Tripwire Interactive and Antimatter Games have released a new update for Rising Storm 2: Vietnam.

A new update available for Rising Storm 2: Vietnam has added a 64-player campaign mode, which allows players to choose between Northern or Southern forces.

Following a beta and out now on Steam, players will “fight for control” of key territories from 1965 through 1975. Forces and weapon availability will vary depending upon the year.

Here’s a breakdown of the multiplayer campaign features:

• Full 64-Player Campaign Mode

• Choose your side: Take control of Northern or Southern forces, battling for control region by region

• Fight from 1965 through 1975 with different forces and weaponry available to each side as time progresses

• Select regions to compete for, the army to use, and the map to fight over

• Northern forces can make strategic use of the Ho Chi Minh Trail option to bring stronger People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN) forces to bear

• Southern forces can respond with carefully timed use of the Search and Destroy option

• Added Variety: Fight over classic maps with new armies, different Commander abilities and weapons, and different attackers and variety

• Help decide the fate of the Vietnam war

The modding community is also receiving support with a new, available player-made map. Titled Highway 14, the map was one of the winners from the Rising Storm 2: Vietnam $40,000 Modding Contest.

On this map, the US Army will fight “alongside a highway through difficult terrain.” They will try to clear objectives while NFL guerrilla forces “work to stop them at every opportunity.”

Subscribe to the VG247 newsletter Get all the best bits of VG247 delivered to your inbox every Friday! Enable JavaScript to sign up to our newsletter

Along with the new mode and map, a large patch was released. The notes are rather extensive, so you may wish to grab a cup before diving in.