New Red Orchestra content coming soon

Tripwire is planning a free update to their WWII shooter Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 that’ll be out by the 27th of July (next Thursday). This update includes a new map, Lyes Krovy, described as “a brutal close-quarters fight for a German trench-and-bunker position in a forest in northern Russian” and smoke grenades for infantry commanders, instead of the exploding kind. The game will automatically be updated as and when you log onto Steam after the 27th. In case you have no clue what this game is all about, here’s a small history lesson: Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 RO places you in the most realistic WWII first-person multi-player combat to date on the PC, allowing the player to fight through some of the most intense combat of the war. You can play as infantry, using a wide range of infantry weapons, or crew one of the many armoured combat vehicles available in the game, from half-tracks all the way through to the most famous German and Soviet heavy tanks. You can engage the enemy with everything from your bayonet at close quarters up to the massive 122mm cannon on the Soviet IS-2. And if that isn’t enough, find an officer and a radio to call in thunderous artillery strikes to shake the enemy loose. For more on the game, head on over to the game’s official site.