Combat Mission: Red Thunder

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• Announcements·27 Aug 2024Official

  Matrix Games is the new Home of Combat Mission

  Hi everyone, We are excited to announce the acquisition of Battlefront, the renowned developers behind the Combat Mission series. ELEVATING COMBAT MISSION'S LEGACY This strategic move underscores our commitment to the wargaming community and the legacy of Combat Mission—a franchise celebrated for its unmatched tactical and strategic depth. With over 1 million copies sold worldwide, Combat Mission remains a defining force in the genre, setting the standard for authentic warfare simulations. LOOKING FORWARD This acquisition marks a new chapter for Combat Mission, as we plan to enhance the series with cutting-edge technology and innovative gameplay, all while preserving the core elements that have made it a favorite among wargamers for over 25 years. Battlefront's entire team, including the original creators, will be joining Slitherine, ensuring the continuity and quality that fans have come to expect. This partnership makes a milestone in wargaming, with Slitherine and Battlefront committed to delivering the best possible experience and ensuring the continued growth and success of the Combat Mission franchise. AVAILABILITY & DISTRIBUTION Combat Mission titles will continue to be available on all current platforms, including Matrix Games and Steam. To help both new and existing players, we have updated our FAQ and "How to Download My Games" sections, making it easier than ever to access and enjoy the series. A DAY OF CELEBRATION To celebrate this exciting milestone, we're thrilled to offer discounts of up to 60% on all Combat Mission titles. This is a limited-time sale, available until September 3rd, so don't miss out: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/combatmissionfranchisesale Additionally, we have organized a full day of streaming on our Twitch channel. The schedule includes a variety of Combat Mission titles, showcasing gameplay and strategies. Join us to experience our streamers in action and engage with our community. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43772341/81576c3109a9336...
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• Community & Events·14 Jun 2024Official

  "Choose Your Own Scenario" community activity on Discord

  Today marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter for our community as we launch our very first community activity on Discord. Starting today, every three days we will conduct a poll featuring various questions that will shape the design and creation of the next three fictional multiplayer maps for Combat Mission. These new maps will be brought to life by the talented Usually Hapless, who will use the community's responses from the polls to guide his creative process. But that's not all – Usually Hapless will also create a video tutorial, providing an in-depth look at how he crafts these maps using the game's editor. Once the maps are completed, we are thrilled to announce that there will be a special tournament featuring these community-inspired maps. This tournament will give players a chance to showcase their skills on the new battlegrounds and compete for a prize pool filled with coupon rewards. Join us on Discord today and help shape the future of Combat Mission maps. Your input is crucial, and we can't wait to see the incredible maps and intense battles that will come from this collaborative effort.
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• Community & Events·23 Feb 2024Official

  Invitational Grand Tournament announcement

  Dear partecipants, we wanted to take a moment to express our sincere gratitude to each and every one of you who participated in the Grand Tournament series. Your enthusiasm, skill, and sportsmanship have made this event truly special, and we hope you enjoyed the streams, videos and articles we made for these tournaments You know, for every competion there must be a winner, and here are the final results of the Grand Tournaments on Battle for Normandy, Cold War and Red Thunder. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38450381/05cf972b0ab913fc6fbf269bde2efed8cdc7b8ea.jpg Based on your remarkable performances in the Grand Tournaments, we are thrilled to announce the participants drafted for the Grand Invitational. These players have demonstrated exceptional skill and will be competing in the next level of our tournament series on Combat Mission Shock Force 2. Cargol Tyrandar lawran sohzaz MeatEtr Jackal2100 AtlasActual Fizou MHerm Andrew Kulin Dawntaker Artkin For the first time in the history of our Combat Mission tournaments, players will fight for a coupon prize pool. The amount of money will be given based on your final placement: Top 1: $60 Coupon Top 2: $50 Coupon Top 3: $40 Coupon Top 4-8: $20 Coupon (each position) Top 9-12: $10 Coupon (each position) The Invitational Grand Tournament will start on March the 5th at 10.00 GMT. The tournament will feature 3 different scenarios with 40-days round length: Round 1 : Wadi Armor Clash Round 2 : Into the Valley Round 3 : Ambush Alley For this event we have prepared a series of contents for you: Round 1 and round 3 will see Richard Yorke and XTRG fight each other in a 1 vs 1 on our Twitch channel to showcase the scenarios. For round 2, UsuallyHapless will create one of his cool videos. Last but not least, a big shootout to George McEwan (George MC), one of the greatest scenarios designers that created a lot of new content from scratch. Once again, thank you for making the Grand Tournament series a tremendous success. We look forward to seei...
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• Community & Events·15 Nov 2023Official

  Red Thunder Grand Tournament - Round 3 "Where Forefathers Fought"

  The final round of the Red Thunder Grand Tournament is about to begin; in the meantime, you can follow the tournament's progress here. The battle awaiting you in this third round will be tough and challenging, but don't worry, "Usually Hapless" has got your back with a new video. This time, he'll showcase the scenario "Where Forefathers Fought", where a Guards Rifle Battalion, accompanied by tank, attacks weakened German battalion in the village. During the video you’ll see the scenario, situation, terrain, ORBATs, capabilities, strengths, weaknesses and multiple courses of action for each side. Have fun and good luck, soldiers.
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• Community & Events·20 Oct 2023Official

  Red Thunder Grand Tournament - Round 2 "Delaying Action at Ogledow"

  Just a few days left until the start of the Round 2 of the Combat Mission Grand Tournament. At the beginning of the week, we showcased the second round of Cold War on Stream on our Twitch channel, as well as a video by Usually Hapless showing the second round of Battle for Normandy. As you can imagine, today we have an article for Red Thunder, Mark Goddard, military and Wargaming expert wrote an article about what you are going to face in this second round, the Battle of Ogledow. We hope you enjoy this first article, as well as the tournament and this article. Battle of Ogledów 11-13 Aug 1944: Setting the Scene By the late Summer of 1944, the fortunes of the Allies had changed for the better. On the Western front the Normandy landings had broken out and were making steady gains, while on the Eastern Front the immense Soviet war machine had been fully mobilised, striking towards Germany. The Soviet offensive, Operation Bagration was nearing its end, having achieved staggering success, shattering the German defensive lines, and causing such damage that the Germans would never recover. Despite this, the Germans remained a formidable force with innovative technologies rapidly changing their orders of battle, this would soon be seen first-hand with the debut of the Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B, or Königstiger (King Tiger). Crossing the Vistula On August 10th 1944 Soviet forces from the 1st Ukrainian Front forcibly crossed the Vistula River, establishing a beachhead which the 6th Guards Tank Corps and 3rd Guards Tank Army expanded to the outskirts of the villages of Szyldów and Ogledów while the 52nd Guards Tank brigade held the left flank. The sandy conditions around the area caused severe difficulties for the Soviet forces who could not dig their tanks into hull down positions, however, it also caused German tanks to lose traction and control, often resulting in their side armour being dangerously exposed to Soviet guns. It was reported that the 53rd Guards Tank Briga...
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