European Warfare 2 opens another campaign front

Image credit: gexozoid / European Warfare 2 team / ModDB

Winning a battle in European Warfare 2 now means living with its consequences. The American Conquest: Fight Back conversion has introduced Conquest mode, beginning with a 20-turn Bohemia campaign between Prussia and Austria. Brigades move across a strategic map and carry their casualties and experience between real-time engagements across 50 battlefields.

Just as significant is the move to a 64-bit engine and Direct3D 11 rendering, which creator gexozoid says removes a memory ceiling that had constrained new content. The transition isn't painless: version 0.94 is labeled highly experimental, older 0.93 saves won't load, and multiplayer participants need matching versions. The previous release remains available for anyone not ready to migrate.