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Order Of War Preview: Almost Everything Is In Order
2:00AM AJ Glasser | Please forgive the author as her headline-writing guy seems to be out of the office at the moment, along with the chick who comes up with puns. More »
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Square Issues Order Of War This Month
5:20AM Mike Fahey | Square Enix releases their first Western-developed game outside of Japan this month, bringing Wargaming.net’s World War II strategy title Order of War to North American PCs on September 22. More »
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Square Enix Finally Gets A World War II Game
1:40AM Mike Fahey | Square Enix joins forces with real-time strategy specialists Wargaming.net to publish Order of War, a strategy title that takes place during everyone’s favourite international conflict, World War II. More »
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Battlestations: Pacific Blows (Up) My Mind
12:00AM AJ Glasser | I blow up a ship and I win, I blow up a ship and I lose. What the hell is going on here? More » Advertisement
New Shoot The Nazi Film Offers A Break From Shoot The Nazi Games
World War II, it’s a rarely used game genre, with one shoot-the-Nazi title popping up only once every… oh… month? So if the idea of waiting a few days until you can take aim at the nasty man with the mini moustache doesn’t appeal, or you’ve just got sore thumbs and would like to watch someone else give it a whack- pun intended-, check out Tom Cruise’s latest blockbuster Valkyrie. Written and directed by the guys behind cult classic Usual Suspects, the WWII drama recounts the July 20, 1944 plot by high-ranking German officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Described by Nick over at Giz as something between Saving Private Ryan and Pearl Harbour, the film features an all-star cast, including Cruise, Kenneth Branagh and Bill Nighy. Yeah, ok, so the ending is a foregone conclusion, but it is an interesting look into one of the (relatively) more successful attempts on the Nazi leader’s life. It’s just a shame the officers- and Cruise- didn’t have this to help them practice beforehand… Hit the jump for the film trailer. More »
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Holocaust Survivor Criticises WWII Game
3:20AM Tori Floyd | British game developer Luc Bernard is under fire from a Holocaust survivor for his newest game in the works, Imagination is the Only Escape. Survivor Jack Kagan of Belarus said that he was outraged at the idea of the game, that the Holocaust is a very serious subject for all of humanity, and no one should make a game like this one. Bernard responded that the game was meant to educate people, particularly children, about the events of the Holocaust. Kagan wouldn’t buy it, though, and said that people should be educated about the Holocaust by watching and reading things instead. After all of this back and forth, there isn’t even confirmation yet that Imagination is the Only Escape will actually be released anywhere. Nintendo so far has said there are no plans to release the game in North America, and Nintendo Europe says it is “not yet been contacted by developer Luc Bernard regarding the release”. More »
Exclusive: Eternity’s Child Creator Attempts to Tackle the Holocaust
9:00AM Flynn De Marco | Luc Bernard, the mind behind the upcoming Wii-Ware title Eternity’s Child is already hard at work on a new and what is sure to be a very controversial game or the DS. Imagination Is The Only Escape is the story of a young Jewish boy living in France during the occupation by the Nazis in World War II. In order to escape the horrors around him, he imagines a fantasy land that becomes the basis of the game’s world. The adventure platformer will attempt to educate players on the atrocities experienced by many children during the time of the Holocaust. More »
