Mare Nostrum is a modification for Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 being developed by Sandstorm Productions, which formed in July 2006 upon the merger of the Burning Sands and Campagna Italiana mod teams. Since the union the team has gone from strength to strength and produced the first public beta version of Mare Nostrum in March 2008.

Mare Nostrum expands upon Red Orchestra by including the Mediterranean theatre of war along with the equipment of the Afrika Korps, Royal Italian Army and the British Commonwealth. Locations will be as varied as North Africa, Italy and Crete, so whether you like close quarter street fighting in Rome, beach invasions in Sicily or tank battles in the deserts of Libya, Mare Nostrum has got something for you!

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Mare Nostrum has enjoyed wide ranging media exposure and was voted into the top 100 unreleased mods in the ModDB 2007 Mod of the Year awards.

Mare Nostrum has also been featured on Gamepsy, AMD GAME! and IGN.

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3 comments by Psycho_Sam on Sep 15th, 2008 digg this super bookmark


Well yes it is time for another update from the Mare Nostrum team. We have kept you waiting for quite a while, but whilst you may not of heard from us we have been working extremely hard in preparing Open Beta 1.3 which is growing closer with every passing day. To prepare our tank fans for 1.3 we have produced some tank datasheets in the vein of the official RO ones, they come complete with all the information and statistics you need to know when either crewing of facing one of these tanks in battle. Study these well to gain that all important edge over the opposition, after all, knowledge is power!

Keep checking back for more information as we build up to the release of 1.3. Until next time...

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July Tunis Telegraph

July Tunis Telegraph

Jul 14, 2008 Other 0 comments

This month we bring the highlights of the new Italian weaponry we are bringing in our next patch along with some heavier British firepower in the form...

Tunis Telegraph - May 2008

Tunis Telegraph - May 2008

May 20, 2008 Other 0 comments

Our newspaper is back with a vengance after an extended absence! This time we highlight some of the armoured vehicles that are due to hit the deserts...

Open Beta 1.2

Open Beta 1.2

Apr 09, 2008 Full Version 0 comments

Full installer. If you have an existing Mare Nostrum install remove it via the Add/Remove programs option. Failing that delete your Mare Nostrum folder....

Mare Nostrum Open Beta 1.1 - Server Files

Mare Nostrum Open Beta 1.1 - Server Files

Mar 08, 2008 Server 0 comments

Server files for 1.1 Upload to your server and overwrite the old files! Note that these will not work client side!

Mare Nostrum: Open Beta 1 - Server Files

Mare Nostrum: Open Beta 1 - Server Files

Mar 01, 2008 Server 0 comments

The last set of server files included a map which crashed servers. This is an updated server file download. Note that these will not work client side!

Mare Nostrum Weapon Trailer

Mare Nostrum Weapon Trailer

Oct 08, 2007 Movies 2 comments

Teaser trailer showing both the Bren MkII and Thompson M1928-A1 in action around Tobruk.

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headshot702
headshot702 Oct 8 2008, 7:03am says:

Any servers with humans playing this mod?

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iknowdintoo
iknowdintoo Aug 31 2008, 2:23pm says:

They said MN 1.3b would be released in mid august right? Still nothing to be spotted :(.
However, whén it comes out, it'll be awesomeness all day long! MN is much more qualitative then, say, DH.. Can't wait

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Watson.uk
Watson.uk Sep 11 2008, 11:48am replied:

Personally i cant see how you can say that.
DH is a bloody good game
and well made.

Mind you there are some retards who make stupid maps.
but no one even plays MN so.

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iknowdintoo
iknowdintoo Sep 20 2008, 11:41am replied:

I'm not saying DH sucks, it's just a WIP. Mare Nostrum is too, but has way nicer animations and sounds (IMO). And why I think DH is 'rougher': For example most of the reloading sounds have been 'recycled' to be used in just about every rifle there (although there are exceptions). They just made too much, too quick, instead of (what MN did) start small, but good. And that no-one plays Mare Nostrum is because it's kinda small. This should be over with 1.3.

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TJYoung
TJYoung Aug 22 2008, 6:55am says:

I had to vote low on this as the mod really isn't all that much content driven. RO allows for so much freedom when it comes to these total conversions and Mare Nostrum really let me down.

I'd like to see work done on the existing British and the adding of Americans in Africa before they start tossing out Italian content. There's so much more that can be done with the African Campaign that it always seems to be looked over or passed by in every game that features it.

I'm just overall disappointed and I expected more (there's only 4 or 5 servers running this mod and no one ever plays it). When I have played Mare Nostrum it's like playing Day of Defeat: Source with more realism (small Infantry based maps, little to no vehicles). I'll keep watching this mod but I've really stopped holding my breath.

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Psycho_Sam
Psycho_Sam Sep 1 2008, 9:04am replied:

With our first release we have a lot of ground work to cover such as the main chunk of coding to add in new weapons, nations and classes etc.. Now we have all of that done we can focus on the content and we are releasing an update with vehicles and more weapons soon, so don't write us off just yet.. :)

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Stoney_McWood
Stoney_McWood Jun 7 2008, 2:07pm says:

This mod looks just awesome, but I want to know if I can still play my original Red Orchestra, if when installed will this mod takeover my game, or will it have a separate launcher?

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zju_wangyi
zju_wangyi Jun 29 2008, 10:51am replied:

It will have a seperate launcher, of course.

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Psycho_Sam
Psycho_Sam Jun 8 2008, 4:58am replied:

No don't worry you can still play RO, MN uses its own launcher.

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origin93
origin93 May 31 2008, 2:36pm says:

I play this all the time! and i knew this mod will never die!

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