The ARVN be part of Rising Storm 2: Vietnam’s jungle rumble

It appears solely becoming that the announcement of a new playable faction in Antimatter/Tripwire’s historic team-shooter Rising Storm 2: Vietnam is accompanied by a sobering statistic; Over one million Vietnamese served within the ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) over the course of the battle, and over 1 / 4 of them died. On May 29th, you’ll get the prospect to wade into battle as them, armed with a group of hand-me-down US-made weaponry throughout 5 new maps.

The ARVN replace can be free for all homeowners of Rising Storm 2, and is including a reasonably vital chunk of content material to the sport. The ARVN faction, being US-trained and equipped, are armed with a grab-bag of older American gear, principally surplus World War 2 period {hardware}. Here’s what you’ll get to shoot wildly into the tree-line later this month:

M1 Garand
M1D Garand Sniper Rifle
Thompson M1A1 SMG
M1918A2 Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR)
M1919A6 .30-cal Browning LMG

You’ll additionally get to fly the Douglas A-1 Skyraider, a single-prop floor assault aircraft which was designed throughout World War 2, however its first manufacturing fashions rolled out a 12 months late to the occasion.

The replace may even embrace 5 new battlefields. Two from Tripwire themselves, and three winners from their latest modding contest. The in-house maps are Quang Tri, a daytime supremacy map that includes ARVN troops and US helicopter pilots combating NVA main-line forces. A Sau is a nightime map with the ARVN enjoying a defensive position towards a hard-to-spot pressure. Flares are really helpful to light up the realm you’re capturing at.

The neighborhood maps embrace Firebase Georgina, through which NVA troops storm a US strongpoint. Borderwatch options Australian forces attacking by the jungle to carry down a hidden NLF base, and the ultimate map – Resort – has US helicopter-borne Marines making an attempt to clear Viet Cong guerilla forces out of a scenic seaside resort. If you’re going to die horribly and pointlessly, it could as properly be someplace fairly, I assume.

Rising Storm 2 is presently accessible for $10 (together with six different video games) within the hideously named Humble War Gamez bundle.