World War II – Great Fodder for Games
By Andrew on Thursday, June 14th, 2007 at 3:52 PM PST In Game Companies, Games Industry, Gearbox
Wars provide for some great settings for video games, though I have much preferred warcraft over anything based in reality. But have you noticed the amount of games based on World War II?
Next-Gen-Biz.com has a feature exploring the WWII phenomenon, starting out with mentioning that twenty-six WWII based games were released in 2006. That’s more than two per month.
Don’t get me wrong, Medal of Honor was a great game, and the sequels impressive. But it’s a sub-genre that has been exhausted. It would be nice to get some variety.
And, okay, the second world war did involve the entire globe, so there are a lot of different backdrops and setting that could be explored. This is one of the reasons in the feature why the sub-genre is so pervasive.
But really, two per month?
