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CDV rewards loyal Cossacks

Free campaign to celebrate launch of Back to War

The long-awaited Cossacks: Back to War is due out tomorrow priced £19.99, and publisher CDV has released a free, previously unavailable campaign to whet the appetite of the original's many fans. The campaign, entitled 'Enemy of the Crown', is based on historical events set in corrupt, Tsar-ruled Russia between 1740 and 1764. The campaign uses different scenery to the majority of Cossacks campaigns, and begins with small maps and individual unit-based combat, gradually scaling upwards until the player is fighting for the very liberation of the entire country, and the appointment of a rightful Tsar.

The Enemy of the Crown campaign weighs in at 13MB and is available from the official Cossacks website.