{"rewrite":{"id":"r_984391f52a854d2f6877adb2","clusterId":"c_03b29ba4a6196fe34aa1fa4e","slug":"squad-44-free-weekend-runs-until-october-14-on-steam","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Squad 44 Free Weekend Runs Until October 14 On Steam","summary":"Offworld Industries has started a free weekend for Squad 44, its World War II tactical FPS on PC via Steam. The full product version is playable until 2 AM on October 14, with more than 20 battlefields available, from the liberation of the Netherlands to the Normandy landings and Iwo Jima. A 70 percent off sale runs alongside it until October 16. The regular price is 2,300 yen.","whyItMatters":"A full-access weekend paired with a 70 percent discount is a straight conversion push for a game whose draw is logistics and support requests rather than shooting, so the trial is aimed at players who need to feel that coordination loop before paying.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe free period covers everything in the paid version, not a truncated slice, and spreads players across more than 20 battlefields that reach from the liberation of the Netherlands to the Normandy landings and Iwo Jima. Offworld Industries has kept building the content list through updates carried over from the game\u0026#39;s predecessor, Post Scriptum, with more than 150 weapons and more than 120 vehicles modeled on real ones in the build as of the article\u0026#39;s publication.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sale price is the lever: 70 percent off until October 16, against a regular 2,300 yen. The free weekend closes earlier, at 2 AM on October 14.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Squad 44's free weekend pairs with a 70 percent cut that outlasts it by two days, so the trial and the discount end on different clocks and lapsed players have to choose between finishing a match and buying at the sale price.","twitterPost":"Squad 44's discount runs two days past the free weekend, so the sale decision lands after the shooting stops.","threadsPost":"Squad 44's free weekend closes October 14 while the 70 percent discount runs to October 16. The two clocks do not line up, which puts the buying decision after the trial ends for anyone who wants the lower price.","newsletterBlurb":"Offworld Industries is running a free weekend for Squad 44, its World War II tactical FPS on PC via Steam, through 2 AM on October 14. The full version is open, covering more than 20 battlefields from the liberation of the Netherlands to the Normandy landings and Iwo Jima. A 70 percent discount runs until October 16, against a regular price of 2,300 yen.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/09/173445.html\",\"title\":\"【Weekend Free】A battlefield experience beyond just shooting, with logistics transport and support requests! WW2 large-scale FPS 'Squad 44' holds a free weekend until 2 AM on October 14\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4754,"outputTokens":631,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791553939,"createdAt":"2026-10-09T13:47:45.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-09T13:51:09.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-09T13:51:09.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_03b29ba4a6196fe34aa1fa4e","canonicalTitle":"【週末無料】兵站輸送や支援要請といった要素で撃ち合いだけじゃない戦場体験！WW2大規模FPS『Squad 44』10月14日午前2時までのフリーウィークエンド実施","representativeArticleId":"a_e0f3a0644716ff83fd92a64a","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Squad 44\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-09T12:45:02.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-09T12:45:02.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-09T13:51:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/09/173445.html","title":"【週末無料】兵站輸送や支援要請といった要素で撃ち合いだけじゃない戦場体験！WW2大規模FPS『Squad 44』10月14日午前2時までのフリーウィークエンド実施"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Squad 44"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"event","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}