A launch-ready field guide for the 50-vs-50 tactical shooter, organized around the information squads need before and after deployment.
Confirmed launch snapshot
- Release date: August 13, 2026
- Developer: Expression Games
- Publisher: Team17
- Platforms announced by Team17: Steam, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S
What this hub will cover
- Role and unit responsibilities
- Map objectives, movement, and logistics
- Weapons, vehicles, helicopters, patrol boats, and tunnels
- PC settings, controller setup, servers, errors, and performance
- Patch notes and version-sensitive changes
Editorial status
This is a pre-release hub with eleven source-backed guides. Announced features are not treated as final behavior until verified against the release build. Last source check: August 2, 2026.
Check the current official Steam listing →
Choose your next guide
Start and choose
- Beginner guide — choose a role, spawn with purpose, communicate and complete a useful first match.
- All 17 roles explained — compare unit responsibilities, communication load and beginner suitability.
Configure and connect
- PC system requirements — check the official hardware targets without invented benchmarks.
- Best PC settings workflow — diagnose GPU, CPU, server and frame-time problems methodically.
- Servers, crossplay and voice chat — separate confirmed playtest behavior from launch verification.
Read the battlefield
- US Forces vs NVA — understand the confirmed logistics and movement asymmetry.
- 3D Tactical Map guide — read elevation, roads, rivers and route risk.
Choose an edition and explore launch content
- Standard vs Deluxe Edition — compare launch content, cosmetic packs, published US list prices and delivery timing.
- Maps and game modes — separate the confirmed launch totals from the names and rules that remain unrevealed.
Track the beta-to-launch changes
What changed since the beta? — review the announced performance, VOIP, progression, tunnel, stability and console-visual changes before launch.
Compare the original with Vietnam
Hell Let Loose vs Vietnam — compare the setting, engine, roles, movement, vehicles, modes and continued support before choosing.
