Developer
Introversion Software Ltd.
Publisher
Introversion Software Ltd.
ESRB
Teen (13+)
Genre
Real-Time Strategy
DEFCON is an online, competitive, multiplayer strategy game simulating global thermonuclear war. The game, inspired by the 1983 cult-classic film, WarGames, superbly evokes the tension, paranoia and suspicion surrounding the Cold War era. DEFCON was an instantaneous success, receiving an average of 85%+ in game reviews and scores of praise. PC Gamer UK described it as 'pure, deep, utterly unconscionable fun', whilst IGN awarded DEFCON an Editors Choice Award and praised it as 'highly impressive'.
Storyline
You play the role of a military Commander hidden deep within an Underground bunker. Your mission - to successfully exterminate your enemy's civilian population whilst disabling their ability to attack your own. Start by launching your battleships, subs and bombers in order to decimate your opponent's defences. Scramble together your alliances but remember only one can stand victorious.
Prepare your pre-emptive strike before one of your supposed allies gets the same idea. Choose the perfect moment for betrayal, obliterating your opponents with an apocalyptic thermonuclear barrage, but get it wrong and their devastating counter attack will bring you to your knees!
You can't go wrong with a storyline that assumes - "Everybody Dies". Just can't happen. Perfect game. 99 Red Balloons – here we come! Looking like something out of the old hacker-favorite movie “War Games...
More »Indie-game studio, Introversion Software, announced today it has teamed with the makers of the amBX PC gaming peripherals, Philips Electronics, to launch an exciting, three-month DEFCON league and tourn...
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