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[12] [7] A spinoff game called War Thunder Mobile (also known as War Thunder Edge [13]) was released in 2023 for Android and iOS. Developed as a "flying simulation game", it was previously named War Thunder: World of Planes, [14] but due to its similarity with Wargaming's World of Warplanes, it was changed to its present name in 2012.
The system, mechanics, and design are straight from Kampfgruppe; and here even the "feel" of the combat is still very World War II-ish." [4] Commodore Microcomputers named Battle Group one of the top computer wargames of 1986. [5] In his 1989 survey of computer wargames, J. L. Miller of Computer Play offered the game a middling score. [3]
Gaijin Entertainment was founded in Russia in 2002 by Anton and Kirill Yudintsev, [4] whose first big project was the PC racing game Adrenaline.After the successful launch of War Thunder in 2012, an office in Germany was established, to manage global operations and marketing. [5]
Wargaming Group Limited (also known as Wargaming.net) is a global video game company headquartered in Nicosia, Cyprus. The group operates across more than 16 offices and development studios globally. [ 2 ]
A battlegroup (British/Commonwealth term) or task force (U.S. term) in modern military theory is the basic building block of an army's fighting force. A battlegroup is formed around an infantry battalion or armoured regiment, which is usually commanded by a lieutenant colonel.
Combat Mission is a series of computer wargames simulating tactical battles.The series has progressed through two distinct game engines.The original game engine, referred to as 'CMx1' by the developer, Battlefront.com, powered a trio of games set in the Second World War.
Armored Warfare is set in a modern virtual world where the player takes on the role of a mercenary employed by a private military company.The game offers players the opportunity to participate in battles across co-op player versus environment campaigns and team-based player versus player matches in a variety of armored vehicles, main battle tanks, and long-range artillery. [9]
Pitched battle; Pocket: see "salient". Pyrrhic victory: a victory paid for so dearly that it potentially could lead to a later defeat ("a battle won, a war lost"). Raid; Rank: a single line of soldiers. Reconnaissance; Reconnoitre: to go to an area (reconnoitering) to find out information of the exact location of an enemy force.