Palermo

Palermo
Game(s)	Day of Defeat: Source
Teams	Allies vs. Axis
Author (s)	Magnar "insta" Jennsen
Objectives
Allies	Capture the 5 flag points.
Axis	Capture the 5 flag points.

Palermo is a map for Day of Defeat: Source, that was officially added to the game as part of July 2, 2008 update. This map is based for the Italian city of Palerno.

Overview

A Day of Defeat: Source area capture map created by Magnar "insta" Jennsen which is a remake of his popular community map 'Salerno'. Salerno itself was based on Magnar's Day of Defeat 1.3 map "dod_railroad".

Dod_Palermo was part of a huge Day of Defeat: Source update that took place on July 2, 2008 and was named 'Palermo Update'. This update include Dod_Palermo, Steam Community Integration (Avatars, names...etc), a freeze cam, achievements and statistics. This update wasn't welcomed very well by some more experienced Day of Defeat: Source players who believe that the freeze cam removed the whole World War II feel of the game.

Description

American landing forces in Sicily, under General George S. Patton, have driven to the outskirts of Palermo. His tanks cannot enter this part of the city until the Germans are cleared. He sends the infantry forward to do the job.

• US Army: Go house-to-house and gain control of the town.
• Wehrmacht: Hold the town by any means necessary.

Updates

July 2, 2008

Leveraging the recently released set of free services available in Steamworks, the Palermo Update adds 51 achievements to Day of Defeat: Source, player avatar displays in the scoreboard and win panel, and detailed player statistics that are integrated with the Steam Community features (www.steamcommunity.com).

In addition, this update adds support for popular features introduced in Valve's Team Fortress 2 (TF2), the PC title named multiplayer game of the year by Gamespy.com and PC Gamer. These include "nemesis/revenge" freeze cam and new effects driven by the particle system introduced to the Source engine for TF2.

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