It uses a single, non-instanced, ½ scale map of western Europe with approximately 56,600 km 2 (21,853 sq mi) of accurate terrain (800 m resolution satellite data) in which capturable cities, airfields and ports have been placed. Command structures and missions provide strategic and tactical layers while ranks provide a RPG layer by demonstrating leadership roles. The game is played in real time alongside or against other players as either German, American, British or French forces in a persistent world. All vehicles with two or more positions may be multi-crewed by (2) players. A player can command or crew a variety of accurately modeled aircraft armored fighting vehicles, anti-tank guns, anti-aircraft artillery, four naval vessels, fight as a foot-soldier with a variety of infantry weapons, or play as a paratrooper and drop from either a C-47 or Ju52 transport aircraft.

It is a virtual battlefield and a combined arms war simulation. WWII Online is set in 1940–1944 World War II in Western Europe. In the summer of 2017, WWII Online was released on Steam Early Access where it once again returned its name back to the original ' WWII Online' because it resonated with its players more.Īs of June 6th, 2021 the developers are working to port WWII Online from its proprietary engine to the Unreal Engine 5 in an effort to modernize graphics and workflows. WWII Online was re-released in 2006 under the new name of WWII Online: Battleground Europe.

It is in active (continuous) development by Playnet, Inc.'s internal game studio, 'Cornered Rat Software,' and it was originally released on J(D-Day), for Microsoft Windows, with a Mac OS version being released in 2002. WWII Online is the very first massively multiplayer online first-person shooter (MMOFPS) ever created and holds three Guinness World Records. Massively multiplayer online first-person shooter

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