Beyond Normandy and World War II: The History We Want to Play

World War II and Normandy have starred in more games that we can count. Let's come up with some new shit.

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It’s no surprise why developers have embraced WWII.

It was the most ideologically unambiguous, culturally transformative and all encompassing war the world has ever seen, and plenty of us still have living relatives who fought for their respective countries.

But you can only storm the beaches so many times before it gets old.

As narratives are allowed to mature in the gaming world, the opportunity to recreating history’s epic battles, alongside their complicated themes and story-lines, has never been more ripe. And even though plenty of developers are doing it, there’s an entire world’s worth of skirmishes, both historical and legendary, just waiting to be explored.

Here’s some famous scraps we’d love to see get the classic Call Of Duty treatment.

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The Egyptians vs. The Hittites

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China vs. Vietnam

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France vs. Everybody

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Iraq vs. Iran

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Turks vs. Venetians

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Organized Labour vs. The United States Army

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Macedonia vs. Persia

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The Mongols vs. The Egyptian Slave Army

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The Ojibway vs. The Iroquois

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David vs. Goliath

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