HISTORY Civil War: Secret Missions Announced

History Channel: Civil War - Secret Missions

Written Friday, August 15, 2008 By Joe Robinson

Activision Publishing has announced a new multi-platform title that will “immerse players in history's most crucial covert operations.”

A new instalment of the HISTORY Civil War series, named Secret Missions, will allow players to assume the role of Union and Confederate soldiers fighting behind enemy lines.

The gameplay will involve you conducting various types of missions and participating in some of the better known battles in the Civil War. All of the events in the game have been drawn from the real life actions of famous partisans, scouts and rangers.

“There is a rich history to the Civil War, especially in terms of covert military tactics,” said Dave Oxford, Activision Publishing. “American warfare in the 1860’s was brutal yet surprisingly sophisticated, so it was essential for us to capture this duality.”

HCW: SM is slated for release later this year, and will cost around $50 for the 360.

User Comments

Forum Posts: 145	Comment #1 by evilman1000 Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 11:44:54 AM	(0)
	why do the u.k not get thease games??? yeah i know its about american history but a game is a game. it looks kinda fun (Y)

Forum Posts: 70	Comment #2 by greenhell Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 11:49:56 AM	(0)
	Battle For The Pacific was is out in the U.K mate. Anyone who hasnt played it gotta try it out to see how bad it is. Very similar to the 1st PS1 Medal Of Honour, only worse.

Forum Posts: 339	Comment #3 by mclinton92 Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 11:50:24 AM	(0)
	lol "immerse players in history's most crucial covert operations.”

Forum Posts: 2986	Comment #4 by JC Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 11:54:10 AM	(0)
	This is going to be as bad as the first Civil War game. :p

Forum Posts: 16	Comment #5 by Grand Boobah Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 01:30:08 PM	(0)
	The first civil war game was pretty horrible. It was pretty hard to sit through.

Forum Posts: 66	Comment #6 by Are You Dead Yet Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 01:44:35 PM	(0)
	Boo, base it on a real civil war :P Hacking the king would a cool last boss :P

Forum Posts: 33	Comment #7 by NightVision Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 02:37:53 PM	(0)
	I played the first Civil War game and it gave out bits of history in the mission outlines, which is educational but the game play was not first or second rate. It was buggy and the control scheme was not intuitive.... I'd pass on this second game.

Forum Posts: 666	Comment #8 by INSANEKID13 Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 03:00:25 PM	(0)
	i hope it won't be as bad as the first one

Forum Posts: 663	Comment #9 by boofarama Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 05:31:41 PM	(0)
	for some reason i didnt mind playing civil war but battle for the pacific was god offal.. lol

Forum Posts: 56	Comment #10 by stonedpimpdaddy Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 05:39:50 PM	(0)
	I'm definately gonna play this one.

Forum Posts: 143	Comment #11 by Painkiller4500 Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 06:29:46 PM	(0)
	aaaaaaa instead of the damn civil war, why not do something that might be fun, but sorta original, like a world war 2 fps from the axis side, id love to fight the russians as the germans, but otherwise the civil war as an fps was a stupid idea, the first civil war game was garbage

Forum Posts: 5349	Comment #12 by Krazie Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 06:44:44 PM	(0)
	^^ You wanna be a Nazi??

Forum Posts: 80	Comment #13 by PlanetGalida Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 06:56:07 PM	(0)
	the whining is so pointless....

Forum Posts: 78	Comment #14 by killthemall4444 Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 08:01:21 PM	(0)
	This game is gonna so bad. And I'm going to play it anyway.

Forum Posts: 253	Comment #15 by secretkaos187 Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 11:29:43 PM	(0)
	I tried it at my friends house and it sucked pretty bad...Passola!!!!!!!

Forum Posts: 178	Comment #16 by Rutawitz Saturday, August 16, 2008 @ 01:46:40 AM	(0)
	the game is probly going have lots of bugs like the history channel civil war but i still liked that game and it was a lot of fun so im def gonna try out this game

Forum Posts: 308	Comment #17 by JohnTheGamer Sunday, August 17, 2008 @ 12:40:14 AM	(0)
	Wow I actually loved the first one and decided to get the rest of the achievements in it last night, only have 3 left. This news just made my day!

Forum Posts: 177	Comment #18 by PMS Green1Chaos Sunday, August 17, 2008 @ 03:26:36 AM	(0)
	Do the people that have the game already,get to use the surprise?

Forum Posts: 313	Comment #19 by Kyanite Sunday, August 17, 2008 @ 03:36:59 AM	(0)
	The Force is weak with this title.

Forum Posts: 0	Comment #20 by Fafner Sunday, August 17, 2008 @ 07:07:48 PM	(0)
	@12 not all german's were nazi's.

Forum Posts: 325	Comment #21 by Cordes Monday, August 18, 2008 @ 04:41:29 PM	(0)
	Get used to the fact that many people don't seem to know that. Anyway, probably nobody "wants" to be a nazi but it might be interesting playing WWII games from another point of view. At least for intelligent people.