To mark the upcoming anniversary of the start of 'The Battle of the Bulge' (Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein) Tripwire Interactive and the team behind Heroes of the West mod are proud to announce the release of the HotW winter 2016 update for Rising Storm/Red Orchestra 2. Based on the German counter-offensive in the winter of 44-45, this update has 3 new maps; 2 winter maps and Saint-Come-du-Mont, a…
PAX West 2016 Panel Recap Last week Tripwire and Antimatter devs were at PAX West and delivered a presentation about Rising Storm 2: Vietnam. The developers go into detail about weapons, helicopters, commander abilities as well as answering questions from the internet and from the live audience. We also show off new in game footage, as well as Sturt Jeffery flying (and crashing) the helicopters…
Heroes of the West Armor Update. In this latest update of Heroes of the West, the free mod for Red Orchestra 2/Rising Storm we are proud to introduce 2 new tanks, the American M4A3 Sherman and the German Sturmgeschutz III ausf. G (Stug IIIG). The M4A3 Sherman was a common model of the famous Sherman tank. Many were in use and deployed in the Normandy theatre. We present to you the mid-productio…
Manufactured at the Tula arsenal in 1937 this 1891/30 found its way to Vietnam by way of a Soviet supply crate. A significant number of old Soviet surplus supplies, plus weapons captured during WW2, were sent to The People's Republic of Vietnam (PAVN) and to the Nation Liberation Front (NLF or “VC”). The Mosin Nagant is the most mass produced and plentiful rifle of all time. Over 100 million ri…
Greetings Red Orchestra & Rising Storm fans! In case you've missed it, there is a sequel to Rising Storm coming and we want to make sure you all are aware. Rising Storm 2 takes place in Vietnam during the 1960's. Please add RS2: Vietnam to your wishlist! Official Website Twitter Facebook Don't forget to follow the Rising Storm 2: Vietnam Steam Group! And now for the media recap! M37 Ithaca - Pi…
Heroes of the West D-Day Update Working with Tripwire Interactive, the developers of Heroes of the West mod to RO2/Rising Storm, are proud to announce the release on Steam of an update to the mod to coincide with the anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy on D-day 72 years ago. The update introduces 2 new maps, the first being a combined arms map featuring the British in a gruelling fig…
To get to the steam beta you need to... 1. Right click on Heroes of the West in your steam library and click properties. 2. Go to the betas tab. 3. Select Beta in the drop down menu as that should show up. 4. It will then download a small patch getting you the beta version. You can revert from beta at any time by simply turning the beta off. The beta test server is called HotW STEAM BUILD Serve…
General: · Reduced Victory Music volume · Balanced Maps · Redid all Spawn Protection/No Artillery Volumes for all 3 maps · Added newer logo to all Overhead Maps · Removed Looping Victory Music (only plays once now) Bug Fixes · American lines in British voices Muted · SMi44 mine 3rd person model fixed · SMi44 mine now has a counter of mines placed · SMi44 mine kill icon resized to fit space · SM…
RED ORCHESTRA 2/RISING STORM’S COMMUNITY-MADE MOD, HEROES OF THE WEST, NOW AVAILABLE FOR FREE! Continuing the long Tripwire Interactive tradition of showcasing the best user-generated content for their games, the company is happy to announce the release of the Heroes of the West mod for Red Orchestra 2/Rising Storm through Steam, created entirely by members of the community (with support and as…
Hello everyone! We have some exciting news to share. The Heroes of the West team is preparing a Steam build of the mod (not a workshop build - but one with its own Steam page and install button. If you played RO 1 think of how Darkest Hour and Mare Nostrum were set up). In preperation for that they hope to start doing some testing on that build this weekend and are looking for volunteers for a…
Community Streamer TV is hosting a HoTW game and is inviting everybody to join in or watch! To join you'll need the latest version of the Heroes of The West Mod installed, server and TeamSpeak information are posted on the event page.
We are pushing live an updated to Red Orchestra 2 / Rising Storm with the following changes: · Added new opt in beta map - Barrikady Factory. Opt into this Beta DLC via this link to stay up to date: (if you have trouble seeing the link go to and add /app/324850/ ) (NOTE TO SERVER ADMINS: Update the following APPID to also download the map - app_update 324890 validate ) Other changes: · Fixed ki…
Ladies and Gentlemen here we are finally with a new TWI Ladder tournament : The Bolt Cup ! This will be a Countdown tournament with a very distinctive feature, only riflemen are available ! The team size shall be 6 vs 6. No more, no less. It will be a double elimination tournament with a draw at the start to fill in the initial bracket column. One single map will be played per phases, which one…
Changelog: · Added Original Voices for American replacing Japanese references with German ones (Courtesy of TWI) · Added New Uniform for American Army (Courtesy of AMG, you can now set uniform for us to Army in SDK) · Large cache of Environmental assets native to the Western front for map designers (Courtsey of AMG. These are ENV_WF_RD_Assets_01-09 upks and are kept at seperate listing due to s…
The Tripwire Ladder has set up several grudge matches between Ladder seasons as the ladder website itself is having major work done. There are more spots open for the grudge matches, so if you haven't signed up yet, head on over! Don't have a team yet? Grab your 7 closest Red Orchestra 2 playing friends!
If you've been needing to add Rising Storm to your collection or bring a friend on board now is the time! (Rising Storm also makes a great stocking stuffer if you need a last minute gift!)
As we have seen several people asking about Western Front content, we felt it would be wise of us to point you to the: Heroes Of The West mod, who are actually on their third playable release already and working on a major 4th update. Features already include: · Americans vs Germans · Updated UI to reflect changes · New American uniforms: Airborne and Rangers · American helmets with nets! · New…
New Map · Added Demyansk After the original attempt to encircle the German forces at Demyansk, German troops managed to hold open a supply corridor and set up a strong defensive line. The German army kept the corridor open in hopes it would it would draw forces away from other parts of the front. Their strong defensive positions made this battle long and costly before the German forces finally…
We are now providing another free update to RO2/RS. This time, new vehicles, weapons and contest-winning maps! · German MG 42 Light Machinegun · Soviet T-70 Light Tank · German Panzer IIIM Light/Medium Tank · Contest Map: Kobura - Americans defending a jungle airstrip in Burma against ferocious Japanese assault · Contest Map: Tula Outskirts - a remake of an old favorite from RO1, with Germans a…
In just a few minutes the "Rising Storm Beta" application will be updated to the latest beta build of the game! Featuring bug fixes, some community feature requests, and the new vehicles and weapon! We will be opening up our server tomorrow to host the first outside the office test so stay tuned for an event announcement with the exact time! PSA: As a heads up for those who already installed th…
In the near future we plan on rolling out an update to the Rising Storm beta so the community can help us balance some of our upcoming content to Red Orchestra 2! (We recommend you do not install it just yet as you will have to do a huge update/download when we release the new build). So stay tuned to the official forums and here at the Official Game Group for more information! TWI Ladder and T…
The first 10-week ladder season at TWIL for the year 2014 has now come to an end. Thanks to all the teams and players that participated! From a difficult start to an exciting finish, this season had its ups and downs and now lets head for a summer break and turns gazes to Autumn season. The final standings, Elo-ratings and prize winners for the ladders can be found over on the TWI Ladder Site:…
Anti Matter Games is growing their external community test team to help test some of the upcoming content for RO2/RS. You can find out more information here in our forums: And last but not least: Check out this amazing video put together by the 29th ID using Rising Storm!
Rolling off the Killing Floor 2 announcement and Killing Floor End Of The Line event, we at Tripwire have some good news for Red Orchestra 2 fans! New hardware is being shipped to the front! What hardware? Glad you asked! Small Arms Maschinengewehr 1942 (MG-42) - A squad and mounted machine gun of the German armies, designed and intended to replace the MG-34. Firing at 1,200 rpm, the MG-42 not…
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