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Video games about nuclear war and weapons

  • Call of Duty 4: Modern WarfareCall of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is the game in which a famous military shooter series walked out of World War II and into the present day. Infinity Ward developed it, Activision published it, and it was the fourth main installment in the…
  • Fallout (franchise)In the Fallout franchise, the world ends in a two-hour nuclear exchange on the morning of the 23rd of October 2077, eastern daylight time. Everything in the series grows from the wreckage. Fallout is an American media franchise of…
  • Metal Gear (video game)In the 1987 game Metal Gear, Snake's own commander tells the player to switch off the console.
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019 video game)Call of Duty: Modern Warfare earned more than 600 million dollars in its first three days on sale. Infinity Ward developed the first-person shooter and Activision published it. It reached PlayStation 4, Windows and Xbox One on the 25th of…
  • Metro 2033 (video game)In Metro 2033, a 2010 first-person shooter set beneath Moscow, the best bullets in the game are also the money. Pre-war military ammunition, the 5.45×39mm kind made before the bombs fell, is the main currency of the tunnels. A player can…
  • Metro ExodusIn Metro Exodus, a gas filter lasts exactly one minute. When the minute ends, the player must fit a fresh one, and only if a spare is still in the pack. That ticking pressure defines the 2019 first-person shooter from 4A Games, the third…
  • Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake EaterMetal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater sends the player up an extremely tall ladder for roughly three minutes, with a vocal theme song as the only company. Fans and critics singled out the climb as one of the series' most memorable moments. Some…
  • Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom PainMetal Gear Solid V was first announced as an indie game from a fake Swedish studio. Kojima's team made it.
  • Metal Gear Solid: Peace WalkerMetal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is a 2010 stealth game from Kojima Productions, published by Konami, and it was made for one of the smallest screens of its day, the PlayStation Portable. IGN's Greg Miller scored it 9.5 out of 10 and said it…
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold WarCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, released in 2020, carried a production budget of more than 700 million US dollars. That is an enormous sum for a game that started out as something else entirely. It was not supposed to belong to the Black…

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