Red Pill – Interview with Warfare Sims
In an exclusive interview, Dimitris Dranidis of Warfare Sims talks about the game tentatively titled Red Pill that will let players control anything from individual units to global-scale ops.
Read MoreMedal of Honor – PC Game Review
The new Medal of Honor game from EA offers dynamic graphics and some memorable moments but is hindered by heavily scripted gameplay and a bland multiplayer version.
Read MoreLionheart: King’s Crusade – PC Game Review
This review says the PC game Lionheart: King's Crusade is a first-rate diversion, even if it's only a fraction as good as it could be.
Read MoreHomefront – PC Game Preview
Peter Suciu gives gamers a peek into what to expect from 'Homefront,' a game in which North Korea invades the United States, with a backstory written by John Milius, screenwriter and director on the 1984 'Red Dawn' movie.
Read MoreDCS Black Shark – PC Game Review
A review of DCS Black Shark, a hard-core PC simulator of the Russian Ka-50 attack helicopter, warns that this "study simulation" requires a lot of study but flight-sim fans looking for games in the tradition of AH-64D Longbow will love it!
Read MoreSid Meier’s Civilization V – PC Game Review
A review of Civilization V, the latest entry in the popular gaming franchise, warns there are sleepless nights ahead when playing this highly addictive game of empire building.
Read MoreSquad Battles: Red Victory – PC Game Review
A review of John Tiller's Squad Battles: Red Victory calls it 'a grognard's delight,' giving it high marks for depth that sets it apart from more generalized games but lamenting that the graphics are stuck in the 1990s.
Read MoreCommand Ops: Battles from the Bulge – PC Game Review
The graphics and sound may be bland, but this review says Command Ops - Battles from the Bulge sets the standard for all World War II tactical games.
Read MoreSid Meier’s Civilization V PC Game – First Impressions
First impresssions of Sid Meier's Civilization V PC game include beautiful graphics and more dynamic movement and combat, and it's fun to play, but at times the AI is still dumber than a box of rocks.
Read MoreMount and Blade: Warband – PC Game Review
A review of Mount & Blade: Warbands praises the new multiplayer functions but acknowledges the game still retains the low production values and sub-par graphics of the original M&B.
Read MoreHISTORY Egypt: Engineering an Empire – PC Game Review
A review of the PC game HISTORY Egypt: Engineering an Empire, based on The History Channel series, says it is rock-solid for what it is intended to be - an entry-level game of kingdom-building and ancient warfare.
Read MoreArmA II: Operation Arrowhead – PC Game Review
A review of ArmA II: Operation Arrowhead describes this PC game as being " As close as you can get to a military-grade virtual combat simulation."
Read MoreVictoria II – PC Game Review
A review of Victoria II says details are the soul of this real-time strategy game. Not visually exciting, it is very good at representing the economic and political issues and trends of the Industrial Age.
Read MoreDark Age Wars – Armchair General Exclusive Interview
Exclusive interview with Robert Moran of Pixabit about his real-time Medieval Era strategy game, Dark Age Wars.
Read MoreLock On Modern Air Combat: Platinum – PC Game Review
A review of Lock On Modern Air Combat: Platinum raves about its accurate simulations, variety of aircraft and excellent graphics, but warns it has a long loading time and some digital-rights management issues.
Read MoreOver Flanders Fields – PC Game Review
The PC game Over Flander's Fields proved to be the nearly perfect re-creation of WWI aerial combat this reviewer has long been searching for; a review of this holy grail of biplane battles.
Read MoreMaking History II – A Visit with Muzzy Lane
Armchair General visits the Muzzy Lane offices and talks with the developers of Making History II: The War of the World.
Read MoreMaking History II: The War of the World – PC Game Review
This review of Making History II: The War of the World reports the game is fun and pretty easy to manage for a grand-strategy game, but its free-form diplomacy means the world situation gets ahistorical pretty quickly.
Read MoreAirstrike Eagles of World War II – PC Game Review
Airstrike Eagles of World War 2 is wonderfully fun and a nice break from the more heady flight simulators currently on the market, according to this Armchair General review.
Read MoreHearts of Iron 3: Semper Fi! – PC Game Review
Semper Fi is not a game-changing expansion to Hearts of Iron 3, but it does add greatly to gameplay, according to this Armchair General review.
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