Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad release date announced (PC)

Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad release date is August 30, 2011
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad has been announced by Tripwire Interactive for release on August 30, 2011 for the PC.

The sequel to Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 the developers promise it will give you the opportunity to experience World War II in a whole new way and will be priced at $40 and available through Steam and other digital outlets.

Red Orchestra 2 redefines the WWII shooter genre with “unique and innovative gameplay” including first person cover, immersive first person tank warfare, all new multiplayer gametypes including the multiplayer campaign mode, and “unrivaled weaponry with systems such as full ballistics and suppression of enemies.” Red Orchestra 2 also gives you the opportunity to fight through both the German attacks into the city and the Red Army’s crushing reply in the single player campaign.

Here is footage of the game in action.

Tripwire Interactive also announced that Red Orchestra 2 will include a selection of PunkBuster Anti-Cheat software and PBBans streaming ban support for the game.

“With the selection of PunkBuster and PBBans in addition to VAC we’re taking a three pronged approach to cheat protection for Red Orchestra 2,” said John Gibson, Tripwire Interactive President. “We hope this sends a strong message to gamers that we take cheating very seriously and are tackling it head on BEFORE the game ships.”

So far there are no plans to bring the game to console platforms.