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“Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force: you are about to embark upon the Great Crusade!”
This DLC introduces the western front action in 1944, featuring the US faction, as well as German western front content.
Be among the first to scale the Atlantic wall and fight your way through the Bocage.
Be the spearhead that breaks the stalemate in the battle of the Bulge.
Re-live the rush to the Rhine bridge, on the road into the heart of Germany!
Or, fight for the Wehrmacht and be the one that leads the counterattacks, the one that stops the breakout. In other words; be the one that defends “Fortress Europe” facing all the classic dilemmas that come with it.
Single Player
The single player campaigns focus on four legendary western front units: the “Liberation” campaign has the 2nd Rangers and the 3rd Armored Division on the US side. Beside 6 single player missions, this DLC also offers 4 skirmishes for the US faction, which are part of the campaign storyline.
In all of the missions, you will find yourself in intense battles on iconic battlegrounds, recreated to the last detail; get a taste of the bitter fighting against fanatical opposition, liberating western Europe step by hellish step. The action will be intense and the immersion will be up there!
The German campaign, “Festung Europa”, has the 3rd Fallschirmjäger division and 116th Panzer division on the German side in 6 intense and compelling missions.
Be the one that commands the Wehrmacht forces on the western front from Normandy to the last battles in the Ruhr pocket. In the German campaign you will enjoy a lot of new content as well!
Multiplayer
“Liberation” adds the USA to multiplayer with 20 brand new western front MP maps, and all of the new weapons, vehicles and tanks; it also adds a new German late war doctrine.
Conquest
For conquest, 25 western front maps are included. These, like other maps, use the unique set of assets we have created to immerse you in the western front atmosphere.
Visuals
Liberation pushes the boundary of the visuals of the Gates of Hell universe to a new standard, with hundreds of highly detailed environment models, improved destruction for buildings and beautiful environments. To ensure the historical accuracy of our content, we have collaborated with WW2 Armor in Florida, who provided us with vast amounts of valuable documentation and knowledge.
Content
The Liberation DLC contains:- 10 US single player missions, including 4 US skirmishes
- 6 German single player missions
- 150+ new US and German vehicles, cannon, ships, aircraft and tanks
- 50 new small arms
- 500+ new humanskins
- 20 new MP maps
- 25 new DCG (Conquest) maps
- 500+ new editor assets for the western European theater.