Blitzkrieg Anthology

Blitzkrieg Anthology

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Add-ons in this anthology and how to play them
By KDD!^putler kaputt 26/93
The store page promises at least four titles: Blitzkrieg; Rolling Thunder; Burning Horizon; Iron Division. But when you install the game you can access only the base game and RT+ BH add-on. Wait, what even the hell is Iron Division? Let's find out!
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2003.III.28 — Блицкриг [Blitzkrieg]
The original game is made by Nival and published by 1С. In the west it was published by cdv.

To play the original game press [►Play] button and choose "Play Blitzkrieg Anthology".


2003.V.20 — Total Challenge - Neue Missionen für Blitzkrieg [Блицкриг. Смертельная схватка]
A deutsche company INtex Publishing GmbH & Co. KG found a loophole to make Blitzkrieg add-ons without licensing. Nival tried to sue them but their legal team was weaker, so they decided to settle, by exchanging the rights. That's how it ended up being published in CIS by 1С.

To play Blitzkrieg: Total Challenge press [⚙️] > Properties > General > Language and choose "russian". Press [►Play] button and choose "Play Blitzkrieg Anthology". Inside the game press [Опции] > [Подключение модификаций] > [INtex 1]. If it was successful the right bottom corner will say INtex1 in orange text. [Назад] > [Новая игра] > [Дополнения] > [Дополнительные миссии]. Now you can play the 25 additional missions from Blitzkrieg: Total Challenge.

2003.XII.3 — Total Challenge II: Das Add-On zu Blitzkrieg [Блицкриг: Смертельная схватка 2]
A deutsche company INtex Publishing GmbH & Co. KG found a loophole to make Blitzkrieg add-ons without licensing. Nival tried to sue them but their legal team was weaker, so they decided to settle, by exchanging the rights. That's how it ended up being published in CIS by 1С.

To play Total Challenge II: Das Add-On zu Blitzkrieg press [⚙️] > Properties > General > Language and choose "russian". Press [►Play] button and choose "Play Blitzkrieg Anthology". Inside the game press [Опции] > [Подключение модификаций] > [Total Challenge 2]. If it was successful the right bottom corner will say Total Challenge2 in orange text. [Назад] > [Новая игра] > [Дополнения] > [Дополнительные миссии]. Now you can play the 25 additional missions from Total Challenge II: Das Add-On zu Blitzkrieg.

2004.II.13 — Блицкриг: Операция «Север»
While Nival was making the second game, 1С either commissioned an add-on from a small game studio, or paid fan modders to polish their already existing project, or dumped a number of juniors into a separate daughter company to make an expansion. There's very little information about Dark Fox, they aren't even in the credits of the add-on, but they continued to work with 1С. I don't think this one was released in the west.

To play Блицкриг: Операция «Север» press [⚙️] > Properties > General > Language and choose "russian". Press [►Play] button and choose "Play Blitzkrieg Anthology". Inside the game press [Новая игра] > [Дополнения] > [Дополнительные главы]. Now you can play the two additional campaigns from Блицкриг: Операция «Север».

2004.V.5 — Total Challenge III: Das Add-On zu Blitzkrieg [Блицкриг: Смертельная схватка 3]
A deutsche company INtex Publishing GmbH & Co. KG found a loophole to make Blitzkrieg add-ons without licensing. Nival tried to sue them but their legal team was weaker, so they decided to settle, by exchanging the rights. That's how it ended up being published in CIS by 1С.

To play Total Challenge III: Das Add-On zu Blitzkrieg press [⚙️] > Properties > General > Language and choose "russian". Press [►Play] button and choose "Play Blitzkrieg Anthology". Inside the game press [Опции] > [Подключение модификаций] > [Total Challenge 3]. If it was successful the right bottom corner will say Total Challenge3 in orange text. [Назад] > [Новая игра] > [Дополнения] > [Дополнительные миссии]. Now you can play the 25 additional missions from Total Challenge III: Das Add-On zu Blitzkrieg.

2004.VI.8 — Blitzkrieg: Burning Horizon [Блицкриг: Пылающий горизонт]
LaPlata Studios is a deutscher developer that created a proper full conversion of Blitzkrieg. When you press [new game] you only have the new nazi campaign instead of the original set. It was published by cdv then localized by 1С.

To play Blitzkrieg: Burning Horizon press [►Play] button and choose "Blitzkrieg - Burning Horizon".

2004.IX.24 — Total Challenge IV: Das Add-On zu Blitzkrieg [Блицкриг: Смертельная схватка 4]
A deutsche company INtex Publishing GmbH & Co. KG found a loophole to make Blitzkrieg add-ons without licensing. Nival tried to sue them but their legal team was weaker, so they decided to settle, by exchanging the rights. That's how it ended up being published in CIS by 1С.

To play Total Challenge IV: Das Add-On zu Blitzkrieg press [⚙️] > Properties > General > Language and choose "russian". Press [►Play] button and choose "Play Blitzkrieg Anthology". Inside the game press [Опции] > [Подключение модификаций] > [Total Challenge 4]. If it was successful the right bottom corner will say Total Challenge4 in orange text. [Назад] > [Новая игра] > [Дополнения] > [Дополнительные миссии]. Now you can play the 24 additional missions from Total Challenge IV: Das Add-On zu Blitzkrieg.


2004.XI.30 — Blitzkrieg: Rolling Thunder [Блицкриг: Рокот бури]
LaPlata Studios continued working with their total conversion published by cdv. It's a proper add-on so it added the Patton campaign when you press [New Game] > [Campaigns]. It is published by 1С in CIS but as an entirely stand-alone expansion with only one campaign.

To play Blitzkrieg: Rolling Thunder press [►Play] button and choose "Blitzkrieg: Rolling Thunder".

2005.I.1 — Total Challenge V: Das Add-On zu Blitzkrieg [Блицкриг: Смертельная схватка 5]
A deutsche company INtex Publishing GmbH & Co. KG found a loophole to make Blitzkrieg add-ons without licensing. Nival tried to sue them but their legal team was weaker, so they decided to settle, by exchanging the rights. That's how it ended up being published in CIS by 1С.

To play Total Challenge V: Das Add-On zu Blitzkrieg press [⚙️] > Properties > General > Language and choose "russian". Press [►Play] button and choose "Play Blitzkrieg Anthology". Inside the game press [Опции] > [Подключение модификаций] > [Total Challenge 5]. If it was successful the right bottom corner will say Total Challenge5 in orange text. [Назад] > [Новая игра] > [Дополнения] > [Дополнительные миссии]. Now you can play the 24 additional missions from Total Challenge V: Das Add-On zu Blitzkrieg.

2005.IV.5 — Mission Barbarossa [Блицкриг: Восточный фронт]
So cdv noticed a british modding team ACTive Gaming Productions and approached them with an offer to publish their mods. Reportedly they screwed them over and shared no cash. And it seems they wanted to screw over Nival and 1С too, because the logo doesn't mention Blitzkrieg, and there's a stamp saying it's "The Unofficial Addon to Blitzkrieg". But 1С didn't let them and just published it anyway.

To play Mission Barbarossa press [⚙️] > Properties > General > Language and choose "russian". Press [►Play] button and choose "Play Blitzkrieg Anthology". Inside the game press [Опции] > [Подключение модификаций] > [Ostfront 0.1]. If it was successful the right bottom corner will say Ostfront0.1 in orange text. [Назад] > [Новая игра] > [Дополнения] > [Дополнительные кампании]. After you've finished, [Новая игра] > [Дополнения] > [Дополнительные миссии] to play the three new missions starting with "Восточный фронт...".



2005.VI.13 — Green Devils [Блицкриг: Дьяволы в хаки]
By themselves or after being paid by the publisher cdv, La Plata Studios made another addition to Blitzkrieg. But this one is not stand-alone or a total conversion. It requires Rolling Thunder or Burning Horizon to play. The publisher tried to ditch Blitzkrieg branding again and publish it as "The Unofficial Addon to Blitzkrieg". But 1С didn't let them and just published it anyway.

To play Green Devils press [⚙️] > Properties > General > Language and choose "russian". Press [►Play] button and choose "Play Blitzkrieg Anthology". Inside the game press [Опции] > [Подключение модификаций] > [GreenDevils]. If it was successful the right bottom corner will say GreenDevils in orange text. [Назад] > [Новая игра] > [Дополнения] > [Дополнительные кампании] > [9-я танковая дивизия]. [Новая игра] > [Дополнения] > [Дополнительные главы] > [Орлы]. [Новая игра] > [Дополнения] > [Дополнительные миссии] > [Танковая школа...].

2005.VI.27 — Blitzkrieg: Anthology
The deutsche publisher cdv Software GmbH decided to milk a little bit more money by releasing a compilation containing Blitzkrieg, Burning Horizon, Rolling Thunder and new content called "Iron Division". The western "Blitzkrieg: Anthology" release on Steam is basically this. This was not noticed by the 1С.

To play Iron Division press [⚙️] > Properties > General > Language and choose "english". Press [►Play] button and choose "Blitzkrieg: Rolling Thunder". Inside the game press [New Game] > [Custom Game] > [Custom chapters] to play "Budapest Medal" and "GREY TIGERS 2.01". Press [New Game] > [Custom Game] > [Custom Missions] to play "Carthage...", "Tank School..." and everything else.

What is not included
2004.IV.16
Total Challenge MP: Das Add-On zu Blitzkrieg by INtex Publishing GmbH & Co. KG

According to MobyGames Total Challenge MP: Das Add-On zu Blitzkrieg is a multiplayer add-on for Blitzkrieg. It features all the extra units, textures and game improvements from both Total Challenge 1, 2 and 3. New playable nations include France, Poland, Finland and Hungary. It comes with 21 multiplayer maps with historically correct locations from Africa, Europe and Russia. I tried and tried and could not find a way to play as magyarorszag or suomi in this steam release.






















2005.VIII.23
Besides Mission Barbarossa the other mod cdv took from ACTive Gaming Productions was Mission Kursk released with "The Unofficial Addon to Blitzkrieg" stamp. 1C probably wanted to clear out the release window for Blitzkrieg II so they didn't bother with another add-on made just a month before the big release.






















2007
There's no information about Total Challenge I: Director's Cut and Total Challenge II: Director's Cut by INtex Publishing GmbH & Co. KG. But i think the scheme is pretty obvious from the title.

2009 to infinity and beyond
Someone Brendel Software-Systeme was printing CDs with their own add-ons and mailing them. You can find full or almost full compilations elsewhere, or purchase second-hand CDs from ebay.
What you think is Blitzkrieg, but is not Blitzkrieg (Or you've read too much >>wikipedia)
2004.XII.3 Сталинград [Stalingrad]
Stalingrad is not blitzkrieg. There's a cringe russian-language forum as related to game development as football hooligans are related to football. Once upon a time some of the users banded together under the banner of DTF Games, licensed the engine and the technology and made their own game with blackjack and hookers. It was published by 1С. It is sold on steam separately.

https://steamhost.cn/app/356260/Stalingrad/

2007.XI.16 Talvisota: Ледяной ад [Talvisota: Icy Hell]
Talvisota is not Blitzkrieg. A group of russian and suomi fans were offended by the historical inaccuracy of the first soviet missions and decided to make their own total conversion mod about the winter war. They've finished it but didn't bother to apply the finishing touches, until they finally published it through 1С.

2008.XI.7 Panzerkrieg: Burning Horizon 2
As you can tell by the name it is positioned as a sequel to Burning Horizon while also divorcing itself from the Blitzkrieg IP. In 2008 La Plata decided to release an unofficial something on the engine of the first game. And do that under some sus publisher United Publishing Interactive Ltd. It also includes Rolling Thunder.

2009.X.29 Wartime: Blitzkrieg Tactics
The sus publisher United Publishing Interactive Ltd. rolls out a compilation containing Burning Horizon, Rolling Thunder, Green Devils, Burning Horizon 2. And on top of that Cuban Missile Crisis: The Aftermath, Great Battles of WWII: Stalingrad and Conflict 2012 mod created by Patriote Interactive.

2010.X.15 Panzerkrieg: Gold Edition
Another compilation release from the sus publisher United Publishing Interactive Ltd. Again it contains Burning Horizon 2, Conflict 2012 and then Blitzkrieg: Green Devils reloaded.

2007.I.20 Великие битвы: Курская Дуга [Frontline: Fields of Thunder] N-Game Studios
2007.VIII.10 Великие битвы: Сталинград N-Game Studios
2007.IV.13 Великие битвы: Высадка в Нормандии Arise
2007.II.21 Великие битвы: Битва за Тобрук Arise
Великие битвы is not Blitzkrieg. It's not even Blitzkrieg 2. Blitzkrieg 2 technology was licensed to russian Akella and ukrainian N-Game Studios to create the new series of games. The first release was also published in the west as Frontline: Fields of Thunder by sverige publisher Paradox. N-Game Studios released another entry, then two more entries were made by belarusian Arise.

2005.VI.17 Первая мировая [World War I]
World War I is not Blitzkrieg. After the first licensed addon to Blitzkrieg Операция «Север», Dark Fox went on to license the tech and create their own game under 1С. Then they made two add-ons for "Men of War" series published by 1С В тылу врага: Диверсанты [Silent Heroes: Elite Troops of WWII] and В тылу врага: Диверсанты 2. It is sold on steam separately.
https://steamhost.cn/app/361380/World_War_I/

2005.II.4 Карибский кризис [Cuban Missile Crisis: The Aftermath]
Cuban Missile Crisis is not Blitzkrieg. G5 Software licensed the technology to make their own game. It was published by 1С. It is sold on steam separately.
https://steamhost.cn/sub/63830/

2005.IV.29 Койоты: Закон пустныи [Desert Law]
"Russian Fallout" is probably the second biggest religion in the region after WW2. Belarusian studio Arise wanted to make one, they were picked by 1С as a publisher and given Blitzkrieg engine to finish the game. Which led to them working on Великие Битвы, making some other games, and finally being bought by Wargaming. It is sold on steam separately.
https://steamhost.cn/app/356280/Desert_Law/

For the dessert, the engine was also used on other projects:

2007.IX.21 Монгол: война Чингисхана
1С ordered Software Industry to use the engine to develop a tie-in game to the movie.

2008.V.16 X-Team
N-Game Studios used the familiar tech to create their own variation on the original UFO game.
https://steamhost.cn/app/290850/XTeam/

2009.IV.23 Сталин против марсиан [Stalin vs. Martians]
It took three companies, including N-Game Studios, to make a new game on the elderly engine. It was published by Новый Диск and Paradox.
6 Comments
IlGatto #StandWithThailand 2 Aug @ 1:52am 
Surprisingly a fun read, and really help me find a mod that i once have a chance to played but forgot the name (It's Mission Kursk), so thank you for that.:steamthis:
Kotarak 12 Jul @ 8:44am 
Truly one of the best games of all time
KDD!^putler kaputt 26/93  [author] 12 Jul @ 8:10am 
because it's one of the biggest releases ever and one of the most popular games ever? and as is written here because there's a deutsch company that was making unofficial map packs to every popular tactics game of the time
Kotarak 12 Jul @ 5:38am 
Bruh, didn't expect there to be such a shit show surrounding this game. Why did they milk this game so much ? It's rarely played or spoken of so it's surprising to see that 1C and the rest of the goobers developing maps and campaigns would engage in such behavior
KDD!^putler kaputt 26/93  [author] 19 Apr @ 9:16am 
i've spent an entire day on frivolous research. glad it was helpful
Soldulo 19 Apr @ 8:55am 
I've had the base game, Burning Horizon and Rolling Thunder as a kid and never knew there were more add-ons so thanks for this.