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WARNO is a spiritual successor to the Wargame RTS seriesComing to early access in January

Coming to early access in January

A screenshot of WARNO, showing some tanks and helicopters in the real-time strategy game, sitting in a field.

I had some fun with the Wargame series of real-time strategy games, although past a certain point I couldn’t tell the difference between its umpteen historical tanks. Now developers Eugen Systems are making a spiritual successor called WARNO, which is coming to Steam Early Access next month.

Here’s the announcement trailer, which establishes its ’80s setting and love of helicopters and tanks:

WARNO ‘Warning Order’ - Official Reveal TrailerWatch on YouTube

WARNO ‘Warning Order’ - Official Reveal Trailer

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WARNO, which is short for “Warning Order”, really does sound like Wargame with the name filed off. It’s a Cold War-turned-hot alt-history in which NATO and Warsaw Pact nations fight using conventional weapons across lush, tree and town-strewn battlefields. Your arsenal consists of carefully reseached real vehicles, with the aim being to depict how a World War 3 scenario might have actually played out minus the nukes.

When it launches in early access on January 20th, however, only the solo and online skirmish battles and 10v10 battles will be available, with the other modes to arrive later. You can more screenshots and detailson the WARNO Steam pagenow.