Tank Battle: East Front Steam news

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• Review score71% positive
• Total reviews34
• Release dateMar 31, 2017
• DeveloperHexWar Games
• PublisherHunted Cow Games

Genres: Strategy

Company pages: Developer: HexWar GamesPublisher: Hunted Cow Games

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Tank Battle: East Front Steam news

Tank Battle: East Front news collects recent Steam feed items, update posts, and announcements that SteamPulse can associate with this app.

Latest Steam announcements

• Game Update v6.3.2 - 3 September 2026

  Mission fix Undisclosed Escort: The mission now ends as soon as the officer reaches the second control point. Fixes The centre button on the briefing, results and settings screens now sits in its own plate, matching the corner buttons. The game now starts correctly on a Windows PC without the Microsoft runtime libraries installed.

• Game Update v6.1.0 - 18 August 2026

  Version 6.1.0 brings efficiency and reliability improvements to the East Front battlefields. Optimised memory use while loading animated units and map graphics. Improved stability when leaving scenarios and shutting down the game.

• Game Update v6.0.0 - 10 August 2026

  The CampaignsEvery mission across the campaigns has been reviewed and rebalanced.Seventeen missions had reinforcements or objectives that did not behave as intended. They now arrive, and update, when they should.Several victory conditions asked you to take control points the mission never opened a route to. Those objectives are now reachable.Computer Opponent ImprovementsThe computer opponent has been improved and will contest ground it previously gave up.Know Your UnitsThe Help menu now carries a Unit Library covering every vehicle, gun and infantry type in the game.Each entry gives armour from the front, flank and rear, along with movement, weapons and score value, so you can weigh a matchup before you commit to it.Around The InterfaceThe settings screens are cleaner and easier to read.Vehicles and artillery can now move through barbed wire.Also FixedA crash that could occur when quit…

• Game Update v5.1.0 - 1 November 2024

  We've just updated the game to the latest version of the HexWar Engine. This includes various bug fixes and performance improvements!

• Tank Battle: East Front update v3.1.5 - 20 November 2022

  Changes TB EF 3.1.5 Fix: Some issues displaying the misson objective list during some missions. Update: Play balance in the '88' mission. Update: Play balance in the 'Against the Odds' mission. Update: Play balance in the 'Airfield Assault' mission. Update: Play balance in the 'Bridgehead' mission. Update: Play balance in the 'Bridge Run' mission. Update: Play balance in the 'Coastal Crisis' mission. Update: Play balance in the 'Counter Assault' mission. Update: Play balance in the 'Death from Above' mission. Update: Play balance in the 'Dominance' mission. Update: Play balance in the 'Fight or Flight' mission. Update: Play balance in the 'Forest Frolic' mission. Update: Play balance in the 'Gambit' mission. Update: Play balance in the 'General Destruction' mission. Update: Play balance in the 'Hillside Clash' mission. Update: Play balance in the 'Hold the line' mission. Update: Play ba…

• Tank Battle: East Front - update version 3.1.4 - 22 July 2022

  Change: Increase the time on-map messages remain visible. Fix: Some victory conditions issues in the 'Intelligence Gathering' mission.

• Tank Battle: East Front - update version 3.1.3 - 12 July 2022

  Fix: Some victory conditions issues in the 'Advance' mission. Fix: Some victory conditions issues in the 'Intelligence Gathering' mission. Improve: Some destroyed emplacement images in the 'Airfield Defence' mission. Improve: Some destroyed emplacement images in the 'Massed Charge' mission. Update: Play balance in the 'Assault' mission. Update: Play balance in the 'Airfield Defence' mission. Update: Play balance in the 'Massed Charge' mission.

• Tank Battle: East Front version 3.1.1 update - 3 June 2022

  TBEF 3.1.1 Change: Some improvements to the main map display. Change: The tree density on some maps. Fix: Some reinforcements were not arriving as planned in the 'Confusion' mission. Fix: Some supply dumps images had the wrong side. Fix: Some terrain was not providing cover against shooting, as per the terrain effects chart. Fix: Some woodland hexes were incorrectly allowing units to pass through them in a single movement action. Fix: The 'Fightback' mission would sometimes not end. Update: Play balance in the 'Confusion' mission. Update: Play balance in the 'Rail delays' mission. Update: Play balance in the 'River rush' mission. Update: Play balance in the 'Supply lines' mission. Update: Play balance in the 'T-34s Advance!' mission. Update: Play balance in the 'Take and Hold' mission. Update: Play balance in the 'Supply and Demand' mission. Update: Play balance in the 'Thin Red Line' m…

• Tank Battle: East Front - version 3.0.6 update - 12 November 2021

  Fix: An issue unlocking the bonus 'First Strike!' Campaign. Fix: Some spelling errors.

• Tank Battle: East Front - version 3.0.5 update - 11 November 2021

  Change: The Bonus Panzers East Campaign is now available to all players without any need for email registration.

• Tank Battle: East Front - version 3.0.4 update - 7 November 2021

  Fix: Some issues attacking with tanks with a primary hull mounted weapon as well as a turret weapon Fix: Sometimes the 'River Rush' mission would not end. There is now a 30 game turn limit. Update: Some mission objective descriptions.

• Tank Battle: East Front - version 3.0.2 update - 3 November 2021

  Fix: Issue of an aircraft image sometimes appearing after selecting off board artillery. Fix: Some button alignment issues. Fix: Some spelling errors.

• Tank Battle: East Front version 3.0.1 update - 13 October 2021

  Fix: Some sound effects not playing following the last update.

• Tank Battle: East Front v3.0.0 Update - 19 September 2021

  Add: Support for the Metal graphics system on all Apple devices, improving graphics performance. Add: Weapon animations. Change: Reduction in the download size. Change: Improved: computer player A.I. Change: Game balance of the 'Supply and Demand' scenario. Change: Fix: Incorrect fonts showing for some button text. Fix: Some projectile animations not displaying. Fix: Some screen layout issues. Fix: Missing some mount/dismount buttons.

• Update - 18 June 2018

  Fixed an issue with 1941 campaign, Attack, Intelligence Gathering Scenario not ending. Any issues let us know at [email protected]

• Update - 29 May 2018

  Fixed an issue with Katukov's Assault in the Downfall Campaign 1945 which was causing the mission to end early. Any issues let us know at [email protected]

• Achievements - 8 May 2018

  Achievements are now live.

• Added 10 new 8 mission campaigns. - 22 January 2018

  1941 Campaigns: Desperate Defence and Attack. 1942 Campaigns: At all Costs and Onslaught. 1943 Campaigns: Evolution and Push Back. 1944 Campaigns: Onslaught and Red Anvil. 1945 Campaigns: Downfall and Last Stand.

• Added 10 new 8 mission campaigns. - 22 January 2018

  1941 Campaigns: Desperate Defence and Attack. 1942 Campaigns: At all Costs and Onslaught. 1943 Campaigns: Evolution and Push Back. 1944 Campaigns: Onslaught and Red Anvil. 1945 Campaigns: Downfall and Last Stand.

• Tank Battle: Normandy released! - 9 June 2017

  Tank Battle: Normandy is now available on Steam. http://store.steampowered.com/app/374940

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