Tripwire Interactive now offers a
Bushranger content update for
Rising
Storm 2: Vietnam, adding Australian forces to the Vietnam War first-person
shooter. They celebrate the news by putting the game on sale
on
Steam for half-off. This
forum post has details on the Bushranger update along with screenshots, and
their announcement includes an outline of all that's new:
Tripwire
Interactive is excited to release the Bushranger Content Update, the first free
major content update for the award-winning tactical shooter Rising Storm
2: Vietnam, which debuted for PC via Steam earlier this year in May. The
Australians were a major player on the anti-Communist side of the war for 10
years, between 1962 and 1972, along with supporting elements from New Zealand.
Now playable in today’s update, the Australian forces come with new unique
customization options and specially recorded voice-over.
To celebrate this milestone, Rising Storm 2: Vietnam is featured
on Steam’s Midweek Madness sale for 50% off! This sale is live and will end on
Dec. 1st at 10 a.m. PST.
The Bushranger Content Update for Rising Storm 2: Vietnam
includes:
- New Weapons
- L1A1 SLR – The backbone of the Australian
Army’s arsenal, this 7.62 NATO semi-automatic is available for the grunt
class
- L2A1 LMG – Machine gunners will be able to
choose this fully automatic version of the L1A1, with an added bipod and
fire selector for precision aiming
- Owens SMG – First brought into service during
World War II, the gravity-assisted 9mm machine carbine was still used by
troops during Vietnam
- F1 SMG – Similar to the British Sterling, this
9mm submachine gun comes with semi and full automatic fire modes and a
detachable bayonet
- Browning Hi-Power Pistol – Semi-automatic 9mm
sidearm sporting a 13-round magazine
- New Maps
- Long Tan – NLF forces will be tasked with
attacking a defensive position set in a rubber plantation on a dark and
stormy night
- Rung Sac – Battle in the Vietnamese
marshlands, culminating with a last stand in an old Indochina-era
fortress
- Operation Forrest – A large-scale map taking
place across swamps and farmland, this map features the games longest
engagement distances to-date
- New Commander Ability
- The Canberra Bomber – Australian Forces
commanders can now call in English Electric Canberra bombers to carpet
bomb an area along a set path. New UI features have been added to help
commanders direct the trajectory of this ability as well as the existing
Napalm Strike ability
- New Vehicle
- Huey ‘Bushranger’ Attack Helicopter – Complete
with folding-fin aerial rockets (FFAR) and adjustable miniguns for the
pilot and co-pilot, and dual mounted M60 door guns for passengers
- Bug fixes and improvements in response to
community feedback