More KumaWar games released

By Patrick Caldwell, GameSpotPosted Jul 27, 2006 5:32 pm PT

The war game series--now powered by Valve's Source engine--culls two more Iraq-centric scenarios from news headlines for download.

Kuma Reality Games, maker of the KumaWar series of war games based on real-life events, has announced the release of its two latest games, both involving the ongoing war in Iraq. Mission 76, "Payback in Iraq," and mission 75, "The Death of al-Zarqawi," are now available on the company's Web site, according to FiringSquad.

New game missions, released under the KumaWar 2 title, are powered by Valve Software's Source engine, which the Bellevue, Washington, developer used on Half-Life 2.

The company is partially calling "Payback in Iraq" a response to the Iranian government's condemnation of Kuma Reality's prior games, most of which take place in the Middle East. After the release of mission 58, titled "Assault on Iran," an Iranian government-run newspaper dismissed the game, saying that "Americans have a deep craving for an attack against Iran, but they are going to have to settle for this make-believe assault," according to a Reuters report in October 2005.

Older missions of KumaWar reenact the battles of Tora Bora, Fallujah, and the search for Saddam Hussein. Kuma Reality Games made headlines during the last US presidential election when the 24th game mission reenacted the 1969 Vietnam swift boat mission, for which the 2004 democratic candidate, John Kerry, earned a Silver Star.

24 Comments

  • Sociologist

    Posted Jul 30, 2006 5:52 pm PT

    There are crap games, and then there's Kuma War. The game is so bad, that it's not even worth war3zing.

  • rokkuman09

    Posted Jul 28, 2006 5:39 pm PT

    Kumawar is free now.....I have never played it though. I think the idea is cool but I have heard it is not even worth playing for 5 minutes sooo I think I will stay away from this one....

  • relset

    Posted Jul 28, 2006 1:43 pm PT

    I don`t know what these games exactly are...but I like valve!

  • stewiegriffin78

    Posted Jul 28, 2006 11:53 am PT

    Lol, it sucks ass. A merica's Army or Warrock are much better free games. Oh, and seriously. I can't believe they put in a mission about JOhn Kerry......

  • Mp5slipknot

    Posted Jul 28, 2006 11:38 am PT

    If you listen very, very closely, you can hear the sound of people not caring.

  • BIGDeVriendt

    Posted Jul 28, 2006 10:57 am PT

    NOT impressive. it looks like it is running on Half-Life1 engine and not source. what an ugly game.

  • eiru

    Posted Jul 28, 2006 9:07 am PT

    erhhhhhhh

  • bigelf72

    Posted Jul 28, 2006 8:35 am PT

    I sense yet anouther failure.

  • 4esth

    Posted Jul 28, 2006 7:40 am PT

    How the f@#$ did they make the source engine look so bad!?!!?!

  • Brainpr0n

    Posted Jul 28, 2006 4:47 am PT

    I tried it and thought it was lame. (shrug)

  • ftjx

    Posted Jul 28, 2006 2:43 am PT

    ExcAREentric is racist to me

    this Kumawar seems tempting but i'm not sure about the ethics

    saw a vid from it once, looked ugly but still......

    Allright its wrong just plain wrong!

  • pedjan

    Posted Jul 28, 2006 12:18 am PT

    Leave Iraq alone...

  • chickenoverlord

    Posted Jul 28, 2006 12:08 am PT

    yeah I don't think this kind of game is right.. can u say propaganda

  • fhamner02

    Posted Jul 27, 2006 8:30 pm PT

    This is your brain=Americs's Army This is your brain on drugs=KumaWar Any questions?

  • darkfox101

    Posted Jul 27, 2006 8:10 pm PT

    The game blows lmao! just go play americas army

  • Jac5232

    Posted Jul 27, 2006 7:52 pm PT

    I've seen bad A.I., and I've seen Kuma A.I., which is pretty sucky. I'd suggest to keep away. (troops running in circles in training mode was proof enough that the A.I. sucked)

  • XConn12

    Posted Jul 27, 2006 7:21 pm PT

    Stay the away from kuma wars its sucks mokey balls trust me

  • runstalker

    Posted Jul 27, 2006 7:08 pm PT

    Pretty shoddy stuff. These fellas' should just devote 2 years to developing a proper middle-east FPS based on real-life stories/events. The development time on these "breaking news!" FPS episodes is waaay too short. Production values and level design take a hit at the expense of rushed 'reality game design'.

  • apacheann6

    Posted Jul 27, 2006 7:07 pm PT

    wtf is this game and if its free how are thay still makeing the game?

  • ExcAREentric

    Posted Jul 27, 2006 6:46 pm PT

    Wow, sounds like racist trash really.

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