And a new weapon was added in, the MG-42 German machine gun. And 2 new tanks, being the Soviet T-70 Light tank and the German Panzer III Medium tank. adding in 2 new maps, Kobura and Tula outskirts.

In September 2014, the Armored Assault free content update was released. In November 2014, a new free content update was released, featuring 1 new map, and changes to some other maps. On September 26, 2013, the Island assault content pack was added, bring with it a multiplayer campaign previously seen in Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad.

Rising Storm also comes with all multiplayer content from Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad. The game takes the player around the Pacific with maps varying from the Battle of Peleliu, with a desert-island type environment, to the Battle of Saipan at Charan Kanoa, an urban environment, to the Battle of Iwo Jima and the like. Army, the Imperial Japanese Army, and the Special Naval Landing Forces. Rising Storm features four playable factions, including the United States Marine Corps, the U.S. To balance the teams out, the Japanese are given the Knee Mortar, along with the ability to plant grenades as booby traps, and being able to launch Banzai charges at the Americans, which in turn deals suppression onto the Americans while the Japanese suffer less from suppression themselves. Gameplay has been described by Tripwire as asymmetrical, due to the Japanese having inferior weaponry to the Americans to maintain historical accuracy. Rising Storm brings in a whole new arsenal of weapons, that relate to the American and Japanese weaponry used in the Pacific Theater, such as the M1 Garand and the Type 38 rifle. All of the core gameplay mechanics from Red Orchestra 2 are present, such as the cover system and bullet drop. Rising Storm is a realistic first person shooter.

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