War Games

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These games involve squad combat, shooting combat, and other aspects of fighting a war.

Battlefield 2 - Modern Combat star
Battlefield 2 - Modern Combat is a great arcade-style fast paced action game. Just be prepared for some odd graphic issues while you play.

Battlestations Midway star
Battlestations Midway lets you relive WWII as both an airplane pilot, submarine commander and naval tactician. There are a variety of ships, planes and vehicles to work with as you fight on the Pacific.

Birds of Steel star
Birds of Steel is a plane flying game set in the Pacific arena of World War II. They have modeled a vast number of planes and offer a quite challenging realistic mode.

Blazing Angels 2 - Secret Missions star
Blazing Angels 2 - Secret Missions is in essence a World War II flight simulator game - but in addition to authentic planes they toss in experimental planes, broadening your horizons. We played through the full game multiple times, it really was great fun.

Blazing Angels Squadrons of WWII star
In Blazing Angels Squadrons of WWII you're a Yank pilot flying a variety of planes all around the globe in World War II battles. Do you feel the wind flying through your hair? Not really.

Call of Duty 2 - XBox 360 star
Call of Duty 2 takes you into the trenches of World War II, starting with the frozen tundra of Russia under attack. High realism levels really draw you into the combat.

Call of Duty 2 Quiz star
Think you´re pretty good at Call of Duty 2? Take this online quiz to test your knowledge about the Call of Duty 2 game!

Civil War - A Nation Divided star
Civil War - A Nation Divided, by the History Channel, lets you play as the north or the south. This first person shooter tries to immerse you in the gritty brother-on-brother fighting.

Crimson Skies : High Road to Revenge star
This aerial combat game involves an alternate universe - it's sort of like the 1930s, but with a twist. You get a lot of planes, fighting and nice graphics.

Full Spectrum Warrior - Realistic Squad Combat star
Full Spectrum Warrior is an amazing squad-based strategy game that was developed by the military. It focusses on two squads protecting each other and taking out the enemy.

Full Spectrum Warrior Ten Hammers star
Full Spectrum Warrior Ten Hammers for the Xbox and Playstation 2 is a sequel to Full Spectrum Warrior, which was based on a training simulation in use by the United States Army.

Ghost Recon - Island Thunder star
If you´re a fan of the Ghost Recon series of games, the Island Thunder set brings your platoon-based gaming to a hostile Cuba of the future.

Ghost Recon 3 Advanced Warfighter star
If you're looking for a combat game with amazing graphics for your XBox 360, then definitely go buy Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter. The game is fun in single, co-op and online mode!

Over G Fighters star
Over G Fighters allows you to fly a number of modern airplanes with either arcade style or realistic handling capabilities. If you're willing to plow through the novice training issues, the full bore gameplay is quite good.

Return to Castle Wolfenstein : Tides of War star
Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Tides of War takes the classic first person shooter and brings it live on the XBox. Check out the great gameplay!

Secret Weapons Over Normandy star
Secret Weapons Over Normandy is a combination of flight simulator and historical recreation of WW2. I had high hopes for this game, but it seems a bit outdated.

Shellshock Nam '67 star
If you´re looking for a true immersive experience in combat-ridden Vietnam of the late 60s, this mature title might fit the bill.

The Great Escape - XBox star
Based on the movie of the same name, The Great Escape is about a bunch of escape-prone WW2 prisoners of war who are put into an escape proof camp.

The Outfit - XBox 360 star
The Outfit has you performing missions in World War II Europe. You´re the Allies, out to stop a rogue German soldier who is causing trouble.

The Outfit Screenshots - XBox 360 star
The Outfit has you performing missions in World War II Europe. You´re the Allies, out to stop a rogue German soldier who is causing trouble.

Tom Clancy´s Ghost Recon star
With Tom Clancy´s Ghost Recon, squad based combat on the XBox lets you play through single player missions or take it online with XBox Live for up to 16 simultaneous players.

Top Gun Hardlock Review star
Top Gun Hardlock is a flight simulator game that encourages dogfighting styles. You get multiple planes, multiple landscapes, and some fun flying.

XBox Counter Strike star
In an amazing sign of how metamorphic the gaming industry is, XBox Counterstrike is a console version of a PC mod of of HalfLife.

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