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Steam News11 May 20261mo ago

AI Rework Release + S.N.A.R.E. Campaign free content

View store page AI Rework The team fully reworked the game’s AI. This is a fundamental overhaul, heavily driven by community feedback and incorporating many player-suggested tactics and improvements.

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Full ICBM: Escalation update

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  • Performance
  • Balance
  • Fixes
  • Gameplay
changedView store page AI ReworkThe team fully reworked the game’s AI. This is a fundamental overhaul, heavily driven by community feedback and incorporating many player-suggested tactics and improvements.
addedView store page AI ReworkThe new AI is more strategic, adaptive, and less predictable in its behavior. Depending on the selected difficulty, it creates constant pressure and makes the world feel truly “alive”, with territories frequently changing hands through ongoing regional conflicts.
changedView store page AI ReworkIt now handles diplomacy, conventional warfare, and nuclear escalation in a far more balanced and coherent way. Conflicts can evolve naturally over time - from early conventional engagements, through limited nuclear use, and ultimately into high-stakes, full-scale nuclear endgame scenarios.
changedView store page AI ReworkIn addition to these gameplay improvements, the update also delivers significant performance optimizations, resulting in a smoother and more consistent overall experience.
changedView store page AI ReworkIf you want to know more regarding the AI Rework process, please check previous Diaries:
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ICBM: Escalation changes

changedThe team fully reworked the game’s AI. This is a fundamental overhaul, heavily driven by community feedback and incorporating many player-suggested tactics and improvements.
addedThe new AI is more strategic, adaptive, and less predictable in its behavior. Depending on the selected difficulty, it creates constant pressure and makes the world feel truly “alive”, with territories frequently changing hands through ongoing regional conflicts.
changedIt now handles diplomacy, conventional warfare, and nuclear escalation in a far more balanced and coherent way. Conflicts can evolve naturally over time - from early conventional engagements, through limited nuclear use, and ultimately into high-stakes, full-scale nuclear endgame scenarios.
changedIn addition to these gameplay improvements, the update also delivers significant performance optimizations, resulting in a smoother and more consistent overall experience.
changedIf you want to know more regarding the AI Rework process, please check previous Diaries:

View store page AI Rework

The team fully reworked the game’s AI. This is a fundamental overhaul, heavily driven by community feedback and incorporating many player-suggested tactics and improvements.

The new AI is more strategic, adaptive, and less predictable in its behavior. Depending on the selected difficulty, it creates constant pressure and makes the world feel truly “alive”, with territories frequently changing hands through ongoing regional conflicts.

It now handles diplomacy, conventional warfare, and nuclear escalation in a far more balanced and coherent way. Conflicts can evolve naturally over time - from early conventional engagements, through limited nuclear use, and ultimately into high-stakes, full-scale nuclear endgame scenarios.

In addition to these gameplay improvements, the update also delivers significant performance optimizations, resulting in a smoother and more consistent overall experience.

If you want to know more regarding the AI Rework process, please check previous Diaries:

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S.N.A.R.E. Campaign free content and discounts

Additionally, we are releasing the S.N.A.R.E. campaign for free. A series of five missions set across the decades (1960, 1980, 2000, 2020 and 2040), focused on heavy nuclear warfare. To celebrate, the entire ICBM series is available at a discount for a limited time. Don't miss the chance to enter this nuclear world or complete your collection. ICBM Escalation Complete

Changelog 1.1.2

  • Fixed an occasional game freeze

  • Fixed a potential crash

  • Fixed the problem with incorrect city handling when loading MP games with destroyed territories

  • Fixed the problem with the AI not using all available nuclear bombs

  • Fixed the problem with incorrect rate-of-fire for AA gunsites and similar units

  • Fixed incorrect missile property caching that had the effect of MIRV missiles not splitting into individual warheads

  • Added the possibility to independently configure Production and Science speed multipliers for the game regardless of the game type + Added S.N.A.R.E. campaign

  • Changed the Torpedo characteristics

  • Specialized Airbases now host different set of aircraft

  • Added more logging when checking for Internet/Steam availability

Source

Steam News / 11 May 2026

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