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Dec 03, 2025

Ardennes 44, the next expansion for Unity of Command II launches offensive on December 11th

From Press Release:

2×2 Games today announced that Ardennes, the latest expansion for the award-winning strategy series Unity of Command II, will release on December 11, 2025.

Praised for its elegance, precision, and deep operational gameplay, Unity of Command II has continued the legacy of a franchise critics have called “the perfect gateway into computer war games.”

With more than 100,000 players worldwide and a dedicated community of wargamers and historians, the series stands as one of the most respected names in the genre.

Now, the next chapter arrives—and it is a bleak one.

A Desperate Offensive. A War Already Lost.

Ardennes drops players into December 1944, as the Third Reich, encircled on all fronts, launches one final, catastrophic gamble: a surprise winter offensive through the Ardennes meant to split Allied lines and turn the tide of the war. This is the campaign known also as The Battle of the Bulge or Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein.
Players will command the German forces in the frozen forests of Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Eastern Front during the final months of WWII.

For those willing to stray from history, a full alt-history campaign branch explores a speculative, almost unbelievable “what-if” scenario – a version of the winter of ’44-45 worthy of its own documentary.

KEY FEATURES

● 14 Challenging Scenarios

A dual-path campaign:

• 7 historical scenarios covering the real Ardennes offensive and final battles against the Red Army.
• 7 alt–history scenarios exploring a wildly speculative, high-stakes alternate timeline.

● Two Highly Detailed New Maps

• A sweeping Ardennes offensive map capturing the scale and tempo of the German winter push.
• A tightly focused map tracing the dramatic route of Kampfgruppe Peiper.

● New Units

• Including winter-camouflage Panthers, and rare Axis contingents such as Swiss, Portuguese, Spanish, and more.

● Unique “Red” Specialists

• Late-war German specialist units –one-of-a-kind, powerful, and limited. Examples include the infamous Panzer Brigade 150, Sturmmöser Kompanie 1000, and other exotic formations.