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Wargame: European Escalation

Wargame: European Escalation is an intense and spectacular Real Time Strategy game, where realism and strategy are brought to the front lines. With a phenomenal range of vehicles and units (over 350 different…

90 22 February 2012

Wargame: European Escalation is an indie developed by Eugen Systems, released 22 February 2012 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Wargame: European Escalation is

Wargame: European Escalation is an indie game developed by Eugen Systems and released in 2012. It was published by Focus Entertainment. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on IRISZOOM.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Wargame: European Escalation is a real-time tactics video game developed by Eugen Systems and published by Focus Home Interactive, released on February 23, 2012. It is set in Europe during the Cold War, most specifically in the years 1975–85 with alternate history scenarios portraying open war between NATO and the Warsaw Pact.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 29 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Wargame: European Escalation holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 93% of the 5,099 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 20 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for AMD/INTEL DUAL-CORE 2.5 GHZ, 1024 MB (XP)/2048 MB (VISTA/7) of RAM and 256 MB 100% DIRECTX 9 AND SHADERS 3.0 COMPATIBLE. ATI RADEON X1800 GTO/NVIDIA GEFORCE 7600 GT OR HIGHER. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 10GB.

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What it launched against

Wargame: European Escalation launched on 22 February 2012, within three weeks of Mass Effect 3, Journey, Crusader Kings II and Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Mass Effect 3, Journey, Crusader Kings II, Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Wargame: European Escalation yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Wargame: European Escalation — frequently asked questions

When did Wargame: European Escalation come out?
Wargame: European Escalation was released on 22 February 2012 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Wargame: European Escalation?
At minimum, Wargame: European Escalation needs AMD/INTEL DUAL-CORE 2.5 GHZ, 1024 MB (XP)/2048 MB (VISTA/7) of RAM, 256 MB 100% DIRECTX 9 AND SHADERS 3.0 COMPATIBLE. ATI RADEON X1800 GTO/NVIDIA GEFORCE 7600 GT OR HIGHER graphics, 10 GB of storage.
How many GB is Wargame: European Escalation?
The PC version needs about 10 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("10 GB"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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