Tripwire Interactive now offers the Island Assault content pack for Rising
Storm, a free update with new content for the multiplayer military shooter. To
help get the word out, there is a free weekend underway
on Steam along with a
sale where Rising Storm is 50% off.
This trailer shows off
the new content the pack brings, which is described below:
Multiplayer Campaign Mode is an all new paradigm
in multiplayer FPS games – more than just a game type, it ties the game
types and individual matches together into a campaign that can keep you
occupied for hours. This gives the multiplayer game more depth than ever
before, as individual matches now matter for the overall victory or loss in
the MP campaign. Both sides battle it out to control territories on a large
scale battle map, voting on which territories to attack, whether to attempt
to take more territory, or to defend and try to grind down the enemy's
resources. We like to say it is like a “meta-game" of Risk. This features
both Stalingrad and Pacific Theater campaigns.
All new level: Betio. The tiny island of Betio was
the scene of the heaviest fighting during the Battle of Tarawa in November
1943, the first major US amphibious offensive of the Pacific Theater. The
map here recreates the push of the US 2nd Marine Division across the
devastated island against their counterparts in the 6th Special Naval
Landing Force (the Japanese 'Marines') as the US forces attempt to disable
key tactical objectives such as naval guns and transmitter stations. The map
favors desperate pitched defenses and assaults at all costs.
Two new weapons, one for Rising Storm and one for
Red Orchestra 2. Red Orchestra 2 gets the PPS-42 submachine gun. Born out of
desperation during the siege of Leningrad, the PPS-42 provides the Russians
with a powerful, lightweight SMG option. For Rising Storm, the Japanese get
the Type 97 sniper rifle. More accurate than the existing Type 99 sniper
rifle, this weapon gives the Japanese another way to reach out and touch
their enemies.
Classic Mode Refinements. While Rising Storm and
Red Orchestra 2 are considered by many to be one of the most hardcore
shooters out there, the hardcore among the fan base have been clamoring for
something even more extreme and authentic. The fans have asked and we've
answered with further refinements to Classic Mode (the most hardcore
gameplay mode in RS/RO2). We've made player movement changes, as well as
aiming and recoil changes to make it more difficult to keep your aim on
enemies resulting in longer and more intense firefights.