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War EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag NPR talks about the Six Days In Fallujah controversy 31 If you talk to me regularly, you probably know that I'm a big fan of NPR and listen almost every day. You should too, particularly because they've been seriously discussing video games more and m... New Darksiders trailer may be generic, but it gets my vote 25 Poor Darksiders: Wrath of War just can't catch a break -- the game's no where near being released (it's slated for August 25), and the general around the internet seems to be that it's just too g... Six Days of Falluja dev asks if we're just making toys 20 The whole cancellation of Six Days in Fallujah has got me immensely pissed off and made me want to rant my head off about how games should be more then just random shooting and should really try ... Preview: Six Days in Fallujah 25 One of the last games Konami showed during the opening presentation at their Gamer's Night was Six Days in Fallujah. The game has gained a lot of attention already due to it being set during the ... Iraq War veterans support Six Days in Fallujah 31 We've been covering the grimly predictable outrage over Konami's Six Days in Fallujah, a videogame based on a real-life battle during the Iraq War. While tabloids and families of war dead have al... Families of U.S war dead complain about Six Days in Fallujah 65 The ridiculous controversy about a game that we know nothing about continues apace, as families of U.S war dead have contributed to the whining mass of biased over-raction. Despite the fact that ... Konami's Iraq game already outraging the tabloids 42 Konami's Six Days in Fallujah was only announced yesterday with scant information, but that hasn't stopped British newspaper and sad joke book The Daily Mail from jumping all over it and spreadin... Hipsters, it may be time to take off your keffiyeh - Raid Gaza is causing a stir 51 In case you were raised and suckled by she-wolves, here's a little background on Raid Gaza: the Gaza Strip is a piece of land that isn't owned by any sovereign power, and Israel and Hamas (the de... US Army investing $50 million into training games 10 The United States Army has announced that they will be putting a large chunk of change into gaming. Having created a new "games unit," they will spend $50 million training soldiers on v... Play CoD4 on XBL next Friday to win prizes, fight Infinity Ward and Jens Pulver 26 Another Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Live Fire Weekend has been announced for Xbox 360 owners. The 3-day-long play & win sweepstakes starts on Friday the 18th at 12:01 a.m. EST, and continu... In-game footage of EndWar: For once, it's perfectly normal to yell at your TV 35 I'm still not entirely sold on the concept of real time strategy games appearing on consoles, but Tom Clancy's EndWar could be just the game to change my mind. Unlike previous RTS titles that ha... Call of Duty 4 getting GOTY edition 27 It was arguably one of the biggest releases of 2007, and now Activision has seen fit to release Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare as a Game of the Year edition. Let's all accuse Activision of whorin... GameStop says goodbye to HD DVD 43 Destructoid has gotten word from an inside source (and confirmation - thanks Liqideos) that GameStop/EB Games will no longer be taking HD DVDs or Xbox 360 HD DVD players as of tomorrow. Ever s... Even more Resistance 2 details? 27 Last month, Qais gave us some juicy new details on the upcoming sequel to the PS3 title Resistance: Fall of Man. Now, a few more details, including some story elements, come to us from PlayThree.... Call of Duty 4 linked to ex-Marine's disappearance: Thankfully FOX has the scoop 90 FOX, America's agenda-free and unbiased source for well-researched news, has a new videogame related story up that links Call of Duty 4 with the disappearance of former Marine Eric Hall. Hall, wh... Codemasters looking for descendants of man who almost killed Winston Churchill 39 Yes, Codemasters is really looking for anyone who is a descendant of the Taxi Cab driver who hit Winston Churchill with his car while he was visiting New York on December 13th, 1931. In Codemaste... Matlockery Contest! Win an Xbox 360 and Frontlines: Fuel of War from THQ & Dtoid 152 What the hell is the Olduvai Theory and, more importantly, who founded it? Beats me, but I bet you'd like to know because the right answer could score you a free game, an Xbox 360 Premium console... Contest reminder: Win an Xbox 360 and Frontlines: Fuel of War next week! 24 Before you get Ready To Friday don't forget that next Monday is the last day to register to win a free Xbox 360 and Frontlines: Fuel of War, courtesy of THQ. Detailed info on the game, movies, sc... Bargain Bin Laden #31: Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior 21 The wares of Games Workshop have been a bone of contention throughout much of my life. Drawn in by the wonderful backdrops, the fantastic designs and the lure of an engrossing tabletop game, my o... British Army chief likes the PlayStation generation 12 While most people blame videogames and gamers for society's ills, there is at least one person who finds time to commend the so-called "PlayStation generation." That man is British Army... The best non-profit ever supplies soldiers with free videogames 20 If a woman did this for me, I would marry her too. That is, if I was a man in the military.  The more I think about that idea, the more confused I get, so I think it's best to just move on. ... Frontlines: Fuel of War: Fear mongering at it's finest 16 THQ is holding a really neat contest for their game Frontlines: Fuel of War that is set to come out some time next year (with a demo on the way next month for the Xbox 360). In order to win, you ... Will Call of Duty 4 cheapen the 'plight' of soldiers? 33 It has been said that war games trivialize real war, reducing it to spectacle and throwaway entertainment. No different from the mainstream news, really, but it's videogames that are the scapegoa... Fake game Friday: Call of Duty 4.5 15 It's been a while since we've highlighted any mildly sexist game ideas here on Fake Game Friday. Time to remedy that.This week's game idea comes to you courtesy of Twisted Imp (and Photoshopped ... Australia bans yet another game: Soldier of Fortune: Payback goes unrated 30 Bad news for koala bears with a war fetish -- Soldier of Fortune: Payback has become one in a long line of videogames refused a rating by Australia's Office of Film & Literature Classificatio... Hands-on: Medal of Honor Heroes 2 56 As a committed pacifist, I can't believe what I'm about to write. I played a war game at EA's offices this week and found it downright delightful.  Those of you who follow the Medal of Honor... Warhawk $59.99 at retail, includes Bluetooth headset 26 Sony has confirmed with 1UP that the PlayStation Network title, Warhawk, will be headed to retail shelves on a Blu-ray disc come August 28, 2007. They also have confirmed earlier reports that a r... Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare screenshots 8 Here's five screenshots to remind us that war games are still all the rage, and that Infinity Ward is still hard at work trying to stay in style. Judging by these new pictures, I'm sensin... Sony Gamers Day 2007: SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Tactical Strike 10 Another little pleasant surprise for me at Sony's Gamers Day was the PSP title SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Tactical Strike. Seeing as how I was never really got into the PlayStation 2's first-... A real life WWII RTS ... how future wars will be handled 14 The Internet/gaming generation will one day fully consume this world. And, when and if that happens, I believe we all will be witnessing a ROFL Copter fly by our window or Wahmbulance roll down... Army of Two: five updated screenshots 24 Fresh from the leathery asschaps of EA come five new screenshots of Army Of Two, a unique co-op game promising to pump fresh blood into the flacid member that is the FPS market. The gallery below... Medal of Honor Airborne lookin' very World War Twoey 25 You may be sick of WWII shooters, but there's still some life to squeeze out of this genre -- at least, according to EA. Take a look at the latest Medal of Honor Airborne trailer for next-g... Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare trailer 37 Did you really think we were going to make you wait through all of the NFL draft this weekend on TV, just to see the trailer for Activision's new Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare game? Of cour... Activision confirms Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 20 Am I dreaming? A Call of Duty title, developed by Infinity Ward, that isn't set during World War II? My ceiling just cracked open and balloons just fell out. CVG has confirmed with Activisi... Militant gamers go to the potty together 15 BREAKING NEWS -- Fourteen guys cram into a port-o-potty at the same time for a video game. No, I'm serious.  Meatspin jokes aside, I've been tracking Sony's peculiar Socom realit... Blizzcon 2007 announced: August 3-4 in Anaheim, $100 a ticket 22 ZOMG a Blizzard party! The details for Blizzcon 2007 were just announced on their official Web site, along with a programming gig if you're l337 and seeking. Here's what you can expect: &... S.O.C.O.M. P.U.K.E.F.E.S.T. 8 Would you go as far as saying most gamers are girly men? These new clips from Sony's "HELL WEEK" reality campaign to promote the two SOCOM games seem to suggest so! Watch as yuppie... Ubisoft hearts Wii: Brothers in Arms is a comin' 34 Attention Wii owners who actually play the Wii: Ubisoft's quality WWII FPS Brothers in Arms is coming to the Wii -- and DS. Slated to hit the Wii this fall and the DS this summer, here's ... New Hour of Victory screens and video; WWII shooter? Not you again 12 Another year, another flood of WWII first-person shooters. In case your memory is a bit foggy, Midway's Hour of Victory for the Xbox 360 is attempting to do something just a tad different fro... Flash Game: Tower Defense 26 While we wait for Rampart to surface on the PS3, here's a highly addictive little flash game called Tower Defense. The premise is simple: use a limited budget to position the best turrets on... Learn the WarHawk before your time 11 Three grungy-looking snapshots of the upcoming WarHawk PS3 game surfaced today with complete EA-style arcade instructions on how to pilot both the air ship and the (seemingly underdeveloped and ... Forget After Burner -- Ace Combat 6 drops exclusive bombs on your 360 moms 18 While we wait for Sega to step up and bring that next-gen After Burner from behind closed doors, the Xbox 360's exclusive jet fighter franchise looks like it's seeing a nice visual upgrad... Graw 2 multiplayer demo hits Live today 10 Clancy cult followers rejoice: Xboxyde is reporting that a multiplayer demo of Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 will be available for download today. Here's the best part: the demo support... Arma multiplayer demo launched 4 Another military game? Yup. In it's defense, Arma: Armed Assault does enough things differently that won't make you feel like you're playing yet another Medal of Honor rehash. The g... Activision reveals new France-centric Call of Duty 3 maps for the 360 3 Not to be one-upped by yesterday's World War II-game-related announcement, Activision has announced plans to release a handful of new maps for the ever popular Call of Duty 3 on the Xbox 360.... Hey Aeropause? Remember me? 21  You made a bet with us here at Destructoid, and I take it me in specific, since I wrote the article. That bet was that Civil War: A Nation Divided for the Xbox 360, would get a rating equa... New insane Graw 2 photoset released 13 Tom Clancy deserves his millions. You've already seen last week's microtrailer and first round screenshots which featured some of the models and the vacant environments. Today, we bring ... Four new GRAW 2 screenshots, microtrailer 6 As you know, Ubisoft confirmed the release of Tom Clancy's GRAW 2 yesterday -- the only military game who's name can be quickly typed using only your left hand. The details will not be s... New Army game says US = Godmode 6 The US military has a long history of creating games as both training tools and propaganda, but sometimes they aren't entirely accurate. A new game from the US Army called Future Force Compan...		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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