A is for Alphabetised game news. There’s nothing especially original about the way I gather game news. Like other reporters, every so often I set cage traps baited with chunks of old telephone directory or stale urinal cake in likely places (roundabout islands, amusement arcades, deconsecrated churches…) and return the following day with crossed fingers and an empty Sack For Life.

B is for Burden of Command gets German approval

Luke Hughes’ tactical leadership RPG is the latest member of a very select club – computer games sporting swastikas approved for sale in Germany. Like Paintbucket Games, Green Tree Games has managed to convince Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle, the German body that dishes out age ratings, that the crooked crosses in their creation “further civil enlightenment” and promote “research or teaching”.

C is for Cute cars

As you’ll discover if you dabble with its two-circuit, three-era demo, Formula Legends (ETA September) offers roughly the same level of realism and complexity as Circuit Superstars and Ultimate Racing 2D 2. Its slightly simmier feel is largely down to additional camera options.

D is for Dusty But Trusty 101st Airborne in Normandy hits Steam

The game that inspired the infamously vaporous All American: The 82nd Airborne in Normandy PLFed onto Steam’s springy turf at the end of July. As this Dusty But Trusty article explains, 101 is closer in feel to Jagged Alliance and Silent Storm than Squad Battles or Second Front, and conveys the chaos of the Normandy drops better than any game I know.

E is for Eye-opening article

I’d not heard of VRChat, a virtual world platform akin to Second Life, before reading this Skyward Flight Media piece about a novel nocturnal PBY sim that relies upon it. BlackCats: Maritime Interdictor isn’t the only VRChat flight sim. In fact it’s not even the only WW2 Pacific theatre one.

F is for Football’s ferocious predecessors deserve their own tactical wargame