The game entered closed beta testing on June 10, 2010. While several past war games do allow players to fly planes, Heroes in the Sky is entirely focused on aerial combat. Some battles take place over land while others are set over the ocean where player will have to contend with war ships. Heroes in the Sky boasts realistic graphics, and allows players to fight on massive maps. The familiar WW2 theme means plenty of planes of British, American, Germany, and Soviet design will find their way into the game.
Since Aeronauts closed down, the sci-fi Ace Online has been the only free to play aerial shooter. In Heroes in the Sky, the fight takes flight! Dogfights, bomber squads, torpedo planes, its all here. Karma was scheduled for release back in 2009, but seems to be in deep freeze like IJJI’s other coming-soon MMOFPS, Huxley the Dystopia. The whole zombie aspect means we can expect modes like Quarantine from Combat Arms or Mutation from Cross Fire. Karma: Operation Barbarossa is a team based first person shooter, so its important for each side to maintain a balance between the four available roles: Sniper, Assault, Heavy Weapons Specialist, and Support. The game offers four classes or roles to play as, and players can switch between them between rounds. Players from both sides have to contend with the opposing nations, but also with the undead! That’s right, zombies roam war-torn Europe and don’t seem to discriminate between Axis or Ally. The Germans never lost the war, and continue to ravage the continent. The War in Europe takes a strange twist in the Korean developed KARMA: Operation Barbarossa. As a huge fan of the tanks in Battlefield 1942, I can’t wait to give World of Tanks a test drive.ĭeveloper: Dragonfly GF Publisher: NHN USA (ijji) The studio behind World of Tanks has released several other historic war games in the past, but this is their most ambitious project to date. Each type of tank will handle differently, and the massive 30v30 battles mean each team will need a balanced composition of light, medium, and heavily armored vehicles.
Players will be able to upgrade their tanks with new parts and weapons as they progress. But historic accuracy won’t get in the way of gameplay. Historic accuracy and high quality, realistic graphics set the game apart from the competition. World of Tanks is a team based game that offers over 150 armored vehicles from the American, German, and Soviet arsenal. WoT puts armor in center stage by allowing players to relive the large-scale tank battles of the second World War. Many shooters like War Rock allow players to drive tanks, but they usually play a periphery role. Company of Heroes has earned high marks and won a large following using this gameplay method and now free to play gamers will get to experience it! Company of Heroes Online has the same high production value and graphics of previous CoH titles, but will be free to play! The game is scheduled for release this fall, check out more on COHO on our preview page.ĭeveloper: Publisher:
Aggression is encouraged and turtling only leads to falling further behind.
Their fast paced take on the RTS genre focuses on units vying for control of strategic points that continuously replenish resources.
Relic Entertainment has shaken the genre with its Warhammer 40k Dawn of War and Company of Heroes series. When most gamers think ‘real time strategy’ they imagine resource gathering and slowly building up a base. Below we’ll take a look at some of these upcoming games then discuss why some other major wars don’t get their fair share of video game love.ĭeveloper: Relic Entertainment Publisher: THQ A huge war that engulfed all of Europe (and the Pacific) and gave us history’s first major aerial and armored battles is the perfect setting for a variety of genres including FPS, and RTS. No doubt the era holds plenty of gaming potential. These games are developed from all corners of the world, from North America to Russia to Korea so its not just one studio planning the conspiracy. A string of new free to play MMOs set during this time period are about to be released. Console gamers have grown accustomed to the never ending deluge of World War 2 games, but now free to play MMO fans are getting a taste of the Third Reich.