Combat Mission Shock Force 2 news & patch notes

Combat Mission - Franchise Celebration

Hi everyone, We are excited to announce the acquisition of Battlefront, the renowned developers behind the Combat Mission series.

ELEVATING COMBAT MISSION'S LEGACY

This strategic move underscores our commitment to the wargaming community and the legacy of Combat Mission—a franchise celebrated for its unmatched tactical and strategic depth. With over 1 million copies sold worldwide, Combat Mission remains a defining force in the genre, setting the standard for authentic warfare simulations.

LOOKING FORWARD

This acquisition marks a new chapter for Combat Mission, as we plan to enhance the series with cutting-edge technology and innovative gameplay, all while preserving the core elements that have made it a favorite among wargamers for over 25 years. Battlefront's entire team, including the original creators, will be joining Slitherine, ensuring the continuity and quality that fans have come to expect. This partnership makes a milestone in wargaming, with Slitherine and Battlefront committed to delivering the best possible experience and ensuring the continued growth and success of the Combat Mission franchise.

AVAILABILITY & DISTRIBUTION

Combat Mission titles will continue to be available on all current platforms, including Matrix Games and Steam. To help both new and existing players, we have updated our FAQ and "How to Download My Games" sections, making it easier than ever to access and enjoy the series.

A DAY OF CELEBRATION

To celebrate this exciting milestone, we're thrilled to offer discounts of up to 60% on all Combat Mission titles. This is a limited-time sale, available until September 3rd, so don't miss out: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/combatmissionfranchisesale Additionally, we have organized a full day of streaming on our Twitch channel. The schedule includes a variety of Combat Mission titles, showcasing gameplay and strategies. Join us to experience our streamers in action and engage with our community. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43772341/81576c3109a93360acd451e5856c3d135c4091e5.jpg We are also pleased to announce the opening of subscriptions for a new Battle for Normandy tournament featuring three brand new maps. These maps have been meticulously crafted, all starting from the master map of the Battle Pack 2. Enjoy this Combat Mission milestone and celebration and don’t miss this perfect opportunity to expand your collection and dive into the acclaimed tactical warfare series at an unbeatable price.

The Combat Mission Shock Force 2 Invitational Grand Tournament, after weeks of intense tactical battles, has crowned its champion: AndrewKulin. The tournament, which saw 12 of the best players compete, has been a success. We want to thank all the partecipants for the effort they put in. Here is the final ranking:

AndrewKulin - 6661 points

MeatEtr - 6403 points

Jackal2100 - 6363 points

Fizou - 6038 points

sohzaz - 5944 points

AtlasActual - 5187 points

MHerm - 4423 points

lawran - 3545 points

Tyrandar - 3150 points

cargol - 3099 points

Artkin - 2487 points

Dawntaker - 1353 points The rewards, based on your final ranking, will be sent very soon. Remember to check your emails. To all of our community, a big thank you again. New tournaments will be announced soon, with new maps and more. Stay tuned.

Today marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter for our community as we launch our very first community activity on Discord. Starting today, every three days we will conduct a poll featuring various questions that will shape the design and creation of the next three fictional multiplayer maps for Combat Mission. These new maps will be brought to life by the talented Usually Hapless, who will use the community's responses from the polls to guide his creative process. But that's not all – Usually Hapless will also create a video tutorial, providing an in-depth look at how he crafts these maps using the game's editor. Once the maps are completed, we are thrilled to announce that there will be a special tournament featuring these community-inspired maps. This tournament will give players a chance to showcase their skills on the new battlegrounds and compete for a prize pool filled with coupon rewards. Join us on Discord today and help shape the future of Combat Mission maps. Your input is crucial, and we can't wait to see the incredible maps and intense battles that will come from this collaborative effort.

Just a few days left until the start of the Round 2 of the Combat Mission Grand Invitational Tournament. For the second round you'll play a scenario called "Into the Valley", where Syrian armored assault group undertakes raid to clear Route Lightening of rebel insurgents who have interdicted this vital supply line. Once again, "Usually Hapless" has created a video about the battle, offering tactical advices and explanations regarding the situation, terrain, ORBATs, capabilities, strengths, weaknesses and multiple courses of action for each side. Enjoy and have fun.

Dear partecipants, we wanted to take a moment to express our sincere gratitude to each and every one of you who participated in the Grand Tournament series. Your enthusiasm, skill, and sportsmanship have made this event truly special, and we hope you enjoyed the streams, videos and articles we made for these tournaments You know, for every competion there must be a winner, and here are the final results of the Grand Tournaments on Battle for Normandy, Cold War and Red Thunder. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38450381/05cf972b0ab913fc6fbf269bde2efed8cdc7b8ea.jpg Based on your remarkable performances in the Grand Tournaments, we are thrilled to announce the participants drafted for the Grand Invitational. These players have demonstrated exceptional skill and will be competing in the next level of our tournament series on Combat Mission Shock Force 2.

• Cargol
• Tyrandar
• lawran
• sohzaz
• MeatEtr
• Jackal2100
• AtlasActual
• Fizou
• MHerm
• Andrew Kulin
• Dawntaker
• Artkin

For the first time in the history of our Combat Mission tournaments, players will fight for a coupon prize pool. The amount of money will be given based on your final placement:

• Top 1: $60 Coupon
• Top 2: $50 Coupon
• Top 3: $40 Coupon
• Top 4-8: $20 Coupon (each position)
• Top 9-12: $10 Coupon (each position)

The Invitational Grand Tournament will start on March the 5th at 10.00 GMT. The tournament will feature 3 different scenarios with 40-days round length:

• Round 1 : Wadi Armor Clash
• Round 2 : Into the Valley
• Round 3 : Ambush Alley

For this event we have prepared a series of contents for you:

• Round 1 and round 3 will see Richard Yorke and XTRG fight each other in a 1 vs 1 on our Twitch channel to showcase the scenarios.
• For round 2, UsuallyHapless will create one of his cool videos.

Last but not least, a big shootout to George McEwan (George MC), one of the greatest scenarios designers that created a lot of new content from scratch. Once again, thank you for making the Grand Tournament series a tremendous success. We look forward to seeing the drafted players showcase their skills in the Grand Invitational.

We are proud to announce our new Home of Wargamers live event, which will take place on September 12th at 5 pm UK time. Join us on our Twitch channel to know more about our biggest franchises. You can set a reminder here. We will talk about a lot of important updates for some of our Matrix Games best sellers and coming soon games, such as:

• Modern Naval Warfare
• Nuclear War Simulator
• Command Modern Operations
• Flashpoint Campaigns
• Rule the Waves 3
• Strategic Command
• Combat Mission
• Valor & Victory

Beta Tournament Join the first tournament for Combat Mission Shock Force 2. Due to this being the first one, we are classifying this as ‘Beta Tournament’, so please bear with us if there are any issues and contact [email protected].  Join the tournament here. This Tournament will feature 3 rounds with 3 different scenarios:

• Round 1: Matrix Tournament #1: A 25 minute battle of a US patrol against a Syrian ambush.
• Round 2: Ambush in al Fubar: A 50 minute battle. Stryker platoon is stopped by an ambush. Rescue is on its way, but will it be too late?.
• Round 3: Wadi Scouts: A 45 minute battle. Stryker cavalry unit is tasked with scouting out defenses along a Wadi.

Before joining the tournament, please take a moment and carefully read these instructions that are specific to all Combat Mission Tournaments:

• Because of the way that Combat Mission’s original “play by email” system works, both game files have an in-game field for password protection of the file. This field should be left blank. For the US side the password has been selected before the battles were sent and that field is to be left blank. You can use a password for the Russian side but it isn’t needed because the Tournament feature handles protection from cheating without using the in game system.
• The Tournament will have you playing 2 individual battles where you are playing both sides of the same battle. If you get into the game before your opponent, you will see 1 game turn to play. If your opponent has gotten there first then you will see 2 turn files and each turn thereafter should have 2 files.
• Once a tournament begins you will receive the files in the "Saved Game and PBEM" drop menu under Automated PBEM++ In Progress. You will receive email notifications when your opponent has sent you turns.
• You will need a Matrix user name and password to play any tournament (or PBEM++ battle). If you don't have one already you can get one here.

We are proud to announce the release of pbem+++ and tournament support for Combat Mission: Shock Force 2. You will soon be able to participate in official tournaments and play multiplayer matches to test your skills against other players. Here is the changelog: NEW • Matrix/Slitherine PBEM++ and Tournament features added BUG FIXES • Corrected a problem with T-90 frontal armor • Fixed bug where game hangs on loading screen, results in closing • Fixed bug where CTD while loading a mission in German Campaign We are excited to offer these new features to the dedicated community of Combat Mission players. Thanks for your patience and have fun.

For the first time, Combat Mission Shock Force 2 and all its DLCS are available on Steam. Combat Mission Shock Force 2 is set in a hypothetical modern-day (2008) Syrian conflict. The game’s 3D graphics engine takes advantage of Battlefront’s vast experience in 3D wargames, giving an unprecedented level of realism and detail – so much that the game is used in several professional military environments for training and analysis purposes. Players can assign orders to their units, either in real time or with the innovative turn-based WeGo system, as Shock Force 2 focuses on tactical platoon-level action. The game features a single-player campaign, several pre-made scenarios and multiplayer (Hotseat or PBEM). The DLCs add the US Marines, the British Forces and the NATO armies (German, Dutch and Canadian). All players who have the original Battlefront version will receive a Steam key for the base game and all DLCs they bought. All details can be found here. To celebrate the launch on Steam and Matrix Games, Combat Mission Shock Force 2 base game will be discounted at 30% off for a limited time. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1369370/Combat_Mission_Shock_Force_2/

We know many of you were anticipating the release of Combat Mission Shock Force 2. Unfortunately, we have some bad news: we won't be able to release today as the game is still in the Steam review queue. It is entirely dependent on Steam, and there is nothing we can do but wait. To stay on the safe side, we are delaying the release by one week; therefore, we will be releasing Combat Mission Shock Force 2 on Tuesday, September 1. We apologize for the delay. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1369370/Combat_Mission_Shock_Force_2/

We are proud to announce that we’ve partnered with Battlefront to bring Combat Mission: Shock Force 2 to Steam. The game, and all its DLCs, will be available from August 25th. We already work with Battlefront on some very engaging professional projects where Combat Mission is used for training and analysis purposes. We are now genuinely excited to be able to bring it to our wargaming community. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38450381/f1789018f079b2ce692ca7e1a340dbc30e0d7791.jpg

What is Combat Mission Shock Force 2

Shock Force 2 brings you to a hypothetical conflict in Syria between the forces of NATO and the Syrian Army, in which you can play either in real-time or with the innovative turn-based WeGo system. Take command of US Stryker Brigade Combat Teams (SBCT) and Heavy Brigade Combat Teams (HBCT) to fight against Syrian Army Infantry, Mechanized and Armored units in an arid setting. Experience the full range of modern threats to conventional military forces, including irregular combat forces, terrorists, spies, suicide bombers, IED's and other deadly tools employed in the asymmetric warfare of the modern-day. Play the Task Force Thunder campaign, more than a dozen carefully crafted battles, or unlimited Quick Battles. Shock Force 2 focuses on tactical platoon-level action and features both a single-player campaign and multiplayer (Hotseat or PBEM). {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38450381/f072d52f5d393b05b921abcd3e95393307d5fb4f.jpg Check out the product pages to know more: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1369370/Combat_Mission_Shock_Force_2/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1379221/Combat_Mission_Shock_Force_2_British_Forces/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1379220/Combat_Mission_Shock_Force_2_Marines/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1379222/Combat_Mission_Shock_Force_2_NATO_Forces/