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Looks like fans of WWII strategy games will have to wait a couple of extra weeks for one of them to be released. Wargaming.net had previously announced that their stand alone expansion pack Order of War Challenge would be released this week. Now he Steam web site has changed its release date to March 12.

Just a reminder; this is a multiplayer expansion to 2009's WWII RTS game with 12 new maps, six new multiplayer modes, four c-op missions and more. Owners of the original Order of War game can download this expansion for free. Everyone else can download it for the price of $9.99.

There are MMOs that try to become a "World of Warcraft killer." Then there are MMOs that try to use World of Warcraft as a kind of jumping off point to say, "We are completely different." Hence the announcement today of World of Tanks, a WWII themed turned based strategy MMO from Wargaming.net, the same folks behind the WWII RTS game Order of War.

The game will feature over 150 different types of armored vehicles from the time period, covering the US, Germany and the Soviet Union. The game will support everything from small random battles to massive campaigns "where mighty clans fight for hundreds of provinces employing grand strategy, diplomacy and economic power." The free-to-play game is scheduled to launch sometime this fall. You can check out a funny teaser trailer for the game after the jump:

Earlier this week, Wargaming.net announced its new stand alone expansion to their 2009 WWII RTS game Order of War. At the time the developer didn't provide a release date or a price for the expansion, titled Order of War Challenge. Now Wargaming.net has announced that the expansion will be released via Steam on February 25 and will be priced at $9.99 for anyone who has not bought the original game.

As we mentioned earlier this week, people who already have bought Order of War will be able to download the expansion for free. It will contain 12 new mutiplayer maps, six new multiplayer maps, four co-op survival maps, and more new content.

Last fall developer Wargaming.net released Order of War, the latest in what seemed like a flood of WWII themed RTS games. The original game was published by Square Enix as their first game from a Western developer. Now Wargaming.net is releasing a new multiplayer add-on for the game on its own with the announcement today of Order of War: Challenge.

This add-on, to be released via Steam, is designed to be a stand alone product but folks who already own the original Order of War will be able to download and play the Challenge add-on for free. It will have 12 new mutiplayer maps, six new multiplayer maps, four co-op survival maps, and more. There's no word on when it will be release on what folks who don't own the original game will be charged.

The game was released without much fanfare last September but the WWII RTS title Order of War has continued to see new and fairly large updates since then. Today the latest such update was released via Steam and adds two new multiplayer maps (Proving Grounds and "Massive Assault) to the Wargaming.net-developed title.

In addition to the new maps, there's been some new multiplayer achievements added to the game as well as a host of other additions, changes and bug fixes. For example some of the previous multiplayer maps have been changed up a bit (removing some objects, shifting some control points, etc) some multiplayer AI has been improved and support has been added for Nvidia's 3D Vision glasses.

This is the playable demo for Massive Assault Network 2, an online turn-based strategy game that looks like a 3D real-time strategy game. Continue reading after the jump for system requirements. Visit the official website for more information and to purchase the full game.

"Massive Assault Network 2 is an online strategy game featuring sci-fi conflicts on distant planets. The game is based on the legendary Massive Assault series from which it inherits original 'Secret Allies' concept, streamlined turn-based gameplay, perfectly-balanced units, state-of-the- art interface and endless replayability."

Download Massive Assault Network 2 Demo (174 MB)

Valve's Steam PC game download service has added a classic character to its library. Earthworm Jim, the weird but cool action game mascot of the now defunct Shiny Entertainment, is now available to download via Steam in a bundle that contains the original game, Earthworm Jim 2 and Earthworm 3D. The bundle costs $19.99 and is the only way to get the games via Steam; they are not sold separately.

In different but related news, Steam has added the three Massive Assault strategy games from Order of War developer Wargaming.net to the service. You can get each game (Massive Assault, Massive Assault: Phantom Renaissance, and Massive Assault Network 2) separately or all three in a bundle package for $59.99. The bundle saves you $29.98 if you bought each game on its own.

Finally Steam has added the recent adventure game Fatale and the action shooter Doom Rails to its library.

If you like free things (and if you don't we recommend you see a doctor because you're odd) then you had better register for our latest giveaway contest. Today is the last day that you can enter to win one of five Steam download codes that we are giving out for Order of War, the recent WWII RTS game from developer Wargaming.net and publisher Square Enix.

So head over to the contest web page and enter now (if you are 18 years or older and a resident of the US and Canada, excluding Quebec of course). The deadline for entry is tonight at 11:59 Eastern time.

It's time for another game giveaway here at Big Download and this time we have five Steam download codes to give away for the recent WWII RTS game Order of War. The game, from developer Wargaming.net and publisher Square Enix, had a new free content update this week that enabled a number of units and a gameplay mode that were previously pre-order exclusives.

As with most of our contests, entering the giveaway is simple:

• To enter, post a comment on this contest page.
• The comment must be left before 11:59 pm Eastern Time on October 27
  
• You may enter only once.
• Five winners will be selected in a random drawing.
• The winners will be sent a Steam code that can be use to download a full copy of Order of War (valued at $39.99 each)
  
• Click Here for complete Official Rules. You must be a resident of the US or Canada (excluding Quebec) who is 18 years or older to enter this contest.

Our thanks to the game's PR company Maverick PR for the donation of the prizes. Good luck.
Download Order of War Demo (545 MB)

Sometimes you can actually get things for free if you wait long enough. That's certainly the case for Order of War, the recent WWII RTS game from developer Wargaming.net and publisher Square Enix. Today the game received an update via Steam that adds all of the pre-order content bonuses to the game for folks who didn't get access to them the first time.

Included in the free update are new units such as heavy bomber squadrons for both Allied and Axis sides, infantry mortar launchers, the ability to call in heavy artillery strikes and an additional survival gameplay mode where players have to fight off waves of enemies.