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Press release:
PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC – July 27, 2023.
Fulqrum Publishing and Ukrainian studio Best Way are happy to announce the Final Beta weekend for the highly-anticipated real time strategy title “Men of War II” will begin on Thursday, August 10 and conclude on Monday, August 14.

This Final Beta weekend marks the third time fans will have access to the game ahead of the release on September 20th 2023, via Steam, Epic Games Store and other digital store fronts. It will be available to download for free via the Men of War II Steam page, where players can immediately head to and sign up for access today.

During the open beta, players will be able to experience Men of War II’s Classic Modes, a highly-requested feature from the community, which will take players back to the multiplayer experience of previous Men of War games. Players will be able to simply select which nation they want to play as, and will immediately have access to all that nation’s units in each match.

There are no battalions and echelons, with the player calling in their forces based on a combination of each unit’s individual timer, as well as the player’s own pool of resources.

Meanwhile, fans looking for a new experience can check out the Realism Mode, which offers a higher chance of disabling and capturing enemy vehicles, fewer visual cues concerning the visibility and health of their units, a more limited range of fire for weapons and many more gameplay changes.

This Final open Beta is based on community feedback from thousands of players who have already played, tested, and provided their thoughts on the previous two public tests on everything from unit balance to optimization improvements.

The version in this Beta will closely mirror the full release experience, with further features, lots of content, and other modes added at launch. The developers will continue to work on polishing and balancing based on fresh player feedback from this Beta. Players’ progress and saves in this open beta test will not carry over to release.

The full list of content available in the open beta is as follows:

Men of War II – Open Beta Content:

4x PvP Competitive Multiplayer Modes

Assault Zones

Combat

Front Line

Incursion

1x PvP Competitive Battle Mode

Combined Arms

1x PvE Mode

Line Defense

7x Maps

Airfield

Bazerville

Borovaya River

Carpathians

The Coast

Farmland

Winter March

3x Single Player / Co-op Missions

Ambush

Battle of Coisson

Towards Freedom

Men of War II – Changes & Fixes:

Bunkers, pillboxes and observation towers can now be built as defensive structures on all maps.

New animations for various units and situations, such as artillery reloading and infantry dying in water.

New buildings added to maps, including a supply depot, infirmary, fuel station and cranes.

New models for artillery shells, grenades and bombs.

Various new sound effects.

Improved pathfinding for vehicles.

Balancing and refinement to single-player missions.

Performance improvements.

Bug fixes, general polish and small tweaks.

About Men of War II
Experience World War II real-time strategy gameplay like never before! Men of War II, the new chapter in the evolution of the top-rated RTS franchise, brings you more units with different specialisations to lead, pinpoint historical accuracy, and new levels of visual and audio excellence, all combined with the series’ original heart-pounding action. Lead your troops in intense real-time battles on the Western and Eastern Fronts and overwhelm your opponents in epic narrative single-player campaigns and skirmish modes, before then diving deep into the multiplayer action.

Utilise sophisticated military strategies, lay ambushes, or use brute force to show your ability as the greatest military leader of all time. Attain full command of different roles: from Air and Armour to Infantry and Support in fast-paced battles packed with action. Men of War II brings significant visual improvements, destructible environments, buildable defences and an advanced AI, to create the classic real-time strategy game fans have been waiting for.

The launch will include full localisation in English, Ukrainian, Portuguese (Brazil), Turkish, Polish, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish (Spain), French, German and Korean.

Men of War II will launch for PC via Steam, Epic Games Store and other digital stores on September 20, 2023.

About Fulqrum Publishing
Fulqrum Publishing is a global games publisher with a diverse portfolio of titles, that includes both in-house and independent productions. Fulqrum Publishing has successfully launched over 100 game titles including the critically acclaimed series – King’s Bounty, Men of War and Space Rangers. Recent releases include such games as Ancestors Legacy, Deep Sky Derelicts, Fell Seal: Arbiter’s Mark, Forgive Me Father, & more.

About Best Way
Best Way is a video game developer company founded in 1991 in Sievierodonetsk, Ukraine. After the release of its first title, Soldiers: Heroes of WWII (2004), a real-time tactics strategy game set in World War II, the franchise that would come to be known as Men of War was born. Historical accuracy, in-depth simulation systems, and realistic combat are the studios’ three design pillars. Over the years, Best Way has offered detailed and intense tactical combat experiences and is currently working on Men of War II, the long-awaited sequel to the classic RTS series.