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Hi guys,

we're pleased to announce that Germany at War now has a demo, is available in German and is only $19.99 to celebrate the launch of the demo!

Germany at War, released on the 25th of July last year, was immediately praised by the specialist press as “impressive” and “sophisticated” – GamersHall.de. Developer Phobetor’s effort to create something truly different and innovative, including many new elements of realism, and focusing on historical accuracy, didn’t go without notice.

Specialist Wargames site said: “This new game throws in real history with useful innovations. The result is spectacular. Phobetor deserves a large amount of praise for their game and encouragement to make a grand series from it”.

Now it’s time for Germany at War to step onto the computers of even more strategy buffs, with the release of a demo and new version translated and adapted for German speaking countries.

The game also gets a patch, v 1.04, which introduces a script editing tool for campaigns and scenarios, adds many new units for the Soviet Union, Germany and Finland, and a load of other stuff. To download the patch, follow the link.

To know more about Germany at War: Barbarossa 1941, check out the product page.

Here's the full change list for the 1.04 update:

v1.04.0 January 6th, 2014

Added

o new tool: Script editor for campaings and scenarios o XML command doc for maps and campaigns o example campaign with scheme o AGN campaign and all single maps for modifications o Pz 35 (t) 3d model o designers can now specify a side that lacks certain recruitments o new markers indicate success in played missions o old savegames of the smaller campaigns might not work with this change! o new sounds for more variety o German Elite units have a special texure to differ them from regulars (Templer) o model of the Basils cathedral to mark Moscows center o NKVD units now have their own counter o new units for the Soviet Union (3): - Cavalry Corps '41 - Cavalry Corps '42 - Cavalry Corps '43 o new units for Germany (5): - Cavlary - 7.5cm PaK 97/38 - StuH 42 - Bf 109 G-6 - Bf 109 G-10 o new units for Finland (11): - 3.7cm PaK36, - 5cm PaK 38 - 7.5cm PaK 97/38 - 7.5cm PaK 40 L/46 - Stug III Ausf. G - T-26 - Pz. IV G - Bf 109 G-6 - Bf 109 E - Ju 88 A-4 - Do-17Z-2

Changed

o Brigades maximum strength -1 (=10) o all aircraft basic view -1 (=1) (willgamer) o German Elite Units +1 Att/Def against infantry (Templer) o town/city textures brighter for better contrast with units (Amadeus)

Fixed

o missing unit names for air units of AGC in the A-A campaign in general o missing unit names in several scenarios if German language is selected o typos in German texts o vehicle range was available after abandoning them o tactical victory was impossible on several maps o wrong NATO symbols of SP Artillery o crash if a screenshot was taken with F12 in multiplayer games on custom maps (Amadeus) o accidental using shortcuts while changing a unit name, will activate actions associated with the characters (Templer) o English header in German version in the objectives at Lwow (Templer)

Single Maps

o Minsk: - Germany: Added - 1.Kavallerie Division as core unit for AGC o Archangelsk-Astrakhan - Smolensk: Vitebsk has supply hexes for constant unit deployment once again

Multiplayer

o Removed all tournaments versions o Zhitomir - Soviets have to hold several cities at the end of the scenario for a victory. Only delaying the German success will lead to a draw now. o Moscow - Soviets need to have all key places before the capture of Volokolamsk counts for victory

[X(] wow...great job! Update, price reduction and demo. SOLD!

Yes, I'm taking a second look at this game, thanks for the sale and demo!

Guys - Just want to make sure this is my computer acting up and not a general problem. I've got Winxp sp3, amd 6 core and Nividia
video card. I downloaded the demo now 4 times yesterday from two different mirrors using both IE8 and google chrome - the download finishes and verifies- then I can't get it to unzip or extract (using 7-zip.

Can someone else verify theirs has downloaded normally and opened yesterday or today? Then I'll look farther into my own computer for the problem.

Hello brucemcl777,

ORIGINAL: brucemcl777

Guys - Just want to make sure this is my computer acting up and not a general problem. I've got Winxp sp3, amd 6 core and Nividia
video card. I downloaded the demo now 4 times yesterday from two different mirrors using both IE8 and google chrome - the download finishes and verifies- then I can't get it to unzip or extract (using 7-zip.

Can someone else verify theirs has downloaded normally and opened yesterday or today? Then I'll look farther into my own computer for the problem.

i checked the download and it worked fine, also it seems noone else has ecountered this problem. Are there any antivirus programs or the like running on your system ?

Regards,

Yes Ron and the damn things are forever trying to big brother me - I'll disable them and try again - and thank you for checking and the giant hint.

FWIW I just downloaded the demo from Gamers Hell and it unzipped and installed fine. Fired it up just long enough to verify it would run.

I don't own the game yet and don't know what this means from the latest update:

Multiplayer

o Removed all tournaments versions

How many multiplayer scenarios are there in the game? Thanks.

With the exception of the Scourge of War series, I only buy games that can be played PBEM. I'm wondering if the demo has the PBEM option activated. Thanks.

Hello McHugh,

ORIGINAL: McHugh

With the exception of the Scourge of War series, I only buy games that can be played PBEM. I'm wondering if the demo has the PBEM option activated. Thanks.

the game supports PBEM++, its not active in the demo though.

Regards,

Are all the stand alone scenarios playable in multiplayer via PBEM++? Thanks.

My anti-virus tried to block the download. I had to disable some of the functions to get the game to download. I've been playing for the last couple of days and really enjoying the game! Great job Ron! Viel Spass!

Hello gdrover,

ORIGINAL: gdrover

I've been playing for the last couple of days and really enjoying the game! Great job Ron! Viel Spass!

thanks, thats nice to hear [:)]

Regards,

played the demo, 30 mins later bought the game

need i say more.

if you love war games, or any type of sims etc, this is the place to be. a fps might give instant fun but these type of games last years, easy to play, but never so easy to beat and master.

learning curve is excellent, AI is very good, missions and campaigns are well designed.

manual is very good, support is top class

Hello zakblood,

ORIGINAL: zakblood

played the demo, 30 mins later bought the game

need i say more.

if you love war games, or any type of sims etc, this is the place to be. a fps might give instant fun but these type of games last years, easy to play, but never so easy to beat and master.

learning curve is excellent, AI is very good, missions and campaigns are well designed.

manual is very good, support is top class

[:)]


Regards,