Commander!

This year you can once again nominate your favorite games for several categories in the annual Steam Awards. If you have enjoyed playing Sudden Strike 4, we’d be thrilled if you would nominate the game in this year’s ‘Labor of Love’ category.


Many thanks,
Kite Games and Kalypso Media

Strategy gaming specialist Kalypso Media has today released Sudden Strike 4: Complete Collection bundle on Steam:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/373930/Sudden_Strike_4/

Since its original launch, Sudden Strike 4 has improved and expanded greatly, with 11 updates and 5 DLCs bringing significant new features and improvements to the game. This new release of the World War II strategy hit bundles all of these expansive content updates together in one high-value package. A new trailer showcasing the huge range of content available in the bundle is available below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-kH7RfchZE


Sudden Strike 4: Complete Collection bundle offers fans the ultimate World War II strategy experience, containing the main Sudden Strike 4 game plus all five previously released DLCs: Battle of Kursk, Road to Dunkirk, Finland – Winter Storm, Africa – Desert War and The Pacific War.

Sudden Strike 4 sends you off on three extensive campaigns set amongst the battlefields of World War II. Command the British and American, German or Soviet troops in the most iconic conflicts of the war, leading over 100 different units into battle. Prove your strategic expertise in over 20 demanding singleplayer scenarios, the challenge-focused skirmish mode and the ultra-competitive multiplayer mode.

Features:

• Sudden Strike 4: Complete Collection bundle offers realistic real-time strategy gameplay with tactical depth and a historical setting across 11 campaigns with over 45 missions and more than 200 different units in a complete package.
  
• Contains all free content updates available, with over 10 new maps and gameplay refinements.
  
• Command German and Soviet forces in the Battle of Kursk - one of the largest tank battles of World War II!
  
• Road to Dunkirk features 4 new missions, 2 new commanders and 10 all-new units, as well as additional buildings and ships.
  
• Finland - Winter Storm features 6 new missions, 3 new commanders, and 19 all-new vehicles, along with additional buildings and units.
  
• Africa – Desert Storm features 6 new missions, 5 new commanders, and 30 new vehicles, including a medical truck.
  
• The Pacific War features 10 new missions, 6 new commanders, and over 50 new vehicles, including aircraft carriers.
  
• Adapt and refine the military doctrines of more than 20 renowned commanders, such as Heinz Guderian, George S. Patton or Charles de Gaulle for a different strategic and tactical approach to each scenario.
  
• Pit yourself against other commanders or challenging enemy AI enemies in competitive multiplayer modes.

Information
Title: Sudden Strike 4: Complete Collection bundle
Platform(s): PC (Windows, Mac, Linux), PlayStation®4, Xbox One
Developer: Kite Games
Genre: Real-time tactics
Release: Out now
Hashtag(s): #SuddenStrike4

Commanders,
we have released a small hotfix for Sudden Strike 4’s latest version 1.15, which includes the following changes:
Fixes

• Fixed a bug, which prevented players from finishing the Pacific War DLC’s first US mission in challenge mode.
  
• Fixed a bug which incorrectly displayed 40 stars for the Allied campaign in the vanilla game, instead of 28.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused tanks to disappear when selecting a deployed MG and a tank and then giving the order to “pack up”.

New Sudden Strike 4 DLC adds new generals,
missions and vehicles

Kalypso Media’s hit World War II real time tactics game, Sudden Strike 4, rages into the Pacific with The Pacific War DLC pack, available now for PC, Linux, Mac, PlayStation®4 and Xbox One.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/873871/Sudden_Strike_4__The_Pacific_War/

Along with introducing a new theatre of the conflict, The Pacific War DLC features ten missions set across two campaigns. Players will have access six new commanders including the Imperial Japanese Army’s Admiral Soemu Toyoda, the Southern Expeditionary Army Group’s Hisaichi, Legendary five-star US general Douglas MacArthur and Chief of Staff Richard J. Marshall. Also included in The Pacific War DLC are 51 new vehicles, including amphibious vehicles for land and sea combat, massive controllable aircraft carriers to rule the skies, advanced air combat planes for vicious dog fights and devastating flamethrowers to eliminate ground combatants in spectacular fashion. A new gameplay trailer is available showing the DLC in action.

In addition, free update 1.15 has also been released today for the main game, which introduces three new bonus missions completely free of charge. Read the full PC and console changelogs for all the details.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNc_7yNCuVM

Information
Title: Sudden Strike 4: The Pacific War
Platform(s): Windows PC, PlayStation4, Xbox One, Mac, Linux
Developer: Kite Games
Genre: Real-time tactics
Release: Out now
Preview-Codes: Keymailer
Hashtag(s): #SuddenStrike4 #ThePacificWar

The new free content update 1.15 will be rolled out today and adds three new story-oriented bonus missions to the game.
These missions focus on telling heroic stories, while bending some of the rules you’ve previously become accustomed to.

After the update has been applied to your game, you can access the new missions from the main menu.

• Three new bonus missions
  
  • The Three Musketeers
    Lead a Ranger squad to destroy a German High Command building, which will result in a great disruption of the German chain of command and allows you to plan an imminent landing operation.
    
  • Behind Enemy Lines
    After a rough landing in enemy territory, your goal is to get your men back to the main Allied forces in one piece. Tactical planing, stealth action and patience is the key in this mission as you look for opportunities to bring your men back safely.
    
  • Desert Raid
    Lead a squad of commandos from the infamous Long Range Desert Group, steal vehicles and wreak havoc on the enemy deep behind the Italian front lines in Africa. Consider your moves well, if you want to survive.

Commanders!
The new Skirmish & Multiplayer AI Update has been released.
With this update, players will now have the option to call for assistance from the AI during skirmish and multiplayer matches to help in capturing or defending strategic positions, as well as assault assistance in selected locations. Use the corresponding icons above the minimap to access these help requests.

Commanders,

There's a new content-update available:



Mark W. Clark - Armored Doctrine
The veteran of WWI, US military leader Mark Wayne Clark commanded the American Fifth Army and 15th Army Group during the Allied invasion of Italy. He lead the attack that captured Rome during the campaign and earned the rank of General by the war’s end. Clark was an expert in infantry tactics and warfare.
Utilizing unique Allied tank hunter units and a specialized skill set, this commander opens new tactical opportunities to defeat your opponents.
Destroy your enemies with the new A39 Tortoise tank destroyer and obliterate any oposition with the A43 Black Prince heavy tank.

• Battle for the control of a plateau in the new multiplayer map „Plateau”.

• A39 Tortoise - Tank Destroyer
  A43 Black Prince - Heavy Tank

• Also you can now utilize medical trucks to assist your infantry forces in multiplayer or skirmish matches.

Commanders,
we have released a small hotfix for Friday's version 1.12 update.

• Polish, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese localisation issues fixed

• "Achievement on start" issue fixed

Add-on Brings New Missions, New Commanders and Challenging New Environments

Kalypso Media is thrilled to announce the release of Africa – Desert War, the next chapter in the World War 2 strategy title, Sudden Strike 4.
Released today for PC, and Xbox One (with PlayStation®4 following on 15th October, Europe only) the Africa – Desert War add-on is based on the most notorious desert skirmishes in North Africa during World War 2.
Sudden Strike 4: Africa – Desert War features two new campaigns with six new single player missions from the North African campaign of World War 2.
In the Axis campaign, you will start the Italian advance on Egypt to take the city of Sidi Barrani, besiege the city of Tobruk and take over its harbor, as well as break through the Kasserine Pass in Tunisia. In the Allied campaign, take part in Operation Compass and retake the village of Sidi Barrani, relive the watershed of the Western Desert Campaign, the Second Battle of El Alamein, and break through the German defensive line in the Battle of Mareth. Fight in an unforgiving and harsh desert setting with sandstorms to challenge your tactical wits.

As well as the new campaigns, players can choose from five new doctrine commanders to lead their troops into battle.
On the side of the Axis, armchair generals can choose from the highly decorated German general Erwin Rommel, as well as three additional Italian commanders, including renowned field marshal Giovanni Messe. On the Allies, play as legendary armored division general Sir Richard O’Connor.

As the war heads into new territory, Africa – Desert War introduces over 30 new vehicles including an all new medical truck, the Marder II Tank Destroyer, the British Bishop SPG, as well as the Italian Semovente da 105/25 Assault Gun.

View the Sudden Strike 4: Africa – Desert War trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB5103PKS1U

Africa – Desert War is available now for PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One and PlayStation®4 (PlayStation®4 out 15th October, Europe only).

https://store.steampowered.com/app/873870/Sudden_Strike_4_Africa__Desert_War/


The Sudden Strike 4 base game is required to play.

Commanders!
We have released a new update!

Doctrine skill rework

• Reworked the improved camouflage skill, which now allows the vehicles affected by it to remain hidden, even in open terrain.

Group selection rework

• Players have the opportunity to select a subset of the selected unit with the TAB key, which will allow you to use the unit's skills more effectively.