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I'd like to see here the promised screenshot that Steve announced with the new year.

I believe that it could be interesting, unfortunately I don't wait any of these experimental vehicles in the upcoming italian front. However I'm wondering what new toys are warming up engines in the hangar. Can't wait to see the game manual before the release

Steve, I'm waiting for your promised screenshot. I hope not waiting long time.

Glad to hear that! I don't know which one will be the first but for sure that I'll buy it, and the second,.... and... (better take my wallet Steve) Assuming that Red Thunder module will be the last, will it be available along 2018 for sure?

Thanks Steve, it was great gift for begin 2018. I hope to see these screenshots really soon. Now my doubt: will we have any of these games,or pre-order at least, in next two/three months? Any if them, really I'm interesting in all of them. P.D. Happy new year for you, BF team and all this community.

Thanks Steve. I was waiting for this module since its announcement (Xmas bone'15). The new SF2 looks like awesome, great work! Merry Christmas ;D

Thanks for your answer Steve. I was hoping gifting myself an italian present for Xmas. I shall to wait a bit mor but I'm sure that the result will be worth it. Can we wait the preorder in next weeks?

Well, after these few weeks Steve, do you have any news for sharing with us ?

A doubt about CMSF2 Steve. For the people who has SF1, will SF2 comes as a big update for them, or as a full new game?

I know that always in the past you refused to jump to the Pacific front. Reading your short-term plans, I know that it wouldn't be soon but, are there chances for this project in the future? PD. This thread ia a great idea, you intensified my hype with the projects explanation, thanks Steve.

CMSF 2 for early '18. The next release will be probably Road to victory. So, would it be possible that next italian module come any date between today and Xmas?

Or RT module

Sometimes.... that does not happen since long time ago. CMx2 serie was released in 2011, we had two base games and three modules when 2013 was ending. After this moment, we are lucky if a base game or module is release along the year. Currently we have only a update, nothing more for the moment and, being frankly, I doubt that we see any more along this year (I wish to be wrong). I do not doubt that BF is far from being a huge company, with unlimited human or economic resources, but the fall in the production rate doesn't suggest to me that we can play blitzkrieg period in a reasonable timeframe. In fact, I don't believe that my boys take Remagen before 2020.

You are not alone. There are many of us who want to see a BF covering early stages of the war such as Poland , France, Barbarossa,... But unfortunately and given the pace of releases, at best, I wouldn't bet to see these tittles before 4-5 years.

I hope this but with the delay I'm not sure if it will be possibly. Maybe we could see first SF2 or next module for Red Thunder. In any case, I've doubts if any of these projects will be ready along this year. For now, we haven't preorders or official news about the end of the projects.

So...not news?

That's a good question! If I remember well, Steve told in April that mostly of the work was done (TO&E, models, new armies,etc). It was needed only to add maps and missions. I understand that this work can be hard, especially now that Chris left the company, but five month later should be enought time for be close to finish the module (IMHO).

Thanks for all the info, Steve. Really I'm very interesting in the WW II modules. Which one of them will be released first? I suspect than italian module has most advanced work, but the Chris's health problems (best regards for him) will delay the work. So, can be another project released first? RT module has not name but looks like that the work is very advanced on it.

Wow, thanks for the news, Steve. Sadly looks like that Rome to Victory will suffer delay but I just hope that Chris will be all right soon and he can go back to work in new projects. Crossing fingers for the dev team finish the module as soon as possible. I'd like to play with all those new and exotic units.

I know and I don't search an exact date. The origin of my inquiry is this, BF spoke that last italian module would be launched short time after upgrade 4.0 and BS mission pack. all this was 3-4 months ago, so I've the doubt about if next module is coming soon or in some time more. I'm prefectly conscious that the computers games development world usually doesn't give release dates and it's perfectly understandable, but if the develpment is very advanced (and BF said that the works was already beginning in December'15), they know approximately when the game will be finished.

Thanks for the update Steve. Obviously, all these is a great amount of work for next months. Now, I'm thinking in Rome to Victory module which is being developed since long time ago (first news about it in Xmas bone '15). Can you say us if its release is near or we still would need to wait a few months more?

Exactly. We only receive info once a year with the Xmas bone and some years, as the last, the info was really short and not concise. Sharing the main work lines on BF is moving wouln't be a problem for the company, they won't lose work time for write a post here every 2-3 months. It'd be appreciated for the player base, and it would increase the hype for the games, modules, etc in development. I love this games, probably I don't lie if say that all us we love Combat Mission, but reading this forum and with my own experience, I feel that the main community disagreement with BF is the lack of communication about the project. Specially in a game with so long development timeframes. For example, aand based on this thread, Red Thunder is not receiving new material since the base game release in 2014. Three years playing with a few maps (very few in my opinion), and we only know that we will receive a module ending this year or starting 2018 (my two cents that sadly it won't be till spring summer, at least) But we don't have any real idea about wich is coming. Winter?, Lend-lease? Timeframe from October'44 to May'45?... This is the point, mostly of the ideas are simply speculations here, in the forum, but not real info about the game.

It was many times denied for Steve time ago but my dream would be a CM in the Pacific. Heavy naval artillery fire, LVT landings, close combats in a few meters of sand beach, jungles, caves, traps, few tanks and many infantry, night counterattacks, suicide charges, ... In the end, all the taste of the Pacific War. And don't forget the modules for CW forces in New Guinea and Burma. Sadly only a dream.

After these two months, what's the development status of Rome to Victory module? Not asking for a release date but will it be release soon? This Summer? Fall?... Thanks.

+1, A simple Xmas bone once by year isn't enough info for this community.