Panzer Corps 2: Elite - 1st Guards is out now for $4.99. This second Elite Campaign of the 1st Guards offers Panzer Corps 2’s first fully playable campaign for the Soviet Union, following their struggle against the German Wehrmacht during World War II.
As an elite campaign, 1st Guards highlights Soviet Russia’s best fighting units and showcases their major contributions to the turning points of the war. From the pre-war years, when the first lessons of this new era of warfare were first being learned, to the decisive battles of Stalingrad and Kursk and finally the collapse of the Third Reich.
This year marks the 25th Anniversary of Slitherine. To celebrate, we are pleased to announce the release of two free fictional scenarios:
Epsom Rising
Liberation of Milan
The Epsom free scenario takes you to a completely fictional 1945, where the German invasion of Britain has dragged on for years, and they have enlisted help from their Vichy French allies for one more push on London.
This is one of our very special Slitherine anniversary scenarios, and you’ll get a chance to see some special heroes based on real Slitherine staff, and get a first look at several of the brand new Slitherine camos and Slitherine insignias we’re adding to the game.
The Milan scenario is another one of our special Slitherine scenarios, this time a fictional battle based on the real events of the liberation of Milan in the Spring of 1945. This scenario features some more Slitherine staff from their Milan division and very dense urban battling. Watch your prestige here, the resources are very tight and every turn counts to freeing Milan from the grip of German troops and their Italian collaborators.
Lastly, as we traditionally do for the Winter holiday season, and to thank our players for being the beating heart of Panzer Corps for over 14 years, another free scenario has been added: Operation Wittgenstein.
This scenario explores a different timeline from our own, in which the Allied powers decide to go ahead with Operation Unthinkable and launch a preemptive strike on the Soviet-occupied sector of Germany. Making rapid advances in the first week of the offensive, the Western Allies have managed to achieve total air superiority and nearly encircle the city of Dresden.
The outcome of the whole operation will be decided on the Elbe River. However, the Soviets have no intention of giving up their hard-fought conquests without a struggle. With reinforcements pouring in from other sectors, the Soviets prepare to launch a major counterattack. Take control of the Red Army, halt the Allied offensive, and unleash a red tide on the Western backstabbers.
As a very special improvement, we have something that has been on the agenda since launch dayone: We finally have updated the arsenal of thousands of unit previews in the editor from their ancient legacy Panzer Corps icons to brand new Panzer Corps 2 icons.
While we honor the legacy of our original Panzer Corps art and graphics, as Panzer Corps 2 has continued to grow with new unit additions to the game, the editor has become less and less accurate, as new units have debuted such as the E-100, T-44, Bf-109Z, and many other such new units had no OG Panzer Corps equivalent.
With this major update, the editor now better represents exactly what unit is being placed on the battlefield, a huge boon for both our official content designers as well as any enterprising modders out there making their own scenario content too.
Added 1st Guards DLC
Added two free bonus Slitherine 25th Anniversary scenarios: Epsom Rising and Liberation of Milan
Added one more free bonus scenario: Operation Wittgenstein
Added new set of Editor unit icons derived from in-game unit models
Fixed localizations in Ghost Division DLC
Other minor fixes
We hope you appreciate all the free content we released for these holidays. Thank you once again to all our awesome players and to the Panzer Corps 2 community as a whole. We wish you all Happy Holidays and best wishes through the rest of winter. We’ll be back with more news and updates to share very soon.