''Post Scriptum'' is a 2018
tactical first-person shooter
First-person shooter (FPS) is a sub-genre of shooter video games centered on gun and other weapon-based combat in a first-person perspective, with the player experiencing the action through the eyes of the protagonist and controlling the pl ...
video game developed by French
[{{https://www.linkedin.com/company/periscopegames/about//] studio Periscope Games and published by Offworld Industries on 9 August 2018 through
Steam
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.
[{{cite web , title=Post Scriptum Press Kit , url=http://postscriptumgame.com/press-kit , url-status=live , access-date=27 October 2020 , website=Post Scriptum Game][{{cite web , last=Peel , first=Jeremy , date=8 January 2018 , title=Making it in Unreal: mobile base-building and portable cannons in WWII sim Post Scriptum , url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/post-scriptum/squad-unreal-engine-4 , url-status=live , accessdate=27 October 2020 , website=PCGamesN] It is set during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
, specifically during the
Battle of France
The Battle of France (french: bataille de France) (10 May – 25 June 1940), also known as the Western Campaign ('), the French Campaign (german: Frankreichfeldzug, ) and the Fall of France, was the Nazi Germany, German invasion of French Third Rep ...
,
Operation Overlord
Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II. The operation was launched on 6 June 1944 (D-Day) with the Norm ...
,
Operation Market Garden
Operation Market Garden was an Allied military operation during the Second World War fought in the Netherlands from 17 to 27 September 1944. Its objective was to create a salient into German territory with a bridgehead over the River Rhine, ...
, and the
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Offensive, was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II. The battle lasted from 16 December 1944 to 28 January 1945, towards the end of the war in ...
. Initially developed as a
mod for Offworld Industries' ''
Squad'', ''Post Scriptum'' was developed into its own standalone game by Periscope with the assistance of Offworld. The game features several playable factions—the
United States Army
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,
British Army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gur ...
,
French Army
The French Army, officially known as the Land Army (french: Armée de Terre, ), is the land-based and largest component of the French Armed Forces. It is responsible to the Government of France, along with the other components of the Armed Force ...
, and ''
Wehrmacht
The ''Wehrmacht'' (, ) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the ''Heer'' (army), the ''Kriegsmarine'' (navy) and the ''Luftwaffe'' (air force). The designation "''Wehrmacht''" replaced the previou ...
''—with each faction having multiple different playable units.
See also
*
''Day of Infamy'' – 2017 tactical shooter video game also set in World War II, that also originated as a mod (for
''Insurgency'') and was developed into a standalone game by the modded game's original developer,
New World Interactive
New World Interactive LLC is an American video game developer founded by Andrew Spearin and Jeremy Blum in 2010. The company is primarily known for ''Insurgency'' (2014), '' Day of Infamy'' (2017), and '' Insurgency: Sandstorm'' (2018).
History ...
References
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External links
* {{Official website, http://postscriptumgame.com
2018 video games
Asymmetrical multiplayer video games
First-person shooters
Multiplayer online games
Tactical shooter video games
Unreal Engine games
Video games developed in the United Kingdom
Video games set in the Netherlands
Video games set in France
Video games set in Belgium
Windows games
Windows-only games
World War II first-person shooters
Offworld Industries games