- [2.1.0] Better AI, Bipod System, Redesigned UI, New Vehicles and More! - 3 September 2026
Hello Soldiers!Update 2.1.0 is now available. It rebuilds a large part of the interface, improves vehicle and infantry AI, refines pathfinding, adds two new infantry systems, and makes tank sights more historically accurate — along with new vehicles, improvements in road system, and a long list of fixes. Quick SummaryRebuilt Interface: Main menu, faction selection, respawn menu, and in-game HUDBetter Vehicle AI: Pathfinding, unstuck behavior, and driving through obstaclesDeployable Bipods: Locking in the gun to a height and sticking there much more consistentlyAuto-Peek Over Cover: Around corners and over low walls not able to be aimed over normally.Reworked Tank Sights: Most tank scopes were reworked to be more accurate in reticle and zoom level to their real life equivalent.Road System On Old Maps: The newer road system is now used in Shanghai, Nanking, Stalingrad and Balaton and with…
- [2.0.9] Defense Mode Rework, Visual Fixes & Stability Improvements - 1 August 2026
This update reworks the Defense game mode, improves aircraft AI, introduces a new main menu notification system, and includes several visual, audio, and stability fixes. Defense Mode • Reworked the overall behavior and balance of Defense mode. • Captured objectives now have a greater impact on ticket drain speed. • Defender tickets now scale more appropriately with unit count. • Ticket gains between phases now adjust slightly based on the remaining tickets, providing better automatic balance. • Attackers will move between objectives more frequently instead of remaining on already captured positions. Vehicles and Aircraft • Fixed several texture issues on the Marder II and Panzer II. • Fixed the Hetzer tracks missing their destroyed-state effect. • Fixed an issue that could cause aircraft machine-gun sounds to continue playing indefinitely. • Fixed aircraft machine-gun sounds becoming di…
- [2.0.8] Smarter AI, New Skyboxes, Reworked Tiger I & More! - 27 July 2026
Hello again soldiers!Update 2.0.8 is now available, bringing major improvements to infantry and vehicle AI, a new skybox and lighting system, reworked vehicles, interface updates, new content, and important stability and multiplayer fixes across Easy Red 2.Following the launch of Easy Red 2: Blood on the Danube, our focus has returned to several core systems that affect every campaign. This update makes AI more responsive in combat, significantly improves vehicle navigation and unstuck behavior, refreshes the game’s atmosphere and lighting, and continues our gradual work on the user interface, maps, missions, equipment, performance, and networking.The Future of Easy Red 2The Easy Red 2 Community Poll has now provided us with the data we needed.We have now collected the responses needed to identify a clear overall direction. For some time, a large part of our development focus will move…
- Help shape the future of Easy Red 2! A new Poll is live now! - 19 July 2026
Hello Soldiers!With Blood on the Danube now released, we are already looking ahead to the future of Easy Red 2, and we want the community to help shape it.Our new poll covers future campaigns, mission structure and balance, infantry and vehicle AI, new factions, weapons, gameplay features, console priorities, and more.Take the poll now and help shape the future of Easy Red 2.TAKE THE COMMUNITY POLLThe results will directly influence how we prioritize future updates. The most-voted requests will carry weight when we decide which systems should be improved, which parts of the game should be reworked, and which new campaigns, factions and features should receive attention next.We will naturally also consider historical suitability, previously released DLC and development requirements considering what can realistically be delivered to a high standard, but this poll is not simply being run o…
- Easy Red 2: Blood on the Danube – Hungary 1945 Out Now! - 15 July 2026
Easy Red 2: Blood on the Danube is OUT NOW! Hello Soldiers!We are proud to announce that Easy Red 2: Blood on the Danube – Hungary 1945 is now available on Steam!Steel, snow, and the last breath of a dying Reich. Blood on the Danube takes Easy Red 2 to Hungary during the final brutal months of the Eastern Front. Fight through vast armored engagements, frozen Hungarian countryside, fortified positions, and intense street-to-street combat inside Budapest.This is our largest and most content-dense expansion yet, introducing three new campaigns, 35 missions across two new maps, the new Hungarian and Romanian factions, and dozens of new weapons, vehicles, aircraft, uniforms, and equipment. Blood on the Danube is available now.Watch the Launch Trailer Three New Campaigns Blood on the Danube features three campaigns covering some of the largest and most desperate operations fought in Hungary d…
- [2.0.7] Blood on The Danube and the Latest Easy Red 2 Improvements - 14 July 2026
Hello Soldiers!Update 2.0.7 is now available, arriving ahead of tomorrow’s launch of Easy Red 2: Blood on the Danube and bringing new content, extensive reworks, experimental gameplay systems, visual improvements, and stability fixes across Easy Red 2.Most of our work during this period was naturally dedicated to completing the new Hungary expansion, but development on the base game has continued alongside it. This update includes improvements to aircraft physics, weapon animations, vehicles, AI navigation, graphics, audio, the Map Editor, scripting tools, and much more.Blood on the Danube Launches Tomorrow!Easy Red 2: Blood on the Danube – Hungary 1945 launches tomorrow on Steam!Fight through the final brutal months of the Eastern Front across three new campaigns covering the Siege of Budapest, the Konrad Offensives, and Operation Spring Awakening.The expansion includes 35 missions acr…
- [2.0.6] Graphical Improvements, New+Reworked Vehicles, Budapest DLC Next Month! - 15 June 2026
Hello Soldiers!This update includes a large amount of new content, technical improvements, visual upgrades, and stability fixes across Easy Red 2. Our next major DLC release is also just around the corner — look out for it and all of its additions soon!New Features:VehiclesAdded the Yak-9 (Stalingrad). Other Yak variants (Yak-3, Yak-9t, Yak-9k) will be included in Blood on The Danube.Reworked IL-2 ground-attack plane with new variants (Stalingrad and Hungary DLC).Added the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fight plane and several variants, distributed across the base game and different DLCs depending on their historical time period. It has replaced the Stuka in most missions taking place after 1943 (Normandy, Ardennes and Hungary DLC). Added standalone M-13 rocket launcher (Stalingrad).Added the BM-13 Katyusha, based on the ZiS-5 truck with the M-13 launcher (Stalingrad).Added randomized scrim camoufla…
- [2.0.5] New Vehicles, Reworked Ballistic & other Systems, Hungary DLC Progress! - 28 April 2026
Hello again!This update has tons of important fixes, as well as many important improvements to the game on all fronts! Brace yourselves for these changelogs — a lot has been accomplished over the past two months.New update development took slightly longer than usual, mainly due to ongoing work on the upcoming Hungary DLC, but the result is a very substantial update!New Features: Vehicles:Reworked M3 Half-Track and added multiple new M3 Half-Tracks variants (including existing ones):M3 Half-TrackM3 Half-Track (Cover)M3 7.5cm GMCM15 Half-Track CGMC AA GunM35 Quad-mount AA GunM3A1 Half-TrackM3A1 Half-Track (Cover)3xM2 BrowningReworked Bf-109 and added many time period-appropriate variants (E1, E3, E4, F4, G2, G2/R2, G6, G6/R6, G14, G14/R6)Added Renault R-35 and various variants:R-35R-35 (SA38 Gun)Panzer 35R 731(f) (German Version)Panzerjäger 35R(f) Tank DestroyerReworked SU-76: Now SU-76M…
- [2.0.4] Reworks, Polishes, & New Hungary Previews: King Tiger and more! - 22 February 2026
Hello again!This update is primarily spent polishing a ton of game features and fixing some of the most commonly reported issues. New Features: Improved terrain snow shaderGeneral UI and icon updatesImproved UI text hint styleAdded new “Final Phase” warningNew ammo pickup system allowing squadmates to share compatible ammunition. This allows for example British infantry to carry ammo for the Bren gunner, just like it was in WW2Reworked hit registration system with more accurate hitmarker and penetration feedbackReworked medical treatment system: now requires analysis of injury to know how to save patientImproved various cannon firing animationsAdded QF 6-pounder L50 and M1 57mm gunCamo AdditionsAdded Sherman “Sheik” camo (late 1943 / early 1944 – Italy)New German mid-war bicolor and late-war tricolor camouflagesImproved Soviet camouflages to resemble whitewash over green baseAdded addit…
- [2.0.3] Southern Tunisia, Better Performance, New Vehicles, Animations & More! - 22 January 2026
Hello again everyone!This is a very important patch introducing a whole new full-length campaign, adding new content, and fixing various issues of previous patches.New Features: New campaign - Tunisia: Southern Operations.Expanded on in its own section below.Vehicle AdditionsAdded Anti Air Crusader Tanks:Crusader III AA Mk. I Crusader III AA Mk. IIAdded SPA-Viberti AS-42 and Variants (each comes with an armed variant):AS42 MetropolitanaAS42 SaharianaWeapon Additions:Added Browning M1919A4 with iprovized carrying handle for early-to-late war US campaigns.Added yellow American Mk. II grenade for early war US campaigns.Added many new bayonets, as well as reworking old ones. Bayonets Added:SVT Bayonet (M1940 Bayonet)M1905 BayonetAmerican early-war bayonet (M1917)American late-war bayonet (M1 Bakelite)English spike bayonet (No.4 Mk II)German late-war bayonet (S84/98 III Bakelite))German mid-…
- [2.0.2] New Universal Carrier + Many Small Fixes and Improvements - 8 January 2026
Hi everyone!This is a small but important patch to fix some issues raised with 2.0.1 update.New Features: Now custom squads uses the first magazine in the inventory as loaded magazine on spawn.Reworked Universal Carrier + added multiple new variants.New Variants:Bren Carrier (100rnd) - Equipped with 100 round drum magazine.Universal Carrier (Vickers) - Equipped with Vickers MG.Universal Carrier 'Wasp' Flamethrower - Equipped with flamethrower.Added Crusader III AA Mk. II \Added new "doubled" sandbag models. \Uniforms and Gear Added:German Afrika Korps uniform w/Zeltbahn (2 variants: one with gaiters and one without).Radio variants of various brodies:Mk.2 Brodie (Net, Radio) HelmetMk. 2 Brodies (Radio) HelmetMk.3 Brodie (Radio) Helmet)English Tanker Gear (2 variants) Fixes and Improvements:Squad ImprovementsVarious squads using English/Commonwealth gear reworked for more accurate composi…
- [2.0.1] New & Reworked Uniforms & Vehicles, new Map Editor, Hungary PVs & more! - 30 December 2025
Hi everyone!The holiday season is coming to an end, and we hope yours was great. While we're nearing the release of the Southern Tunisia Campaign, here's an update packed with a ton of quality of life updates, reworks, and brand new additions to polish the Easy Red experience as we go into 2026!New Features: Uniforms and Gear:Fully reworked British infantry uniforms and vests along with many new variants.Uniforms added:UK Austerity Uniform (closed, open, scarf variants).UK Battledress Uniform (closed, open, scarf, jerkin).UK KD (Khaki Drill) Uniform (Used in North Africa).Intermixed variants with battledress top, KD shorts, KD pants, KD top.Mk. 3 Turtle Helmet (medic variant)Gear added:English/CW P37 Webbing with RFL, MG, SMG variants.English/CW P37 Webbing Landing gear with RFL, MG, SMG variants.English/CW P37 Webbing 1944 (Green) with RFL, MG, SMG variants.English/CW P37 Webbing 1944…
- 📅 Easy Red 2 - New Roadmap for Late 2025 to Mid 2026 🗺️ - 10 November 2025
Hello again, Easy Red 2 army!It's that time of year again—the time of year where we share our newest roadmap, laying out the planned path ahead for Easy Red 2 from late 2025 to mid-late 2026.As you know, this year we practically re-made most of the game to be bigger and better than ever, and unfortunately because of that we missed out on Southern Tunisia this go-around. Don't worry, it's still coming!As always, going into 2026 we're looking to make the game even bigger and even better than ever! New roadmap:Starting from today, here's what we plan to work on! ✨ Major Planned New Features ✨South Tunisia: Mareth Line and Kasserine Pass1944/45 Hungarian DLC: Siege of Budapest and Operation Spring AwakeningWe are considering other free additional maps for some time in 2026, including the Battle of Iwo Jima and Battles of Khalkhin Gol. Deployable MGs onto carried tripods and deployable porta…
- Major 2.0 Update - 10 November 2025
Hello again everyone!Today marks the 5th anniversary of Easy Red 2 on Steam, and to celebrate, we’re releasing a massive update! This update concludes a series of improvements that have pushed the game forward in a big way over the past few months.We’re also introducing a brand-new campaign — a complete remake of the old Cassino, previously set as a segment in the old Anzio campaign. New Features: Complete FPS animation system rework. Reworked TPS vehicle driving camera for smoother gameplay.Added Cassino campaign, with 15 missions total.Added Gebirgsjäger units with uniforms and strapless gear.Added Gewehr 33/40 rifle.Added India and Gurkha factions, along with relevant uniforms, gear, and headgear.Added QF 25-Pounder howitzer. Added Vickers MG emplaced gun.Major rework for M10 Wolverine, 17-Pounder SP Achilles, and M36 Jackson.Major rework for StuGs + many variants added.Reworked Thom…
- V1.6.1: Many new tank models & important bug fixes - 4 October 2025
Hi everyone!On the way to the November 10th Update, we fixed some urgent bugs, and took the opportunity to add the newly reworked Sherman models.New Features: Added over 24 reworked Sherman models, each with 10+ camo and marking variants.Reworked M10 Wolverine/Achilles textures & camo (full rework coming soon)Fixes and Improvements:Improved Cinematic Camera controls.Fixed a bug with DUKW and other floating vehicles when driving them in Multiplayer.Various other smaller bug fixesReworked Sherman tanksHere's a look into most reworked Sherman tank models, and some of the camos that are now available. Each one has many different camo variations, allowing over 200 different possibilities!Next Update Target: November 10 We’re aiming to release the next update by November 10. For that date we’re preparing:The Cassino campaign remakeThe new camo system to be working on every vehicle in the game…
- V1.6.0: New campaign out, huge quality reworks, a ton of new uniforms and more! - 25 September 2025
Hi everyone!One of the biggest updates of the year is finally here! This update—and the next—will mark the start of a new level of quality for Easy Red 2.New Features: Added new overhauled Anzio campaign along with 15 missions (Cassino map will come in next update)Added new Polish & British Voice Actors/voicelinesAdded new Uniforms for the British forces (Pattern 1937 Greatcoat and Leather Jerkin for cold weather environments.) Added new grenades for UK and USSR (RPG 40, Gammon No.82, No.74 Sticky Bomb, Eihandgranate Mod.39, etc. )Added new map and vegetation assets (tree stump variants, more electrical poles, Italian wall variants and all the new props used in Anzio campaign.)Reworked Panzerfaust variants, reworked panzerfaust equip & added new throw away animationsAdded MAB 38-42Added new complex camouflage system with automatic environment adaptation systemFully reworked German helme…
- V1.5.6: General quality and performance improvements - 14 August 2025
Hi everyone! We have a quick, smaller update this time around while we work on big things behind the scenes! Here's a summary of the most important changes on this latest version, then we'll get to a short preview of what we're working on. New Features: Added Bren MK1. Reworked Bren MK2. Added feature to cancel artillery fire radio call. AI will also cancel Artillery fire when necessary. Added new magnetic/sticky grenade system (for the moment used on the Japanese Type 99 Mine) Added crosshair size setting. Changes with vehicle MGs accuracy system. Fixes and Improvements: Important performance improvements. Improvements in TPS animations. Fixes with various weapons. Improvements with some textures. Improvements in map & mission balancing. Major fixes with localizations. Fixes with SBD Dauntless. Fixes with some props. Fixes with uniforms. Fixes with turret rotation sound. Many other sma…
- V1.5.5: Pacific campaign reworks, new vehicles, new customization options and.. - 29 July 2025
Hi everyone! There has been a very big update today. Three campaigns have been majorly remade, and another campaign reworked, with tons of other additions and improvements! First, let's run over the changelogs. New Features: Fully remade Kwajalein campaign. (Now Operation Flintlock) Fully remade Roi-Namur campaign. (Now Operation Flintlock) Fully reworked Makin campaign. Reworked Stalingrad campaign. Fully reworked Soviet uniforms. Added much more variation and historical accuracy, with variants ranging from OBR35 to OBR41 along with winter coat variants. Added new system to customize gameplay parameters and difficulty values in campaign menu (more in this post). Fully reworked Arisaka rifles, also adding an early war version of the Type 38 for the Shanghai-Nanking DLC as well as adding the Type 38 carbine. New SDB Dauntless plane. New crosshair options. Added multplie new US marine uni…
- Reworked Bastogne campaign, new Italian vehicles, new animations and more! - 1 July 2025
Hello all and happy July! Let's get right into the changes for this last update. A major campaign rework has occurred, and very soon enough even bigger remakes and reworks are to come! Added Features: Fully reworked Battle of the Bulge campaign. The map has been given greater detail, all missions rebalanced, and 3 new missions added for the German offensive. Historically accurate vehicles have been added, such as the M8 Greyhound, M36 Jackson, Sd.Kfz 250, Sd.Kfz 222, and more! Added a new Vote Kick system. Type 95 Ha-Go and Type 4 Ke-Nu tanks reworked. Reworked Italian tanks with many new variants. Added CV33, CV35 and AB41 Italian vehicles with variants. Most can be found on Kos and in Tunisia now! Added new Japanese Type 3 AT grenade. Reworked explosion damage system. Reworked Carcano (all variants), Type 96, Sig20, Smith & Wesson revolver animations. Reworked idle relaxed animations.…
- AI Improvements, Amphibious Vehicles, Strategic Bombers, and More! - 3 June 2025
Hello again everyone, First off, as usual here's all the changes we performed in the most recent update. This time it took longer than usual, but the increase in the amount of features included in this update are to be seen for yourself! Added Features: Heavy changes in AI in order to make them spread out more, advance more tactically, spend more time prone when under suppression, react more intelligently to nearby enemies, better choose their target, and better handle close quarter combat situations. While most of those changes apply to infantry units, some also applies to vehicle AI. Added new Amphibious system to multiple vehicles in game. Added LVT2, LVT4, LVTa1 and LVTa4. Added new Strategic Bomber system, with dedicated AI, bomb sight and gameplay. Added Japanese G3M bomber (but we will also include more bombers later on). Added long range time-fuse AA Flak shells to target high a…
