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It Takes a War

Graphics! Guns! Glory! Get ready to drop into a devastatingly real depiction of the battlefield as you and your team take on a relentless foe. It Takes a War presents a new vision for the team-based tactical…

6 November 2025

It Takes a War is an adventure developed by Thomas Mackinnon, released 6 November 2025 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What It Takes a War is

It Takes a War is an adventure game developed by Thomas Mackinnon and released in 2025. It was published by Pantaloon. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unreal Engine 4.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Graphics! Guns! Glory! Get ready to drop into a devastatingly real depiction of the battlefield as you and your team take on a relentless foe. It Takes a War presents a new vision for the team-based tactical shooter genre.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

It Takes a War launched on 6 November 2025, within three weeks of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, ARC Raiders, The Outer Worlds 2 and Dispatch.

Released around the same time: Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, ARC Raiders, The Outer Worlds 2, Dispatch.

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When did It Takes a War come out?
It Takes a War was released on 6 November 2025 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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