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🔍 Exploring video games and the historic events, people, and mythologies that inspire them 🎮

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Playing With History @playing-with-history.com · Jul 4

What can video games teach us about history? We see them as virtual museums, allowing players to interact with the past.

Get a copy of our Gamer’s Guide to History via Kickstarter, featuring over 200 pages of deep dives and interviews: www.kickstarter.com/projects/pla...

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Playing With History @playing-with-history.com · 5d

To make Hell Let Loose: Vietnam as authentic as possible, @team17.com has partnered with the Royal Armouries Museum, the game’s developers capturing video, images, scans, and audio recordings of weapons from the museum’s extensive collection.

Playing With History @playing-with-history.com · 11d

Ubisoft's take on the Varangian Guard. Available as one of the For Honor's many playable fighters, each based on historic warrior archetypes #ForHonor #history #gaming

Playing With History @playing-with-history.com · 12d

Out now - Pompeii: The Legacy is set twenty years after the devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius with players returning to the once great city of Pompeii, intent on restoring it to its former glory.

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BlackMill Games has announced a huge 80% off sale for its popular @blackmillgames.bsky.social, celebrating its 12-year anniversary. With 3 games and 24 free expansions under its belt, the studio is turning its attention to the next front: Gallipoli.

Playing With History @playing-with-history.com · 21d

One of the games we’ve been playing for our research is 2005’s Shadow of Rome, an underrated action adventure from Capcom. As protagonists, Agrippa and Octavianus, players find themselves entangled in the conspiracy surrounding Caesar’s assassination.

Playing With History @playing-with-history.com · 22d

Claws of Awaji, a free major expansion for Assassin’s Creed Shadows, is out now. Follow Naoe and Yasuke as they travel to a mysterious island in search of treasure while being hunted by the sinister Sanzoku Ippa clan #AssassinsCreed

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Playing With History @playing-with-history.com · 26d

Knights of the Crusades is a new sandbox strategy game from Reverie World Studios where players can participate in historic events such as the Reconquista and the defense of Edessa, determining the fate of the Holy Land.

Playing With History @playing-with-history.com · 28d

War Mechanic from Chronospace is an open world shooter set in an alternate 1950s where World War II never ended. You are a mercenary sent to rebuild a military base on a mysterious island which shelters cutting edge technology #indiegames

Playing With History @playing-with-history.com · Sep 8

Ubisoft has debuted a free #AssassinsCreed Discovery Tour app, available on web and mobile. This strips away gameplay elements, allowing users to explore medieval Baghdad, complete research missions, and access a huge codex of historical info.

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Playing With History @playing-with-history.com · Sep 4

Time for a reintroduction:

Playing With History dives into video games and the real-world history that inspired them. From the dawn of ancient Greece to the fall of the Third Reich, our first book is coming soon: www.kickstarter.com/projects/pla...

Playing With History @playing-with-history.com · Sep 3

Here's a new trailer for Republic of Pirates from @pqube.bsky.social which launches on consoles later this month. Set during the Golden Age of Piracy, this new city-building sim offers a story-driven campaign, free play mode, and custom map editor.

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Republic of Pirates | Console Gameplay Overview Trailer

🏴‍☠️🏝️Take up the challenge of rebuilding a once glorious pirate utopia in Republic of Pirates, an intrepid city-builder with real-time naval combat coming to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S on…

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Playing With History @playing-with-history.com · Aug 31

In Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, whose side did you take in the Peloponnesian War? Athens of Sparta #assassinscreed

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Playing With History @playing-with-history.com · Aug 30

A spiritual successor to the Silent Hunter series, UBOAT from Deep Water Studio has its torpedoes locked on a console release next month. Combining elements of survival, simulation, and crew management, players take command of a WWII submarine.

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Playing With History @playing-with-history.com · Aug 29

Arriving early next month, the newest DLC for @crusaderkings.com is the Coronations Event Pack. This new in-game activity bestows rulers with additional gameplay options such as rallying their vassals or eliminating rivals at court.

Playing With History @playing-with-history.com · Aug 28

SEGA and @creative-assembly.com are celebrating 25 years of @totalwar.bsky.social with some hefty discounts on major titles including Rome Remastered (75% off) , Rome II (80% off), Attila (80%), and Shogun II (80% off) store.steampowered.com/franchise/To...

Playing With History @playing-with-history.com · Aug 27

Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island, from Röki developer @polygontreehouse.bsky.social, is finally coming to PlayStation this September. In this unique, non-linear adventure game, players must help free the Greek gods from their curse and restore their memories.

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Playing With History @playing-with-history.com · Aug 27

Well, we didn’t have this on our historical gaming bingo card: @valormortis.bsky.social is an FPS souslike where you play as a Napoleonic soldier brought back from the dead. Launching next year, this is latest game from Ghostrunner dev One More Level.

Playing With History @playing-with-history.com · Aug 26

2008’s Rise of the Argonauts from Codemasters is an underrated action RPG with a star-studded cast, plucked from ancient Greek mythology. Many described it as fusion of Mass Effect and God of War.

Playing With History @playing-with-history.com · Aug 25

Aces of Thunder from Gaijin Entertainment will launch on September 5th for PS5, PSVR 2, and PC. The World War II flight sim will drop players into tense dogfights as they pilot over 20 authentically recreated WW2 aircraft.

Playing With History @playing-with-history.com · Aug 24

After a successful launch on PC and consoles, historic multiplayer shooter Holdfast: Nations at War has unveiled a free upcoming “Age of Sail” update that will introduce a new era of warfare.

Playing With History @playing-with-history.com · Aug 24

Ubisoft has announced a free major update for Assassin’s Creed Mirage coming later this year. Basim will return as he travels to the ancient city of AlUla in a new story chapter with gameplay improvements also inbound.

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Playing With History @playing-with-history.com · Aug 23

Ghost of Yotei Legends has been announced for 2026 - a free multiplayer update that will add a wealth of supernatural co-op content steeped in Japanese mythology and folklore.

Playing With History @playing-with-history.com · Aug 22

Sengoku Dynasty is out now on console. Create your own character and establish a clan in 16th century Japan, building and battling your way to become a powerful Daimyo.

Playing With History @playing-with-history.com · Aug 22

Capcom’s historical hack n’ slash series will make a long-awaited return in 2026 with Onimusha: Way of the Sword. As famed swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi, players must navigate a demon invasion in Edo-era Kyoto. Here’s a video preview from @thesixthaxis.bsky.social

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Onimusha: Way of the Sword Preview – Slicing through this samurai revival

Hands on with Onimusha: Way of the Sword, and how lovely it is to play a game set in Japanese mythology that isn't a Soulslike? There's fantastic samurai combat here, bringing back the Issen combat…

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Playing With History @playing-with-history.com · Aug 21

Europa Universalis V is the upcoming grand strategy sequel from Paradox Interactive, coming out later this year. Spanning almost 500 years of history, players must choose a nation and lead them to victory through the late Middle Ages up to the Age of Revolution.