Easy Red 2 — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| [2.0.5] New Vehicles, Reworked Ballistic & other Systems, Hungary DLC Progress! | 2026-04-28 | Hello again!This update has tons of important fixes, as well as many important improvements to the game on all fronts! Brace yourselves for these changelogs — a lot has been accomplished over the past two months.New update development took slightly longer than usual, mainly due to ongoing work on the upcoming Hungary DLC, but the result is a very substantial update!New Features: Vehicles:Reworked M3 Half-Track and added multiple new M3 Half-Tracks variants (including existing ones):M3 Half-TrackM3 Half-Track (Cover)M3 7.5cm GMCM15 Half-Track CGMC AA GunM35 Quad-mount AA GunM3A1 Half-TrackM3A1 Half-Track (Cover)3xM2 BrowningReworked Bf-109 and |
| [2.0.4] Reworks, Polishes, & New Hungary Previews: King Tiger and more! | 2026-02-22 | Hello again!This update is primarily spent polishing a ton of game features and fixing some of the most commonly reported issues. New Features: Improved terrain snow shaderGeneral UI and icon updatesImproved UI text hint styleAdded new “Final Phase” warningNew ammo pickup system allowing squadmates to share compatible ammunition. This allows for example British infantry to carry ammo for the Bren gunner, just like it was in WW2Reworked hit registration system with more accurate hitmarker and penetration feedbackReworked medical treatment system: now requires analysis of injury to know how to save patientImproved various cannon firing animatio |
| [2.0.3] Southern Tunisia, Better Performance, New Vehicles, Animations & More! | 2026-01-22 | Hello again everyone!This is a very important patch introducing a whole new full-length campaign, adding new content, and fixing various issues of previous patches.New Features: New campaign - Tunisia: Southern Operations.Expanded on in its own section below.Vehicle AdditionsAdded Anti Air Crusader Tanks:Crusader III AA Mk. I Crusader III AA Mk. IIAdded SPA-Viberti AS-42 and Variants (each comes with an armed variant):AS42 MetropolitanaAS42 SaharianaWeapon Additions:Added Browning M1919A4 with iprovized carrying handle for early-to-late war US campaigns.Added yellow American Mk. II grenade for early war US campaigns.Added many new bayonets, a |
| [2.0.2] New Universal Carrier + Many Small Fixes and Improvements | 2026-01-08 | Hi everyone!This is a small but important patch to fix some issues raised with 2.0.1 update.New Features: Now custom squads uses the first magazine in the inventory as loaded magazine on spawn.Reworked Universal Carrier + added multiple new variants.New Variants:Bren Carrier (100rnd) - Equipped with 100 round drum magazine.Universal Carrier (Vickers) - Equipped with Vickers MG.Universal Carrier 'Wasp' Flamethrower - Equipped with flamethrower.Added Crusader III AA Mk. II \Added new "doubled" sandbag models. \Uniforms and Gear Added:German Afrika Korps uniform w/Zeltbahn (2 variants: one with gaiters and one without).Radio variants of various |
| [2.0.1] New & Reworked Uniforms & Vehicles, new Map Editor, Hungary PVs & more! | 2025-12-30 | Hi everyone!The holiday season is coming to an end, and we hope yours was great. While we're nearing the release of the Southern Tunisia Campaign, here's an update packed with a ton of quality of life updates, reworks, and brand new additions to polish the Easy Red experience as we go into 2026!New Features: Uniforms and Gear:Fully reworked British infantry uniforms and vests along with many new variants.Uniforms added:UK Austerity Uniform (closed, open, scarf variants).UK Battledress Uniform (closed, open, scarf, jerkin).UK KD (Khaki Drill) Uniform (Used in North Africa).Intermixed variants with battledress top, KD shorts, KD pants, KD top.M |
| 📅 Easy Red 2 - New Roadmap for Late 2025 to Mid 2026 🗺️ | 2025-11-10 | Hello again, Easy Red 2 army!It's that time of year again—the time of year where we share our newest roadmap, laying out the planned path ahead for Easy Red 2 from late 2025 to mid-late 2026.As you know, this year we practically re-made most of the game to be bigger and better than ever, and unfortunately because of that we missed out on Southern Tunisia this go-around. Don't worry, it's still coming!As always, going into 2026 we're looking to make the game even bigger and even better than ever! New roadmap:Starting from today, here's what we plan to work on! ✨ Major Planned New Features ✨South Tunisia: Mareth Line and Kasserine Pass1944/45 H |
| Major 2.0 Update | 2025-11-10 | Hello again everyone!Today marks the 5th anniversary of Easy Red 2 on Steam, and to celebrate, we’re releasing a massive update! This update concludes a series of improvements that have pushed the game forward in a big way over the past few months.We’re also introducing a brand-new campaign — a complete remake of the old Cassino, previously set as a segment in the old Anzio campaign. New Features: Complete FPS animation system rework. Reworked TPS vehicle driving camera for smoother gameplay.Added Cassino campaign, with 15 missions total.Added Gebirgsjäger units with uniforms and strapless gear.Added Gewehr 33/40 rifle.Added India and Gurkha |
| V1.6.1: Many new tank models & important bug fixes | 2025-10-04 | Hi everyone!On the way to the November 10th Update, we fixed some urgent bugs, and took the opportunity to add the newly reworked Sherman models.New Features: Added over 24 reworked Sherman models, each with 10+ camo and marking variants.Reworked M10 Wolverine/Achilles textures & camo (full rework coming soon)Fixes and Improvements:Improved Cinematic Camera controls.Fixed a bug with DUKW and other floating vehicles when driving them in Multiplayer.Various other smaller bug fixesReworked Sherman tanksHere's a look into most reworked Sherman tank models, and some of the camos that are now available. Each one has many different camo variations, |
| V1.6.0: New campaign out, huge quality reworks, a ton of new uniforms and more! | 2025-09-25 | Hi everyone!One of the biggest updates of the year is finally here! This update—and the next—will mark the start of a new level of quality for Easy Red 2.New Features: Added new overhauled Anzio campaign along with 15 missions (Cassino map will come in next update)Added new Polish & British Voice Actors/voicelinesAdded new Uniforms for the British forces (Pattern 1937 Greatcoat and Leather Jerkin for cold weather environments.) Added new grenades for UK and USSR (RPG 40, Gammon No.82, No.74 Sticky Bomb, Eihandgranate Mod.39, etc. )Added new map and vegetation assets (tree stump variants, more electrical poles, Italian wall variants and all th |
| V1.5.6: General quality and performance improvements | 2025-08-14 | Hi everyone! We have a quick, smaller update this time around while we work on big things behind the scenes! Here's a summary of the most important changes on this latest version, then we'll get to a short preview of what we're working on. New Features: Added Bren MK1. Reworked Bren MK2. Added feature to cancel artillery fire radio call. AI will also cancel Artillery fire when necessary. Added new magnetic/sticky grenade system (for the moment used on the Japanese Type 99 Mine) Added crosshair size setting. Changes with vehicle MGs accuracy system. Fixes and Improvements: Important performance improvements. Improvements in TPS animations. Fix |
| V1.5.5: Pacific campaign reworks, new vehicles, new customization options and.. | 2025-07-29 | Hi everyone! There has been a very big update today. Three campaigns have been majorly remade, and another campaign reworked, with tons of other additions and improvements! First, let's run over the changelogs. New Features: Fully remade Kwajalein campaign. (Now Operation Flintlock) Fully remade Roi-Namur campaign. (Now Operation Flintlock) Fully reworked Makin campaign. Reworked Stalingrad campaign. Fully reworked Soviet uniforms. Added much more variation and historical accuracy, with variants ranging from OBR35 to OBR41 along with winter coat variants. Added new system to customize gameplay parameters and difficulty values in campaign menu |
| Reworked Bastogne campaign, new Italian vehicles, new animations and more! | 2025-07-01 | Hello all and happy July! Let's get right into the changes for this last update. A major campaign rework has occurred, and very soon enough even bigger remakes and reworks are to come! Added Features: Fully reworked Battle of the Bulge campaign. The map has been given greater detail, all missions rebalanced, and 3 new missions added for the German offensive. Historically accurate vehicles have been added, such as the M8 Greyhound, M36 Jackson, Sd.Kfz 250, Sd.Kfz 222, and more! Added a new Vote Kick system. Type 95 Ha-Go and Type 4 Ke-Nu tanks reworked. Reworked Italian tanks with many new variants. Added CV33, CV35 and AB41 Italian vehicles w |
| AI Improvements, Amphibious Vehicles, Strategic Bombers, and More! | 2025-06-03 | Hello again everyone, First off, as usual here's all the changes we performed in the most recent update. This time it took longer than usual, but the increase in the amount of features included in this update are to be seen for yourself! Added Features: Heavy changes in AI in order to make them spread out more, advance more tactically, spend more time prone when under suppression, react more intelligently to nearby enemies, better choose their target, and better handle close quarter combat situations. While most of those changes apply to infantry units, some also applies to vehicle AI. Added new Amphibious system to multiple vehicles in game. |
| From AI Upgrades to Campaign Remakes, Here’s What’s Coming Soon! | 2025-05-09 | Hello again everyone, Summertime is here, and we have quite the big summer planned for Easy Red 2! We’ll touch briefly on our most immediate plans, starting with last week’s changelog from April 30th. Added Features: Early War Fallschirmjäger squad for Kos. Added a new early model FG-42 – the “FG-42/I” for early war scenarios. Reworked US helmets and added new variants. Added new US vest types. Added new US winter uniforms and reworked old coats. Added many new Fallschirmjäger uniforms with various variants based on location (Mediterranean, Africa, Europe). Reworked many Pacific palm trees and added destroyed variants. Added a few new vehicle |
| The Future of Easy Red 2 and our Considerations Going Forward | 2025-04-06 | Hello everyone, Recently we asked you what campaigns you wanted to see next in Easy Red 2. Here are the results of our latest poll. There are many interesting insights we can draw from these outcomes. Here is a brief recap of the poll: Most Requested Campaigns So to recap, after more than 3000 votes, the most requested campaigns were: Mid-Late War Chinese Campaign: 29.1% Non-WW2 Campaign: 24.7% (This includes in order: Korean War, Vietnam War and WW1) Spanish Civil War: 20% Berlin Invasion / Seelow: 18.3% Winter War: 18.1% Invasion of Poland: 14.9% Battle of Iwo Jima: 14.6% Our Considerations We have carefully analyzed the results, which ulti |
| Shanghai-Nanking Release, PS4/5 Release, and New Future Campaign Poll! | 2025-03-28 | Hello all! It’s a big day today. The newest DLC is out, the PlayStation 4/5 version is out, and the poll to decide the next campaign is now live! Let’s go over everything now. Shanghai - Nanking Campaign Our newest DLC, Easy Red 2: Shanghai-Nanking, is live right now to be purchased and played on Steam! It will take a few weeks to be released to Xbox and Nintendo Switch, and a few more weeks to be approved and released for PlayStation. Shanghai - Nanking takes you to China in 1937 during the beginning months of the Second Sino-Japanese War, from the war-torn streets of downtown Shanghai to the cold, dead fields of the former Chinese capital c |
| V1.5.0: New content & Upcoming PS4/PS5 version & Shanghai-Nanking DLC | 2025-03-23 | Hi everyone, We finally have a release date for the Shanghai-Nanking DLC and the PlayStation 4 / PlayStation 5 version, but first let's see what changes since last major update. Recent Changes New Features: • Added A5M-2 Japanese fighter plane. • Added SDKFZ 222 armored car with 7 camo variants. • Added 3,7cm Pak 36. • Added M1937 1-K AT gun. • Added M1937 19-K AT gun. • Added M1937 53-K AT gun. • Reworked C96 models. • Enfield rifles animations reworked. • M1911 animations reworked. • Reworked most of the radios • Added some new Face models. • Started reworking Fallschirmjäger uniforms. • New system to add locations in custom maps. • Finaliz |
| Live Dev Chat: Let's answer questions from the community! | 2025-03-02 | Hello everyone! Today we are going to do a Live Chat hosted by EndoSkull Gaming, where you can ask us some questions that we'll try to answer as deep as we can! Join us on Endo's channel! |
| V1.4.10: New scripting system, new content, Shanghai-Nanking DLC page ready! | 2025-02-25 | Hi everyone, In this post, we are sharing more news about the Shanghai-Nanking campaigns, the PlayStation release, and some new systems we are developing. But first, here are the changelogs for all the latest updates, including the most recent one just released: Recent Changes New Features: • Added a very early look of the Scripting system. • Added new Japanese uniform parts, including new helmet and cap variants. • Added German Smocks uniforms. • Added new German M40 and M43 caps with many variants. • Added P-40 plane. • Added Polikarpov I-16 plane. • Added KI-27 plane • Added Ki-43 plane. • Added Panzer I A tank. • Added T-26 tank. • Added |
| V1.4.9: New uniforms, gore improvements, Shanghai & PlayStation news and more! | 2025-02-04 | Hi everyone, Hi everyone, In this post, we are sharing more news about the Shanghai-Nanking campaigns, the PlayStation release, and some new systems we are developing. But first, here are the changelogs for all the latest updates, including the most recent one just released: Recent Changes New Features: • Added new German winter uniforms, including the German Parka and other new German uniforms. • Expanded the gore system with a new prototype feature. • New vehicle: Breda 37 static MG. • Added new Enfield No.4 Mk1 and No.1 Mk3 animations, allowing dynamic combinations of stripper clip and individual bullet reloads, as well as the ability to c |