For the past four days, people at EGX Birmingham have been enjoying (and finding new bugs in) Betweenside. Together, they wrote nearly 300 pages of text. That's more than Mary Shelley's Frankenstein!

Beholder 2 Weekly Giveaway has begun! 🔑

If you played Beholder 2 Beta, you have certainly completed the survey and sent it to the Ministry. Every player who has sent the survey, is included into the list of candidates for a Beholder 2 key.

👉 Every Thursday, starting from September 27, the Ministry of Chances will turn the wheel of fortune and select 10 winners.
👉Once the winners are determined, the Ministry will send them the messages to the emails that were indicated in the survey.
👉The winners are excluded from the list and will not participate in the next rounds.

Good luck y’all!

Commanders!

In the near future, we will be introducing one of the most interesting Chinese vehicles ever developed, the AFT-10 missile carrier.



The AFT-10 is, simply put, a ZBD-04A IFV hull, modified to carry two launchers of four HJ-10 series (also known as Red Arrow-10) anti-tank guided missiles each. Its hull is fairly common – it’s made of welded armor steel plates of the following thicknesses:

• Lower frontal plate: 40mm
• Upper frontal plate: 15mm
• Sides: 20mm
• Rear: 10mm
• Top: 10mm

The vehicle can thus resist fire from small arms, machineguns and – frontally, thanks to its excellent armor sloping – also lighter autocannons (specifically, 30mm autocannons at 1000 meters). Given its battlefield purpose – long-range target engagement – this level of protection is more than sufficient. The vehicle also has an array of smoke grenade launchers and an NBC protection system.

The entire vehicle weighs 29 tons and is powered by a 600hp variant of the 6V150 diesel engine, allowing it to go as fast as 65 km/h and to keep up with fast IFV and tank units. The AFT-10 is also amphibious. It has a crew of three men – a commander, a driver and a missile operator.

On top of the vehicle sits a massive launcher for eight Red Arrow-10 missiles that can traverse 360 degrees, depress to -3 degrees and elevate to +40 degrees.



The missiles themselves are rather cutting edge – the HJ-10 series development started in the late 1990s and continues to this day, although it did hit several major obstacles along the way that delayed its deployment considerably. Some sources claim the missile is a clone of the Israeli Spike NLOS ATGM or that it uses foreign components en masse but, officially, the missile series is completely indigenous.

The AFT-10 is a sub-variant of the HJ-10 series, designed as a vehicle-borne ATGM. This 170mm missile is rather massive – it weighs 43 kilograms and has a range of 10 kilometers. It’s worth noting that its minimum range is 3 kilometers, making the vehicle quite vulnerable at close ranges as it has nothing to engage its targets with apart from the missile system. The flight velocity of this missile is 250 m/s and it is wire-guided (in this case, the wire being a fiber optic cable). There are two warhead variants available:

• HEAT tandem warhead
• Top-attack warhead

The penetration capabilities of this missile are unknown, but they are considered to be very good and capable of defeating even modern ERA kits. The vehicle carries only 8 of these missiles – the rest has to be externally reloaded from an ammunition carrier.

The launcher itself consists of the two batteries and a spherical station in the middle that contains a forward-looking IR detection device, a camera and a laser range finder. This station elevates in combat while the operator sits underneath the launcher in the hull. It’s worth noting that the vehicle can operate in any weather thanks to its array of advanced sensors, including a millimeter-wave radar system.

The AFT-10 first appeared in public in 2014 as the first operational variant of the HJ-10 missile series – but little more is known about it at the moment – it is allegedly produced in large numbers but the number of vehicles built is unknown and it is currently not offered for export. Tactically, it is likely to accompany Chinese MBTs and mechanized infantry units, providing long range firepower by engaging enemy armor and helicopters at extreme distances.



In Armored Warfare, the AFT-10 will be a Tier 10 Premium Tank Destroyer. Its massive ATGM launcher immediately draws comparison with another Tier 10 vehicle, the light Kornet-EM. But where Kornet-EM is all about speed, stealth and missile ambushes, the AFT-10 is about one thing and one thing only – uncompromising firepower.

Its armor and mobility will be average for its class and weight but it will feature an 8-round missile launcher capable of firing one missile per 2 seconds. Each missile will have a penetration value of 1000mm and a damage value of 700. In other words, the vehicle will be capable of unleashing 5600 damage in 14 seconds. In addition to being able to penetrate even advanced ERA thanks to their tandem warheads, the missiles will feature the fire and forget firing mode from Kornet-EM and the launcher will have no traverse restrictions. On the downside, the missiles will fly considerably slower than those of the Kornet-EM. Unlike in real life, the vehicle will carry 40 missiles (although the reload time between full magazines will be quite long).

Tactically, AFT-10 players should follow their team’s MBTs and support them from behind the front lines. Unchecked AFT-10s controlled by skilled players will be able to wreak havoc upon entire enemy teams, possibly taking out several tanks with one ATGM clip before reloading.

We hope that you will enjoy it and will see you on the battlefield!

Focus Home Interactive and Cyanide Studio are proud to announce the pre-order beta for Space Hulk: Tactics will begin on Steam tomorrow, Tuesday, September 25. The Beta should be live in the late afternoon (CEST).

A faithful adaptation of the classic Warhammer 40,000 board game of Man versus Alien in desperate battle, Space Hulk: Tactics brings new twists to the formula along with extensive customisation, two full campaigns, and much more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcFPQiuheoE
In today’s trailer we profile the Genestealers, the festering malice at the heart of the Space Hulk, ready to cut down any and all Space Marine Terminators that come aboard. Their strategies and playstyle are completely different, creating truly asymmetrical multiplayer. Using their numbers and agility to their advantage, the Genestealers are a more aggressive force, but one with less options on how to handle each situation.

In the Steam pre-order beta, players can look forward to playing the Genestealers and the Terminators, in skirmish and multiplayer across five maps. Also available is the full customisation system and the map editor, letting the creatives in the community get started early on new creations and master plans.



A preview of each faction’s campaign will also be playable, serving both as a tutorial and a taste of what awaits in the full game. Save games will be compatible with the release version, so players can immediately continue their mission on October 9. The pre-order bonuses will also be available in the beta, giving access to second founding chapters and other alternate versions of the base game’s Blood Angels, Space Wolves, Dark Angels, and Ultramarines chapters.

The pre-order beta will run up until the launch of the game, with regular updates to address bugs and balance issues as reported by the community. On launch day, October 9, players will gain access to more official maps as well as the two complete, massive single-player campaigns. All Steam pre-orders have a 10% discount up until launch and will give instant access to the beta, as well as the pre-order cosmetics.

Until the end of the day, enjoy special discounts on Steam for Warhammer games, along with over 50 other original Focus Home Interactive titles at up to 85% off!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/492230/Space_Hulk_Tactics/

Hi Guys,

In this weeks dev update we check out pimping out the drill and the blast furnace and R&D work on face updates. We also go deeper on the support systems needed for the upcoming clans feature and details on the next patch.

Check out the full update here:
http://hurtworld.com/hurtworld-update-139/

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Recent frictions over the Kuril Islands seem to have bolstered the extremists in Tokyo and Moscow alike and now Russian and Japanese forces are mobilizing!

Our team dispatched in the area has just sent a news report on the situation

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQhRS_yEpFo

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