Alliance: The Silent War Waged Across 90 Years Of History

There's a pooload of war shooters bursting out of Los Angeles this year once again, one of them being Alliance: The Silent War. Developed by Windward Mark Interactive, Alliance is in many ways an ambitious project, promising to take us across three continents and over ninety years of war, from the Russian trenches of WWI, to the fierce battles of WWII, the Cuban revolution, the neverending conflicts in the Middle-East, and so on.

Even though the wars in the game will resemble the ones you know from your school books, Alliance: The Silent War will actually follow an alternate history - in which you battle the same elusive enemy bent on conquering the world, sparking revolutions, overthrowing governments and manipulating the course of history throught its most notorious wars.

Only one level from the game was demoed at E3, taking place in Egypt from the early '70s. The devs showed how the chosen weapon's ballistic properties realistically affect you firing range and trajectory, and how fallen bodies can be carried around as "organic cover". Over 200 real-world firearms are planned for the final game, including infantry rifles, carabines, submachine-guns, shotguns, sidearms, and anti-tank weapons. Some of these can already be seen in these screenshots, along with various cityscapes proudly (but not especially impressive) rendered by Windward's "patent-pending", "most photorealistic game engine ever created". Yeah, right.

Multiplayer will also be an important part of Alliance: The Silent War, opening up some mind-blowing scenarios - like a WWI Czech rifle platoon fighting against a six-man SEAL team from 1987; or a patrol of Batista's Cuban regulars, armed with American WWII surplus carabines, against a squad of elite Egyptian Guard, armed to the teeth with Soviet machine guns. So if real-world military shooters are your thing, you might want to keep an eye on this one.

P.S. A teaser, engine and gameplay trailer are also available for download.

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