

Patriot missiles, JH-7 Chinese air defense systems, and the Soviet Spetsnaz GRV infantry. According to PC Gamer, players will be given a new suite of armored units, including U.S. Who’s to say how the world might’ve looked had the overthrow been successful? More Armored Units In An All-New CampaignĪt any rate, with the new Wargame scenario comes more toys. The coup only lasted 48 hours, but its failure was one of the contributing factors in the USSR’s eventual demise. They were wildly opposed to the wide reforms made during Gorbachev’s tenure, and resented the transfer of power from the central government to its various republics. In 1991, members of the Soviet government attempted a coup d’état to take the country away from President Gorbachev.Ĭommunist Party hard-liners were behind the insurrection, known to history as the August Coup. The Korean conflict never ends, and the U.S., Europe, Asia and the Soviet Union are all thrown into a Second Korean War.Ī far-fetched scenario, one might think.

With an absence of allies from Eastern Europe, communist nations throughout Asia begin to rise up against their Western foes. To that end, the latest DLC campaign available to players creates a world in which a violent coup removes Mikhail Gorbachev from power, reinstating communism and the old regime.
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The 1980s are alive and well in Wargame-land.

That’s right, East Germany and the Soviet Union. East Germany & the Soviet Union Are Alive and Wellįor players looking to engage in epic world conflict, there are 17 nations currently available in WRD: the U.S., Japan, and most of the old WWII allies on “BLUFOR” the Soviet Union, China, North Korea, East Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia on “REDFOR.” This particular iteration of the Eugen Systems real-time strategy franchise has been out since this April, and it’s continued to expand upon the company’s previous successes. …That’s the premise you’ll find inside the new campaign released by Wargame: Red Dragon. The Soviet Union has teamed up with Germany, China and North Korea to drag the U.S.
