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Game Features: Kaos Studios’ Homefront

War landing on U.S. soil is one of the ultimate worst case scenarios, and as such it’s perfect for the kind of game developer Kaos Studios has whipped up in Homefront. Read more

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Ace Combat: Joint Assault

Ace Combat games aren’t exactly known for being precision flight sims, or sims of any kind, for that matter. Read more

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Slitherine Group’s Order of Battle: Pacific

Fans of classic-style strategy games will be delighted to know that Slitherine Ltd. has another gem on their hands; if they’re not waist-deep into playing it already, that is. Read more

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Game Reviews – Whirlwind Over Vietnam

One of the odd joys of the 21st century is being able to see ourselves as others see us via the games they make about us. Read more

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Game Features: Pandemic Studios’ The Saboteur

I love shooters as much as the next adrenaline-pumping gamer; it’s practically a requirement if you want some kind of interactive war experience outside of strategy titles. Read more

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Game Features: Verdun

Most of us have heard the old adage describing war as “months of boredom punctuated by moments of extreme terror,” and World War I is likely its most shining example. Read more

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Game Reviews: Top Gun: Hard Lock for the XBOX 360

I have strangely fond memories of the original Top Gun game. I say “strangely” because, for all intents and purposes, it was practically impossible for myself and almost everyone else I knew at the time. Read more

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Game Reviews: Heavy Fire: Special Operations

Developer Teyon’s downloadable Heavy Fire: Special Operations offered a potentially promising mixture of elements that had fused together seamlessly in the past. Read more

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H-Hour: World’s Elite

Keeping with the theme of team-based tactical shooters is H-Hour: World’s Elite, which is currently in the works at SOF Studios, which has former SOCOM talent—the project is spearheaded by David Sears, creative director of the original SOCOM—among its ranks. Read more

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Game Reviews: Order of Battle: Pacific

Want to see how a World War II land war in Japan would’ve played out? How about a Japanese invasion of Australia? Read more

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Game Reviews: World of Tanks: Imperial Steel Update

World of Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition continues to roll out updates of its own, and one of the recent additions introduced a bunch of new Japanese vehicles along with a brand new map. Read more

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Game Features: Project Reality’s ‘Squad’

Many of the massive budget triple-A war games don’t have the luxury of focusing too closely on realism. Read more

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Game Reviews: Brother Against Brother: The Drawing of the Sword

It was July 18, 1861, and Irvin McDowell was frustrated…

Being recently appointed to command Lincoln’s Army of Northeastern Virginia, he left Washington to engage with the enemy in what would be the first battle of the American Civil War. Read more

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Game Features: Wolfenstein: The Old Blood

The twisted World War II-themed Wolfenstein 3D came screaming back to life last year when developer MachineGames teamed up with Bethesda Softworks to release Wolfenstein: The New Order. Read more

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May 2015 Military Games

This War of Mine is unlike any war game I’ve ever played. Part strategy game, part The Sims, 11 bit studios’ bleak wartime experience is something that’s tough to play but important. Read more

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Game Reviews: Updates to World of Tanks & Sniper Elite III

by Joseph Luster

If you’ve been holding out on getting Rebellion Development’s Sniper Elite III on consoles, there’s now an even better way to get into the x-ray-blasting action. Read more

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Game Reviews: Sniper Elite’s Zombie Army Trilogy

Oxford-based developer Rebellion Games—whose credits range from 1994’s Alien vs. Predator to 2012’s NeverDead and beyond—is giving shooter fans another chance to take in the Sniper Elite stand-alone Nazi Zombie Army games in the handy Zombie Army Trilogy collection. Read more

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Game Features: Vietnam 65

No static occupations, no traditional front lines, and growing opposition from both the local population and citizens back home—for America, Vietnam was a very different kind of war. Read more

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Game Features: Do Games Mislead Us About History?

Originally part of Ralph Baer’s “Shooting Gallery” expansion, Dogfight was released for the Magnavox Odyssey in 1972. There were no scores per se, and certainly no characters, missions, or upgrades. Read more

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Sid Meier’s Ace Patrol: Pacific Skies

It wasn’t too long ago after players took their first test flights on Ace Patrol that Sid Meier’s team came out with Pacific Skies. Read more