The missions we see involve teams - each including a grenadier, an automatic rifle, a normal rifle and a team leader - covering each other as they move through cities shooting people in the head. And getting shot in the head. When your boys do the killing, it's with gung-ho explosions and bodies flying through the seared air. When a soldier gets capped, it's in full slow motion with groaning, close-up, claret-spilling, tear jerking, heartstring-pulling, hawk-loving sincerity.

As a squad leader, you'll command up to two fire teams, each of which can consist of up to three soldiers. Army doctrine dictates that one fire team serves as the assault element; these soldiers are armed mainly with submachine guns and grenades, and their job is to close with and destroy the enemy. The other fire team serves as the base-of-fire element; armed with heavier weapons like Browning automatics, these soldiers provide suppressing fire to keep the enemy pinned down while the assault team maneuvers to flank them. The Army calls this tactic "fire and maneuver," and it's been the cornerstone of infantry operations for decades.

1) Makes sure jwdcom.exe in the SoeldnerBetaDemo/Portal/ folder is given firewall permissions, in addition to the Soeldner executable. If that doesn't help, give every .exe file in every sub-folder of the Soeldner demo firewall permissions. I know it sounds extreme, but if I were you I'd choose to be an extremist in exchange for the daily frustration of a demo that won't demonstrate.

2) In SoeldnerBetaDemo/Game/Bing/Config you'll find a Config.ini file. Edit that so that "netrate" reads 10000 instead of 5000. If you have 1Mb cable, setting it as high as 100000 doesn't seem to hurt anything.

Call of Duty: United Offensive's single player campaign allows gamers to experience more of WWII's most crucial and legendary conflicts, including The Battle of the Bulge, The Battle of Kursk and the invasion of Sicily, as they fight through more than ten intense all-new maps. The game features new weapons, character abilities, weather effects and explosions, adding even more realism to the chaotic battlefields.

Additionally, Call of Duty: United Offensive expands on the popular multiplayer experience of Call of Duty, offering new multiplayer maps that set the stage for tank combat, as well as tank-and-foot-soldier combined arms action, providing the ultimate battle of Axis vs. Allies. Fans will also enjoy three new multiplayer gameplay modes, including Tank Battle, Capture the Flag and Domination - where squads must take control of key locations while preventing enemy troops from advancing.