Darkest Hour: Normandy 1944 is a modification for red orchestra. It will focus on the Normandy campaign in 1944 and will not only cover the landings and airborne drops of the 6th of June 1944 but it will also include the epic large scale tank battles that took place in the later stages of the campaign.

We have finally released Beta 1.0 of this mod and your opinions and suggestions are important to us so please post them on our forums.

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After many months of hard work, delays and endless "what's taking so long?" threads, we are very pleased to announce that Darkest Hour Beta 3.0 is now available via Steam!

Please note that if you already have Beta 2 it is very important that you delete or rename your DarkestHour folder before downloading Beta 3. Older versions are incompatible with the Steam client and will result in a corrupt download.

Built on the award-winning Steam favorite, Red Orchestra, Darkest Hour brings the classic RO multiplayer experience to the beaches of Normandy, Operation Market-Garden, the Battle of the Bulge and on into the Reich. Now you can play as American, British or Canadian troops, with a huge range of additional features including:

  • More than 20 new infantry weapons, such as the ever-distinctive Garand, M1 Carbine, .30-cal, Bren, FG42, Thompson and the Enfield rifles
  • American Bazooka, British PIAT and German Panzerschreck to go tank-hunting with
  • New infantry features, including Airborne drops onto the battlefield, bullet suppression and supersonic cracks, plus a new radioman class for calling in artillery strikes
  • Dozens of new uniforms for all nations
  • Over a dozen new crewable vehicles including the King Tiger and JagdPanther for the Germans, countered with multiple types of Sherman in 75mm, 76mm and 17-pounder versions, plus the Cromwell, M10 Wolverine and Achilles
  • New armor features, including engine damage and fires, crew hits and tracks visibly breaking when hit
  • More transport – Kubelwagen, Jeep and Opel truck
  • 11 new maps, including:
    • Juno Beach – Canadians storming the beaches in classic D-Day action
    • Carentan – the US 101st Airborne assaults the town shortly after D-Day
    • Brecourt – 101st Airborne attempt to put a key German artillery battery out of commission behind the beaches
    • Vieux – vast sweeping armored combat as the British attempt to break out during Operation Goodwood in Normandy
    • Ginkel Heath – British paras drop into a hotly-contested LZ at the start of Operation Market-Garden
    • Wacht-am-Rhein – sweeping tank combat during the Battle of the Bulge, including the fearsome King Tiger
    • Stoumont – American infantry and armor try and hold back the SS PanzerGrenadiers in the streets of the Ardennes town
    • Bois Jacques – tenacious American defense against the combined German tank and infantry forces
    • Foy – the Germans’ turn to defend against attacking American airborne troopers

So whether it is the Normandy campaign, jumping onto the dropzones around Arnhem or the bitter fighting in the Battle of the Bulge, new and old players alike will get a chance to see why RO remains a classic. Now with the opportunity to re-play those battles RO-style, courtesy of Darkest Hour: Europe 1944-45!


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Darkest Hour Beta v2.0

Darkest Hour Beta v2.0

Jan 25, 2009 Full Version 4 comments

This is version v2.0 of Darkest Hour, released 03 October 2008

Darkest Hour June 6th 2008 Trailer

Darkest Hour June 6th 2008 Trailer

Jun 04, 2008 Trailers 0 comments

A trailer showing off many of the new features, units and weapons of the upcoming Darkest Hour Beta 1.0

Darkest Hour Beta 1.0 Manual

Darkest Hour Beta 1.0 Manual

May 30, 2008 Guides 2 comments

The Darkest Hour Beta 1.0 Manual explains installing DH, how to set up the sdk, server and several new gameplay features.

Darkest Hour Feature Trailer

Darkest Hour Feature Trailer

Apr 11, 2008 Trailers 2 comments

The DH feature trailer....look here to learn more about our parachute and portable radio man systems. Release in May 2008

Christmas 2007 Teaser Trailer

Christmas 2007 Teaser Trailer

Dec 24, 2007 Trailers 1 comment

The Christmas 2007 Teaser Trailer for Darkest Hour.

Dog Green Teaser Trailer

Dog Green Teaser Trailer

May 11, 2007 Trailers 1 comment

The Darkest Hour Dog Green Trailer. Enjoy 5 minutes of action packed footage (which only shows 50% of the entire map) as well as numerous other features...enjoy...

Comments  (10 - 20 of 237)
drnco_man
drnco_man Mar 8 2009, 3:42pm says:

Do they plan on having Mg's mounted on top of turrets, The stug could really use one and the Kt would be beast if it could have one too

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daddyrabbittts
daddyrabbittts Mar 5 2009, 2:28pm says:

I wonder if they will make a pacific theater It would be nice to fight the Japeneese In the jugles xD

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Fallschirmjäger.
Fallschirmjäger. Feb 19 2009, 2:56am says:

Yea no idea too,as had added to friends list here and on the darkest hour forums.And sent some pm's and no reply i think last year,like gone offline for some reason,no pc,internet conection etc...?.

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mikejkelley
mikejkelley Feb 18 2009, 11:28pm says:

Can some1 tell me what happened to Aeneas2020? I've lost his email, so if somebody could pm it to me, I'd appreciate it.

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Fallschirmjäger.
Fallschirmjäger. Feb 13 2009, 9:58pm says:

All this new stuff is due soon right,so another big update,patch or so,hundreads of MB.And at top says Darkest Hour Official Release - 31st January 2009,that was just that latest news on about right?.

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Zirty
Zirty Feb 6 2009, 6:43am says:

Call it just darkest hour in case you include japanese.

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nemesis1993
nemesis1993 Feb 5 2009, 11:33am says:

Head over to Darkesthourgame.com for more news and updates, the game is no going to be called Darkest Hour: Normandy 1944, due to Maps in Belgium, with battle of the bulge, and In Holland 'Operation Market Garden',instead its gonna be called Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45. Jus thought i'd say it to you all before it gets posted here :).

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Bob_Bobber0
Bob_Bobber0 Jan 25 2009, 9:01pm says:

Interesting mod, highly dependent on quality teammates to be fun though. And almost all American Weapon sounds are bad, sorry, I don't know why you cant just grab a Band of Brothers sound mod from one of the older call of duty games or DoD

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Harpo245
Harpo245 Jan 24 2009, 6:42pm says:

A good few weapon models are bad. Look at the Garand and M1 Carbine, the circular sights are octagonal, and when reloading the BAR, the Bipod just flips out. Also, as mentioned before, the sounds need work too. But I've played some amazing maps with this mod! Can't wait for the 31st...

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Maximus183
Maximus183 Jan 21 2009, 3:41am replied:

Yeah almost all of the american gun sounds need to be replaced

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