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Army’s Laser Weapon Operated by XBOX Controller
The Army’s High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator (HEL MD) is the most recent military project to grace the White Sands Missile Range at Elgin Air Force Base. Read more
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Game Reviews: World of Warships
by Joseph LusterAs you might expect, Warships takes the formula that made outings like World of Tanks and World of Warplanes lasting successes and expands upon them, this time with gameplay based on the principles of a real fleet. Read more
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Game Features: When Killing Adolf Hitler is the Ultimate Endgame
by Joseph LusterWith decades of entertainment based on World War II behind us, and decades more down the road, there’s bound to be some (okay, quite a bit) that strays farther than “loosely” based on history, and right into the realm of fantasy. Read more
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Game Reviews: Driven Arts’ Days of War
By Joseph LusterCrowd-funded video game efforts are more and more abundant these days, and developer Driven Arts has a big one on their plate. Read more
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Europa Universalis IV: Mare Nostrum
By Joseph LusterOriginally released in 2013, Paradox Development Studio’s Europa Universalis IV offers myriad ways to conquer the world. Whether you want to become a colonial superpower, strongarm rival nations through military prowess, or become dominant in the world of trade, it’s all up to your own strategic abilities. Read more
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Brothers in Arms: Furious 4
By Joseph LusterAt first glance—a very distant first glance, that is—one might mistake Furious 4 for another simple addition to the storied Brothers in Arms franchise. Read more
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Pearl Harbor Trilogy: Red Sun Rising
By Joseph LusterThe concept of a beefy but downloadable Wii dogfighting series seems like a surefire bet. Though visual flare isn’t necessarily one of the strong suits of Nintendo’s console, there are other more valuable assets that work well for the genre: namely, motion controls. Read more
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Game Reviews: Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor
by Joseph LusterGiant mechs duking it out in an alternate future United States might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think ‘World War II,’ but the nitty gritty of Capcom’s complex franchise draws more than a few parallels. Read more
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Game Features: A Closer Look at Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
By Joseph LusterExpansions can be a tricky thing, especially when they come almost exactly one year after the main game. Read more
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Memoir ’44 Online
By Joseph LusterAs quite a few of you are no doubt aware, war and board games are a natural fit. Read more
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Slitherine Group’s Soviet Corps
By Joseph LusterThe classic strategy stylings of the Panzer General series recently made a big comeback on PC and iPad in the form of Panzer Corps, a spiritual successor that puts players in charge of the Axis armies across 26 scenarios. Read more
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Valkyria Chronicles Remastered
By Joseph LusterSega’s Valkyria Chronicles, which originally debuted on PlayStation 3 back in 2008, is one of the better examples of the “alternate universe” World War II game. Read more
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World of Tanks on PS4
By Joseph LusterEvery time a new version of World of Tanks is released I get the opportunity to remind myself that I’m really bad at World of Tanks. Read more
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Grand Ages: Medieval
The Grand Ages series of city-building strategy games can be traced back to 2006’s Glory of the Roman Empire, which was developed by Haemimont Games. Read more
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The Chateau de Castelnaud’s Museum of Medieval Warfare
By Susan Ludmer-GliebeFor the last eight centuries, the Chateau de Castelnaud has stood sentinel on a great limestone outcropping 525 feet above the Dordogne River in southwestern France. Read more
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Game Reviews: World War Toons
by Joseph LusterIf there’s one place that hasn’t had much opportunity to spread its wings in the world of World War II-related games, it’s virtual reality. Read more
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Air Conflicts: Pacific Carriers
By Joseph LusterIf Air Conflicts: Pacific Carriers sounds familiar, that’s because it was originally released for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC back in December 2012. Read more
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Game Reviews: Colonial Conquest
by Joseph LusterFans of classic turn-based strategy games might recall 1985’s Colonial Conquest. Argonauts Interactive ran a successful Kickstarter campaign for a reboot earlier in 2015, reimagining and rereleasing the conquest simulator for today’s strategy-loving PC players. Read more
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Is Serellan Studios’ EPSILON A Diamond in the Rough?
By Joseph LusterTitles that make their way to Steam Early Access vary in size by sometimes insanely wide margins, but occasionally you get something interesting with a storied pedigree behind it. Read more
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Game Reviews: Naval War: Arctic Circle
by Joseph LusterOffering a bit of a change of pace, and location, from our typically WWII-only take on upcoming games is Paradox Interactive’s Naval War: Arctic Circle, developed by Turbo Tape Games. Read more
