While the internet is discussing the future of COD Warzone after the arrival of Black Ops 6 , many war video game enthusiasts continue their search for an interactive experience with a war setting: here are the 5 best war games to download for free on PC and consoles.
Call of Duty Warzone 2.0
Our in-depth look at the most important free-to-play war-themed video games could only begin with Warzone 2.0, the new version of the free first-person shooter set in the Call of Duty universe.
Despite the criticisms leveled by the community for the delays in the release of noteworthy content updates, COD Warzone 2.0 was and remains the obligatory choice for anyone who wants to experience an interactive warfare experience, thanks to a competitive offering unmatched in the panorama of free-to-play titles and a huge range of customizations and equipment to master.
World of Tanks
Available since 2011, the war MMO churned out by the digital forges of Wargaming.net has never stopped evolving and enriching itself with content, obtaining unprecedented success thanks to the quality of its gameplay.
The ‘permanent center of gravity’ of the challenges to be played in the digital arenas of World of Tanks is obviously represented by the battles aboard tanks, with fans of the genre called upon to master the complex controls of each individual tank to get the better of enemy armies, with vehicles from the Second World War (and not only) reconstructed in every minute detail.
Listed
In the increasingly crowded panorama of free-to-play war-themed experiences, Enlisted has also entered the scene in the last few years . The now famous multiplayer shooter by Darkflow Software and Gaijin Entertainment has been able to meet the tastes and needs of fans of the genre by offering them a particularly fluid, responsive and, at the same time, deep and structured gameplay.
Since its first Open Beta, Enlisted has proven to be a furious MMO shooter , even if the numerous bugs and glitches encountered by users are there to indicate the long road that awaits the Darkflow team if it wants to carve out an ever larger space for itself in the sector and succeed, with this MMO-driven war FPS, in beating an ever fiercer competition.
World of Warships
Among the many war video games that have made the fortune of Wargaming.net we obviously also find World of Warships , a free MMO war simulator that focuses solely and exclusively on naval battles.
From legendary battleships to maneuverable cruisers, submarines and destroyers, fans of interactive warfare experiences are truly spoiled for choice, not to mention the countless upgrades to unlock, tactics to master and items to acquire to customize their digital fleet.
Crossover
We close our special on free downloadable war video games by looking at the post-apocalyptic motorized battles of Crossout , a free-to-play vehicular combat game with a strong sandbox and ‘creative’ nature.
Those who wish to take on the many PvP and PvE challenges offered by Targem Games and Gaijin Entertainment must build their own ‘death machine’ and test its capabilities in battle through a series of activities and missions. It is up to players to discover the ideal battle configuration, thanks to which they can best express their skills by choosing the weapons, chassis design, engine components and armor to set up to defend the weak points of their vehicle.