Strategy and Wargaming

Prepare to take command of the might of the Soviet Union in Panzer Corps 2: Elite – 1st Guards, the first full DLC dedicated exclusively to the Red Army in the acclaimed strategy series. This expansion puts players in control of the USSR’s finest fighting formations — the 1st Guards — and challenges them to relive and reshape some of the most epic battles that turned the tide of World War II. Panzer Corps 2 Elite: 1st Guards is now available on Steam for $4.99.

Panzer Corps 2 Elite: 1st Guards Gameplay Trailer

From the early, hard-learned lessons of pre-war skirmishes to the defining clashes at Stalingrad and Kursk, and finally the thunderous march to Berlin, 1st Guards immerses players in the full sweep of the Eastern Front. Each mission has been carefully crafted with historical accuracy at its core, ensuring an experience as authentic as it is intense.

Continuing the proud tradition of the Elite Series, 1st Guards emphasizes classic Panzer Corps gameplay: seizing ground, holding objectives, and overwhelming the enemy through superior planning and firepower. Every scenario is designed on a grand scale, featuring massive maps, extended turn limits, and the largest core deployment allowances ever seen in Panzer Corps 2. The result is a campaign as vast as the front it depicts.

For commanders seeking an even greater challenge, 1st Guards also includes a range of optional bonuses and special objectives. These missions reward bold strategy with unique spoils, including exclusive Lend-Lease equipment that can turn the tide of battle in unexpected ways.

Whether you’re a veteran general or a new recruit to the front, Panzer Corps 2: Elite – 1st Guards offers a deep, immersive campaign where every decision counts.

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China, Japan and Philippines Get Major Updates in No Compromise, No Surrender

Determine the fate of Asia in No Compromise, No Surrender, a new Expansion for Hearts of Iron IV, Paradox Interactive’s celebrated grand strategy war game about the years surrounding the Second World War. New Focus Trees invite players to explore alternate historical paths for the major players in the region, potentially redirecting the course of history.

Available now, Hearts of Iron IV: No Compromise, No Surrender gives players the chance to direct the Japanese Empire, Nationalist China, Communist China or the Philippines in new ways. New military doctrines and faction mechanics also enhance replayability for all nations on the map. The release of this Expansion is the first part of Expansion Pass 2 for Hearts of Iron IV.

Hearts of Iron IV: No Compromise, No Surrender Official Release Trailer

Highlights of Hearts of Iron IV: No Compromise, No Surrender include:

Hearts of Iron IV: No Compromise, No Surrender is available now for the suggested retail price of $29.99/￡24.99/€29.99 or as part of the Hearts of Iron IV: Expansion Pass 2.

For more information please visit the official Hearts of Iron IV website, or via the games Steam page.

Drawing on decades of research and wargame design, Matrix Games and On Target Simulations are proud to announce Flashpoint Campaigns: Cold War, the largest and most ambitious entry in the Flashpoint Campaigns franchise. Set in an alternate 1989 where tensions finally boil over and NATO and the Warsaw Pact clash across Central Europe. The Cold War you read about in history books becomes a full-scale shooting war.

Ninety divisions ready for action, more than three million soldiers, and over 20,000 tanks stood on a war footing for more than forty years of the Cold War, along the frontier between NATO and the Soviet bloc. What would have happened if, in 1989, the armies of the Warsaw Pact had invaded Western Europe and triggered a Third World War? It’s a chilling thought—yet, now that we know it never came to pass, it has always fascinated history enthusiasts and wargamers alike.

Anyone interested in this hypothetical Cold War-turned-hot scenario now has the best simulator ever created to explore it, Flashpoint Campaigns: Cold War. Players can fight entire campaigns for the conquest—or defense—of West Germany from both sides, plus over 100 detailed scenarios. This is about double the content of Flashpoint Campaigns: Southern Storm and includes many updated and improved scenarios and campaigns from that release, along with all the new ones.

Flashpoint Campaigns: Cold War Release Trailer

Bigger, Bolder, and Better Than Ever.
Flashpoint Campaigns: Cold War is not just a new entry; it’s a true next-generation evolution of Flashpoint Campaigns: Southern Storm. Rebuilt, expanded, and visually enhanced, it offers smoother UI, streamlined tools, better AI, and a more intuitive gameplay experience for new players without sacrificing the deep simulation and realism the series is known for.

This is the largest Flashpoint Campaigns release ever. Players can fight across the entire front of West Germany, with more than 100 hand-crafted scenarios, operational campaigns, and extensive sandbox options. From armored thrusts through the North German Plain to desperate holding actions in the wooded highlands. Every kilometer of the Iron Curtain becomes a battlefield.

The Best Combat System for Modern Warfare.
Flashpoint Campaigns continues to feature the acclaimed asynchronous simultaneous-turn engine, where both sides plan orders, then watch the chaos unfold at the same time, each within their own dynamic order cycle that can change as your Command and Communications become degraded. It remains the most natural and realistic system for modern warfare, where speed, reconnaissance, command delays, and battlefield chaos matter more than strict turn order.

New Tactical Transport System.
This title introduces a powerful new tool: the Tactical Transport System. Helicopters and air-mobile assets can reposition airborne forces deep behind enemy lines — setting ambushes, cutting supply routes, seizing objectives, or triggering full-scale breakthroughs. Air assault operations now play a decisive role in shaping the front.

A surprise for Flashpoint Campaigns Fans.
To celebrate, Flashpoint Campaigns fans who own Flashpoint Campaigns: Southern Storm can take advantage of a special bundle discount, allowing existing commanders to purchase Cold War for up to 50% off. Expanding your arsenal has never been easier.

Flashpoint Campaigns: Cold War is out now on Steam.

Pilots, there’s a whole lot of planes at two o’clock today! With the 3+ Multiplayer Update, you can experience all the tactical aspects of Scramble now with fresh layers of fun and strategy.

Create or join custom lobbies and take part in the biggest battles. Whether you want to challenge your friends in 1v1 duels or or go all out in 3v3 furballs, the new system lets you choose your battlefield and fight your way to victory, either head-to-head or co-op against the AI.

You can find the full update changelog here.

Rally your squadron, take to the skies, and prove who rules the air!

For more information about Scramble: Battle of Britain, visit the games official webpage or on the games Steam page.

Digitalmindsoft and Barbed Wire Studios are thrilled to announce a new DLC coming soon to Call to Arms: Gates of Hell Ostfront, the World War II real-time strategy and tactics game. Call to Arms – Gates of Hell: Finest Hour is set across the Western Front—beginning with the rapid escalation of the Blitzkrieg in France and culminating in the final battles fought on German soil—Finest Hour introduces the full might of the Commonwealth forces. Players can experience the British Empire’s defining moments in World War II through meticulously crafted historical detail.

Call to Arms – Gates of Hell: Finest Hour Trailer

DLC Content Overview

Finest Hour is the largest and most content-rich expansion ever created for Gates of Hell. It includes:

Massive Asset Expansions

New Vehicles & Equipment

New Playable Faction

Single-Player Campaigns

New Maps

Packed with a tremendous amount of new single-player and multiplayer content, Finest Hour stands as the largest DLC ever created for Gates of Hell—a true celebration of the game’s expanding legacy and the passionate community behind it.

Learn more about Call to Arms – Gates of Hell: Finest Hour on Steam.

New partnership brings fresh momentum, new trailer, and ambitious expansion plans for the tactical WWII experience.

MicroProse is proud to announce that Battlefield Commander WWII is now officially part of the MicroProse publishing lineup.

Developed by Sword of Steel, Battlefield Commander WWII is a real-time tactical strategy game that captures the intensity, complexity, and strategic nuance of World War II battlefields. With MicroProse’s support, the game will continue to grow with new features, additional theaters, and major updates aimed at reaching its full potential.

A brand-new trailer is now available, showcasing the game’s destructible environments, tactical depth, and the relentless realism that defines every engagement.

About Battlefield Commander WWII

Battlefield Commander WWII emphasizes strategic decision-making over micromanagement, offering players a deeply authentic combat experience. Command infantry, tanks, and artillery across dynamic, destructible maps inspired by the Eastern Front.

Your mission: use limited resources, adapt to morale and weather conditions, and outthink the enemy in an ever-changing tactical landscape.

Early Access is now available on Steam.

MicroProse is proud to announce its partnership with developer Wolferos to publish Fields of History: The Great War, a deep real-time grand strategy game that puts players in command of a nation during one of humanity’s most defining conflicts – the First World War.

Fields of History: The Great War offers a comprehensive and historically grounded simulation of the Great War, blending political decision-making, industrial management, and tactical command on a fully 3D world map. Choose your nation, shape its destiny, and rewrite history through diplomacy, technology, and the grim realities of total war.

With its blend of historical authenticity and strategic depth, Fields of History continues the MicroProse tradition of publishing sophisticated strategy experiences for players who crave realism and control.

Fields of History: The Great War Announcement Trailer

Key Features

A Massive 3D World Map

Deep Political Simulation

Decisions that Shape History

Research and Development

Espionage and Covert Operations

Production and Logistics

Command and Organization

Dynamic Global Economy

“Fields of History: The Great War is a remarkable simulation of early 20th-century warfare and politics,” said Davide Pessach, MicroProse’s CMO. “It’s an ambitious, historically authentic experience that brings players right into the heart of the world’s first global conflict – a perfect fit for the MicroProse legacy.”

Fields of History: The Great War – Coming soon to PC via Steam.

This year marks the 25th anniversary of Matrix Games, and such occasion deserves something special. To celebrate, we are glad to announce that a free DLC campaign for everyone who owns American Civil War is out now. The campaign’s title is: 1894 Imperial Twilight, and it covers the First Sino-Japanese War. But that’s not all, alongside this free campaign, we are releasing a new update for the game, featuring various fixes and improvements. You can check the patch notes here below:

UPDATE v1.11.04

GAME ENGINE

CAMPAIGNS

Click here for more game information.

Relic Entertainment is excited to announce a new Company of Heroes 3 Battlegroup DLC – Endure & Defy. Launching November 27, 2025, on PC via Steam for $24.99 USD, the DLC introduces four new Battlegroups—one for each faction—designed for Multiplayer and Co-Op/Skirmish vs A.I. modes. A 10% launch discount will be available for two weeks, and new players can join the battle with a 60% Black Friday discount on the Company of Heroes 3 base game. Each Battlegroup will introduce an exciting new playstyle for their respective factions. Players can expect powerful new units, iconic franchise favorites, as well as innovative abilities that create all new gameplay mechanics for the series.

See the teaser trailer HERE.

Four New Battlegroups

US Forces – Italian Partisan Battlegroup: Deploy daring Partisans to wreak havoc behind the lines. Cunning, deception, and sabotage are how your forces will prevail.

Brave Resistance Fighters and Saboteurs will enhance your ground forces, while tunnel networks, resource siphoning, and underground detonations will cause the enemy to collapse from within.

Wehrmacht – Last Stand Battlegroup: Victory requires sacrifice. Bolster your line with powerful improvised defenses and embolden your ground forces with a number of extraordinary measures.

Repel the Allied advance with the new Borgward Wanze, imposing Pantherturm, and immobilized vehicles, then demoralize their troops with the Propaganda Tower. Panzerfaust rollouts, improvised barrages, and final battle directives enable victory at any cost.

British Forces – Polish Cavalry Battlegroup: Seek revenge with grizzled Polish troops who long for battle and smash the enemy with devastating heavy weaponry.

Elite Polish Lancer Sections lead the line, while Polish-crewed Sherman Fireflies and Land Mattresses demolish enemy positions and armor with frightening efficiency. All Polish units thrive against veteran enemies.

Deutsches Afrikakorps – Kriegsmarine Battlegroup: Bring the might of the German Navy to bear. Fortify your positions, establish vital supply chains, and then annihilate all in your path with catastrophic fire support.

Kriegsmarine infantry provides combat flexibility and engineering prowess. Establish Hardpoints to secure territory and enable supply drops. Stuka Bombers, Fritz Glide-bombs, and Naval salvos will break the enemy upon your shores.

Europa Universalis V, a major reworking of Paradox Interactive’s iconic historical grand strategy game, is available today. Explore a deeply researched world, writing your own history of any nation on earth from the late medieval era to the dawn of the Victorian Age. Guide a living society divided by class, culture and faith through the Black Death, the Renaissance, the Age of Exploration, Wars of Religion and more as the map changes around.

For the first time, Europa Universalis players must devote attention to the needs of their population, as the supply of food and other necessities will dictate the strength of their empire. Build trade markets, explore the globe to seek out new luxuries and wrestle with the various estates of your realm as push your society towards new values and ideas.

Choose the sword or the pen, the religious or the secular, the aristocracy or the people. The entire world is yours. Be ambitious.

Watch History Unfold Before You

RULE a land of your choosing. Hundreds of nations are yours to command, as you guide the destiny of millions of people through the late Middle Ages up to the Age of Revolution – from the mighty Yuán Dynasty to the city-states of Italy, from the warring clans of feudal Japan to the Pope himself.
DECIDE which course your nation will take. Historical events and situations await as you chart a unique path through a new history written by your decisions. Experience The Hundred Years’ War, the Protestant Reformation, the collapse of old dynasties and rise of new ones.
EXPLORE alternate histories as you shape the world to meet your ambitions. What if England succeeded in pressing its continental claims? What if China pursued an overseas empire? What if Mongol supremacy in Russia persisted? Every action opens the possibility for an original history.

Prove Your Mettle as a Ruler

IMPOSE domestic peace in a divided realm. Keep your nation’s factions in line as Estates jockey for power in your nation. Offer privileges to one group of citizens while you limit the power of another, all in the service of keeping your population under control.
NEGOTIATE your way through an uneasy peace. Use diplomacy to entrench your dynasty across realms or build an invincible alliance. But remember that nations have no permanent friends – only permanent interests; so use your ambassadors carefully. Exact favors from friends, send threats to enemies, and keep an eye on everyone in-between.
CONQUER new lands to expand your borders. Wage War on those who impede your ambition in a completely new Europa Universalis military system. Start in the age of levies and mercenaries and, through social development, evolve to vast standing armies and impenetrable fortresses. Choose skilled commanders to oversee both land and naval forces.

Develop Your Society

BUILD a strong economic infrastructure in the most detailed trade system yet seen in a Europa Universalis game. Dozens of goods and crops are available for production and trade on a map filled with new riches to discover. Invest in feeding a growing population or trade your surplus to less bountiful societies.
MOLD your society to meet the historical moment. Choose your societal values, with new options opening as the ages move on. Centralize power at court or share it with your nobles. Pursue a tolerant policy for all faiths or condemn heretics. Emphasize massed armies or an elite cadre of quality soldiers.
GOVERN a nation composed of many cultures and faiths in a detailed simulation of the past. For the first time in Europa Universalis, populations are represented on the map in detail, so provinces may be divided by religion or culture. Your decisions will determine how these populations will fare under your leadership.

Be Ambitious

PREVAIL in the greatest strategic challenges of the past. Test your expertise in grand strategic planning on a worldscape larger and more detailed than seen in any previous Paradox Interactive game. Challenge yourself to outdo the most famous rulers of the past, eclipsing their grand accomplishments and building your own vision of a richly detailed globe.

Europa Universalis V – Official Gameplay Trailer

Europa Universalis V is available now for the suggested retail price of $59.99/£49.99/€59.99. The Premium Edition, including two upcoming chronicle packs and one upcoming immersion pack as well as an instant cosmetic reward, is being sold for the suggested retail price of $84.99/£70.99/€84.99.

More game information is available on the Europa Universalis V website, on Steam.