Community20 Feb 2026Rating Reset SystemHi everyone! About a month ago, we made a poll about the ranked rating reset. To quickly refresh the memory, the idea was to reset everyone’s points back to the starting position to refresh the race to the top and how many points you get for every win. This was never done before, which made rankings a bit stale, especially for those who populate the top spots. The results of that poll were over…
While Christmas is already behind us, that doesn’t mean we can’t give you some presents! Yes, this is a giveaway, soldier — with three copies of Men of War II up for grabs. How do you get this present? Simple: just leave a comment! Tomorrow, I’ll pick three winners and contact them via Steam DMs. Happy Holidays, everyone!
Greetings, Commanders! The eleventh month of the year has come, and with it, the annual global "Movember" event; dedicating all of November to raising awareness of men's health issues, such as mental health, suicide, prostate cancer and testicular cancer. This year, Men of War II is stepping up and participates in this endeavour, by becoming a part of the Movember Game 'Stache Charity Bundle ,…
Greetings, Commanders! We’ve been silent for a while; we would like to apologize for that, thank you for your patience and reassure you – the game has not been abandoned. However, as many of you have guessed, the situation surrounding updates and new content for the game is complicated, and we did not want to overwhelm you with background details. What we can say is that a new patch does exist…
Greetings, Commanders! We have just published an update fixing various bugs and issues, including a critical problem which prevented some players from starting a game. That's not all, however, as the patch also brings a host of balancing and modding/editor improvements. Full Change Log: Critical Fix · Fixed a bug causing the local server to not launch when it could not register with Steam. This…
Greetings, Commanders! We have hinted at it before , but we've been working on another major update for Men of War II - and today is the day, the Firestorm Update is Live! As usual, the full change log is available at the end of this article, but the absolute highlights are the new flamethrower-based units - 13 vehicle types in total and each nation gets a new flamethrower infantry squad to boo…
Greetings, Commanders! We hope you enjoyed the Steel Rain update featuring the offline mode and new units for Men of War II. We're thrilled to announce that we're hard at work on the next major update, which is now in the final stages of testing and polishing. Alongside various new features, improvements and bug fixes, this update will bring exciting new content that should provide plenty of wa…
Greetings, Commanders! Not long ago, we brought one of the most requested features into the game - the offline mode for single-player, along with many other changes, performance improvements, fixes, and new content (see the announcement here for full info). This also marked a significant milestone in our post-launch development, but by no means does that mean we are done improving the game - in…
Greetings, Commanders! Today is the day - we are excited to announce that we have just published the Steel Rain Update for Men of War II for all our players! It brings many highly requested features, including the most asked-for one; the offline mode . But not only that: all single-player games (including lobbies against AI, Conquest and Raid) have the option to change the game's speed ; the qu…
Greetings, Commanders! In a recent poll we've asked you whether you would prefer us to release the Offline Mode as soon as possible, even though campaign progress between playing offline and online is not shared - and most of you said that yes, the sooner, the better. You have spoken: · 50.2% voted for releasing the update as soon as possible · 37.6% would rather wait with the release until pro…
Greetings, Commanders! We are in the final stages of development of the Offline Mode, but as it is such a highly requested and anticipated feature, we would like your input on one crucial aspect of its design: the campaign progress sharing. To keep the ability to join coop games with your friends on the fly, the game now has a separate offline mode and online mode you can switch between (and of…
Greetings, Commanders! As we have reported previously, work is ongoing on the highly anticipated update bringing the offline mode for single-player to Men of War II; and the development is now in its final stages, we are running thorough tests to ensure a smooth roll-out for this major rework of the game's system architecture. What we have not told you however is that while this is the absolute…
Greetings, Commanders! Today, we would like to talk about the Men of War II editor - namely, the new features that we have implemented since the game's release. But before we dive into that, since it is a topic for more experienced modders, we have also prepared a few introductory videos for those of you who would like to create custom maps and missions but don’t know where to start in the edit…
Greetings, Commanders! Since the start of Men of War II’s development, we have focused on creating a game with extensive single-player content, while also emphasizing the ability to play any campaign, mission, and mode cooperatively with your friends. And of course, we also wanted to provide as much content to the PvP enthusiasts among our fans. However, as with every endeavor, we had to choose…
Greetings, Commanders! We have just released a new update for Men of War II, which means a short downtime for multiplayer servers (no longer than 20-30 minutes). In the meantime, all single-player campaigns remain available. Among other issues, we have fixed a bug causing crashes and improved loading times — the full changelog is available below. If you are experiencing problems with the game a…
Greetings, Commanders! We have just released a new update for Men of War II - this means a short downtime for multiplayer servers (no longer than 20-30 minutes), but all single player campaigns remain available in the meantime. This time we have focused on improving overall stability and fixing issues that could cause the game to crash - the full changelog is available below. Since the update l…
Greetings, Commanders! We have just released a new update for Men of War II - this means a short downtime for multi-player servers (no longer than 20-30 minutes), but all single-player campaigns remain available in the meantime. The patch switches the game mode in Classic PvP Match-Making into "Assault Zones", to give it an even more "classic" feeling; honoring a result of our recent poll. More…
Greetings, Commanders! A new patch for Men of War II just went live - as usual, this means a short downtime for multi-player servers (no longer than 20-30 minutes); but all single-player campaigns remain available in the meantime. The update focuses on fixing various bugs you've reported, and the full changelog is available below. But before we get to that, we want to give you the option to get…
Greetings, Commanders! EDIT: We've just released a hotfix for the update, further improving overall stability. On top of all the changes listed below, the hotfix adds the following: Fixed the issue preventing many players from starting a match in the Classic mode (both lobby and match-making). Fixed player statistics in battle report. Fixed the issue of Interactive Hints being turned on by defa…
Greetings, Commanders! We have just updated the multiplayer match-making servers to alleviate the issues you've been reporting. This is not an update to the game's client, so there is no download needed. This is a very complicated set of changes, so in short - match-making will now be much more fair both in terms of who gets matched against who, as well as in terms of the MMR (ranking score) aw…
Greetings, Commanders! A new update for Men of War II is now live; this means a short downtime for multi-player servers (no longer than 20-30 minutes), but all single-player campaigns remain available in the meantime. The patch focuses on fixing single-player crashes, improving overall stability and speed of servers in multi-player, and brings several highly requested features from fans, such a…
Greetings, Commanders! There is still a lot to talk about in Men of War II, as the developers are hard at work improving it based on all your feedback. So here we are with a weekly portion of news for you! Update Incoming Most importantly, we are finalizing a game update for next week. We will have full patch notes for you in a few days, but here are the most noteworthy highlights: · Server inf…
Greetings, Commanders! We have fixed the game-crashing issues which caused us to delay the update previously announced for this Wednesday, and it is now live for everyone! The delay allowed us to slightly expand the patch; full changelog, with the new additions listed on top, can be found at the end of this article. Where to find help Men of War II is a large game, and includes many different o…
Greetings, Commanders! EDIT: We have originally planned to release an update today, May 29, but we have discovered an issue that caused the game to crash for some players - we are working on a fix and are still aiming to release the update this week, as we have announced previously . This caused a short downtime for multi-player servers, but as of writing this message, all servers are up and ru…
Greetings, Commanders! Since the launch of Men of War II a little over a week ago, we have already released three patches fixing various bugs, and giving modders more tools to work with - and we aim to continue working closely with you, our community, on further improvements and new features for the game. We would like to use this opportunity to outline the plans we have made based on your feed…
Greetings, Commanders! The previously announced Modding Update for Men of War II will go live tomorrow, May 23rd at 8:00 AM CEST (May 22nd at 23:00 PT) . This patch will unlock all the resources you need to create any modification you wish; including maps, models, sound effects and more! This significantly alters most of the game's files, requiring us to turn off multiplayer servers for about a…
Greetings, Commanders! The first major update for Men of War II that we have promised is coming tomorrow, May 21st at 8:00 AM CEST (23:00 PT) . We ask for your patience while it's being deployed, as it will require turning off multiplayer servers for about an hour . However, this will only affect multiplayer and you will be able to play all the single-player campaigns during this time . Highlig…
Greetings, Commanders! It has been almost two days since Men of War II launched and it is amazing to see how many of you are playing the game! We have just published a hotfix that solves a critical issue. This issue was preventing some users from playing single-player missions, as they would get stuck on the "local server requested" screen. The hotfix also adds a maps package to the Editor. We…
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