Category Archives: News
Black Turn – Operation Barbarossa 1941
Operation Barbarossa, as a historical event, should not need much of an introduction. It was the largest invasion in the history of warfare, part of the largest military confrontation of all time. The nature of the operation, and its actual … Continue reading
Testing Ahoy!
We’re staring the beta test for our Barbarossa DLC this week.Continue reading
Good Luck in Court
I got myself into a mini spat with whoever is running @onlinekeystore twitter. Here’s a screenshot of what happened: Soo… “good luck in court”, eh? I searched on google, and it looks like these are UK people who actually went … Continue reading
Introducing Red Turn: The Road to Berlin 1943-45
Hitler: Whenever I think of this attack, my stomach turns over. Guderian: In that case your reaction is correct. Leave it alone! The dying days of the Stalingrad Campaign saw the German Army reeling under heavy blows from resurgent Soviet … Continue reading
Marginal Gains
We’ve made several changes to “Unity of Command” core game mechanics in our upcoming “Road to Berlin” expansion. It’s not a huge number of changes and really they’re not all that big, as we believe the game is solid basically. … Continue reading
Map Making for Fun and Profit
If you’ve been following the goings-on with Unity of Command, you may know that we’re working on an expansion that follows the Soviet forces as they advance westward after the battle of Kursk. The working title for this expansion is “Road to Berlin” and while that work is progressing nicely, I’ve hit a snag unexpectedly a few weeks ago when I found out exactly how much mapmaking I need to do.Continue reading
Cast in Bronze
Although it’s been high time I post something relevant about the game on the blog for a while now, it took for some nice people to actually give us an award to get me unstuck (writers block, you know). Anyway, … Continue reading
Happy Holidays!
Wishing you a happy Holiday Season and many carefree and memorable gaming moments all throughout the new year! Cheers! Unity of Command development team
Unit icons reference chart
There’s been a lot of discussion on forums whether we should add an option of nato style counters for unit icons. Until this fiery dispute is resolved, here’s a handy unit icon reference chart with breakdown of all the unit … Continue reading
Making of: Unity of Command front cover
The dominant motive that came out of the prototyping process was a german panzergrenadier soldier in winter jacket. I thought it was the coolest of the lot and strongly iconic at the same time. Winter outfit perfectly fits the eastern front theme.Continue reading