<![CDATA[Kotaku: Wwii]]>

<![CDATA[Kotaku: Wwii]]> http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Kotaku: Wwii]]> http://kotaku.com/tag/wwii http://kotaku.com/tag/wwii <![CDATA[Try On Gaijin's Wings Of Prey]]>

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Gaijin Entertainment let fly its new World War II combat flight sim Wings of Prey on Christmas Day, and now there's a downloadable demo for those of you pondering dusting off the old flight stick. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5437220&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Square Issues Order Of War This Month]]>

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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 22nd. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5351084&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA['Playing With History': the State of Historical Games]]>

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We historians are a little protective of our respective domains — but a constant (and well-deserved) criticism we lob at each other in general is that through various means, we deliberately make ourselves inaccessible to the average, interest layperson. Over at Terra Nova, Nate Combs takes up the question of historical video games, referencing a great 2006 New York article by Niall Ferguson (Harvard professor and historian) on the 'state of play.' The answer? Pretty damn bad, at least when looking on from the Ivory Tower: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5012053&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Holocaust Survivor Criticizes WWII Game]]>

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 »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=367974&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Infinity Ward Just Can't Do WW2 Anymore]]>

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You think you're sick of World War II shooters? Spare a thought for Infinity Ward! They were sick to death of World War II shooters, which - as you could have guessed - is exactly why they went and set Call of Duty 4 in the modern world. From an interview in this month's Developer magazine:

Call of Duty 4 was Infinity Ward's third Call of Duty game, and as such we approached it knowing we needed to do something fresh. We don't want to pigeonhole ourselves any more than we have to, and many members of the team came off Call of Duty 2 promising never to work on another WWII game....We don't agree with some critics who say that WWII as a genre is dead, but we couldn't muster the same passion for the subject that we had in our first three WWII games

Lucky for Activision Treyarch can muster WWII passion at the drop of a hat! More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=366726&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[We Can't Freaking Wait To Teabag Hitler]]>

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We've gotten sick of the 'historically accurate' sales pitch that's come standard in every WWII shooter released over the last fifteen years. We get it already, that European street with the impossible to find snipers is just like the real thing. It's neat, but often does little for larger gameplay. But in Akella's upcoming Hitler assassination adventure A Stroke of Fate (PC we believe), this historical accuracy will have huge impacts on gameplay. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=309713&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Brothers in Arms Comic Book]]>

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The World War II shooter series with the most character in the genre is getting even more. Gearbox Software have entered into an agreement with Dynamite Entertainment to create a comic book series based off of the upcoming Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway game. The game series has followed the true story of the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division through three games now, and the comic book will delve deeper into the story, borrowing from both the new game and the previous two titles. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=268879&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[More Phone Call of Duty]]>

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In case you didn't have enough World War II on your consoles and handhelds, Glu Mobile and Activision have gotten together to develop a brand new mobile Call of Duty title for release later this year. While Call of Duty 1 & 2 have been released as top-down strategy games for cell phones developed by Mforma, this looks to be the first mobile iteration to take on the FPS gameplay we know and love. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=256677&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Battlestations: Midway Demo Touches Down Tomorrow]]>

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If the lack of a Crackdown demo has somehow caused a void in your gaming life, fret not. Eidos will be releasing a multiplayer-only demo of its World War II strategic shooter Battlestations: Midway on Xbox Live tomorrow to fill aforementioned void. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=229509&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[A Casemod to Give Grandpa Flashbacks]]>

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A tipper by the catchy handle of Jwalestrom went apeshit in our inbox this morning (in a nice way), and among the 6 enthusiastic bombs he dropped between 4:45AM and 5:33AM was this collection of Xbox casemods. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=199044&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Achtung! Free DoD: Source Weekend Incoming!]]>

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If you've yet to pick up Day of Defeat: Source, Valve's throwing a slightly belated Independence Day bone your way with the upcoming free DoD: Source weekend. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=184941&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[World War 2 Propaganda Remixed for BF:1942]]>

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Thanks to Cathode Tan for pointing out this great gallery of vintage World War II posters remixed with Battlefield 1942. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=181250&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Sega's Sketchy Hitler Tee]]>

Huh. Not sure how I'd feel walking around with a big Adolf Hitler head on my chest, especially if I had to tell people the tee was an Advanced Dai Sen Ryaku promo item. I suppose the inclusion of Roosevelt, Stalin, Churchill, and Mussolini gives it a bit more context, softening the potential neo-Nazi implication, but it's really the hardcore nerdery that puts it over the top. More »
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