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2004-11-15 Home Front: Tech

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Posted by Steve 2004-11-15 9:38:56 AM|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 isnt close combat the name of the MS World war 2 Tactical warfare game? Can the USMC just run over a trademark, or did they make a deal with MS?

Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-11-15 9:51:17 AM|| 2004-11-15 9:51:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 MS is just the distributor, game is designed by Destineer Studios. Here is part of their press release: First to Fight is a tactical first-person shooter in which you lead a four-man fire team in close-quarters urban combat in the streets and buildings of Beirut. It was created with the help of more than 40 active-duty U.S. Marines fresh from firefights in the Middle East and will be used by the United States Marine Corps for training.
Enter firefights with confidence, knowing that your fire team follows Marine Corps doctrine known as âReady-Team-Fire-Assist,â now used in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Ready-Team-Fire-Assist gives your team 360-degree security. When you cross an intersection, ascend a staircase, and engage the enemy, your team will do it the way Marines are doing it, right now, in the most dangerous places in the world.
You and your fire team are not alone. You are part of the Marine Air Ground Task Force, the razor-sharp tip of Americaâs Military spear. Call in tanks, sniper teams, mortars, helicopter gunships, and more, to shock your enemy into surrender or retreat.

Posted by Steve 2004-11-15 10:05:52 AM|| 2004-11-15 10:05:52 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Are MOABs, Hellfire Predators, and Harriers included? If so, I'm buying!

Posted by Ptah 2004-11-15 10:22:53 AM|| [http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2004-11-15 10:22:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Doubt it, LH. IANAL, but the Marines definitely have lots of prior art regarding "First to Fight".

Posted by BH 2004-11-15 10:31:44 AM|| 2004-11-15 10:31:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Steve: IE MS is the Publisher, not the designer. A very common arrangement. But usually the Publisher owns the rights to a game name, NOT the designer, IIUC.

In any case is this the old Close Combat engine being used?

Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-11-15 10:36:57 AM|| 2004-11-15 10:36:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 I believe (and I THINK I read) that they are using the Unreal Tournament engine.

Posted by Snolulet Phusing8642 2004-11-15 10:54:24 AM|| 2004-11-15 10:54:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 FSW is now on pc.

Posted by raptor 2004-11-15 11:41:17 AM|| 2004-11-15 11:41:17 AM|| Front Page Top

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