In the upcoming tactical shooter, the German soldiers are equipped with aircrafts, vehicles and weapons that are realistic replications of historical arsenal from World War II. For example, the Wehrmacht goes into battles with the heavy tank Tiger II, also known as Königstiger.

This successor to the Tiger I is a heavy tank that combines the thick armor of the Tiger I with the sloped shape of the Panther tank and was equipped with a 8.8 cm Kampfwagenkanone 43 L/71. The German arsenal also includes the Panther tank, the medium tank Panzer IV and the warplane Junker JU 87, also known as Stuka.

Iron Front – Liberation 1944 is based on the engine of ARMA II Operation Arrowhead by Bohemia Interactive.

The game also featuresl multiplayer modes such as “Capture the Flag” or “Attack and Defense”.

Iron Front – Liberation 1944 is due to be released exclusively for the PC on May 25, 2012.

Deep Silver and X1 Software/AWAR today revealed parts of the Red Army’s arsenal in Iron Front – Liberation 1944.

Part of the asset collection is, for example, the Iosif Stalin 2 tank, an improved version of the Iosif Stalin. It was equipped with thick armor and a long 122 mm gun that was capable of defeating the German Tiger and Panther tanks.

Also parts of the Russian arsenal are, amongst others, the Soviet medium tank T-34, the Katyusha rocket launcher and the bomber aircraft Petlyakov Pe-2. More information about the equipment of the Wehrmacht will follow soon. “Iron Front – Liberation 1944” will be available exclusively for the PC from May 25, 2012.

Iron Front – Liberation 1944 is due to be released exclusively for the PC in May 2012.

“Iron Front – Liberation 1944” is based on the engine of ARMA II Operation Arrowhead by Bohemia Interactive. The story takes place in southern Poland during the Soviet Offensive in the summer of 1944. The player takes on the role of a Russian or German infantryman, using teamwork, tactical skill and authentic war machines to battle for victory. The German campaign focuses on slowing the advance of the Soviet troops, while the Soviet campaign is all about breaking through the enemy’s resistance. However, the player does not have to do all this on foot: Using their computers, tacticians will control tanks, including the famous German battle tank Panzerkampfwagen VI or “Königstiger” and the Russian Stalin tank JS2, or fighter planes such as the Focke Wulf 190 and dive bombers like the Stuka or the Petlyakov PE-2.

“Iron Front – Liberation 1944” is due to be released exclusively for the PC in May 2012.

New details on the multiplayer mode and the editor of Iron Front – Liberation 1944  have been revealed. The editor lets players create new battles and missions while the multiplayer mode offers various game modes such as free for all and cooperative matches.

The editor offers new battles, from small engagements to large scale combat. Players can use a big number of various buildings, military objects, destroyed vehicels, road signs and other things to design the missions.

The multiplayer mode of “Iron Front – Liberation 1944” contains various game types. Next to common multiplayer modes like “Capture the Flag” and “Deathmatch”, “Tanks Only” and “Blitzkrieg” offer a more specific multiplayer experience to gamers: “Tanks Only”, as seen from the name, is a team death match featuring tank units only. In “Blitzkrieg”, players fight for the control of certain spawn points. The mission can be set with various amounts of infantry, tanks, vehicles and aircrafts. One team defends, while the other teams does a fierce storm of the enemy’s strongpoints.

Iron Front – Liberation 1944 is due to be released exclusively for the PC in May 2012.

The video shows the aircrafts of the Wehrmacht during combat operations. Like all equipment and weaponry in “Iron Front – Liberation 1944”, the aircrafts are authentic and realistic replications of the original warplanes, such as the Focke Wulf Fw-190 or the Junkers Ju 87.

“Iron Front – Liberation 1944” is based on the engine of ARMA II Operation Arrowhead by Bohemia Interactive. The story takes place in southern Poland during the Soviet Offensive in the summer of 1944. The player takes on the role of a Russian or German infantryman, using teamwork, tactical skill and authentic war machines to battle for victory. The German campaign focuses on slowing the advance of the Soviet troops, while the Soviet campaign is all about breaking through the enemy’s resistance. However, the player does not have to do all this on foot: Using their computers, tacticians will control tanks, including the famous German battle tank Panzerkampfwagen VI or “Königstiger” and the Russian Stalin tank JS2, or fighter planes such as the Focke Wulf 190 and dive bombers like the Stuka or the Petlyakov PE-2.

Iron Front – Liberation 1944 is due to be released exclusively for the PC on 25th May 2012.

Details for Deep Silver and X1 Software’s upcoming WWII tactical shooter Iron Front: Liberation 1944 have come through via the game’s website. The game looks interesting, and though it may not seem to be the most imaginative game out there, it still sounds fun.

Here’s some info:

Iron Front – Liberation 1944 is set in Southern Poland during the Soviet Offensive in the summer of that year, when the infantry and tank as well as aircraft units of the Red Army and the Wehrmacht engaged in fierce combat. It was the first time in history that the “Königstiger” tanks fought with the powerful JS2 soviet tanks.

The player takes on the role of a Russian or German infantryman, using teamwork, tactical skill and authentic war machines to battle for victory. The German campaign focuses on slowing the advance of the Soviet troops, while the Soviet campaign is all about breaking through the enemy’s resistance. Each campaign features eight missions. However, the player does not have to do all this on foot: Using their computers, tacticians will control tanks, including the famous German battle tank Panzerkampfwagen VI or “Königstiger” and the Russian Stalin tank JS2, or fighter planes such as the Focke Wulf 190 and dive bombers like the Stuka or the Petlyakov PE-2.

Online is where the battle really heats up in Iron Front – Liberation 1944: Players can either complete missions cooperatively or compete with each other in special multiplayer modes such as “Capture the Flag” or “Attack and Defense”. The game also includes an extensive mission editor, enabling players to intuitively create their own missions and share them with their friends online, thus guaranteeing that there will never be a shortage of new missions.

The tactical first-person shooter Iron Front – Liberation 1944, based on the engine of ARMA II Operation Arrowhead by Bohemia Interactive, includes a German offline campaign, for the first time ever.

Iron Front: Liberation 1944 will release exclusively on the PC in 2012.