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Shooters Rule At E3
By Joseph LusterIf a single word could succinctly sum up this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo—aka E3, which took place from June 7-9—it would be SHOOTERS. Read more
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August 2011 Military Games
By Joseph LusterCould SOCOM 4 have been released at a worse time? Probably not. The latest in Sony’s exclusive line of tactical third-person shooters had the misfortune of coming out right around the time of Playstation Network’s notorious shut-down at the hands of hacker community “Anonymous,” rendering its chief feature, online play, utterly useless. Read more
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The Korean Occupation of America
By Joseph LusterWar 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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Coming To Your Console This Summer
By Joseph LusterThere are strategy games, and there are strategy games. You know what I mean when I get all italicized like that; I’m talking about the difference between simply sending units out across a grid-based map to do battle, and actually getting the player involved in the diplomacy of war. Read more
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Panzer Corps
By Joseph LusterIf everything goes the way developer the Lordz Games Studio is hoping, then this year will be host to something really special for fans of strategy games. Read more
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IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover
By Joseph LusterThe last game in 1C’s IL-2 Sturmovik series, Birds of Prey, was a real treat in 2009, as illustrated in our own head-to-head clash with Heroes Over Europe (both titles published by Ubisoft). Read more
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Red Orchestra 2: Heroes Of Stalingrad
By Joseph LusterThings were a little bit different in 2006, when developer Tripwire Interactive released the first of their Red Orchestra series, Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45. Read more
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Making War On The Wii
By Joseph LusterOptions for World War II-related gaming run pretty thick if you do the majority of it on PC. Read more
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Three Games For Budding Tacticians
By Joseph LusterThere may not be a lot of big names in the modern warfare game coming out over the remainder of 2010 and the first few months of 2011, but that doesn’t mean that WWII-based titles are completely off the radar. Read more
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Heavy Fire: Special Operations
By Joseph LusterDeveloper Teyon’s downloadable Heavy Fire: Special Operations offers a potentially promising mixture of elements that have fused together seamlessly in the past. Read more
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World War II Through The Window Of E3 2010
By Joseph LusterThough recent years have seen a bit of a back-and-forth with the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles—big changes transformed the convention into a smaller, more exclusive event, only to completely rebound—things are more or less back to normal. Read more
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The Triumphs And Trenches Of Medal Of Honor
By Joseph LusterHeavy is the burden on the first horse out of the gate. There’s the pressure of setting the pace; establishing the flow for those approaching from the rear. Read more
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War On Demand
By Joseph LusterThere are plenty of deployment options out there for full-price retail warriors; those who would gladly plunk down on the latest available war experience on the platform of their choosing. Read more
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Army of Two: The 40th Day
By Joseph LusterIn the not too distant past of 2008, Army of Two introduced us all to a world of private military contractors, putting the player behind the slightly horrific steel masks of Elliot Salem and Tyson Rios. Read more
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The Eternal Call Of Duty
By Joseph LusterAfter only a few days on store shelves, Modern Warfare 2, the latest in Activision’s lucrative line of first-person shooters, was already pushing absurd numbers. Read more
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Rewriting History the Wolfenstein Way
By Joseph LusterCreative minds have been coming up with ways to mess with the events of World War II for some time, well before Quentin Tarantino took us through a reality warp and rearranged Hitler’s face with Inglourious Basterds. Read more
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Two weathered warbirds take flight in this aerial double header.
By Joseph LusterAfter maybe five minutes of playing Ubisoft’s Heroes Over Europe for the Xbox 360 and Playstations 3 (reviewed), I had the sudden urge to run to my computer, hop online, and see whether or not some offshoot of Factor 5 was behind the game’s development. Read more
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Hearts of Iron III
By Eric T. BakerWhen you sit down to start a game of Hearts of Iron III for the PC from Paradox Interactive, you can choose any year from 1936 to 1948 and play one of 150 different countries. Read more
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DICE’s Battlefield 1943
By Joseph LusterBattlefield 1943, for all its back-to-the-shores World War II familiarity, is the type of online-only game that remains relevant well past its July debut. Read more
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Paradox Interactive’s East India Company
By Eric T. BakerNot every war is a hot one. East India Company for the PC from Paradox Interactive is a strategic trading game with tactical combat elements set during the high age of European sail and exploration. Read more
