• Welcome to the Vanguard Community

    These forums date back to the game's origins as the Crysis mod Traction Wars. Over the years the game and internet habits have evolved and discord.gg/vanguardww2 is now the principle home of the community.

    The team continue to read and reply to posts here, but we can be contacted more quickly on Discord.

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  1. General Naga

    Dev Blog #14: Eurogamer Expo 2013

    The Eurogamer Expo in London is one of the UK's biggest gaming events. Upcoming, old, AAA and indie games fill up Earl's Court for four days of promotion and public gaming. The weekend also saw another special event happen; three Traction Wars developers met in person the first time. As you're...
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    Colouring Competition (Voting)

    Good news everyone! I recently found out about a little competition an artist by the name of Carl Riley was running over on Deviant-Art as a bit of fun. Sadly I only found out about it when it was too late otherwise I'd have posted it earlier in case anyone wanted to compete (the prize was a...
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    Dev Blog #13: From High to Low

    Hello everyone, I'm [TWDEV] Franky and I'm an artist on the Traction Wars team. Today I would like to share some of my most recent work with you. A German machine gun, namely the MG34. In the following images, you can take a look at the high poly model. [/URL]
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    News Update #37: Korytarz Śmierci

    Last week's update of the voice artist teaser video also featured new, original music forming part of the ever growing Traction Wars Original Soundtrack. Though the music itself fits the tense action of a Cromwell crew fighting off a deadly German Panzer, it is also a small extract from a...
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    News Update #36: Roast Me a Kipper

    Following last week's update of the Enfield Weapon Preview we are pleased to present something a bit different. A teasing taster of some of the voices being brought to life by recently joined team member [TWCON] ScheifferBates. Firstly though an important disclaimer; this voice acting teaser...
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    News Update #35: Enfield No.4 Mk I Weapon Preview

    Following last week's update "By Public Demand" we would like to present a short preview of the Lee Enfield No.4 Mk I rifle modelled and textured by [TWDEV] volcol, animated by [TWDEV] chad509 and with sound effects made by [TWDEV] Calgoblin. Interested in joining the team? The...
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    Community Newsletter #3: Battalion Strength

    2013 has already turned into an exciting year for Traction Wars. Modellers are modelling, animators animating, coders coding, mappers mapping, researchers researching and sound artists, well doing whatever they do. We've welcomed 7 new developers to our team including most recently Strayferret...
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    News Update #34: By Public Demand

    Following last week's update "A Touch of British Class (Part 2)" we would like to introduce, at the request of the community, the British 2" Mortar. Modelled by [TWDEV] Strayferret & textured by [TWDEV] brrr. [/URL]
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    Firefly Online

    Well this is unexpected... but shiny :) Fox has announced a Firefly universe MMORPG style game. Only coming to iOS and Andriod for the moment so I'm not holding my breath for it becoming the new EVE Online. Firefly-Inspired Video Game Announced - IGN NEWS - IGN Video
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    News Update #33: A Touch of British Class (Part 2)

    Following last week's update "The Calm" we would like to introduce the other half of the British infantry squad. In Part 1 we saw the 3 main roles within the squad: Squad Leader, Rifleman, and Bren Gunner. Today we are going to see three more specialized squad roles. The Assault Gunner...
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    News Update #32: The Calm

    Following our last update "A Touch of British Class (Part 1)" we thought for variety we would give you all a little teaser at one of the maps which will be released with Chapter One: OVERLORD. We will leave the details a little mystery for the moment and leave you all guessing. We can...
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    News Update #31: A Touch of British Class (Part 1)

    Following last week's update "A Coveted Trophy" we would like to introduce three of the British classes that will be featured in the game. The British squad in World War 2 was an evolution of squad tactics taken from experience during the later stages of the First World War. It consisted of...
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    News Update #30: A Coveted Trophy

    Following our last update "OVERLORD" we this time are taking a look at one of the most famous of the German weapons of WWII. The Luger P08. Modelled and textured by [TWDEV] Sir Apple. The Luger is one of the most iconic firearms in history, and is the definitive pistol of the Imperial and Nazi...
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    News Update #29: Overlord

    Today on the 69th anniversary of the Normandy landings we present the first proper look at our British infantry who landed on Sword, Gold and Juno beaches. We also look at the staple firearm of the German army at this time, the Mauser Kar98k. The K98k rifle was the last in a long line of...
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    Old Faithful

    Following the music and atmospheric character shot in our last update we present a little teaser for a weapon which has a special place in many hearts; the Lee Enfield No.4 rifle. Modelled and textured by [TWDEV] volcol. [/URL]
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    News Update #28: Faire La Guerre

    The past few weeks have been exceptionally busy time for the team so we must first apologise for the interruption in our series of weapon previews. They will return in the near future but in the meantime we firstly would like to share a new atmospheric in-game concept featuring a British...
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    Sten-talising taster

    Continuing on the theme of the past couple of weeks we present another little sten-talising taster; the Sten Mk.II by [TWDEV] brrr. [/URL]
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    News Update #27: Webley Mk.IV Weapon Preview

    Following our little teaser last week we present a short preview of the Webley Mk.IV revolver modelled and textured by [TWDEV] volcol, animated by [TWDEV] chad509 and with sound effects from our most recent team members [TWCON] EAR. You can see some more of their work on the website. For...
  19. General Naga

    Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon

    In what most (including me) thought was an April Fool joke Ubisoft more details have emerged about the upcoming FC3 expansion Blood Dragon. http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2013/04/screenlg7jpg-e21764.jpg http://www.ign.com/videos/2013/04/01/far-cry-3-goes-retro Personally I...
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    Aperitif

    Following on from our preview of the Bren Mk.II earlier in the week we present another little apéritif; the Webley Mk.IV Revolver by [TWDEV] volcol. [/URL]
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