Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Eurogamer.net: June 16, 2020 at 07:26AM - MicroProse is back and it's publishing first-person shooters

Remember MicroProse? The once great American video game publisher and developer founded by Bill Stealey and Sid Meier in 1982 is back - and it's publishing a couple of war first-person shooters.

In 2019, the MicroProse brand was bought by ex-Bohemia Interactive developer David Lagettie and revived with a base in Australia. Now, this new MicroProse has signed a publishing deal with developer Drakeling Labs for their games: the wonderfully-named Operation Harsh Doorstop, and Warfare 1944.

Operation: Harsh Doorstop is a competitive multiplayer game described as "a free community project devoid of micro-transactions, paid downloadable content, or loot box mechanics". It's set in eastern Afghanistan and revolves around a fictionalised conflict between Soviet and NATO forces during the summer of 1991.

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