June 6th 1944 and the Allied Invasion of Europe has begun. Storm the Normandy coast as the revered British Commandos, take and hold pivotal objectives in the elite 6th Airborne, or hold the line as the fierce German Wehrmacht in this tactical multiplayer shooter. Lead your team to victory by suppressing the enemy and using squad-based tactics to win the fight.

With its real-world battlefields and painstakingly recreated weapons, equipment and uniforms all rendered in the stunning CRYENGINE, Vanguard: Normandy 1944 challenges players to fight and secure historic WWII objectives during the most ferocious and intense battle of modern history: D-Day.

Vanguard: Normandy 1944 immerses players into the intensity of close-quarters infantry combat. In the Raid gamemode, every life matters; hold the line as the defenders, take up ambush positions with your squad, and critically stay alive to hold the objective. Alternatively, assault the objective as the attacking team by advancing with your squad, suppressing the enemy, and wiping out the defenders to capture the objective.

Indie developer Pathfinder Games has launched its World War II multiplayer shooter, Vanguard: Normandy 1944, on Steam Early Access.

Tom Dudley, Director/Founder of Pathfinder Games, said: “The very first thing which made CRYENGINE stand out for us was the photorealism, something that Crytek has been the leader in for well over ten years, and continues to this day. Having used other level editors, our Level Designer is a big fan of how quick, easy, and efficient it is to build large levels in the CRYENGINE sandbox.”

The development team’s passion for historical accuracy has been underpinned with extensive research and working closely with historians. Uniforms and equipment have been recreated to intense detail, weapon ballistics use accurate data corresponding to real-world behaviour, genuine audio recordings were used to model precise distance fall-offs with immersive 3D positioning, and levels based on historical locations have been recreated from maps, aerial photographs and site visits to ensure faithful representations of these hard-fought and bloodied battlefields that decisively turned the course of the war.

Can you succeed where the German Wehrmacht failed and hold the critical Pegasus Bridge, or will you employ alternative tactics to capture the hard-fought Merville Battery as the British Airborne? Vanguard will pit you against these very same scenarios faced nearly 75 years ago to deliver a tense, tactical and accessible multiplayer combat experience.

Key Features:

• HARDCORE TACTICAL COMBAT between the British and German infantry squads using realistically balanced player classes
• FIGHT ON REAL BATTLEFIELDS to hold and secure historic objectives fought on D-Day in the Raid game mode
• HISTORICALLY ACCURATE levels, uniforms, weapons and equipment to carefully recreate an authentic visual experience
• STUNNING GRAPHICS with environments, uniforms, weapons and equipment realistically rendered in CRYENGINE
• LEAD THE WAY by suppressing the enemy, fighting together as a squad and capturing the objective
• FIGHT AND SURVIVE under the unforgiving shock and suppression system