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The Nuclear Dawn beta phase will end on the 25th and the game will be officially released.
The EU ND Division will have a celebratory ND releasefest at 20:00 CET / 14:00 EST or 11:00 if you live on NA West coast.

Everyone is welcome to pop in for some gaming fun or just a chat!

Post Apocalyptic Warfare, Frantic FPS Action, Intense RTS management, Awesome Teamwork, combine all this and you get the game Nuclear Dawn.

In development by InterWave Studios and built on the Source engine, Nuclear Dawn features a full RTS-experience next to an expansive team play oriented FPS with asymmetrical factions.

As a lowlife peon on the field you can choose out of 4 very distinct classes:

• Exo; As close to a tank as a simple infantry unit can get, the Exo uses heavy weaponry to put either enemy infantry through the meat grinder or let enemy buildings meet annihilation.
• Stealth; Being the sneaky rat a true Stealth player is and having access to a cloaking device, you'll either be sneaking up to your enemies to stab them in the back, using your fast movement speed or you'll cowardly stay in the back and put a bullet into your enemy from long ranges.
• Assault; The ultimate sneaky rat determent, the Assault class has a thermal visor that allows them to see enemy Stealths, even when they are cloaked. Combined with a broad range of weapons to select from, the Assault is a force to be reckoned with.
• Support; In case you care much for the well-being of your teammates or for the health of your buildings, Support is the class you want to be. With the choice from a medic layout or an engineer layout you'll be sure to be able to patch up something. Not to mention the flamethrower that can melt anything in it's path.

As the commander you get access to pretty much everything you're used to from a RTS game.

You'll have buildings to build, resources to spend on said buildings, energy to distribute to make the buildings work, upgrades to research and teammates to command.

Do keep in mind though that those awesome teammates you're supposed to command might not act like you're used to from your typical RTS, something called "free will" tends to have that effect on grunts.

That doesn't mean you shouldn't be supporting those grunts with your turrets, supply points and forward spawns, because you're relying on the common foot soldier to get your steady stream of resources to spend.

For more info on this, there is a very handy video that explains the main game mode.

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For more info you can head to the official website, which has more detailed info on the game, including a fact-sheet with a good overview of the game.

Another option is of course to head straight over to the Steam store page, where you can pre-order the game and get access to the beta that is running right now.

The official release is currently set for the 25th of September.

For further questions you can go to either Ekis or Corpse and your questions will be answered the best they can. Transfer request are always welcome too of course ;)

Nuclear Dawn is now open for business!

Newly appointed positions in the Nuclear Dawn Division:

• Ekis SO
• Corpse DI

Both of these fine gentlemen are from the EU side of ND.