Despite the collapse of the Soviet Union and China's transition to a free market economy, the premise of fighting for freedom against the threat of hostile communist invasions continues to remain popular and is carried out to the extreme in Sierras latest real-time strategy World in Conflict. Set in the late '80s, World in Conflict presents the following "what if" scenario: the Russians have launched an all-out invasion on our nation and it's up to you to lead U.S. forces in battle against ... » Read More

13 May 2006

World in Conflict hands-on

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Friday 12 May 2006 In between quite literally running around the E3 show floor like some sort of crazed report-o-bots, we've managed to have a quick play of Massive Entertainment's recently announced RTS World in Conflict, and can only conclude that it's a real-time strategy aimed at gamers who don't like real-time strategies. Which, you understand, isn't necessarily a bad thing. There's no base building, no resource management and - in the multiplayer demo we got involved with, at least - it ... » Read More

8 May 2006

Pre-E3 06: World in Conflict first look

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You wouldnt think there would be too many new wrinkles left in Real-time Strategy games, but developer Massive (you may recall their Ground Control RTS series), may just have found one. The innovation certainly isnt in the setting, which seems to be loosely based on that neocon wankfest of a Patrick Swayze movie Red Dawn - it's 1989, and in the games alternate universe, instead of the previous decade having seen the collapse and Balkanization of the Soviet Union, the Reds have managed to pull ... » Read More

5 Apr 2006

It's a World in Conflict

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World in Conflict teaser trailer (WMV, 14MB) - right-click to download Wednesday 5 April 2006 Sierra Entertainment has announced World in Conflict, a real-time warfare strategy game due for release on PC in spring 2007. And we've got a crate-full of screens and an explosive movie to give you a taste of the upcoming action. World in Conflict thrusts you into a Cold War that never ended, where the Berlin Wall never fell and where thousands of Russian troops are invading America. The emphasis is ... » Read More