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Preview – Attentat 1942

By Joseph Luster

Many of us have friends and family members who served in the military during World War II, but how intimately do we know their story? Read more

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Review – Wolfenstein II: the New Colossus

By Joseph Luster

When last we saw the mighty Captain William J. Blazkowicz, well, he wasn’t looking quite so mighty. Sure, he managed to score a major victory in the battle against the postwar alt-history Nazi regime, but he was left more or less on death’s fickle doorstep. Read more

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Military Games to Ring in the New Year

By Joseph Luster

It’s been 12 years since the original version of Stronghold 2 followed up the first game, so it’s time to pay it a return visit in the form of Stronghold 2: Steam Edition. Read more

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December 2017 World War II Games

By Joseph Luster

Developer Kite Games’ Sudden Strike 4 recently made its way to consoles with a release on PlayStation 4, offering one of the rare opportunities to enjoy real-time World War II strategy on the system. Read more

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Facing Reality in First Strike: Final Hour

By Joseph Luster

Blindflug Studios’ First Strike: Final Hour seems especially topical right now, what with the looming tensions of nuclear war ever on the horizon. Read more

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We Hit the Open Seas in the Whimsical, Battleship-like Sailcraft

By Joseph Luster

Hey, you sunk my battleship! If you grew up on board games, you definitely recall uttering that phrase, or at least hearing it over and over again on TV. Read more

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October 2017 War Games

By Joseph Luster

Following up on releases in other European territories, War Wings recently made its debut in the UK, bringing it one step closer to its eventual North American release. Read more

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Age of Empires Joins in on the Remastering

By Joseph Luster

4K was a big talking point during this past summer’s E3 2017 event, and that didn’t just extend to brand new games. Read more

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Steel Division Gets Tactical

By Joseph Luster

War-based strategy titles are prevalent, but there are a few different types out there depending on your personal preferences. Read more

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Ubisoft Montreal Tries on Something New With for Honor

By Eric T. Baker

When you first get your hands on Ubisoft Montreal’s For Honor, you might not know quite what to make of it. Read more

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Kalypso Returns With a Beloved Real-time Strategy Series

By Eric T. Baker

Kalypso is back with more from the Sudden Strike series, which means we get to return to the battlefields of World War II in an updated and more realistic manner than before. Read more

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March 2017 Military Games

By Joseph Luster

Now that we’re comfortably settled into the new year, it’s time to take a look at what 2017 has in store for war gaming. Read more

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Ultimate General: Civil War

By Joseph Luster

Back in 2014, developer Game-Labs released a nice little strategy game called Ultimate General: Gettysburg, which was met with generally high praise. Read more

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Game Preview: Tank Troopers

By Joseph Luster

Nintendo kicked off September with; another of its semi-regular Nintendo; Direct presentations, which are live streams that typically run for an hour and either announce new games or show off fresh footage of upcoming releases. Read more

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Game Preview: Raid: World War II

By Joseph Luster

Raid: World War II is part of the limited but exciting resurgence of World War I and II shooters that are on the not-so-distant horizon. Read more

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Preview: Sid Meier’s Civilization VI

By Joseph Luster

The developers at Firaxis are currently hard at work on the next entry in the Civilization series, which should be nearing its worldwide October 21 launch date by the time this is in the hands of readers. Read more

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Preview – Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3

By Joseph Luster

The cold and ruthless silence of sniping mixes even further with high-tech solutions and ghost-like infiltration in Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3, which is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on January 27, 2017. Read more

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We Check in on Driven Arts’ Successfully Crowdfunded Shooter

By Joseph Luster

We recently covered Driven Arts’ Days of War, a project that aims to deliver a “fiercely competitive shooter in a visually stunning WWII environment” and takes inspiration from Day of Defeat: Source, a team-based first-person WWII shooter from Valve (Half-Life, Team Fortress, Portal, Left 4 Dead) that originally hit PC back in 2005. Read more

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Fury Software Digs into Classic Hex-Based World War II Strategy

By Joseph Luster

When it comes to strategy games, it doesn’t get more classic than top-down, hex-based maps. That’s the style developer Fury Software (Global Conflict, WWI Breakthrough, Assault on Communism, and many more in the Strategic Command series) is aiming to return to with Strategic Command WWII: War in Europe. Read more