FinnWars

Infobox VG


title=FinnWars
developer=Iceflake Studios
publisher=Iceflake Studios
released=February 7, 2004
genre=First-person shooter
modes=Multiplayer
platforms=Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X
media=Download

"FinnWars" is a mod for the retail computer game "Battlefield 1942" (2002).Citation|last=Ollila|first=Samu|title=Suomi sotii netissä|newspaper=Pelit|pages=90-91|date=September 2005] The mod is a total conversion and depicts Finland's military involvement in World War II during 1939 to 1945. Gameplay focuses on winter warfare maps using Finnish and Russian weapons and equipment, in re-creations of historical battles of Winter War and Continuation War that Finland was involved in. Germany is included in Continuation War fighting side by side the Finns against Soviet Union, but Finland turns guns against Germans in Lapland War. Also included are various tweaks and changes over vanilla "Battlefield 1942", such as new tank steering and realistic weapon balances.

The mod had the name "Finlandiamod" early in development, but this was soon changed to "FinnWars". The first public release (0.5), an open beta test, was announced as "FinnWars - Winter Wars" in February of 2004. Another major content version was released in June that same year.

"FinnWars" was featured in "Pelit" magazine in issue 9/2005, and "PC Pelaaja" in 2007. [Citation | url = http://www.mediapalvelut.fi/press/pelaaja-32-battlefield1942_finnwars.jpg| publisher = PC Pelaaja | title = Battlefield 1984 - FinnWars ]

Release history

*February 7, 2004 - FinnWars 0.5, First public release
*February 8, 2004 - 0.51, Small bug patch
*February 29, 2004 - 0.52, Mainly Bug-Fixes
*June 12, 2004 - FinnWars 0.55, Many new features and content
*August 21, 2004 - FinnWars 0.56, Mainly new content
*November 30, 2004 - FinnWars 0.57, Bugpatch
*July 24, 2005 - FinnWars 1.0, Many new features and content
*June 1, 2006 - FinnWars Final Extended, official extension for the final version
*September 2, 2006 - FinnWars Final Extended patch, Small bug patch

Weapons

Continuation War

Lapland War

* Invasion of Tornio
* Wilderness

Others

* Stalingrad

ee also

* List of "Battlefield 1942" mods

References

* Three part article about making of this project (in Finnish) - [http://plaza.fi/harrastukset/edome/artikkelit/peliartikkelit/finnwarsin-tarina-osa-1-kuinka-kaikki-alkoi]

External links

* [http://www.finnwars.com/index.php Official Finnwars website]