''War Inc.'' (''Project Airos'' in Australia and Germany) is a

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developed by

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. It was published by Interactive Magic for

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on August 31, 1997. It incorporates a rudimentary stock market, placing the player directly in control of research and development, and the ability to completely customize units by using a variety of components.

Reception

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'' gave ''War Inc.'' an overall score of 5.2 out of ten, expressing that the game 'doesn't meet its potential' in that it has innovative and 'varied' gameplay options, but its combat and map design is "subpar" and "boring". ''

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'' praised ''War Inc.'s'' 'varied' technology trees and high degree of unit customization, further expressing that ''War Inc.'' sets itself apart from the "stagnating genre of real-time strategy games", giving it an overall score of a B+.

References

External links

War Inc. (PC) page at GameSpot
* 1997 video games DOS games DOS-only games Free-to-play video games IEntertainment Network games Optik Software games Real-time strategy video games Video games developed in the United States Video games set in fictional countries {{Strategy-videogame-stub