Armored Brigade 2 is nearly here and looking awesome

The wallets of many digital wargamers will be feather light by the end of November if both Triassic Games and Veitikka Studios make their deadlines. Due next month, Armored Brigade 2 seems intent on occupying the sunlit uplands between playable, pacy military RTSs such as WARNO and Wargame and slower, denser, grog pleasers such as Combat Mission and Graviteam Tactics.

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The HeliNews theme tune is crafted from a selection of whirlybird sound samples. The HeliNews anchor sits behind a desk made from an AH-64 stub wing, and, after delivering his topical snippets, is winched out of shot by a Pegasus Rescue Hoist mounted on the studio ceiling.

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OVRLRD isn’t quite ready for keyboard mechwarriors yet

When developer Niall Slater fixed the bug that was preventing me and other keyboard & mouse users from starting up OVRLRD’s bipedal steeds, I jumped straight into a clickable cockpit and hotfooted it to the weapon range. Unfortunately, I’d only taken a few ground-shaking strides when I encountered another fun foiler – non-functional torso twist keys.

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