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Tannenberg
Developer(s)	M2H BlackMill Games
Publisher(s)	M2H BlackMill Games
Engine	Unity
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows OS X Linux PlayStation 4 Xbox One
Release	Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux WW: February 13, 2019 PlayStation 4, Xbox One WW: July 24, 2020
Genre(s)	First-person shooter

Tannenberg is a squad-based multiplayer first-person shooter video game set during World War I. It is a sequel to Verdun, and entered Steam Early Access in November 2017, followed by its full release on February 13, 2019. It was released on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on July 24, 2020.

Tannenberg is inspired by the 1914 Battle of Tannenberg in East Prussia. The game includes historically accurate World War I weapons, authentic uniforms and equipment, detailed injury and gore modeling, and maps based on the real battlefields of the Eastern Front.

The game runs on the Unity engine and was developed by independent studios M2H and BlackMill Games.

Gameplay

Tannenberg is a squad based game set on the Eastern Front of World War I that can be played with up to 64 players (40 players on consoles). There are 3 game modes in Tannenberg: Maneuver, Attrition Warfare and Rifle Deathmatch. In April 2019 a temporary 'Wolf Truce' feature was added to the Maneuver game mode, based on historical reports of armies calling truces to fight wolves. During this event, packs of wolves would sometimes enter the battlefield and attack players. Players would then be able to conduct a truce while wolves were present, or they could break the truce and continue fighting normally. Additionally, a 'Film Memoir' visual mode was added which switches the game's art and user interface to black and white, while adding a film grain effect. Another console update in December 2020 added cross-platform play between Xbox and PlayStation for Verdun and Tannenberg. The game is said to be evidently accurate to the real war to quite an extent.

Game modes

Maneuver

In the Maneuver game mode, players join either the Entente or the Central Powers. After choosing a squad type and role within the squad, players join the battle where they have to capture sectors. Holding sectors provides control points (more or less depending on the value of the sector) and the team with the most control points will drain the other side's resources. The game ends when one team runs out of resources, when either team's HQ sector is captured, or when the match time runs out. Some sectors provide accelerated reloading abilities for NCOs, such as calling reconnaissance aircraft and artillery strikes. Supply lines are represented by requiring sectors to be connected to a team's HQ sector before that team can capture it.

Attrition Warfare

Attrition Warfare is a variant of a team deathmatch battle. Each team, the Entente and the Central Powers, start with a number of tickets. These represent the amount of manpower that each side has at its disposal. Every time a player is killed and respawns, a ticket is deducted from the side he belongs to. The goal of the game is to diminish the opposing side's tickets before losing all the tickets on player's side, because a player cannot respawn if there are no more tickets.

Rifle Deathmatch

In Rifle Deathmatch, players fight in a free for all battle, armed only with one of the rifles and add-ons they can choose from when joining the game. This is a skill-based game-mode, where marksmanship and tactical cunning are rewarded. Players can earn experience and Career Points by killing other players, and with the Career Points can level up their rifles, gaining extra accessories for it, such as a bayonet.

Audio

Niels van der Leest was the audio director for Tannenberg.

Reception

A Rock, Paper, Shotgun website gave a positive opinion to the Early Access version, saying that the game serves as a contrast to the "bombastic" and "spectacular" war games, with quiet, everyday tragedies. The reviewer described Tannenberg as an improvement compared to Verdun, but also less unique.

Sequel

A sequel to Tannenberg, Isonzo, takes players to the Italian Front during WWI. Released on September 13, 2022, Isonzo offers a team-based multiplayer experience with historically accurate weapons, uniforms, and maps based on the Southern Front's real battlefields. Developed by BlackMill Games, Isonzo allows for up to 48 players per team on PC and 40 on consoles. AI bot support is also included.

References

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3. "World War I FPS Tannenberg is now on Early Access". pcgamer.com. 16 November 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
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5. "WW1 FPS Tannenberg Primed and Ready to Come Out From Early Access". gamewatcher.com. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
6. Reuben, Nic (13 February 2019). "Tannenberg, WWI followup to Verdun, leaves early access today". rockpapershotgun.com. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
7. "Tannenberg is coming to PS4 and Xbox One later this year". vg247.com. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
8. "Tannenberg Continues the WW1 Game Series on Xbox One". trueachievements.com. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
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11. O'Connor, Alice (12 April 2019). "Tannenberg calls a truce to fight the real enemy: wolves". rockpapershotgun.com. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
12. "Kill wolves instead of people in Tannenberg's new Wolf Truce event". pcgamer.com. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
13. "WWI SHOOTERS VERDUN AND TANNENBERG GET FILM MEMOIR BLACK AND WHITE MODE". gamewatcher.com. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
14. Leest, Niels (8 August 2021). "Niels van der Leest - Founder - Game Audio Squad | LinkedIn". LinkedIn. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
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20. Gerblick, Jordan (25 March 2021). "WW1 Isonzo is a historical multiplayer FPS coming to PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC in 2021". GamesRadar+. Archived from the original on 27 December 2022.
21. Newhouse, Alex (19 May 2021). "Check Out New Screenshots And Details For WWI Shooter Isonzo". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 7 September 2022.
22. McCaffrey, Ryan (24 March 2021). "WW1 Verdun Follow-Up Isonzo Announced for PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, and Xbox One". IGN. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
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External links

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• Developer website for M2H
• Developer website for BlackMill Games

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