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While developer Digitalmindsoft has been generous with free content additions (new maps and units) for its recent WWII RTS game Men of War Assault Squad today the developer released its first paid DLC pack for the game via Steam, the MP Supply Pack - Alpha.

This $4.99 pack adds five new multiplayer maps to the game for the Assault Zones and Combat game modes. Each map has its own specific setting. The new maps include the 1v1 map Winter Fields, the 2v2 map Plateau, two 3v3 maps (Crossing and Saipan) and a massive 5v5 map titled Train Crossing. This will likely be the first of many such paid map packs for the game.

Men of War Assault Squad has only been available via digital download for a few weeks but the WWII RTS game from developer Digitalmindsoft and publisher 1C Company just released a massive patch via Steam that contains a lot of new free content.

The patch adds a number of new vehicles and weapons to the game along with three new multiplayer maps (two 1v1 maps and one 2v2 map). There's also been a ton of changes and improvements in this first patch including many game unit balance tweaks. Rock Paper Shotgun also has a new interview with DigitalMindSoft's Chris Kramer about the changes and hints about upcoming paid DLC content.

The Theatre of War RTS series has had two installments (plus expansion packs) both of which were set in World War II. Now the third installment is ready to move out and into another war theatre. 1C Company announced that Theatre of War 3 Korea has gone gold and will be available to download on March 24.'

The game will feature two single player campaigns; one for the North Korea side and one for the US faction and both set in 1950 with highly realistic units and battles. The game will be made available for download via Steam. You can also get it from Battlefront.com via download and in a boxed copy via mail order for $35.

While Men of War Assault Squad has already been released via digital download, the WWII RTS game will also be released on April 15 in retail stores in Europe via publisher Lace Mamba Global. In addition to a standard edition of the game, there will also be a nice Special Edition available with lots of extras that will go on sale in the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and other countries

In addition to the game itself the Collector's Edition will contain the game's soundtrack on CD, a t-shirt, a poster, a detailed color manual, and a playing card deck, all in custom packaging. There's no word if the special edition will be released in the US nor its price.

Battle Los Angeles as a game still hasn't been officially announced but it seems that the adaptation of the upcoming alien invasion feature film is all but confirmed. The Russian language web site of the publisher 1C Company has a listing for the game, complete with screenshots.

The page says the game will be released on March 11, the same day the film is due in theaters, and also confirms earlier reports that Saber Interactive is developing the title. According to the handy dandy Babel Fish translation of the page, "player will carry out a number of dangerous missions on the front line, which lies along the streets of the half-wrecked megapolis" Hopefully we will learn something about the game's English version sometime soon.

[With thanks to "russian-boy-who-reads-big-download]

This is the playable demo for Men of War: Assault Squad, a World War II themed real-time strategy game. It includes a level set in the Pacific Theatre and beating it unlocks a skirmish level based in the European Theatre.

"Men of War: Assault Squad features a completely new cooperative skirmish game mode with access to five different nations (Russia, Germany, USA, Commonwealth and, for the first time ever in the Men of War series, Japan) as well as increased realism and accessibility."

Download Men of War: Assault Squad Demo (1.11 GB)

Game publishers love to offer free goodies to entice folks to buy games beforehand. Today we got word of two such offers for the upcoming RTS game Men of War Assault Squad from developer Digitalmindsoft and publisher 1C Company and the urban transporation sim game Cities in Motion from developer Colossal Order and publisher Paradox Interactive.

People who purchase Men of War Assault Squad on Steam before it's released on February 25 will not only get instant access to the game's current beta test but also will get the original Men of War game for free; that's a $14.99 value. Meanwhile if you pre-order Cities in Motion before its February 22 release date you will get five exclusive vehicles to use in the game. It includes the Jubilee Blim bus, the the Skylark III helicopter and the Arnauld Porte metro train.

While Company of Heroes Online may be shutting down soon, another WWII RTS game is getting close to release. Today publisher 1C Company announced that Men of War: Assault Squad will be released via retail stores and via download sites on February 25. Previously this week it was announced that the game would be released on March 25 in a number of countries outside the US.

As we reported earlier this week the second open beta for the game is now live via Steam. This second beta opens up the Soviet Union playable faction and also has a number of other changes and balance fixes.

As promised a few weeks ago, developer Digitalmindsoft has launched a second open beta test for its upcoming WWII RTS game Men of War Assault Squad. This second open beta can be accessed via Steam and adds the Soviet Union playable faction to the game. If you didn't participate in the first open beta you can still get keys for the second at this web page.

Digitalmindsoft has also posted up a development update on the game at its official web site. It goes over the many changes that it has put into the second open beta from improving small arms fire to adding increased accuracy to rifles to making grenades work more realistically. The game itself will be released on March 25 in some European countries along with Australia and New Zealand but there's no word yet on a US release date.

If you have been playing or even thought about purchasing the first person shooter Necrovision, you might want to hold off. The game's publisher 1C Company has announced this weekend that the multiplayer support for the game will be shut down on March 15. That's less than two years after the game was released in the US via Aspyr Media.

The horror-themed first person shooter was developed by The Farm 51 and it used a modified version of the graphics engine that was first used in Painkiller. 1C Company has said that Necrovision: Lost Company, a prequel that was released in 2010, will continue to have multiplayer support.

[Via Blue's News]