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In preparation for nuclear war, NATO uses a set pattern of alerts which must be passed, before the unholy massacre can begin in earnest. As these DEFense CONditions tick down through 5 to 1world can do little more than wait helplessly for the infernal fireworks to begin.

Every game of DEFCON starts at DEFCON 5, otherwise known as peace, which allows you five minutes to place your game pieces within your territory. Your mission, as nutter in charge of weapons of mass destruction, is to annihilate the enemy and at the same time protect your loyal citizenship.
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The latest and greatest in the long running series of Sports Interactive football management simulators. Is it the best thing since sliced bread? Most definitely, if you love football.
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Or what happens when THQ theive the campaign system from Battle For Middle Earth 2 and bolt it onto a classic RTS, then still somehow get it wrong.
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Although not a newcomer to Counter-Strike, I’m unlikely to proclaim myself to be Old School. I never played the beta. Many people say they played the beta; they probably did. This does not automatically qualify them as Old School, though.
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With Counter-Strike Source firmly established as the competitive team game of choice across the world it would seem like a somewhat odd time for the developers to monkey around with the core of the game. So needless to say, with changes proposed to the weapons pricing system, it’s time to have a word.
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Just a short note to point out that, as predicted from the Beta, Company of Heroes is all that. The system requirements are perhaps too tough for it to mount a serious challenge as a replacement for Starcraft or WC3 as the definitive matchplay RTS game, even my substanitally fat PC struggles in the top settings, but it’s clearly a classic. Although it is available on-line to download from any torrent site worthy of the name buying the game is advised in this case, the team have really delivered a quality product and besides you’ll need a CD-Key for online play.

Just a quick preview on this impending tug on the Battlefield cash cow’s udder. Expect more later when the vitriol has had time to stew.
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Or how I learned to love the RTS again, if only from playing the beta.
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