Mare Nostrum (video game)
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Mare Nostrum is a multiplayer team-based first-person action video game developed by American studio Sandstorm Productions. It was created as a total conversion modification of Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45, aiming to incorporate the African, Mediterranean and Middle East theatres of World War II as a supplement to that title.
History
The Mare Nostrum project began on August 8, 2006, when two modification teams for Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45—the Campagna Italiana team and the Burning Sands team—joined forces. The mod is split into two parts that mirror this merger. The first part, Mare Nostrum: Afrikafeldzug 40-43, focuses on the North African Campaign. The second part, Mare Nostrum: Campagna Italiana 43-45, is not yet released and will cover fighting in Sicily and mainland Italy.
The mod’s first public version came out on March 1, 2008. Quick updates followed: version 1.1 on March 8, 2008, and version 1.2 on March 23, 2008. On October 17, 2008, Mare Nostrum launched on Steam. After that, version numbers were abandoned, and all updates were delivered only through Steam. A major content update on December 11, 2009, added Steam Achievements, making this the first Red Orchestra mod to include them.
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- Most gameplay revolves around an Attack and Defend style, where one team must take objective areas from the opposing team to claim victory.
- Each team attempts to accomplish objectives that vary by game level.
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- Wikipedia: Mare Nostrum (video game) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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