Moving Forward to Darkest Hour

[29thInfantry]

Greetings from the 29th ID,

In case you haven’t heard, the newest version of Darkest Hour: Europe ‘44-‘45 has just been released on Steam. As one of its largest communities, we’re happy to pronounce that it is the most realistic World War II first-person shooter on the market! Just as many other clans and units are beginning their transition to the game, I have come to offer the 29th Infantry Division’s support should you join these clans and units in moving forward.

For those of you who haven’t tried it yet, Darkest Hour consists of:

• Realistic Infantry Combat

• Realistic Tank Warfare

• Massive 200 sq. km. Levels

• Para-dropping/Airborne landings

• Various Transport Vehicles/APCs

• Squad-based Combat & Proximity-based Communication

• Live the D-Day Invasion of several beaches

• 64 Player Server Capacity

• Controllable Artillery Strikes

• Amazing Graphics

There’s so much more. The new mouth-watering trailer speaks for itself – definitely check it out. We’ve also put together a short page on our own elaborating on these features.

Darkest Hour is built on the game Red Orchestra, which is a similar game between the Soviet and German armies. Darkest Hour is free, but in order to play it, you must have Red Orchestra installed. Normally Red Orchestra costs fifteen dollars through Steam, but it is on sale until Monday 15 June to promote the release of DH.

That means that if you get RO before Monday, it will only be $4.99 – you can then download DH through Steam (it’s free). As far as I’m concerned, five bucks for two games is one hell of a deal. We made our transition a year ago during a $4.99 sale as well - Our members saved a lot of money this way.

Just as the 29th Infantry Division made the transition from Day of Defeat to Darkest Hour last August, we would like to invite your community to do the same. Of course there are significant hurdles in bringing an entire community to another game – we moved with over 130 members, so trust me we have been through all of them I would like to offer our support in helping your community counter these hurdles, whether they be questions, technical issues, adjusting to the game, or anything else we can help with.

As the largest unit in Darkest Hour, we hereby welcome your community to join us in the future of realistic gaming. Please reply with any questions and comments and I will do my best to answer them as quickly as I can.

So while it’s still on sale:

• Step 1. Watch the trailer: http://store.steampowered.com/app/900873/

• Step 2. Get Red Orchestra for $4.99: http://store.steampowered.com/app/1200/

• Step 3. Get Darkest Hour (free): http://store.steampowered.com/app/1280/

See you in Normandy!

Major Wilson

29th Infantry Division

116th Regiment, 1st Bn

Battalion Commander