Battlefront.com Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 We had planned on showing you a couple of shots of what we've been working on alongside of CM Black Sea. Some last minute glitches made that not really possible with the amount of time we had left. So you're going to have to deal with a slightly-better-than-coal-in-your-stocking bone for this year. Here it 'tis! Development on the Ardennes (name not determined yet) Family is well along. In fact, we intend to start early testing of the game in a few weeks. What will the game include? I'm so glad you asked! The Base Game includes US Army, German Heer, and German Waffen SS forces covering the timeframe of October through January. This includes Fall and Winter weather, terrain, vehicle textures, and uniforms. It also includes new vehicles and TO&E, as well as more subtle things which set the tone for the latest war period we've yet covered with CMx2. Some new vehicles to play with: M24 Chaffee M36 Jackson Jagdtiger Flammpanzer 38(t) There's others too, but off the top of my head that's what I have for you right now. Though for sure there are some other fun ones (cough --- Sturmtiger --- cough) that will make their debut this time around. We are planning two Modules for the Ardennes game: Module 1 = Commonwealth + Luftwaffe Forces Module 2 = extending the timeframe to the end of the war So, with that, Merry Christmas and what not to you all! Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easytarget Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Thanks for the announcement and happy holidays! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaeger Jonzo Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Great stuff, look forward to it, thanks and Merry Christmas 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 woot!!!! That is a bone worthy of soup, thanks!!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sequoia Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 You mentioned Jagdtiger twice, did you perhaps mean Sturmtiger the second time? ' P.S. you called the M36 the Jackson. Someone will be along shortly to address that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broadsword56 Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Wonderful news. A worthy addition to the series to look forward to! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangalor44 Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 The M36 Is the Jackson.Also nicknamed the slugger. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borg Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Amazing news !! Re: naming... Well looking online on Google search I found - Germans referred to it as Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein ("Operation Watch on the Rhine"), while French named it the Bataille des Ardennes ("Battle of the Ardennes"). The Allies (US/UK) called it the Ardennes Counteroffensive. The phrase "Battle of the Bulge" came around later pioneered by the press at that time and became the MOST popular. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hister Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 A must have game family. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davek555 Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 (edited) Winter battles!,,,Snow!..Jagdtigers!...what a nice Christmas bone. Looking forward to it. Edited December 24, 2014 by Davek555 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borg Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Docs are going to have plenty of time on their hands giving morphine & stitching cuts in the battles I foresee. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borg Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 When Steve mentiones Luftwaffe Forces... Are these ground infantry units. ? I vaguely associate Luft With 'air' 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Best gift of the holidays - just finished reading a book on the Ardennes. So looking forward to this (as with all your stuff ) and a nice surprise that it has come long in development. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 P.S. you called the M36 the Jackson Blame the Tamiya modeling company circa 1976 for that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanir Ausf B Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 You mentioned Jagdtiger twice, did you perhaps mean Sturmtiger the second time? ' No. He meant that there will be exactly two Jagdtigers in the game. Once they are destroyed they will no longer be available in future scenarios and QBs, so treat them well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 When Steve mentiones Luftwaffe Forces... Are these ground infantry units. ? I vaguely associate Luft With 'air' Fallschirmjager for sure. I think the LW line units other than those were pretty much disbanded by now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilM Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Winter battles!,,,Snow!..Jagdtigers!...what a nice Christmas bone. Looking forward to it.Plus 1 from me! Even though it is yet more evidence that I should get out more, this counts as a very exciting Christmas bone for me ... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3k Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Oh, great. Now THEY know all about it. Sheesh. (Wondering about starting a Free Bulge game contest... NOT!) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xellos Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 (edited) I want our good old M4A3E2 & Thunderbolts VII(Abram's reinforced armor version of M4A3E8) back !Oh,105mm & 155mm VT shells just as well..... Edited December 25, 2014 by xellos 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stingray Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Thank you . Merry Christmas to one and all !!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted December 25, 2014 Author Share Posted December 25, 2014 You mentioned Jagdtiger twice, did you perhaps mean Sturmtiger the second time? ' P.S. you called the M36 the Jackson. Someone will be along shortly to address that. Fixed half of it I'm insistent upon calling the M36 the "Jackson", and I don't care who knows it! But I do refuse to call the M36B1 the "Slugger". That's just stupid. Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 It was the M36 Jackson in Beyond Overlord, and that's good enough for me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfhand Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Thanks for the information, Steve. Is the new game going to be version 3 or version 4 of the game engine? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Is the new game going to be version 3 or version 4 of the game engine? I predict that BFC is sticking with x2 for the foreseeable future (i.e., the next year at least). x3 might make its debut in a couple of years. Or not. x4 strikes me as so far over the horizon as to be outside the realm of reasonable speculation. Of course, the intrusion of the unexpected could knock all of that into a cocked hat, but it's my best guess. Michael 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sequoia Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 It was the M36 Jackson in Beyond Overlord, and that's good enough for me. Yeah, but IIRC there was a Sherman variant that never existed in CMBO too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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