Month: September 2025

combat-mission-beyond-overlordToday, SNEG, Ltd., curator and publisher of treasured classic PC games, is distributing Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord, Combat Mission II: Barbarossa to Berlin, and Combat Mission 3: Afrika Korps on Steam for PC for $5.39 USD after a limited-time 10% discount. A bundle of all three games is available for an extra 20% discount.

YouTube Trailers: Beyond Overlord | Barbarossa to Berlin | Afrika Korps

The iconic Combat Mission franchise was created by Battlefront and is now being developed and published by wargames specialists Matrix Games. Featuring turn-based “WeGo” gameplay, all players deploy their units, issue commands, and then watch as the results unfold in real-time, with outcomes determined by realistic elements such as behavioral logic and physics.

All three games feature various community-created mods and scenarios (see each game’s features for the included content.

For fans of the entire series, a Combat Mission bundle is now available on Steam This bundle includes, but is not limited to, these three new SNEG titles.

headquarters-world-war-iiUrban Warfare update is now live and delivers six new maps, each designed to push your tactical decision making to the limit:

  • Flankpoint: Fight through a small city center with flanking routes and elevated defensive positions.
  • Riverpoint: Two hills and a winding river split the battlefield into chokepoints and contested ground.
  • Greenline: Tight streets for ambushes meet a wide central park where infantry dominate.
  • Operation Deepline: Forests, waterways, and city streets combine for layered tactical approaches.
  • Ridgeline Conflict: A mix of verticality and dense urban zones creates long-range duels and close combat chaos.
  • Shattered City: Navigate ruins, alleys, and open intersections where positioning is everything.
  • Whether in Skirmish or Multiplayer, these maps bring fast-paced, high-stakes urban combat that will challenge even veteran commanders.

    AI Improvement

    One of the most requested improvements from the community was to make the AI more challenging and lifelike. With this update, we’ve completely reworked how the Skirmish AI makes decisions:

  • Improved Overwatch Response: AI now balances risk and opportunity, no longer freezing under enemy overwatch fire.
  • Enhanced Pathfinding: Units will push closer to objectives, even when allies or obstacles are in the way.
  • Smarter Flag Captures: AI prioritizes units that can reach flags this turn and avoids blocking its own reinforcements.
  • Multi-Objective Strategy: Instead of focusing on a single flag, AI now manages multiple objectives with shifting priorities.
  • Flag Defense Logic: AI evaluates when to hold or abandon a flag, optimizing garrison unit composition.
  • Heroes in Skirmish/Multiplayer: AI can now assign and use Heroes, making non-campaign matches more engaging.
  • Transport Unit Logic: AI knows when to deploy infantry via trucks, bringing them faster to the frontlines.
  • These improvements make the AI more unpredictable and lifelike, ensuring every encounter feels fresh.

    Find out more about Headquarters: World War II at the games official website or via Steam. A new Urban Warfare tournament has been announced and you can get more details and sign up HERE.

    crusader-kings-3The pomp and circumstance of royal celebrations come to life in Coronations, a new event pack for Crusader Kings III. This pack, included in the Chapter IV expansion pass for the game, gives your kings and emperors the choice of proclaiming their majesty and legitimizing their rule through a new activity and related events. Coronation ceremonies offer new opportunities for earning prestige and inciting envy in Paradox Interactive’s popular grand strategy role-playing game set in a deeply researched medieval world.

    Watch the Crusader Kings III: Coronations Release Trailer HERE.

    Key Features of Crusader Kings III: Coronations include:

    New Activity: Coronations

  • Legitimize your rule through grand coronations that will impress your vassals and neighboring rulers
  • Maneuver around faction members and detractors, hopefully forging a magnificent coronation from dangerous circumstances
  • Bring together your vassals for a grand ceremony to celebrate your new rule of the realm
  • Oaths

  • Take an oath after your coronation and declare an objective for your rule
  • Access new decisions with unique rewards to suit every playstyle
  • Crusader Kings III: Coronations is available now on Steam for the suggested retail price of $4.99/£4.29/€4.99. It is also available as part of the Crusader Kings III: Chapter IV Expansion Pass. More information about Crusader Kings III is available on the official Crusader Kings III website or on its Steam page.

    New update features the first Ukrainian-made tank in the game

    Gaijin Entertainment announces that “Tusk Force”, the next major content update for the online military action game War Thunder, will be released in mid-September. Alongside dozens of other ground, air and naval vehicles, Tusk Force adds a brand-new subtree of Thai ground vehicles (within the Japanese tech tree), the American battleship USS Maryland, the British Sky Sabre SAM system, the Russian Buk-M3 SAM system, and the Canadian CF-188A fighter jet.

    Watch the “Tusk Force” Update Trailer HERE.

    The Oplot-T tank is War Thunder’s first Ukrainian-made tank. A modification of the T-80UD main battle tank built for the Royal Thai army, these vehicles saw combat during the brief 2025 border clash with Cambodia. The Oplot-T sports reactive armor, a Laser Warning Receiver (LWR), and an optronic countermeasures system. Thanks to its upgraded transmission, it can reverse at up to 30 km/h, allowing it to quickly fall back to cover. In addition to ammunition typical for the USSR tech tree, the Oplot is armed with Chinese-made ammo like the GP125 ATGMs and the new top-end BTA4 APFSDS round – capable of penetrating over half a meter of armor.

    The USS Maryland is the third of the Colorado-class battleships. In World War II she delivered naval gunfire support for the landings on Tarawa, Kwajalein and Saipan, where she was damaged by a torpedo, and later endured kamikaze attacks during the battles for Leyte Gulf and Okinawa. In combat, she relies on eight powerful 406 -mm main guns, rapid-fire secondary batteries, and a battery of automatic anti-aircraft artillery.

    Britain’s Sky Sabre system entered service in December 2021 and now protects the skies over the British mainland and the Falkland Islands. In War Thunder, players deploy a radar vehicle to detect targets and two launchers – each armed with 8 new-to-the-game CAMM or extended-range CAMM-ER missiles with ranges of 25 and 45 km, respectively – to keep enemy aircraft at bay.

    The Buk-M3 is a modern Russian anti-aircraft missile system, adopted in 2016. Its 9M317MA missiles feature thrust- vector control and can endure an overload of 30G, allowing them to engage agile targets even at close range. Even if the primary radar vehicle is lost, the player can continue the battle using the launchers alone, which are equipped with their own sights, a thermal imager, and a built-in radar capable of detecting and tracking targets in a narrow sector.

    For full details on the “Tusk Force” update, visit the official War Thunder website.

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    icbm-escalationSlitherine Software today announced United States of Annihilation, the next DLC for ICBM: Escalation. This new campaign explores an alternate history where the United States rises from WWII determined to impose its will on the entire world.

    The DLC is now entering beta, and they are inviting players to sign up and help them test before release. Your feedback will be essential in shaping the final version.

    Sign up for the beta HERE.