Battlefront.com Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Happy New Year! First, let’s get the obvious out of the way. Despite last year being Battlefront’s 20th anniversary of its first Combat Mission release, we’re happy to say goodbye and good riddance to 2020! The past year of pandemic, political strife, economic disruption, toilette paper shortages, record setting fires, 2 albums from Taylor Swift, and other near misses with the apocalypse are now behind us. We look forward to a better and brighter 2021 to start off our 3rd decade of Combat Mission fun. Despite all the bad stuff that happened in 2020, for us at Battlefront it was a very productive year. True, we didn’t have much in the way of new releases and that’s no doubt a disappointment to you all. Fortunately you won’t have to wait much longer for something new. The first thing you’ll see in 2021 is an end to the long wait for Red Thunder’s first additional content; Fire & Rubble. See below for some screenshots. This new Module is huge and soon we’ll have the webpages up to detail specifically what’s in it. Preorders will kick in at the same time. We’re nearly there! The next release is Slitherine's re-release of Black Sea. You’ll see signs of the Black Sea release on Matrix Games’ website very soon. Other Combat Mission games are scheduled to be re-released steadily at the rate of one Family a quarter, with Battle for Normandy being next up. As with Shock Force 2, all Battlefront customers get automatic and free access to the Slitherine Steam versions. No doubt it’s been noted that we did not announce or release an Engine Upgrade for 2020. As things look right now, we are headed for Engine 5 Upgrade later this year. I can’t promise that any of the features being added to the military version will get into your hands, however I expect a couple will. Definitely not the one that requires a dedicated high end system with 12GB of free RAM and hours of thumb twiddling time while numbers are crunched. Oddly enough, we don’t see it being a commercially viable feature. Speaking of the military contract work, there's more than anticipated. I can’t say much about it other than it’s going very well and we are structuring our development time to make sure our focus remains on the commercial work that you all get to enjoy. It’s a balancing act for sure. That said, let me reassure you that we view you guys as our core business and that means if push comes to shove the military folks will have to take a number and wait patiently for our attention. Let’s see… is there anything else on the horizon that I can tell you about? Nope, not at the moment. The year is still young. And with that, a huge thanks to all of you who have supported us over these many years. Without you we’d not be here welcoming everybody to another year of Combat Mission. THANK YOU! Steve And without further ado… F&R Bones! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjkerner Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Thanks Steve!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjkerner Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Are you kidding, I’m the first to comment? Lol, 11 minutes and no one else has jumped on this? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Looking good! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artkin Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Thank you! CMBS is the game that will land you #'s on steam imo. BN too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 4 minutes ago, mjkerner said: Are you kidding, I’m the first to comment? Lol, 11 minutes and no one else has jumped on this? They will, but right now they are all outside playing with their kids or grand kids like I suggested earlier Hee hee 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danfrodo Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 I just happened to look here while taking a break from important religious activities (NFL Redzone) and lookie what is here! Thanks Steve, this is all great news! Looking forward to it all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commanderski Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Great news! Thanks for the update and screenshots! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petrus58 Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 The last shot is very atmospheric. Looking forward to 2021! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falaise Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 26 minutes ago, IanL said: They will, but right now they are all outside playing with their kids or grand kids like I suggested earlier Hee hee you're kidding it's 9pm and it's 0 degrees outside !!! I think it's engine 5 that leaves everyone perplexed I don't think nobody expected it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Thanks Steve. Happy New Year and a round of Schwimmwagen for everybody at the bar! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yskonyn Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 (edited) Happy Newyear to all BFC folks! And also to all fellow CM players! Thanks for the bones. Now tell us more about Engine 5! Edited January 3, 2021 by Yskonyn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Mainly old screenshots and we're nearly there. Another bone fragment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 24 minutes ago, Falaise said: you're kidding it's 9pm and it's 0 degrees outside !!! I am yes. But here it is 330pm and its also 0 degrees but on the Celsius scale so it's perfect for snow fort building. 24 minutes ago, Falaise said: I think it's engine 5 that leaves everyone perplexed I don't think nobody expected it Yeah me neither 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacillator Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Thanks for the update Steve and I hope all is well with you and yours. As I said elsewhere I'm keeping busy with Final Blitzkrieg, but I'm ready for the release of Fire and Rubble as soon as you are. And Engine 5? Intriguing... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Nom! Happy New Year to one & all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marwek77 aka Red Reporter Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Nothing about Black Sea... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted January 3, 2021 Author Share Posted January 3, 2021 10 minutes ago, Aragorn2002 said: Mainly old screenshots and we're nearly there. Another bone fragment. Thanks! We knew we could count on your pointless negativity to start the year off right. Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted January 3, 2021 Author Share Posted January 3, 2021 2 minutes ago, Marwek77 aka Red Reporter said: Nothing about Black Sea... Aside from it being released on Steam, nothing else to announce right now. Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marwek77 aka Red Reporter Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 1 minute ago, Battlefront.com said: Aside from it being released on Steam, nothing else to announce right now. Steve Ok, i have to wait for it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Battlefront.com said: Thanks! We knew we could count on you both your pointless negativity to start the year off right. Steve Old screenshots, Steve and we've nearly been there for the past two years.... But you're welcome. Edited January 3, 2021 by Aragorn2002 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danfrodo Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 at least I can now schedule my spring vacation in Berlin w my Russian friends 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BletchleyGeek Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Happy New Year to you too @Battlefront.com. Congratulations for scoring significant business successes in a year with so much uncertainty and chaos as this one. I wish you guys to keep scoring like that throughout 2021, hopefully in an easier environment. All the best! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weapon2010 Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 thanks Steve, CEO has spoken , confidence restored! any chance a Red Thunder vehicle pack is in the future? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Thanks for the update Steve - and you're right, a third Swift album would have broken the seventh seal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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