Sure it’s only in Europe, but a Collector’s Edition of Achtung Panzer: Kharkov 1943 has been announced. I’m not really big on CEs in general. My office is a cluttered enough space without even more crap to deal with. A DVD on German tanks is a nice idea, but the History Channel has probably told [...]
Entries Tagged as 'WW2'
Making History II on your browser
January 8th, 2010 · 9 Comments · Tech, WW2
I’m not enough of a tech head to really make much sense out of the details here, but the announcement that next month’s Making History II will be played in a browser strikes me as something different for PC gaming. A 3D engine running in your browser? There is a great discussion in the comments, [...]
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Order of War review fact check
September 26th, 2009 · 18 Comments · Media, WW2
From IGN’s Mark Birnbaum: While not totally unprecedented in gaming, it is quite rare to find a WW2 game that offers a German campaign to players. While apparently not taboo to allow gamers to light up American troops with an MG-42 in Return to Castle Wolfenstein’s multiplayer, it’s not as common to have full-fledged campaigns [...]
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Operation Babarossa Released
September 10th, 2009 · 10 Comments · Matrix, Wargames, WW2
Yet another war game I don’t have time for. Operation Barbarossa: The Struggle For Russia is probably as uncreative a name as you can imagine, but how many options are there? I like the range of campaigns, scenarios and tutorials they promise – including a tutorial specifically on the use of paratroops, something that is [...]
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The Problem with Counting and the Return to WW2
August 13th, 2009 · 11 Comments · WW2
Given our recent discussion on TMA about WW2, I was struck by Scott Sharkey’s attempt to count the number of videogames associated with each 20th century war. His results aren’t really surprising. WW2 wins by a billion points. I’m not precisely clear on what he is counting. He mentions mostly shooters but he’s talking console [...]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 25 – World War II
August 11th, 2009 · 23 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead, WW2
Troy, Tom and Julian start with Hearts of Iron 3, detour through a bunch of other WW2 games and somehow end up making less sense than usual. Learn why Thin Red Line is Tom’s favorite WW2 movie, why Julian thinks everyone who bailed on Axis & Allies in college should give it another chance, why [...]
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