Tripwire Interactive announces new details for the coming "summer update" for Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45, which will add a vast new map to the World War II first-person shooter as well as graphical enhancements:

Roswell, GA, August 15, 2007 - Tripwire Interactive today releases details of another upcoming free major update for Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45, the award-winning WWII online action game. This update includes the massive new tank combat map “Krivoi Rog”, as well as graphical enhancements including a new adaptive bloom system, and is available to owners of the game for free through Steam, Valve’s digital distribution network.

There is a batch of new screenshots on our web site at www.redorchestragame.com for everyone to have a look at. And now, more detail on the new and updated features:

        • New map – “Krivoi Rog”. This is set on the plains of the southern Ukraine in late 1943 and allows the German Tiger tank to show at its very best, matching its firepower against the speed and agility of the Russian T-34. This map also puts the new long view distances and higher player numbers to good use – giving massed tank engagements over an unprecedented 24 square kilometers of play area with a view distance of 3,000 meters.
        • New vehicle – the mid-war German Panzer IVG. This one bridges the gap between the under-powered early-war German tanks and the very powerful later-war machines.
        • Graphical enhancements - The game now features an all new adaptive bloom system that aside from looking amazing (even at low resolutions) also simulates the effect of the eye adjusting when looking at bright areas. We have even added the in-game anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering settings for even more eye-candy.
        • New vehicle features including a manual tank shell reloading option and a dynamic camera movement system for when driving or riding in vehicles.
        • New system for locational and damage type specific pain and death sounds. For example, head shots will result in a quieter death sound, shots to the lower torso will result in a loud screaming death sound.
        • Many new server admin requested options and features include forced team balance, banning by ROID and improved Idle Kick
        • As always, there is a long list of other new and updated features, plus bug fixes – see the full changelog on the forums at www.redorchestragame.com!

Red Orchestra is available via Steam and at retail outlets worldwide. For more information about Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 and Steam, please visit www.steamgames.com.