{"id":7592,"date":"2026-08-11T00:32:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T16:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/hell-let-loose-vietnam-launch-ps5-pc-august-13-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T00:32:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T16:32:38","slug":"hell-let-loose-vietnam-launch-ps5-pc-august-13-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/hell-let-loose-vietnam-launch-ps5-pc-august-13-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Hell Let Loose: Vietnam Lands 13 August \u2014 50v50 Jungle Warfare Comes to PS5 and PC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three days to go. Team17 and Expression Games have dropped the official launch trailer for <strong>Hell Let Loose: Vietnam<\/strong>, and the 50v50 tactical FPS hits PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on <strong>13 August 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Into the Jungle \u2014 What Is Hell Let Loose: Vietnam?<\/h2>\n<p>Hell Let Loose: Vietnam takes the squad-based, resource-managed, large-scale formula that defined the original game and transplants it into one of the twentieth century\u2019s most gruelling conflicts. Players fight as either the <strong>US Armed Forces<\/strong> or the <strong>North Vietnamese Army (NVA)<\/strong> across 50-player-per-side battles spanning dense jungle maps, river deltas, and contested villages. The game is developed by Expression Games \u2014 a studio founded by veterans of the original Hell Let Loose team \u2014 and published by Team17, built on Unreal Engine 5.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/hll-vietnam-ss0-jungle-infantry.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"US infantry advancing through dense jungle in Hell Let Loose: Vietnam\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><figcaption>Image courtesy of Team17<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The two factions bring genuinely different equipment, doctrine, and terrain tools to the fight. Rather than mirrored sides with different skins, this is an asymmetric design: the US brings firepower and air mobility, the NVA brings the jungle and the underground.<\/p>\n<h2>Watch the Official Launch Trailer<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"gt-video\">\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tkNdpNP-wWI\" title=\"Hell Let Loose: Vietnam - Official Launch Trailer\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;\" allow=\"accelerometer;clipboard-write;encrypted-media;gyroscope;picture-in-picture;web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><figcaption>Hell Let Loose: Vietnam \u2014 Official Launch Trailer via IGN on YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Scored to a thunderous orchestral rendition of Richard Wagner\u2019s <em>Ride of the Valkyries<\/em> \u2014 performed by the FAME\u2019S Studio Orchestra \u2014 the trailer puts the game\u2019s chaotic jungle warfare front and centre: helicopter sweeps over treetops, river skirmishes, tunnel ambushes, and the fog-of-war intensity that Hell Let Loose has always done best.<\/p>\n<h2>New Mechanics \u2014 Tunnels, Helicopters, Patrol Boats<\/h2>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/hll-vietnam-ss2-fps-jungle-path.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"First-person view following a squad member along a jungle trail in Hell Let Loose: Vietnam\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><figcaption>Image courtesy of Team17<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Where the original Hell Let Loose revolved around WW2 combined arms \u2014 tanks, infantry, supply runners \u2014 Vietnam adds distinctly era-specific tools. The NVA can construct and navigate tunnel networks, creating subsurface ambush routes that punish overconfident US advances. US forces counter with helicopter mobility and patrol boat fire support on the game\u2019s river maps.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/hll-vietnam-ss3-patrol-boat-river.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Patrol boat combat on a jungle river in Hell Let Loose: Vietnam\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><figcaption>Image courtesy of Team17<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The result is a game where coordination and map knowledge play out very differently depending on which side you spawn into. For squads who play together regularly, the asymmetry adds genuine replayability. Team17 also collaborated with Jonathan Ferguson, Keeper of Firearms and Artillery at the UK Royal Armouries Museum, on an <em>Inside the Armoury<\/em> content series that profiles the game\u2019s weapons with a historian\u2019s perspective \u2014 a level of authenticity detail that distinguishes this from more arcade-oriented entries in the military FPS genre.<\/p>\n<h2>Crossplay on Day One \u2014 A Franchise First<\/h2>\n<p>The headline for Singapore\u2019s multiplayer community: Hell Let Loose: Vietnam launches with <strong>full crossplay across PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC from day one<\/strong> \u2014 a first for the franchise. Singapore players on PS5 can squad up with friends on Steam or Xbox without switching platforms, and the shared matchmaking pool means the 100-player lobbies will fill faster regardless of which platform any individual runs on.<\/p>\n<p>The game is available on Steam, the Epic Games Store, PlayStation Store, and the Xbox digital storefront from 13 August. For more upcoming game launches relevant to Singapore gamers, see the <a href=\"\/blog\/category\/game-news\/\">Game News<\/a> section on GameTrader.SG.<\/p>\n<p><!--GT-SCOUT source=\"Web (English)\" theme=\"Video games\" flags=\"none\"--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hell Let Loose: Vietnam drops 13 August on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. The 50v50 tactical FPS brings jungle warfare, patrol boats, tunnels, and full crossplay \u2014 a first for the franchise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":7588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[11],"tags":[1145,587,1142,64,1144,1143],"class_list":["post-7592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-news","tag-crossplay","tag-fps","tag-hell-let-loose","tag-ps5","tag-tactical-shooter","tag-team17"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/hll-vietnam-header.jpg?fit=460%2C215&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p13AlF-1Ys","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7388,"url":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/caladrius-2-dark-element-ps5-switch-pc-2026\/","url_meta":{"origin":7592,"position":0},"title":"Caladrius 2: Dark Element Announced for PS5, Switch and PC \u2014 Gothic Bullet-Hell Returns","date":"August 8, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Kaminari Games and H2 Interactive announce Caladrius 2: Dark Element, a gothic bullet-hell shooter arriving on PS5, Nintendo Switch and PC this Winter 2026 \u2014 13 years after the original.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Game News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/caladrius2-ss1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7395,"url":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/ff7-revelation-gamescom-onl-gameplay-august-2026\/","url_meta":{"origin":7592,"position":1},"title":"Final Fantasy VII Revelation Confirmed for Gamescom ONL \u2014 New Gameplay Coming 25 August","date":"August 8, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Square Enix confirms FF7 Revelation will appear at Gamescom Opening Night Live on 25 August with new gameplay. 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