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Codemasters announces Fall of Liberty

A new Second World War FPS title from the creators of Call of Duty: Finest Hour will see Nazis occupy America.
By Phil Elliott, GameSpot UK
Posted Aug 31, 2006 10:25 am PT

Ever wondered what Freedom Fighters would have been like with Nazis instead of Soviets? Gamers will soon get a chance to find out. Today, Spark Unlimited, the controversy-wracked studio behind Call of Duty: Finest Hour, announced a new first-person shooter called Fall of Liberty for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.

Fall of Liberty is set in an alternate history that sees famed prime minister Winston Churchill die in 1936--three years prior to the outbreak of World War II. Without his steadfast leadership, the Nazis overwhelm Europe and occupy Great Britain. Bolstered by its success, the German war machine then extends its reach across the Atlantic and invades the United States in 1951, occupying Washington DC and threatening Manhattan with nuclear attack.

Spark CEO Craig Allen commented that he wanted to give players "a realistic vision of an alternative world history...something radically different than typical WWII scenarios as the player is not cast as the liberator of Europe but as a defender of freedom in enemy-occupied America." The game will be the second alternate-history PS3 shooter: Resistance: Fall of Man, due this fall, takes place in an alien-occupied UK during the 1950s--after WWII never happened.

[UPDATE] Currently, Fall of Liberty is set for release in Q4 2007 in Europe and North America, where it is being published by British-based Codemasters. The announcement marks the second major recent deal for Spark, which just announced an agreement with Vivendi Games subsidiary Sierra Entertainment to publish an unnamed next-generation FPS with a "modern setting."

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Robert9650

It'll be great when it comes out, which is before most of the other FPS games come out later in the year.

Posted Jan 2, 2008 7:39 am PT
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jason320

Looks cool

Posted Dec 13, 2007 3:29 pm PT
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athenian29

Danalfmon:

When is Q4?

Omg dude... Q4 is October, November and December. You know, Fourth Quarter of the year?

An afterthought: why is the so-called fiscal year so out-of-whack with a normal year?

Posted Dec 13, 2007 2:40 pm PT
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8smokes

This game's looking sleek! But I do recall them saying, "This game is DEFINATLY going to come out this year". Wish it was, I can't wait for this!

Posted Dec 12, 2007 1:58 pm PT
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Robert9650

Why do people want to play as the Germans? I don't I'd rather play as a resistance fighter since most games you play as a soldier and those are getting boring. Oh and I think I like this game a lot so I put it on my tracking list. When it comes out, which is on February 26, 2008, I want to go to Gamestop and buy this game.

Posted Dec 3, 2007 4:14 pm PT
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Bull_Of_Mors

cus germans failed miseribly just like the iraqis will and so did the vietcong UN forever!!

Posted Nov 29, 2007 1:20 am PT
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Lonelynight

cool, I hope we can play as germans

Posted Apr 11, 2007 6:08 pm PT
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aeterna789

Can we play a German campaign? It would be nice to really have an alternate ending where we can play as a German SS.

Posted Mar 17, 2007 3:41 am PT
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Versus_XIII

Oh knows. Getting in touch with my German blood.

Posted Jan 30, 2007 2:57 pm PT
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SumerianDaemon

Why cant we play the Germans and take over the whole world?

Posted Jan 21, 2007 6:53 am PT
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rifton

@danalfmon

It means between October and December.

Posted Jan 19, 2007 5:55 pm PT
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josefkrump

i do
this game will be a good one i think
or it could be a other history channel games "god forbid"

Posted Jan 16, 2007 4:26 pm PT
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musicalmac  

Interesting. It reminds me of the show, Sliders... Anyone old enough to remember that?

Posted Jan 15, 2007 1:05 pm PT
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danalfmon

When is Q4?

Posted Jan 15, 2007 12:05 pm PT
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peregrine93

It. Sounds. Cool.

Posted Oct 27, 2006 6:21 pm PT
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SHAZ101

This Game looks cool. Why are people so offended by it. The point of alternate history is so we can see what the world would be like if something went differently. FoL does not offend me.

Posted Oct 17, 2006 12:45 pm PT
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wingzero101

this sounds pretty im definetly tracking it

Posted Oct 8, 2006 7:27 pm PT
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xfightingirishx

seeing how finest was garbadge im not so sure this will work out.......but the idea sounds relly interesting

Posted Sep 10, 2006 5:31 pm PT
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Mp5slipknot

Well at least their trying something a little different, gotta give them props for that.

Posted Sep 10, 2006 12:38 am PT
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MoldOnHold

hmm...the premise seems really interesting

here's hoping that it rises above the glut of countless WWII shooters and makes an impact on its own

Posted Sep 9, 2006 11:11 am PT
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xMIAxKillaCrank

guys this could be an awsome game give it a chance.

Posted Sep 8, 2006 5:38 pm PT
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populationdavid

Lol. Errm. Okay. Nazi's taken over. Now what? Story might be a bit odd.

Posted Sep 8, 2006 2:21 am PT
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ishcabible6000

Churchill wasn't the only leader who helped win WWII. Someone else would have taken his place, and could have even prevented the war. You never know.

Posted Sep 6, 2006 5:54 pm PT
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tomagreen

This looks interesting. Tracking it.

Posted Sep 6, 2006 1:56 pm PT
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troymclure125

Q: Ever wondered what Freedom Fighters would have been like with Nazis instead of Soviets?

A: No.

Posted Sep 6, 2006 12:46 pm PT
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ChaosGames

sounds cool. traking this

Posted Sep 3, 2006 7:02 pm PT
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_Sam_

might play it

Posted Sep 3, 2006 1:34 pm PT
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xxstalker24xx

Plz dont tell me some of you americans are not happy with it becuase they have taken over the US O_o. You never know it may happen some day.

This game sounds good, before i had even seen this game i throught what if russia fell, uk lost its air power and got taken over, then america was taken.
But Hitlers wasnt intending on attacking so many countrys, He wasonly wanting to take back the countrys that had been taken away from germany. hehe end of my little lecture

Posted Sep 3, 2006 1:20 pm PT
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Murpheus007

I've definetly been more excited about a game before, but hey, it could be good.

Posted Sep 3, 2006 12:38 pm PT
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JMizzle

Sounds like a certain Star Trek: Enterprise story to me..............

Posted Sep 3, 2006 11:11 am PT
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ele975

So. i guess the storyline is about us being a highly secret spy who is trained with the deadliest combat there is. Then we are set out to germany to kill Hitler If i get sued tommorow then i was correct

Posted Sep 3, 2006 3:31 am PT
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cevan04

Oooh, lookin fun! Controversial but has my interest!

Anyone wana make a Union with me for this?

Posted Sep 2, 2006 12:13 pm PT
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BradW92

WOW! A ww2 game im actually intrested in! sounds good!

Posted Sep 2, 2006 9:09 am PT
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Humorguy_basic

Needs to be special for me not to just get my Freedom Fighters game out again, as I had a pretty good time with that game and a clone with Nazi's instead of Russians would not be enough for my gaming dollar.

Posted Sep 2, 2006 6:31 am PT
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dukerav

Sounds intruiging, hopefully will be as good if not better than Freedom Fighters and not your average WWII FPS.

Posted Sep 1, 2006 1:36 pm PT
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arsy130

WOW.... the first actual interesting WW2 game other than the Brothers in Arms series...... im buying this for sure... i hope you play as the nazis, and hope fully at the end of the game theres something different like the bad guys actually winning for once... damn im tired of the good people always winning you need some variation if not it gets boring...

Posted Sep 1, 2006 1:25 pm PT
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Jedi_Shearstone

not to sound like to much of a geek but doesnt this sound like a star trek episode :S

Posted Sep 1, 2006 11:34 am PT
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DesRed

Hmm. Interesting. Another game set in an alternate history similar to Freedom Fighters except that its Nazis instead of Soviets. It will be interesting to see how this will play out.

Posted Sep 1, 2006 8:15 am PT
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ftjx

What a comment like "Sweet, so George W Bush won't be in the white house in this game? Sign me up! I am buying this." you probably think he is a Nazi anyways. Sad, very sad. History will shine bright on the man who tried to confront the Radical Islamic Persian Empire. Assuming the radical muslims don't win. "+

I bow in respect to this comment

Posted Sep 1, 2006 5:19 am PT
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Thorpe89  

I know, yet another FPS.

Posted Sep 1, 2006 5:14 am PT
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eiru

aish more shooters for ps3? What is happening!!!!!

Posted Sep 1, 2006 3:05 am PT
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X-Robert

Mystery.

Posted Sep 1, 2006 2:58 am PT
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ftjx

That screenshoot is really something..........

Posted Sep 1, 2006 1:39 am PT
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JLCrogue

It's a good thing this isn't a PS3 exclusive, like the other alternate-history game, Resistance: Fall of Man. We'll see how good it is and I might buy it on the Xbox 360 or PC.

Posted Aug 31, 2006 11:35 pm PT
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AoNHagen

i wish you coud play as the nazis

Posted Aug 31, 2006 11:32 pm PT
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capthunt

Finally, getting tired of the CoD games. This will be badass and refreshing

Posted Aug 31, 2006 10:24 pm PT
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UltraWoody

Everyone should buy this. Show your support.

Posted Aug 31, 2006 9:57 pm PT
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gizmo_logix

bpmurr, Bush is not a nazi He's fascist puppet in love with oil riches.

So this is a game about freedom fighters attacking the government to remove a radical right wing from power? Sounds like today! Sign me up!

Posted Aug 31, 2006 9:57 pm PT
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marvin7893

So this games about freedom fighters attacking the government to remove a radical right wing from power. Sign me up.

Posted Aug 31, 2006 9:40 pm PT
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americahellyeah

Alternate history kiks @$$

Posted Aug 31, 2006 9:10 pm PT
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