Hello and welcome back to another update of Forgotten Hope. We have gone without updates for a few weeks now, but we are still working hard to finish the third map for our 2.15 patch. Today though, we have some great new renders for you, but first, we would like to welcome the latest addition to our development team. Kev4000 will be helping us by coding vehicles and weapons. Welcome Kev4000!

The first renders we have for today are of a much requested (primarily by one person) piece of German equipment. I am talking of course about the Lafette Tripod for the MG34 and MG42. This tripod was modeled by McGibs and skinned by Toddel.

The Lafette Tripod created a stable platform for the German MG34 and MG42 machineguns. Not only did this tripod take care of much of the recoil, it was also equipped with a scope for extremely accurate and sustained fire. The tripod (including MG42) weighed as much as 32 kilograms and required 3 to 6 people to move and operate. You can find the MG34 tripod on maps in 2.15 and the MG42 version will be available in Normandy.

Today's second render is of the German Nebelwerfer 41, made by K96.

The Nebelwerfer 41 (fog-launcher in English) fired six 150mm rockets, which each carried an explosive charge comparable to the projectiles of the 105mm howitzers of the time. The six rockets were fired in quick succession by the 4 man crew, which had to take cover from the rocket back blast in a small trench further away. Although a very potent weapon, the Nebelwerfer had a big drawback - the rockets it fired left a large smoke trail in the air, which could be visible from miles away. This meant that the Nebelwerfer batteries could only stay in the same place for a short time after firing, before the enemy artillery would have zeroed in on their position. When the rockets were fired they made a howling pipe-organ sound, which led the allied soldiers to nickname them 'screaming mimis'.

That's all for this week, but be sure to come back next time for another update. Until then, feel free to visit our IRC channel and our public forums to discuss this update and other news.

Hello and welcome back to another update of Forgotten Hope. Today we have yet another advertisement for a Forgotten Hope 2 campaign, this time from Forgotten Honor. We are also pleased to announce that the Master Query Server at Gamespy is fully functional again, so you are able to see all Forgotten Hope servers in your browser again.

Imagine Forgotten Hope 2, with every player fighting for his team and not his personal score. A game where every player communicates with his squad and where all squads are striving to achieve goals given to them by the High Command.

This is Forgotten Honor. Each Friday a 64 player battle will take place. The sides of the conflict are organized in two 32 player teams, with command structure based on actual World War II units. No previous experience is needed and everything is completely free. Just click on the picture, join and enjoy Forgotten Hope on an organized level.

This campaign will go where none have gone before. We will start on the green, hilly terrain of Greece and Crete before following the withdrawing British forces to Africa. The maps will be more "infantry friendly". Each week a new map will be released and each of them will be made with hours of historical background digging, balancing discussions, testing and of course loads of hours of mapping.

Don't miss it, click on the picture below and join the fight!

That's all for this week, but be sure to come back next time for another update.

Hello, we have a small announcement today regarding the problems with the in game server browser. Since Wednesday the 17th of September you might have noticed a whole lot of Forgotten Hope 2 servers have gone missing. They are actually still online, but due to a problem with the Gamespy Master Server Query they are not being shown in the in game server browser or in the toolbox. This problem not only affects Forgotten Hope 2, but all games and mods using Gamespy. This includes both Battlefield 2 and Battlefield 1942. Gamespy is aware of the problems and is working on fixing it, so let's hope everything is back to normal soon. In the mean while you can still join these 'invisible' servers by connecting to their IP, which you can find on such websites as game monitor.

We would like to use this small announcement to show you a recent interview of our developer Jodonnell by Noesis Interactive on ModDB. You can find the interview on ModDB here or watch it below.

Hello and welcome back to another update of Forgotten Hope. This week we have a render of an American sub machinegun and in game screenshots of an Italian vehicle you might remember from Forgotten Hope 0.7. Finally, we will end today's update with a message from the World At War tournament about the start of their latest compaign.

Before we go on to the pictures we would first like to welcome German Bratwurst to our development team. As a beta tester German Bratwurst has already added many sounds to the current versions of Forgotten Hope 2 and this week we have finally decided to officially add him to our staff list. Welcome!

First up today then is the American M3 sub machinegun, also known as the 'Grease Gun', made by Seth Soldier.

The M3 Grease Gun was, much like the British Sten, designed as a simpler, cheaper replacement for the Thompson sub machinegun. It used the same .45 caliber round as the Thompson, but it could easily be converted to use 9mm rounds, as used in the Sten and MP40. Despite it being cheap to manufacture, it was a generally reliable weapon and thanks to its low rate of fire it was easy to control. The M3 has a rate of fire of 400 rounds per minute, while other sub machineguns had much higher rates. The sten and MP40 have 500 RPM and the M1 Thompson 650 RPM. At the end of World War 2 600,000 Grease Guns (both M3 and M3A1) were made.

Next up is the Italian Sahariana, armed with two Breda 37 machineguns and a 20mm Solothurn 18 anti-tank rifle. This vehicle was modeled for Forgotten Hope 0.7 by Montoya and upgraded to Forgotten Hope 2 standards and coded by Jodonnell, Gunnie, Ctz and Rad. You will be able to find this vehicle on the map Mareth Line in Forgotten Hope 2.15.

Finally, we have an advertisement from the World at War Tournament about their latest campaign:

That's all for this week, but be sure to come back next time for another update. Until then, feel free to visit our IRC channel and our public forums to discuss this update and other news.