Beyond Enemy Lines - Vietnam is set to launch on Steam Early Access this year. Before diving into the details of this exciting new addition to the Beyond Enemy Lines franchise, let's explore the progression of weapon animations throughout the series. [previewyoutube=ctBgUi3VOXU;full][/previewyoutube] From the early days of using animations from Asset Packs in Beyond Enemy Lines 1 and 2, the franchise has come a long way in terms of visual fidelity. The first significant leap in animation quality was witnessed in Beyond Enemy Lines Remastered Edition, where the development team introduced their own custom animations, marking a notable improvement over the previous titles. However, the upcoming Beyond Enemy Lines - Vietnam takes the weapon animations to a whole new level. Building upon the foundations laid in the Remastered Edition, the developers have crafted vastly enhanced and immersive weapon animations that further enhance the gameplay experience. With meticulous attention to detail and fluidity, these new animations bring the weapons to life, immersing players in the intense atmosphere of the Vietnam War setting. If you're eagerly anticipating the release of Beyond Enemy Lines - Vietnam and want to experience the evolution of weapon animations firsthand, don't forget to add it to your Steam wishlist. Wishlist Beyond Enemy Lines - Vietnam on Steam now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1467270/Beyond_Enemy_Lines__Vietnam/

[ 2023-05-26 11:16:51 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello everyone! Today is the day we look into the future of United Assault, Beyond Enemy Lines and evaluate the latest 'Next Game' survey. There is a lot of new stuff coming in 2022 to play. Lets get started!

United Assault - Normandy'44 is a massive success for Polygon Art and the quickest selling game we ever build! I have big planes for United assault and here is what's coming next: I'm very Happy to announce:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1625340/United_Assault__Battle_of_the_Bulge/
Click for full screen view United Assault - Battle of the Bulge is a standalone expansion to United Assault - Normandy'44 and an open world rogue lite FPS set in 1944's depiction of Ardennes. As a british paratromy you are assigned to a mission, few would qualify for. You are tasked to infiltrate enemy territory and locate, infiltrate and destroy one of germany's secret V2 factories in the Ardennes. You'll come along heavy enemy resistance, try to weaken their defense by destroying their tanks, equipment and by gathering secret documents. [previewyoutube=S_a8nc8H4cY;full][/previewyoutube] ADD UNITED ASSAULT - BATTLE OF THE BULGE TO YOUR WISHLIST!

What is new?

• Playing as a british paratrooper and deploying on a parachute into the game.
• Authentic british World War 2 weapons
• Larger and more detailed towns and cities
• Drivable vehicles scattered around the gameworld
• The story is now directly integrated into the main gamemode
• Procedural generated underground bunkers complexes (like dungeons)

What does this mean for United Assault - Normandy'44?

More updates, features and improvements! I'm not going to abandon United Assault - Normandy'44! Both games are build with the same code base and allows me to patch new features and improvements from Battle of the Bulge back into Normandy '44. All gameplay, gunplay and AI improvements will find it's way into Normandy'44 as well as several new weapons! If you don't want Battle of the Bulge, you still benefit from its development and get regular news updates.

Looking even more into the future?

I plann to expand United Assault with 2 additional standalone expansions in the same form as Battle of the Bulge. Those are:

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Beyond Enemy Lines is returning in 2022 with a major update to Beyond Enemy Lines 2 and an entirly new game!
Beyond Enemy Lines 2 is getting a free update to a Enhanced Edition! This update will bring new content, improved game- and gunplay, enhanced visuals and major performance improvements. The before canceled DLC Beyond Enemy Lines 2 - Origins will be added for free to the game.
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• A new, fully voiced 8 mission long campaign of the reimagined Beyond Enemy Lines 1 Story
• All other DLC contents will be free for all owners of the base game
• The price will increase from 24.99 to 29.99 to get in line with the Console versions
• Improved update pipeline for faster updates in the future
• Contails all map and mission improvements of the console version

The Beyond Enemy Lines 2 Enhanced Edition will be released early 2022 for free to all owners of the game on PC and Xbox One with additional native Xbox Series S|X support!
Beyond Enemy Lines - Rising Dragon is the newest entry in the Beyond Enemy Lines franchise hitting Steam Early Access in Summer 2022! Beyond Enemy Lines - Rising Dragon is a modern warfare shooter set in the Quang-Xiong Island, an autonomous island in the east chinese sea. The island is of great military importance and the source of numerous conflicts. Whoever hasmilitary control over this territory, is in close range to attack china, taiwan, japan, as well as south and north korea. Satellite intel reports a lot of recent activity on this island and satellite fotos indicate chinese forces occupied the island. China denies this information and confirms that it has not sent any troops to the region. We cannot verify the credibility of the statement, nor can we verify the identity of the occupiers. We need to get to the bottom of this mess. You need to be careful - we dont want a major international incident out of this. Features:

• Powered by Unreal Engine 5 with Lumen Global Illumination and Reflections
• Command your own Squad
• Modern arsenal of highly detailed weapons
• Large, complex missions with full tactical freedom
• Mid mission checkpoints

Beyond Enemy Lines - Rising Dragon is smaller game in scope then Beyond Enemy Lines 2. We target a story set on 3-4 Missions, each lasting for ~60 minutes. We want to test out new stuff with this game, like a own AI controlled squad you can gve orders to and dip our toe into releasing a game with a new Engine - Unreal Engine 5. Beyond Enemy Lines - Rising Dragon is building the foundation for Beyond Enemy Lines 3 ...

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The Next Game Survey

I asked on Social Media, Steam and other platforms what you want to see in the future. Here is the evaluation of this survey with 983 participants at the time of evaluation.


Click for full screen view The majority of you (60%) want to see a new Singleplayer game developed. The diversity in genres you want to see us develop was a majot supprise. FPS games are by far (35%) the most requested games, as we develop mostly FPS games this is no big surprise. Followed by this are Simulation (14%) and Role Playing (13%) and Third Person Shooter and Action Adventire (12%). Beyond Enemy Lines - The Role Playing experience? How would this sound to you? We will continue to focus on FPS games but will definitly consider developing smaller games in the other genres in the future. We also asked which game you would like to see next. 35% of you want to see a new franchise, 28% a new Beyond Enemy Lines and as United Assault is still a very fresh game it already gathered a respectful 23%. As both Beyond Enemy Lines and United Assault got new content and games revealed in this news, let's jump to the new franchise ... The new franchise We asked for suggestions which game you would like to see. And apparently you have a very clear goal in mind for us. You want to see from us in the future: A Singleplayer FPS with focus on Story, more linear gameplay with occasionally larger areas with more freedom. The games you mentioned where shocklingly simmilar.
You frequently Menitioned Golden Eye and other 007 games as well as No One Lives Forever. We will follow your wishes and start concepting a new James Bond/No One Lives Forever like franchise together with you in 2022. More on this will follow next year!

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[ 2021-12-10 11:33:31 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello, I would like you to invite to complete this Survey. I want to develop the next game very colse with the community and so I want to know, which game would you like to se developed? This does not mean we are dropping any existing title support. There are still a lot of patches, bug fixes and content updates planned for various titles! Thanks for your time! Make sure to follow Polygon Art on: Facebook Twitter Discord

[ 2021-10-29 16:42:28 CET ] [ Original post ]

Beyond Enemy Lines 2 Online is a free-to-play military first-person-shooter focused around tactical gameplay and weapon modifications. Players can quickly modifiy their weapons on the fly and master their skill in a wide range of game maps, modes and weapons on Dedicatded Servers. Entirely for free! Play now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1165720/Beyond_Enemy_Lines_2_Online/ _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/QARpGes Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2020-01-21 14:06:34 CET ] [ Original post ]

Beyond Enemy Lines 2 Online is a free-to-play military first-person-shooter focused around tactical gameplay and weapon modifications. Players can quickly modifiy their weapons on the fly and master their skill in a wide range of game maps, modes and weapons on Dedicatded Servers. Entirely for free! Wishlist now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1165720/Beyond_Enemy_Lines_2_Online/ More details are following soon! _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/QARpGes Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2020-01-06 16:41:25 CET ] [ Original post ]

Beyond Enemy Lines 2 is now a selected Fan Favourites at GDWC!

Please support Beyond Enemy Lines 2 by voting for it over at https://thegdwc.com/

_______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/QARpGes Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2019-08-28 10:02:54 CET ] [ Original post ]

Welcome to Beyond Enemy Lines 2!

Take the role of a special agent deployed deep beyond enemy lines where terrain and conditions are barbaric. You will seek, locate and destroy the enemy while causing havoc and confusion. Emerge a hardcore tactical experience in vast, nonlinear missions where skill and tactical decisions matter!

Jump right into the action?

https://youtu.be/RGOfjNXCTfY

What is Beyond Enemy Lines 2?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp68ie58agY

The Roadmap - Whats coming next?

Beyond Enemy Lines 2 will recieve quite a lot of post launch content. I would like to show you whats coming up in the next months. There are currently 11 Content Updates planned for the future of the game. For 2019 I will release 10 content updates, 2 Updates / Month. Each update will will add one or more new maps to the game. Roadmap: https://trello.com/b/wmGIWbl1/beyond-enemy-lines-2-roadmap Have fun with the game! And if there is any issue or feature you would like to see added to the game. Just leave a comment ;-) Buy Beyond Enemy Lines 2 now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/697250/Beyond_Enemy_Lines_2/ _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/QARpGes Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2019-08-08 14:01:34 CET ] [ Original post ]

Beyond Enemy Lines 2 will recieve quite a lot of post launch content. I would like to show you whats coming up in the next months. There are currently 11 Content Updates planned for the future of the game. For 2019 I will release 10 content updates, 2 Updates / Month. Each update will will add one or more new maps to the game. Content Update 01 (August 2019)

• One new Team-Deathmatch Map - TDM_Outpost

Content Update 02 (August 2019)

• One new large scale Singleplayer Mission for the Warhead campaign
• One new Conquest Map - CQ_Harbor
• One new Coop Mission - COOP_Harbor

Content Update 03 (September 2019)

• One new large scale Singleplayer Mission for the Warhead campaign
• One new Conquest Map - CQ_TankBase
• One new Team-Deathmatch Map - TDM_TankBase
• One new Coop Mission - COOP_TankBase

Content Update 04 (September 2019)

• One new Singleplayer campaign with 3 missions set after the main campaign
• One new Conquest Map
• One new Coop Mission

Content Update 05 - 10 To be announced soon!

• 5 new Singleplayer Missions across 6 updates
• Several new Multiplayer Maps across all gamemodes
• New Weapons and Multiplayer Gamemodes

Content Update 11 (2020)

• One new Singleplayer campaign with 8 missions
• Several new Multiplayer Maps across all gamemodes

The Roadmap:

https://trello.com/b/wmGIWbl1/beyond-enemy-lines-2-roadmap Add Beyond Enemy Lines 2 to your wishlist now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/697250/Beyond_Enemy_Lines_2/ _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/QARpGes Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2019-08-07 15:43:21 CET ] [ Original post ]

What is Beyond Enemy Lines 2?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp68ie58agY

How difficult is this game?

Very difficult! Beyond Enemy Lines 2 provides no handholding and punishes your mistakes with a fast ingame death. It takes time to master the weapon handling and know how to use the terrain to your advantage. Being difficult is a core component of this game! There are some options to tweak the difficulty mode, but even then it's not comparable to a Mainstream game.

Is this game like Call of Duty?

No! If you are looking for a experience simmilar to Call of Duty, then Beyond Enemy Lines 2 is not what you are looking for. Sure you can have a ton of action packed gameplay, but this requires a very large amount of skill and is definitly not easy!

Is there any Replayability?

Yes! All missions have multiple ways to complete them, optional mission objectives, assignements and a final mission rating. You can compare your mission stats with the traget stats and your personal best. The AI is not scripted and can always take a different patrol path, reacts different for each combat situation. Every time you try a mission, something will be different.

Why is the Multiplayer in Early Access?

Because this game is developed by a single person. Initially it was planned to release the Multiplayer post launch as a free update but it's now in a that stable stat that I don't want to hold it back. But as I'm the only person working on this game, it's hard even with several Beta's and stress tests to get a feeling how it will perform in the public. In all tests there where no gamebreaking bugs, but please do not expect a entirly bug free experience at this point.

Which gamemodes are available?

Singleplayer Multiplayer -> Conquest, Team-Deathmatch and Coop

How different is this game from the first Beyond Enemy Lines?

Everything in Beyond Enemy Lines 2 is developed from the ground up new. Everything got reworked and improved, features replaced (like the map computer). While Beyond Enemy Lines 2 keeps the feeling of the original, it's a far more immersive experience in larger and more complex missions, better AI and even more freedom with the weapon customizations.

Do I need to know Beyond Enemy Lines 1?

No.

Is this game a spiritual successor of Project IGI?

Yes and No! While the first Beyond Enemy Lines was designed as a spiritual successor of Project IGI, Beyond Enemy Lines 2 takes a step further. Missions are larger and more open and do not only focus in infiltrating a compound. However, the roots to Project IGI are still very much noticable. Do you have any other questions? Feel free to ask them!! Add Beyond Enemy Lines 2 to your wishlist now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/697250/Beyond_Enemy_Lines_2/ _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/QARpGes Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2019-08-06 13:59:25 CET ] [ Original post ]

Warhead Campaign

Trainyard is the first mission of the Warhead Campaign, your mission is to find and secure Mikhail Volkov. Content: 1 Mission at Launch (7 additional following until December 2019 as DLC's) Playtime: ~1h per Mission (on first run, depending on skill and playstyle) Story: This mission has top priority. Target: Mikhail Volkov. You are to locate him and bring him out for debriefing. Mikhail Volkov is our only link with the heist of the warhead. Mikhail is held at a military tank base. The whole area has excellent air defenced. We have to place you some distance from the target until those defenses are disabled. You will travel to the next goods yard - there you will resource transportation. The whole operation is simple - there are three stages: 1) Acquire transportation assets. 2) Disable air defences 3) Find Mikhail Volkov and safely extract him for debriefing. https://youtu.be/YOmvsFK54zo Add Beyond Enemy Lines 2 to your wishlist now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/697250/Beyond_Enemy_Lines_2/ _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/QARpGes Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2019-08-01 13:34:45 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dedicated Server

Beyond Enemy Lines 2 will launch with a Multiplayer and so servers are a big topic. You want a quick match with a friend? Just host a Peer-2-Peer (P2P) session from ingame and your friends can join. You want to run a 24/7 Server, then a dedicated server is the best way for you. Dedicated Server Files are included and you can either start them from within your Beyond Enemy Lines 2 installation with the DedicatedServer.exe or the Beyond Enemy Lines 2 Dedicated Server Tool available in the Tools section or for download with SteamCMD. Dedicated Server files are currently only available for Windows. Launching the DedicatedServer.exe will open this window:
This window let you setup your server. By pressing "LAUNCH SERVER" your settings will be saved and the server will be started. Starting the DedicatedServer.exe will reload your last saved settings. Changing the gamemode will result in reseting the core options to the gamemode default settings. Server Stats:

• Default Tick Rate 60hz
• Default Port 7777

IMPORTANT: We had on some systems the issue that opening the Port 7777 was not enought to get the Server registrated on the Steam Master Server. A workaround would be to forward the entire Server.exe trough your firewall. Definitly not an ideal situation but a workaround. The Server.exe to forward is located in this folder: ...\Steam\steamapps\common\Beyond Enemy Lines 2\BeyondEnemyLines2\Binaries\Win64\BeyondEnemyLines2Server.exe The Server Manager opens by clicking Server Manager in the Dedicated Server Launcher and will open up this window:
This window let you communicated with your gameserver and is until ingame RCON is fully implemented the only way to interact with your server except of shutting it down. Update Player List This will fill the list of players on the right sight of the window with checkboxes for each player. Kick/Ban Player All selected players in the Player List will be either kicked or banned. End Match Will end the current match and the server will switch to the next map. Server Message Will print a message with the sender Admin to the ingame text chat. Warning: If you execute a new command before the last one was executed, you will overwrite the commands. You can not stack the commands. Each time you press EXECUTE COMMAND, the tool will request the selected options from the server. As the Server is checking every 60 seconds for new commands, it could take up to 60 seconds until you see the result.

Anti-Cheat

VAC Beyond Enemy Lines 2 utilizes VAC to detect cheats and hacks in the game as well as Gameban those players. Anti-Memory Injection All important variables are protected against Memory Injection and the game checks for memory injection tools and will crash once such a tool is running. Server Sided Variables All the important variables which are also projected against memory injection are running on the server. Weapon Handling is entire server sided and only result in actions visible to the server. Beyond Enemy Lines 2 does not deal damage on the client side and let the sever confirm this. Here the server gets a request to shoot a weapon from the client and the server checks the players current location, fires the weapon and broadcasts the result. Global Ban List On each Map change, every Server (Dedicated or P2P trough ingame hosting) will fetch a Polygon Art Ban list. This Ban List contains SteamIDs of players with a game ban. Once a Player joins a server, it's Steam ID gets validated. If invalid the player gets kicked instantly. With each update after the release, the then current ban list will be updated and hard coded in the game as a backup, if the online ban list was not successfully fetched. Warning: Not only cheating and hacking will result in a game ban. Toxic, racist or other inappropriate behavior ingame or in this community can result in a game ban! Active Admin + Local Ban List Server Admins can activly kick and ban players from their server. Server Bans will result in a Local Ban List which works exactly like the Global Ban List but only for this server. This Local Ban List works for Dedicated and Player Hosted P2P Servers. Add Beyond Enemy Lines 2 to your wishlist now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/697250/Beyond_Enemy_Lines_2/ _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/QARpGes Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2019-07-26 12:21:59 CET ] [ Original post ]

Release Date

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C_OpnAmWHE Beyond Enemy Lines 2 will launch 08.08.2019 on Steam featuring 2 Story Campaigns, 8 unique (13 in total) Multiplayer Maps across 3 Gamemodes.

Launch Price

Normal Price: $24.99 Launch Discount: -20% Launch Price: $19.99* *Or your regional equivalent. As some of you might know from Beyond Enemy Lines 1, Polygon Art does not join the massive discount sales. This will be the best price you'll get for a long time!

Singleplayer

Beyond Enemy Lines 2 Campaign Content: 7 Missions Playtime: ~10h (on first run, depending on skill and playstyle) Story: At 06:00 hours yesterday morning contact was lost with Abkhazia, an autonomous region south of the Greater Caucasus. Intercepted radio messages talk about heavy military activity. We still dont know how it stands on the damages and the origin of the of the occupying forces are unknown.Intel is currently not able to provide any sitrep. All satellites in the region are offline and redirecting satelites will take a while. Until then we are blind. And this is where we are coming in: give us some eyes on the ground! Warhead Campaign Content: 1 Mission at Launch (7 additional following until December 2019 as DLC's) Playtime: ~1h per Mission (on first run, depending on skill and playstyle) Story: This mission has top priority. Target: Mikhail Volkov. You are to locate him and bring him out for debriefing. Mikhail Volkov is our only link with the heist of the warhead. Mikhail is held at a military tank base. The whole area has excellent air defenced. We have to place you some distance from the target until those defenses are disabled. You will travel to the next goods yard - there you will resource transportation. The whole operation is simple - there are three stages: 1) Acquire transportation assets. 2) Disable air defences 3) Find Mikhail Volkov and safely extract him for debriefing.

Multiplayer

Conquest A large-scale game mode with up to 32 players fighting for the control of key objectives. The team holding the most objectives is in the lead and will drain the enemies tickets. The team with the most tickets left at the end of a round wins. Kills and objective captures will reward you with money, which can be used to buy new weapons and equipment. There are no predefined classes! Conquest will support Ground vehicles at launch only. Air vehicles are in development and are added as free post launch content.



Bruma | Recruit Camp | Deep Forest | Trainyard Team Deathmatch This mode pits your side against the enemy and you need to defeat as many enemies as possible while protecting yourself and your team mates. Infantry based units combating each other to the death. Kill or be killed!



Cargo | Construction Site | Trainyard | Harbor Coop Join up to 3 other friends or strangers to fight against the AI in specially designed missions.



Bruma | Recruit Camp | Deep Forest | Trainyard Coop Generator Let the Random Coop Mission Generator generate a unique cooperative operation deep beyond enemy frontlines in a large, open world map.
Valley Free Content Updates All future Multiplayer Updates (Maps, Gamemodes, Weapons) will be entirly free for everyone. There will never be be Lootboxes, Microtransactions or an Ingameshop! Dedicated Server Beyond Enemy Lines 2 supports Dedicated and Peer-To-Peer Servers, Dedicated Server Files are included within the game folder. You are free to set up your own server with your own rules. It's your server - you dictate the rules! Bot Support All multiplayer game modes have full bot support! Add Beyond Enemy Lines 2 to your wishlist now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/697250/Beyond_Enemy_Lines_2/ _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/QARpGes Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2019-07-24 13:04:15 CET ] [ Original post ]

Welcome to the Beyond Enemy Lines 2 Multiplayer Beta!
Grab your Keys here: https://steamcommunity.com/games/697250/announcements/detail/1607140199802461513 More Keys will be shared here, on Facebook, Twitter and Discord! Add Beyond Enemy Lines 2 to your wishlist now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/697250/Beyond_Enemy_Lines_2/ _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/QARpGes Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2019-07-20 14:04:29 CET ] [ Original post ]

Welcome to the Beyond Enemy Lines 2 Multiplayer Beta!
Grab your Keys here: https://steamcommunity.com/games/697250/announcements/detail/1606012309364981031 More Keys will be shared here, on Facebook, Twitter and Discord! Add Beyond Enemy Lines 2 to your wishlist now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/697250/Beyond_Enemy_Lines_2/ _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/QARpGes Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2019-07-05 14:17:39 CET ] [ Original post ]

Welcome Agent, the first big test event is on the horizon and starting tomorrow!

When?

05. July 2019 - 08. July 2019 (exact start and end time will be announced at that day.)

How do I join?

There will be Steam-Keys spread across the Steam Community Hub, Facebook, Twitter, and Discord as well as some handpicked from the recent Alpha Test Signup.

Whast part of the Test?

There will be one mission (CQ_RecruitCamp) and one Gamemode (Conquest). All Weapons, Bot support and Player Ranks are available. The Rank does not transist into the final game.

Can I stream or upload Gameplay videos?

Yes you can, but makre sure to clearly mark this as a Stress Test!

Whats about to be tested?

The overall game stability, gamebreaking bugs and server performance. There will be only official EU servers available for this test, we want to test how Servers react to a huge load with high pings. This is a early stress test, there are a lot features incomplete and some weapons are inbalanced. Expect bugs! Add Beyond Enemy Lines 2 to your wishlist now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/697250/Beyond_Enemy_Lines_2/ _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/QARpGes Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2019-07-04 16:51:27 CET ] [ Original post ]

Welcome Agent, It's time to brief you about the new Multiplayer Rank, the Launch Price and the first Community Event!

Multiplayer Rank

Beyond Enemy Lines 2 Multiplayer will support a Rank system with a maximum Rank of 120. Kills and Mission Objectives across Conquest, Team Deathmatch and Coop will reward you XP points. But be aware, Teamkills will give you negative XP > you can and will derank if you teamkill! To reach Rank 120 you need to Score 250.000 XP, wich translates to either

• 250.000 Enemies killed
• or 166.667 Headshot Kills
• or 25.000 completed Objectives.

https://youtu.be/A2IK73fdgz0

Soundtrack

For the first time of a Polygon Art release, the official Soundtrack will be available for purchase. The Soundtrack contains 8 Tracks straight out of the game in .MP3 format. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1049990/Beyond_Enemy_Lines_2__Soundtrack/

Price

In the recent Survey we asked you about your toughts and opinion about Beyond Enemy Lines 2. We asked you about the Price of the game and it's features. Over 700 of you have spoken and the results are astonishing.

• "We absoluty don't want Battle Royale!" (99% Dislike)
• 93% of you Player on PC and one Person on Gamecube ;-)
• For over 60% of you large missions and freedom are the most important
• You really want to see the Coop Mission Generator in action
• Over 60% of you would pay $30 or more for Beyond Enemy Lines 2

And this will be the price for Beyond Enemy Lines 2: $24.99 / 24.99 will get you 10+h Singleplayer, PvP Multiplayer and Coop, free Multiplayer updates and no Microtransactions, Loot Boxes or unnecessary unlocks. But you can lower this price even more ...

Community Event #01

From now on, you will define the Launch Discount! The more people Wishlist Beyond Enemy Lines 2, the higher the Launch Discount and lower the actual price you need to pay! Share this game with your friends and on Social Media. Mention Beyond Enemy Lines 2 in your Facebook posts or Polygon Art on Twitter to get the chance for special access to the closed Multiplayer Alpha! Current Launch Discount: 0% Add Beyond Enemy Lines 2 to your wishlist now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/697250/Beyond_Enemy_Lines_2/ _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/QARpGes Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2019-06-13 17:25:58 CET ] [ Original post ]

Please take a few seconds to fill out this short survey: https://forms.gle/AB6n3rvZzwZPNLxx9 By this you will define the price at launch and what's the focus of future content! Add Beyond Enemy Lines 2 to your wishlist now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/697250/Beyond_Enemy_Lines_2/ _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/QARpGes Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2019-06-04 20:08:46 CET ] [ Original post ]

Beyond Enemy Lines 2 Multiplayer is all about intense and dramatic combat with Infantry, Ground- and Air vehicles. Causing havoc and confusion beyond enemy lines - online with up to 32 Players on Dedicated Servers! https://youtu.be/A2IK73fdgz0 Add Beyond Enemy Lines 2 to your wishlist now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/697250/Beyond_Enemy_Lines_2/ _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/QARpGes Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2019-05-29 14:57:15 CET ] [ Original post ]

Do you want to join the Beyond Enemy Lines 2 Multiplayer Closed Alpha? Sign up now: https://forms.gle/mpaH7ixFyPopwcjS8 https://store.steampowered.com/app/697250/Beyond_Enemy_Lines_2/ _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/QARpGes Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2019-04-15 12:05:49 CET ] [ Original post ]

Welcome to Beyond Enemy Lines 2

https://store.steampowered.com/app/697250/Beyond_Enemy_Lines_2/

Singleplayer

Beyond Enemy Lines 2 features an intense experience in vast, nonlinear environments. From dense forests to claustrophobic close combat fights in underground bunker complexes. You are free to approach each objective with your own strategy. You have the total freedom to choose your path - guns blazing or silent assassin - it's your choice!

• 10+ hour long campaign
• Large, open ended and nonlinear missions
• Huge replayability due to unscripted and dynamic AI - each playthrough is different!
• Detailed Mission Ratings of your achievements after each mission.
• Over 20 different Weapons ranging from Pistols over Assault Rifles to Light Machine Guns.
• 9 unique attachements to customize the weapons to your needs
• Drivable vehicles to cross the large battlefields

Announcement Trailer

Multiplayer

Conquest A large-scale game mode with up to 32 players fighting for the control of key objectives. The team holding the most objectives is in the lead and will drain the enemies tickets. The team with the most tickets left at the end of a round wins. Kills and objective captures will reward you with money, which can be used to buy new weapons and equipment. There are no predefined classes! Team Deathmatch This mode pits your side against the enemy and you need to defeat as many enemies as possible while protecting yourself and your team mates. Infantry based units combating each other to the death. Kill or be killed! Coop Join up to 3 other friends or strangers to fight against the AI in specially designed missions. Or let the Random Coop Mission Generator generate a unique cooperative operation deep beyond enemy frontlines. Dedicated Server Beyond Enemy Lines 2 supports Dedicated and Peer-To-Peer Servers, Dedicated Server Files are included within the game folder. You are free to set up your own server with your own rules. It's your server - you dictate the rules! Bot Support All multiplayer game modes have full bot support!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/697250/Beyond_Enemy_Lines_2/ _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/QARpGes Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2019-04-04 11:15:58 CET ] [ Original post ]

Beyond Enemy Lines Operation Arctic Hawk Standalone is now available!

Think your way in, observe the enemies and sneak into their base. Rescue an as hostage held agent from an unknown arms dealer, adapt to changing weather conditions, and use the the darkness of the night to your favor in this unforgiving, intense experience where skill and tactical decisions matter! Get it now with -25% launch discount!
_______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/QARpGes Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2019-03-07 14:20:41 CET ] [ Original post ]

Changelog:

• fixed issue where knife killes where broken on some systems
• fixed issue where performing a knife attack would break weapon ADS positioning
• fixed several missplaced objects
• updated Achievement unlocks on Military Airfield and Dome
• fixed issue with PC monitor on OAH Campaign Mission 4
• added credits to OAH start
• added basic tutorial prompt to both campaign starts

Special thanks to PauerToSeBauer for reporting those issues.

Beyond Enemy Lines Operation Arctic Hawk Standalone coming this week!

_______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/QARpGes Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2019-03-05 18:15:10 CET ] [ Original post ]

Welcome Agents!

Today is the 2nd Anniversary of Beyond Enemy Lines. Whats a better day to announce new games? Let's get started:

Beyond Enemy Lines: Covert Operations

Beyond Enemy Lines: Covert Operations is taking the unique Beyond Enemy Lines gameplay to the Nintendo Switch. And is one of the first hardcore tactical FPS for Nintendos console. Beyond Enemy Lines: Covert Operations is a port of the 8 mission long story campaign of Beyond Enemy Lines from 2017. It contains the full experience of it's PCs bigger brother. While running on an entirly new game core directly adapted for the use on Nintendo Switch. Features:

• 8 mission long Story Campaign
• Full experience of the PC version
• Adapted gameplay especially for Nintendo Switch
• 100% Freedom - You chose the tactics
• 100% Hardcore - Challenge your skill

Beyond Enemy Lines: Covert Ops was ported inhouse by Polygon Art to Nintendo's Console. Release Date is TBA.

Beyond Enemy Lines Operation Arctic Hawk Standalone

Beyond Enemy Lines Operation Arctic Hawk is going to be released as a Standalone game on March 7, 2019. The Standalone versions contains the 4 Mission Long Campaign set in the freezing cold winter of russia and will come with 27 Achievemnts. The Store Page is now online:

Beyond Enemy Lines 2

Beyond Enemy Lines 2 development is progressing well and reached Beta status!
Gameplay reveal as well as new informations about content and features will be shared soon!
_______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/QARpGes Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2019-02-21 14:43:26 CET ] [ Original post ]

Welcome Agents!

Today we can celebrate the 2nd Anniversary of Beyond Enemy Lines and its all about the number 2. For today we have the massive 2nd Anniversary Update, 2 big announcements and development update on Beyond Enemy Lines 2. This post is all about the 2nd Anniversary Update, an additional post with the announcements will be available soon! A new update for Beyond Enemy Lines is now available and adding an entirely overhaul Operation Arctic Hawk Campaign (DLC required to play), drastically improved AI, Gunplay and a general visual update. Besides the overhault Operation Arctic Hawk the AI got the most attention. With its new ability to flank the player it is even more dangerous in hunting the player. While giving the enemies new Animations and a entirly new balancing.
Here ist the entire Changelog:

• improved AI*
• new AI Sightlines
• new AI Animations
• new AI Behaviour System
• improved Operation Arctic Hawk Campaign
• improved gunplay (new recoil)
• new landscape material on all missions
• fixed issues in Mission Editor
• new and improved muzzle flashes
• fixed several smaller issues
• updated engine version
• updated and improved post processing on all missions
• fixed several misplaced objects
• improved Hostage pathfinding

* The AI is taking advantage of some features taken from Beyond Enemy Lines 2. However it does not represent the far more advanced BEL2 AI system as those are not compatible with the game/map setup in Beyond Enemy Lines 1.

Stay tuned for the announcements! Beyond Enemy Lines 1 and all it's DLC are going into sale later today!

_______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/QARpGes Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2019-02-21 14:01:14 CET ] [ Original post ]

Beyond Enemy Lines 2nd anniversary is just around the corner!

This upcoming update will be one of the biggest updates in the history of Beyond Enemy Lines 1. Your experience will be visualy improved with the Graphic Update #03 sounds, weapon handling and a lot more will get an overhaul. Stay tuned for more informations soon!
Thank's to everyone for the awesome support! And one last thing, Beyond Enemy Lines 2 Gameplay reveal is also just around the corner. And Linux is not dead! _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/QARpGes Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2019-02-10 16:59:59 CET ] [ Original post ]

A new update for Beyond Enemy Lines is now available!

This update is in a Beta state and is not considered to be stable. To test this new update, you need to switch to the Beta Branch "betapatch". Changelog

• updated engine version
• updated and improved post processing on all missions
• fixed several misplaced objects
• improved Hostage pathfinding

Please report all issues you come along. thank you very much! _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/QARpGes Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2019-01-12 08:37:52 CET ] [ Original post ]

Let the new year start with a bang!

... and a new Beyond Enemy Lines 2 Teaser.
Happy New Year! _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/QARpGes Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2019-01-01 09:51:50 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello everyone, it's time to get you all updated on the current development progress of Beyond Enemy Lines 1 &2, talk about the Linux version of BEL 1.

Beyond Enemy Lines 1

Update v31260 A new update for Beyond Enemy Lines 1 is now available and improves certain elements of the AI, Animations and several other bug fixes. While Beyond Enemy Lines was released over 1 1/2 years ago I want to update and maintain Beyond Enemy Lines as often as possible. This is truly no longer the pace of last year as the main focus is on the development of Beyond Enemy Lines 2 (more details below). Here is the changelog: v31260 Changelog (26. September 2018) Weapons: - improved Weapon field of view while aiming AI: - updated Animation transistions - added ability that AI can now shoot while walking in certain situations - updated AI aiming visualization Other - updated Engine to Unreal Engine 4.20 - updated options to toogle crouch and aim - removed several minor bugs and glitches Linux Version Bad news first, the Linux version is utterly broken. After weeks of testing, fixing and talking to Epic Stuff and other Unreal Engine 4 developers, the development of the Linux Version reached a dead end. And here is why: After weeks of testing, debugging it is still unclear where the stabability issues are coming from. All crashlogs are empty and the reason could be burried within the Unreal Engine 4 code or the game code itself. The source and reason is unknown. Another Problem is that while the continued progress of updating the Windows Version including the Engine version, at some point the map files got incompatable to the Linux version. Which means loading the Map will instantly result in a crash on Linux (reason also unclear) but could be fix be recreating the Map files. ==> All Maps would need a recreation and then the game would still crash for no apparent reason on most systems. The costs at this point are that high that a futher development would never pay the bills. It's very sad but at this time the Linux Development is on hold. I'll come back to Linux when there is some more time. Rhight now it's just a to massive undertaking for a one man developer. Sorry Linux gamers, I'll still try my best to make it happen some time.

Beyond Enemy Lines 2 Development Update

Beyond Enemy Lines 2 is on a good way, it's big, it's loud and growing fast! I'm developing mostly in silence on a truly amazing sequel to Beyond Enemy Lines. All critics of the original game was heard and improved. Gunplay is a lot more thigh and gives the player more feedback, AI reacts more realistic, Missions are larger, more complex and by far more detailed. And with Beyond Enemy Lines 2 we will have the first true night mission.
Beyond Enemy Lines offers a lot more unnanounce features, a hughe amount of content and other cool stuff which will be announced an shown in the next weeks. _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2018-09-26 12:10:20 CET ] [ Original post ]

Beyond Enemy Lines 2 needs some Alpha Testers! You want to join? Write a E-Mail at alpha@polygon-art.com with the following content: Age: Country: Streamer/Youtuber: (Yes/No) OS: CPU: GPU: RAM: Favorite genre: _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2018-07-30 09:29:18 CET ] [ Original post ]

Beyond Enemy Lines was released exactly one year ago!

And it's time to celebrate it with with a Sale, a new Update and a new free Mission!

Anniversary Sale

The anniversary sale is running from 21 Feb. 2018 10:00am till 26 Feb. 2018 10:00am and offers the folliwing discounts. Beyond Enemy Lines -35% Operation Arctic Hawk -50% Donation DLCs: -25%

New Free Mission

With the Anniversary Update a new mission called "Project Iron Comet" was added to Beyond Enemy Lines. This was one of the first missiones ever created for Beyond Enemey Lines and served the purpose of testing the AI. Comparison of the same map from 2015 and 2018
The mission got visually reworked while the layout stayed the same over the years. Yet this is kind of a special mission. It's short, it's dark, it's hard! Visibility on this mission is (on purpose) very hard and using night vision goggles is highly recommended.

Update

Along with the new mission, several changes and additions where made to the game. <> Projectile and Hitbox Collision was entirely reworked <> Weapons get blocked while standing near a wall or object This is early BETA and is very limited as all object collisions in the game where not designed for this methode, weapon block do only work at certain angles. If you encounter any bugs/issues please report them in the community hub. <> Online News On start Beyond Enemy Lines is now connecting to a server and downloads ~300kb of data to display a news message. No data from your PC is delivered to the server! If you are offline or block the connection for Beyond Enemy Lines a simple default welcome message is displayed v31250 Changelog (21. February 2018) Weapons: - updated projectiles to use complex collision model - updated all weapons to prevent weapon from clipping (Beta) - nerfed Shotguns AI: - updated hitboxed to use complex meshes - updated Animations to use root motion - updated projectile impact handling Maps: - updated all Operation Arctic Hawk maps to match the graphic quality of base game - added new Single Mission "Project Iron Comet" Other - updated Engine to Unreal Engine 4.18 - added Welcome/Info Screen on start - removed player head bobbing on idle - removed several minor bugs and glitches _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2018-02-21 14:04:33 CET ] [ Original post ]

(click for 4k version) This screenshot is 100% ingame with no editing (only added the game logo) and only HUD and Weapon where toggled invisible. The screenshot is taken directly out of a story mission and is running at 60FPS @4k resolution. _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2018-01-30 13:51:35 CET ] [ Original post ]

Beyond Enemy Lines 2 - Combat Sandbox Evolved

Pre-Alpha Gameplay with a lot work in progress content. Happy Holidays - we see each other in 2018! _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2017-12-22 16:19:23 CET ] [ Original post ]

Enjoy a new interactive and christmas themed main menu now!

Decorate your own Christmas Tree and wander around a cabin and find dozens of well hidden secrets.

I want to thank all of you for the amazing year 2017 which still isn't over and one little thing is yet to come. Enjoy the last days of the year and have a good time. If Christmas is not part of your culture or religion enjoy the great sales and still have a good time. Thanks to all of you! _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2017-12-20 08:33:18 CET ] [ Original post ]

(click for 4k version)

What is Beyond Enemy Lines 2?

A hardcore Combat Sandbox! Beyond Enemy Lines 2 enters the path prepared by the predecessor and evolves into a fully fledged singleplayer combat sandbox with total freedom.

Features

Combat Sandbox Evolved Beyond Enemy Lines 2 offers a unique mix of endless possibilities with total freedome and no handholding. Sneak around enemies or go in guns blazing, use the physics to defeat opponents and customize your weapon appropriate to the situation. You have the freedom to choose your path! Realtime Weapon Customization Customize your weapons in real time on the battlefield with various parts to ensure it suits your playstyle. Smart-AI-System 2.0 Developed from scratch, the Smart-AI-System 2.0 provides dynamic combat situations with a smart, unpredictable AI. All issues of the predecessor got removed and new features like squad management and advanced weapon handling where added. PC Game Beyond Enemy Lines 2 is a PC Game! No compromise! 4k Resolution, 4k Textures, 144 FPS, higly customizable! Tactical depth easy to control Beyond Enemy Lines 2 offers more tactical depth and interaction then ever before. Yet it's easier to control then equivelant games. Intuitive and fluid! 100% Hardcore Going beyond the enemy lines means carefully considered and skillful actions. Beyond Enemy Lines 2 is hardcore PC game developed against AAA industry standards. Don't expect positive reinforcement and a rank up for opening a door. You will only survive with skill, tactical knowledge and patience!

What is different to Beyond Enemy Lines 1?

Beyond Enemy Lines 2 is an evolution of Beyond Enemy Lines 1 and will change a lot of things introduced in the first game. While the original Beyond Enemy Lines was a spiritual successor to Project IGI and stick very close to it's roots, Beyond Enemy Lines 2 is no longer "limited" in this way and is a more complex and evolved tactical FPS. (Personal note: I just don't like to develop a sequel which is more or less a reskin of an existing game with only 1-2 changes) One thing which got removed first was the Map Computer as it is no longer required to plan your tactics. Missions are designed in a clearer and more readable way and the introduction of customizable weapons required some rebalancing. Out of the same reason the carried weapons are limited to a primary and secondary weapon as well as a backup pistol. In other words you can carry only 3 weapons at a time. The player movements were expanded by adding lean and prone funcionallity. Weapons handle like real weapons and fires into the direction of where the barrel is pointing at. Which means each move of the weapon affected the bullet impact location. Oh and one more thing ... weapons do no longer clip trough objects!

Multiplayer?

Yes? No? Possible! Beyond Enemy Lines 2 is a singleplayer game just like Beyond Enemy Lines 1. But I heard your request of Multiplayer and Coop and Beyond Enemy Lines 2 is developed with Multiplayer in mind. Due to the fact I'm still a single person developing the game, I have no resources to develop Singleplayer, Multiplayer and Coop at the same time in a decent quality. Singleplayer first and then we will see. A small Multiplayer Prototype is up and running and it's very possible to see the Multiplayer as a seperate spin off game at a later date.

Lootcrates & Microtransactions

No way!

Release?

When it's done! No seriously, when it's done! Beyond Enemy Lines 2 is currently in pre alpha stage and there is so much to do and to check out that it's nearly impossible to give a date. Beyond Enemy Lines 2 will start an open and community driven development in 2018 and will be released once the quality is right.

What's next?

Open and Community driven development in 2018! _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2017-12-01 10:02:32 CET ] [ Original post ]

Comment!

Make sure to follow on Facebook and Twitter to get all updates in the next days!

[ 2017-11-23 14:19:37 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update Nr. 16 is now available and improves the overall graphic quality once again! New:
Old:
More examples (click for large image):







This new update replaces ~95% of all indoor objects with new, high resolution objects as well es several outdoor objects. Render mode has been switch to prebaked shadowmaps for buildings for a more realistic atmosphere. Switching to prebaked shadows and the new high resolution textures results in a increased file size from ~9GB to now 16GB. This changes do not affact Operation Actic Hawk or the Editor. Both will get those improvements with a later update. v30910 Changelog (21. November 2017) Graphic: - replaced 95% of all indoor objects - replaced several outdoor objects - updated all maps with prebaked shadows for all buildings (BEL original campaign and single missions) Other - replaced issues with wrong sized AI characters Legacy: To keep compatibility with lower end systems there are 2 new branches available. legacy_original: Latest version of Beyond Enemy Lines before Graphic Update V1 legacy_graphic_update_v1: Latest version of Beyond Enemy Lines before Graphic Update V2 Linux: The Linux version still has some game breaking issues. The next target is to get to a stable build until the next update is released. _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2017-11-21 12:52:00 CET ] [ Original post ]

The 15th update since launch is now available! v30910 Changelog (17. October 2017) Graphic: - updated view distance for several smaller objects Maps: - updated all maps (converted to support new Engine standards) Other - updated Engine to Unreal Engine 4.17 - updated key rebinding to prevent issues on certain systems - switch menu background to be a streamed level - added interfaces for future updates Menu Background: The Menu back ground is now a streamed level. This results in a faster loading time of the main menu and it is faster usable on lower end systems. This also means there might be now background (only black) until the background level is fully loaded. Key Rebinding: Key Rebinding had some issues on some systems but the reason therefor is still unclear. Please report if the new updated solved some issues. _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2017-10-17 14:00:16 CET ] [ Original post ]

Beyond Enemy Lines is now available as retail version at Saturn in Germany! Saturn Online Store _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2017-09-13 15:21:05 CET ] [ Original post ]

After some time of silence it's time to tease the next mission which will be added to Beyond Enemy Lines. The screenshot is taken from a very early and unfinished version of the mission and does not represent the final quality. _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2017-09-07 16:46:05 CET ] [ Original post ]

Beyond Enemy Lines shines in new light!

A new update improving the visuals of Beyond Enemy Lines is now available for free. New Tree mdoels, improved, post processing , new character models and improved animations as well es a reworked gunplay let to one of the larges updates for Beyond Enemy Lines ever! Read all changes in the attached changelog below.

Performance:

While improving the overall visuals the goal was to keep the same system requirements as before for the highest settings. While the update perform very well on most of the systems, some older GPUs can have issues with the enhanced post processing. Reducing the post processing quality in the options should solve most performance issues. -> The new medium settings are equal to the highest in older versions. Please take a few moments to adjust your settings if necessary. If you want to play the old version or have any issues with the new visuals, a new legacy branch is now available in the Beta tab within the properties (Steam). v30900 Changelog (15. August 2017) Graphic: - replaced pine tree models - rescaled remaining tree models - added light shafts - reworked post processing AI: - fixed animation issues - added new character model dedicated for enemy snipers - added 4 new character models randomly picked for non snipers Weapons: - rescaled all weapons - repositioned weapons (closer to the player) - reworked gunplay (recoil, spread, accuracy, damage output) Other - added new player animation system - fixed crouch to stand animation transistion - attached Player View to new player animation system - added menu character can randomly selectes character mesh - added mnew loading and preview screens


_______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2017-08-15 12:29:46 CET ] [ Original post ]

Beyond Enemy Lines will receive a big graphical update!

New version on top, release version (21 Feb, 2017) below. This upcoming update will replace and rescale several tree models, enhance light and post processing on all base game missions. Along side with those changes several new character models will be introduced, the player movement drastically improved as well as several glitches fixed and some slight adjustments on the gunplay.


There is currently no set release date for this update. In the mean while please take part in the Beyond Enemy Lines Player Survey to help me improve Beyond Enemy Lines even further. Thank you very much! _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2017-08-09 17:13:00 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello everyone, I would like to hear what you thin, what your suggestions are and what you would like to see in the future. Please take a short time to participate in the Beyond Enemy Lines Player Survey. Thank you very much! _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2017-08-06 11:48:02 CET ] [ Original post ]

New Editor Objects added with this update:
v30785 Changelog (29. July 2017) Editor: - added 5 new props Other - fixed several issues with object view distance on lowest settings: _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2017-07-29 13:58:48 CET ] [ Original post ]

v30775 Changelog (18. July 2017) Editor: - fixed issue with navigation mesh generation - fixed issue where projectiles or weapon pickups causes massiv performance issues - fixed not working delete icon for HUD Info objects _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2017-07-21 16:07:33 CET ] [ Original post ]

A new version for Beyond Enemy Lines is now available adding new features and improving existing features. The number of allowed imported missions was increased from 10 to 25. C4 Mission Targets show an explosion at the end of a mission (this instantly works with older missions and no further changes are required). A HUD Info Object was added to the World Settings, allowing you to tell a story with ingame text pop ups. The Properties Panel for Objects was replaced by a permanantly visible Properties menu. Moving and Rotating objects are now nolonger possible with a mouse and is replaced with a new system. Rotations now work with a grid system (the same way as the movement works). Therefore a Rotation Grid box was added. Rotations are now done with the keys NUM 4, NUM 6, NUM 8, NUM 2, NUM 7, NUM 6 or J, L, I, M, U, O. Num 5 and K are used to reset the rotation of an Object to (0,0,0). v30775 Changelog (18. July 2017) - added C4 cinematics - added HUD Info object - updated several smaller issues - updated rotation controls - increased max. supported imported missions to 25 _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2017-07-18 18:01:37 CET ] [ Original post ]

v30751 Changelog (14. July 2017) - Hotfix Editor: - fixed issue where the user was no longer able to rotate an object _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2017-07-14 14:17:31 CET ] [ Original post ]

Mission Editor now available as public Beta

The Mission Editor for Beyond Enemy Lines is now available for everyone to play and test with. To get started with the Editor, I preprared two Guides for you: Editor Guide Tool Guide Please remember: The Editor is in Beta state, so expect some bugs and issues. Report all bugs, issues and ideas how to improve the Editor to help building a stable and reliable version. The Editor launches with a limited amount of objects as well as no support for grass and roads. More Objects are planned to be released with each update, the vegetation system is in early concept stage and is likely to change with grass support added later.

Linux Beta branch

An early Linux version is also now available to download from a seperate linux branch. This version does not contain any support for DLCs and Mission Editor right now and is for available for testing purposes only. Please report all issues and problems here as well.

Humble Bundle Store

From today on, Beyond Enemy Lines is also available on the Humble Bunde Store for purchase. v30750 Changelog (13. July 2017) Editor: - added ingame Editor and User Missions - added Workshop tools Menu/UI: - added Editor and User Missions to main menu - changed button highlight color - fixed issue with highlighting in pause menu - fixed issue where loading screen is not visible Weapons: - tweaked several recoil values - added medical syringe to weapon scroll cycle Other: - added Linux Beta (limited support and content) - fixed some non critical script errors - rework and improved weapon textures - reworked default Gamepad controls _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2017-07-13 15:41:46 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello everyone, as you might already have assumed - the Editor won't get released in June anymore. I wanted to add some more features and polish some aspects of the Workshop Tools. New estimated release date is mid July. I'm calculating with 13th July 2017 but it's possible it's a bit earlier or later. To give you some more impressions of the new Tools, above is a screenshot of the new Launcher to manage Workshop content. And here is all you need to fill out to upload a Mission to the workshop:
I'm currently writing 2 detailed guids how to use the Editor and the Tools and what should be avoided. Prepare yourself for the full load of community content and new creative missions! _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2017-06-30 16:37:46 CET ] [ Original post ]

The new free mission Facility is now available for free to everyone who owns Beyond Enemy Lines. As always there is a Donation DLC available which unlocks an additional Achievment. v30700 Changelog (16. June 2017) Engine: - updated to Unreal Engine 4.16 - reworked and added multithreading to improve performance - updated material rendering to PBR rendering - updated light and shadow rendering Other: - added free mission Facility _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2017-06-16 12:46:41 CET ] [ Original post ]

The third free content update introduces the mission Facility to Beyond Enemy Lines. Facility is a large scale mission with a total of 5 mission objectives and is starting a new era of mission design in Beyond Enemy Lines. Facility Release: soon (in verification at Valve)

Boosting the Performance:

Alongside with the Facility Mission the new performance update goes live which is enhancing the light propagation and the general performance by ~15% due to the introduction of proper multithreading. The Material System is also switched from traditional Diffuse Material to PBR Material allowing a more natural look with more depth in textures while keeping the same system requirements (VRAM) and performance as the old system. In other words: Beyond Enemy Lines looks now better then ever with an even better performance!

New Possibilities:

The new one performance allows new possibilities like a more dense vegetation. Facility is the first mission taking advantage of those new possibilities and is able to draw double the amount of vegetation with a higher view distance than previous missions.

The last one of it's kind:

Facility is the first mission to benefit from the performance bust but will also be the last one showcasing the old Landscape look. I'm working hard on a new way to render and display landscapes in a more natural and realistic way. The fourth free mission (yes there will be another one) will feature a realistic landscape look later this year.

Mission Editor:

Good news for all creative players waiting for the Beyond Enemy Lines Mission Editor. All critical bugs (AI) are resolved and the Editor is fully working. But there is still some work left to do:

• remove visual, non critical bugs
• improve editor controls
• finalize workshop tools
• write tutorial guids and tooltips

Editor Release: within the next weeks _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2017-06-12 12:47:21 CET ] [ Original post ]

Thank you!

I think it's about time that I say a loud THANK YOU to all of you! Since the release of Beyond Enemy Lines back in february it was a very stressfull but amazing time. You created an amazing, friendly and constructive community for which it's a pleasure to work for! Everyone who contributed their thoughts, ideas, reported a bug or just played Beyond Enemy Lines - thank you very much! It was a long journey and it's not over ...

The future of Beyond Enemy Lines

Updates: I'm currently working on updating the Engine from Unreal Engine 4.13 to 4.16 and reworking parts of the code to allow propper multithreading (where possible and supported). This worked payed off very well and resulted into a performance boost of ~15%. I'm also researching the possibilities of reworking all material shaders for an enhanced graphics, if - when - how is unknown and will be announced in the near future. I'm also working on the next free Mission Update which is adding another large scale map to Beyond Enemy Lines. Ubdate release date: TBA Mission Editor: The Mission Editor es developing in a solid state and is pretty much fully usable. The associated Workshop tools are in the final state and are 95% done and working properly. But as always with such big projects someone won't cooperate. In this case: the AI. I hoped to have solved all remaining issues of the AI by today but unfortunately not. The AI is almost fully functional, gets spawned correctly, is reacting properly to the Player but for some reason won't patrol along waypoints. To make it even stranger - if I create a mission in a Preview Build running withing the Unreal Engine 4 Editor, the AI is working. If I load this mission into a standalone build used in a Steam Beta Branch the AI works fine and moves along the waypoints. Only if a mission is created from within a standalone build, the AI won't work properly. So there are still some problems but I hope I'm able to sort the out in the next days. I'm planning to release a public beta of the editor in June 2017 with a limited amount of assets (all remaining assets will be added later with free updates).

The future of Polygon Art

The Next Game Project (TNGP): I'm proud to announce that Polygon Art is currently working on a new Project which will be revealed later this year. This also means that most of the resources and work are now redirected the the new Project and there is less time available to work on Beyond Enemy Lines. This will result in a large time span between new updates for Beyond Enemy Lines. But don't worry, the support for Beyond Enemy Lines won't stop and more content is planned to be released over the next month. Polygon Art Value: I'm also very proud to announce Polygon Art Value, a newly foundet team of 5 higly talented game design students. Working together with me as the Project Lead, the goal of Polygon Art Value is to develop small and entertaining game for various platforms. The first project is set to be released this summer. If you don't want to miss any details about new Polygon Art games, make sure to follow Polygon Art on social media. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PolygonArtStudios/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2017-05-31 19:24:24 CET ] [ Original post ]

Operation: Arctic Hawk is now available!

Content:

• New, 4 mission long story with ~2-3h playtime
• 4 new weapons
• New engine features: Night Missions and dynamic weather changes
• New mission objective structure: Hostage Rescue
• Unlocks winter themed objects in the upcoming Mission Editor

Store: Buy Operation: Arctic Hawk now!
v30550 Changelog (25. May 2017) Weapons: - added 4 new weapons - added new weapon pickup sound AI: - tweaked some behaviour transitions Other: - added Operation: Arctic Hawk - added new DLC System - added new Operation: Arctic Hawk Achievements - added new Achievements for Donation DLC owner _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com Facebook: www.facebook.comBeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2017-05-25 12:46:58 CET ] [ Original post ]

Welcome back!

Here’s the situation: Zykov escaped on your last mission, he is still our priority target. Intel was able to locate an arms dealer with a connection to Zykov in this region. We don’t know who he is or his exact location, but we hope to receive more information about Zykov’s whereabouts from him. We had another Agent on the mission to observe and arrest him, his signal was lost 12 hours ago. Intel thinks he was takes hostage by the arms dealer somewhere around this region. This is your objective: locate and rescue our agent and retrieve as much information as possible. We need names, locations and all the data you can find!

Content:

• New, 4 mission long story with ~2-3h playtime
• 4 new weapons
• New engine features: Night Missions and dynamic weather changes
• New mission objective structure: Hostage Rescue
• Unlocks winter themed objects in the upcoming Mission Editor

Store:

Add Operation: Arctic Hawk to your Wishlist _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com Facebook: www.facebook.comBeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2017-05-18 15:28:09 CET ] [ Original post ]

The first expansion for Beyond Enemy Lines will be released this month and along with it's release there will be a major update available for the base game. Here are all the changes:

• added new Campaign selection screen
• added 4 new weapon slots for the new expansion weapons
• added editor core code (but currently disabled for public use)
• added new DLC licence check system
• added new achievements for DLC owners
• reworked several sounds
• remove >100 non critical warnings in the code

The update addes all Operation: Arctic Hawk related files als well as all Editor files to the base game. DLCs from now on contain ownly a licence check to unlock ingame items and no additional downloads are required. This decision was made due to fact that the editor needs always all files and a seperat download wouldn't change much. So the filesize will increase around 1GB to 6GB in total. The owners of the Military Airfield Donation DLC and Dome Donation DLC will recieve an additional supporter achievement the next time the mission is completed. Operation: Arctic Hawk Teaser _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://www.beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Developer: http://www.polygon-art.com/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2017-05-13 18:02:53 CET ] [ Original post ]

Beyond Enemy Lines will recieve it's first paid expansioncalled Operation Arctic Hawk. It comes with a 4 mission long new Story set in siberia after the events of Beyond Enemy Lines.It introduces a winter themed graphical set and 4 new weapons as well as dynamical weather changes and a night mission. Operation Arctic Hawk will be a paid expension, wether the price is not set, expect it to be under $10. This expansion does not only serve the purpose to add more content to the game, it's helps to fund the continued support and the development of the ingame editor introduced in the next part. All changes and improvements apply to the main game and will be updated uppon the release of Operation Arctic Hawk. There will be free mission updates for Beyond Enemy Lines after the release of Operation Arctic Hawk and the Editor.



Content: New Story with 4 Missions, 4 new Weapons, new graphical set Release Date: TBA Price: TBA

Create your own mission and share it with our friends and the community!

A frequently requested features arrives for Beyond Enemy Lines - The Mission Editor! Create your own Mission with the build in Editor within minutesand no programming knowledge is required! Drop the Objects you like into the mission. Move, rotate or delete them, change the landscape and day of time on the fly. Playtest it directly within the editor and if your creations works just fine, upload it to the Steam Workshop and share it with your friends or the entire Beyond Enemy Lines Community. A fully fledged and detailed mission as a filesize of <10mb, even with slow internet you are able to share and play missions. Early Work in Progress demonstration: Build a mission in under 3 minutes
The Editor will be released for free to every owner of Beyond Enemy Lines with full Steam Workshop integration and the graphical set of the main game. More graphical sets like the Winter set from Operation Arctic Hawk could be added later on. Release Date: TBA (after Operation Arctic Hawk) Price: free _______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2017-04-20 15:29:59 CET ] [ Original post ]

v30300 Changelog (03. April 2017) Weapons: - slightly increased damage of all weapons - reworked bullet physics - resized bullet size to a more realistic size - reworked sniper recoil - added bullet trace to sniper bullets - reworked hit registration (from AI accept damage to bullet deal damage) AI: - reworked AI code - purified Cover Search Algorithm (Runtime O(n^3) -> O(n^2)) - removed 2 deadlocks in state machine - AI nolonger starts by default, now gets called by AI-Manager when ready - increased hear radius from 1200 to 1650 - AI can now react to nearby bullet impacts (depending on surface and distance -> reaction is randomized, bullets can be ignored or path to "check impact" is to long) - AI now returns smoothly when hear or see player (somethimes rotates long way -> needs additional research) - AI is now playing a fire animation when shooting Other: - cleaned and improved code - added casual option to settings menu
_______________________________________________________________ Official Site: http://beyond-enemy-lines.com/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeyondEnemyLines Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolygonArt

[ 2017-04-03 10:22:02 CET ] [ Original post ]