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Game Reviews: Wars and Battles
by Joseph LusterVideo games have covered quite a bit of war history over the years, from the obvious battles to the more obscure contentions that have taken place around the globe. Read more
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Revisiting Valiant Hearts: The Great War
By Joseph LusterThe first time we previewed Valiant Hearts: The Great War, it was clear that Ubisoft and developer Ubisoft Montpellier had something special on their hands. Read more
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Game Features: Europa Universalis IV: Art of War
by Brian BelkoThe Thirty Years’ War was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history. The final collapse of the old Roman Empire completely redrew the political and religious map of central Europe, and paved the way for sovereign states to emerge from the fighting. Read more
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Game Reviews: Civilization 5—Victory through Military Might
By Brian BelkoThere is no “campaign” in Sid Meier’s latest iteration of the Civilization franchise. Instead, players simply choose a civilization through which they attempt military victories, create a world, and lead their chosen society from the primitive age to the distant future. Read more
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The Myth of Violent Video Games Debunked by Psychologists
Canadian psychological researchers are once again challenging the hard assumption that violent video games are linked to aggression. A new study published in the journal Psychology of Violence suggests that when players from different social groups and cultures play a video game cooperatively—even if the game is particularly violent—their experiences promote improved impressions and comraderie. Read more
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Game Reviews: Wargame: Red Dragon
The Soviet Union has teamed up with Germany, China and North Korea to drag the U.S. and its allies into a Second Korean War. Read more
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Video Game Training: How Do Games Compare to Military Simulations?
For the past few years, the Department of Defense has been increasingly optimistic about the role video simulations and war gaming can play in military training. Read more
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Mobile Gaming: Modern Combat 5 by Gameloft
Gameloft has come a long way as a company.
Founded in 1999, the Paris-based startup quickly became known in the mobile gaming world for pumping out shameless knockoffs of big-name franchises found on other platforms. Read more
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Game Features: This War of Mine
Modern military games make war out to be callous, and emotionally arbitrary. They make the tragedy and hardship seem fun.
That’s the feeling Iraq War veteran John Keyser has about modern FPS titles like Call of Duty and Battlefield. Read more
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Game Features: Tom Clancy’s The Division by Ubisoft
What if you combined the best parts of Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon with a Right At Your Door-type premise?
That’s basically what you’re going to get in Tom Clancy’s The Division, the franchise’s upcoming massively multiplayer online (MMO) game. Read more
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World of Tanks Blitz
By Joseph LusterIt can be a hefty challenge to shrink a majorly popular console/PC experience down to the world of mobile gaming without sacrificing too much of what made it work in the first place. Read more
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E3 2014 Showcase
This year’s E3 was full of the typical spectacle one expects from a slew of games and promises that are still waiting in the relatively distant future. Read more
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Wolfenstein: The New Order
By Joseph LusterDespite the franchise’s age, Wolfenstein remains in the category of “new nostalgia” for some. While it has deeper origins—starting with 2D adventure game Castle Wolfenstein, which made its Apple II debut in 1981—the series is well known for its seminal contribution to the first-person shooter genre with 1992’s Wolfenstein 3D. Read more
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Summer 2014 Military Games
By Joseph LusterCompany of Heroes 2 made a decent splash when it arrived in June of last year, placing players on the Eastern Front of World War II. Read more
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June World War II Games
By Joseph LusterImagine if World War II had been fought with nothing but the rolling menace of tanks. No troops on the ground. Read more
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Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
By Brian BelkoThe trailer for another Call of Duty game, this one being developed by Sledgehammer Games, leaked online. Called Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, the game will be set in the year 2054. Read more
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Panzer General Online
By Joseph Luster2013 was a strange year for World War II-related gaming. While it’s certainly reverted to a more niche subject matter—partly in thanks to all the bigger titles still focusing on modern and future warfare in a neverending arms race to the number one spot—some major contenders have managed to keep it in the spotlight to some degree. Read more
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Winter 2014 Military Games
By Joseph LusterWarface is another of many shooters that take war into the near future, doubling up on tech while sticking to real-world locations and a first-person perspective. Read more
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World of Warplanes Assistant
By Joseph LusterThe full retail version of Wargaming’s World of Warplanes launched with plenty of fanfare. Seriously, some fans weren’t even able to contain themselves, with seven of them celebrating the game’s launch via a trek to the Himalayas. Read more
