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Combat Missions Campaigns Killed

February 26th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Battlefront, Industry, Wargames

It was too fun an idea for it to make any economic sense. Not sure if it was actually a good idea.

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Happy Birthday Combat Mission

February 9th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Battlefront

Battlefront says that it is Combat Mission’s tenth birthday, and who am I to contradict them? The most important part of this post is the one screenshot of the upcoming Combat Mission game, returning to the Western Front of WW2. It’s a couple of Tigers dancing in a meadow of flowers.

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Les Grognards Screenshots

November 12th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Battlefront, Napoleonics

There are 40 new screenshots of the long in development Histwar: Les Grognards here. Pretty, but it looks awfully dark. Is it always raining in Europe? Or in a state of permanent twilight?

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Combat Mission: Shock Force Review

September 5th, 2007 · 5 Comments · Battlefront, Review, Wargames

My long delayed review of Combat Mission: Shock Force is up at Gameshark. Apologies for the crappy screenshots. The 1.01 version I played was a significant improvement from the 1.00 version that I derided a couple of months ago, derision that led to an influx of visitors from the Battlefront forums. (“Few stayed to bowl.”) […]

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The Eyes of the Innocent

July 20th, 2007 · 13 Comments · Battlefront, Blogs

The reviews for Combat Mission: Shock Force haven’t started arriving in bulk yet, with only two on the ‘net at the moment. Strategy game vet James Allen gives it top marks at Out of Eight (probably one of the best review sites for small titles and indie games, by the way). Combat Mission newbie Tom […]

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Too Pretty For Its Own Good?

July 3rd, 2007 · 1 Comment · Battlefront

My review copy of Combat Mission: Shock Force arrived yesterday, and, of course, I had to install it immediately. Naturally, it arrived without a paper manual, but I have a nice big PDF to print out once the rage subsides. Thanks Paradox! It’s really a pretty game, even though there’s a lot of desert terrain. […]

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