Men of War: Red Tide Demo Released

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A Men of War: Red Tide (PC) demo is now available on FileShack, offering a playable sample of Best Way's strategy game in exchange for 960MB of bandwidth.

Once billed as a standalone expansion to Men of War but described today by publisher 1C Company as a sequel, Red Tide recreates World War II's Black Sea Campaigns across more than twenty missions starring the Soviet "Black Coats."

Red Tide is currently available from a variety of digital distribution outlets, and will be included in the Men of War Gold Edition hitting North American shops December 1.

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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    November 19, 2009 3:47 PM

    No multiplayer content what so ever in this expansion as far as I'm aware. It also wasn't developed by the original devs and instead was a cash-in on the publishers behalf, the devs barely even knew anything about it!!

    Whereas Digitalmindsoft (the original developers) are working on a proper expansion :) Myself and my buddies cannot wait. Coop on MoW is one of the most enjoyable coop experiences in gaming to date, it really is that awesome.

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      November 19, 2009 5:53 PM

      Red Tide was developed by Best Way, which co-developed Men of War alongside Digitalmindsoft.

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        November 19, 2009 10:20 PM

        No, it was done by an internal 1C team. Best Way is the engine and tech team, and Digitalmindsoft is more scenario/multiplayer. The upcoming multiplayer expansion A4 or Heroes Badge/Assault Squad is the first more fully Digitalmindsoft release. They're even remodelling a ton of the units for that, although the engine tech is still handled by Best Way.

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          November 19, 2009 10:22 PM

          Oh also, it looks like some Red Tide units will appear in the next expansion for multiplayer.

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      November 20, 2009 5:03 AM

      Best Way developed the equally excellent Soldiers: Heroes of WW2 and Faces of War using the same engine, to clarify - so they are capable. More impressive is how well DMS have continued their work.

      Let's not discredit anyone for these games - all involved parties have had a positive influence and done good work. If you like it, go join the Digital Mindsoft community - I only arrived recently, but their support for community mods is.. impressive.

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