfectly-executed battle. Some tactical mistakes were made. Some good men died. Damn war.
You will probably notice some minor glitches (one of them being the "shield" appearing on the plane's labels), but they will be fixed before the beta starts on March 27th.
We will keep you posted on the exact Beta start date and on the complete Beta schedule soon, so stay tuned!
Steel Division 2 - Dev Diary #13: The New Commander Unit
Hello there! In today’s dev diary we are going to shine a light on a completely new unit that will be introduced in Steel Division 2: Commanders. These specialized units are similar to the Leader units from Steel Division: Normandy 44, but operate on a higher level, provide more powerful benefits, and bring a new tactical gameplay mechanic.
Steel Division 2 - Dev Diary #12: The Historical Battles are back!
Welcome back to another Steel Division 2 dev diary! In today’s entry, we are going to show you a massive new feature that will bring tons of replayability and hours of battle fun: Historical Battles. Steel Division 2 will ship with six Historical Battles at release, all based on real-life engagements that occurred during Operation Bagration in the summer of 1944.
Steel Division 2 - Dev Diary #11: Autoresolve in Army General
Welcome back to a new dev diary for Steel Division 2. As you know, one of the big new features of the game is the Army General, the turn-based Dynamic Strategic Campaign mode where you control dozens of battalions on real-life maps set on the Eastern Front during Operation Bagration in the summer of 1944.
In previous entries, we talked about movement, action points, combat, and aerial denial in Army General. In today’s diary we’ll focus on some of the finer and underlying details you’ll encounter in the new mode, including how to fight against the AI, the flexibility of the Autoresolve feature, and the underlying statistics that determine your battalion’s combat power.
Steel Division 2 - Dev Diary #10: The New Deck Builder
Hello all! Welcome back to a brand-new dev diary for Steel Division 2. We like to keep on bringing you the good stuff, so in today’s rather big entry we’ll be delving deep into the new Deck Builder.
