As a IRL soldier of the cold war, and now with many Russian online friends... I DO NOT want a US vs Russia war IRL... but have always like the cold war era equipment and tactics... and that seems to be what Combat Mission: Black Sea is bringing... look forward to an updated cold war CM game...

http://www.battlefront.com/index.php?opt...&Itemid=579

Wow! Great catch Magnum! Really looking forward to see how the Stryker's have evolved and I like the additional stuff they are including such as COLT and LNO teams, great stuff.

I read through it and didn't see the projected release date. You don't happen to know what that may be by chance?

they never say when... matter fact they always say 2 weeks...as a joke. probably a month or so away....

I like to see how the drones will play. ;0

Thanks Magnum. With the incorporation of 3.0 and not so distant future vehicles and next level tech, a definite buy for me.

Looks like I'll be getting backed into it. Loved shock force, even with all of its problems.

Chris Nelson of Battlefront showed some footage today on Twitch of features coming with Black Sea:






Speaking of which, he has Twitch broadcast going every Saturday at 2pm Pacific where he plays missions from the various Combat Mission games.

I wonder thou... in todays military tactics and the near future, air superiority is key... so how or will they even model that in a modern war game.

Thanks for the heads up Magnum, looking forward to this. I see there are quite a few air support units in game so hopefully, dependent on their cost, most games should at least feature some CAS for the guys on the ground.

Okay, has anyone tried this yet? As much as I like the bocage fighting of CMBN, I do like my tanky-tankys and shooty-shootys....

EDIT: Whoops, didn't realize it said pre-orders. Nevermind....

Well, I've tried it and can confirm it is full of tanky-shootiness.

You've tried it? How? Beta?

Both him and me.

Details please. Can I still try it on beta?

It's a closed beta, by invite only.

Sure hope there is a demo

Ouch! You guys under NDA? Can I get an invite?

Playthrough of the 1st campaign mission for the American forces:

Did they fix the Artillery/CAS implementation from SF? That was my biggest gripe with SF.

-Jenrick

What exactly do you mean?

EDIT: depending on what your question is, then yes, there have been several changes to the artillery/CAS interface:

• Multiple units can be selected for a fire/air support mission.
• Only one mission at a time can be called in per spotter now (e.g., no more being able to call in a mortar strike on a treeline while simultaneously calling in another barrage on a village on the other side of the map).
• The precise ammunition levels for support assets is displayed (no more ambiguous multi-colored progress bars)
• Line of sight is no longer needed to call in helicopter support.
• Fire missions now are available for precision (i.e., laser-guided or GPS-guided) munitions.
• Line of sight is not needed for a fire mission if the spotter has a drone observing the targeted area.

Yes, the "Heavy/Medium/Light" options are still there for air support, but that's about the only thing that's left over from the original air support model. Pretty much everything else has been upgraded. There have been a lot of improvements to the engine since CMSF was first released.

Downloading now for pre-orders!