Battlefront.com 0 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 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 post Share on other sites
mjkerner 532 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Thanks Steve!!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mjkerner 532 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Are you kidding, I’m the first to comment? Lol, 11 minutes and no one else has jumped on this? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Erwin 1,022 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Looking good! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Artkin 136 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Thank you! CMBS is the game that will land you #'s on steam imo. BN too. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IanL 1,662 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 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 post Share on other sites
danfrodo 322 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 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 post Share on other sites
Commanderski 66 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Great news! Thanks for the update and screenshots! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Petrus58 4 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 The last shot is very atmospheric. Looking forward to 2021! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Falaise 529 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 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 post Share on other sites
kohlenklau 286 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Thanks Steve. Happy New Year and a round of Schwimmwagen for everybody at the bar! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Yskonyn 10 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 (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 by Yskonyn 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aragorn2002 464 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Mainly old screenshots and we're nearly there. Another bone fragment. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IanL 1,662 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 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 post Share on other sites
Vacilllator 237 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 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 post Share on other sites
Sgt.Squarehead 1,361 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Nom! Happy New Year to one & all. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marwek77 aka Red Reporter 16 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Nothing about Black Sea... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Battlefront.com 0 Posted January 3 Author Share Posted January 3 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 post Share on other sites
Battlefront.com 0 Posted January 3 Author Share Posted January 3 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 post Share on other sites
Marwek77 aka Red Reporter 16 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 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 post Share on other sites
Aragorn2002 464 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 (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 by Aragorn2002 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
danfrodo 322 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 at least I can now schedule my spring vacation in Berlin w my Russian friends 😀 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BletchleyGeek 205 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 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 post Share on other sites
weapon2010 115 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 thanks Steve, CEO has spoken , confidence restored! any chance a Red Thunder vehicle pack is in the future? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rocketman 344 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Thanks for the update Steve - and you're right, a third Swift album would have broken the seventh seal. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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