Frontlines: Fuel of War
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| Developer(s) | Kaos Studios |
| Publisher(s) | THQ |
| Engine | Unreal Engine 3.0, PC v433.52 |
| Version | 1.3.0 (as of November 6, 2008)[1] |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 |
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| Genre(s) | First-person shooter, Action |
| Mode(s) | Single player, Multiplayer (Up to 64-Player via PC Internet or LAN or up to 16 Players by using the Xbox 360 as the server or up to 50 using Xbox Live Dedicated servers via Xbox Live) |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Teen (T)[4] PEGI: 16+ OFLC: M (Mature) [5] |
| Media/distribution | DVD, Steam |
| System requirements
CPU: Pentium 4 2.8GHz+ or equivalent AMD Athlon 2800+ RAM: 768MB for Windows XP / 1 GB RAM for Windows Vista |
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Frontlines: Fuel of War is a first-person shooter game for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360. It was released February 25, 2008 in North America. It was produced by Kaos Studios (previously known as Trauma Studios, producers of Desert Combat, an extremely popular modification for Battlefield 1942). Frontlines: Fuel of War was also originally in development for the PlayStation 3, although THQ announced it had canceled work on this version on January 24, 2008,[6] seemingly as a result of problems with developing for the PS3,[7] issues that had been referenced in interviews prior to the PS3 version's cancellation.[8] Frontlines includes a multiplayer mode as well as a single-player campaign that uses the Frontlines system found in the multiplayer component. Single-player mode limits the players to the fictional Western Coalition, while online modes let players play as either the Western Coalition (WC) or Red Star Alliance (RSA). It is not bot compatible. A multiplayer demo of the game was released for the Xbox 360 on February 11, 2008.[9]
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[edit] Background
The events of the game occur after and during a long series of events from 2005 to 2024. They are as follows:
2005
The beginning of the Long Emergency, global peak oil extraction is reached. Oil prices begin an irrevocable rise that slowly begins to weigh on global economies and leads political leaders to increasingly place energy at the forefront of national policies.
2007
Ukraine joins the EU. A process of pulling the strategically valuable former soviet republics away from Russia and integrating them into the EU and NATO has begun, much to the chagrin of the Russians.
2008
Democratic Socialist movements have swept through every nation in South America, the continents nations build strong trade and aid agreements and weather the coming economic downturns quite well.
After several years of civil war that has severely undermined the civilian government, the US declares martial law in Iraq. Widespread suppression of dissent and massive military action against insurgents allows US forces to make permanent their fortifications. Iraq effectively becomes a US overseas protectorate and a semi-reliable flow of oil is established from the countries oil fields. However, because the occupiers can do little to stop the bloody civil war raging between the countries Sunnis and Shiites, the conflict rapidly spreads to neighboring countries.
Global Influenza Pandemic; first of many subsequent H5N1 avian influenza outbreaks kills thousands, mainly in South East Asia, and causes tightened borders, and paranoia. The disease will continue to outbreak for the next 10 years.
The government of Afghanistan, already straining under insurgencies invites US/NATO forces to establish permanent bases in Afghanistan.
2009
Insurgents attempt to overthrow the government of Pakistan. Civil war ensues, threatening to tear apart the country. Only the intervention of US/NATO forces from neighboring Afghanistan secures the government.
Georgian Republics, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia join EU, against the strong protestations of Russian Federation. NATO member states iterate their commitment to reinforce the independence of those republics, much to the satisfaction of the US and EU oil companies who are pumping oil from the region.
The Sunni/Shia conflict raging across the Middle East depends as Iran and Saudi Arabia fight a proxy war against each other using ethnic and religious militants who launch bloody insurgencies in each country, terrorizing the civilian populations and causing shocking amounts of infrastructure damage. Only the presence of the US military sitting between them in Iraq prevents them from going to all-out-war. World oil prices, already high, begin to surge based upon fears that any widening of the conflict could drastically reduce oil production.
2010
An attempted coup by pro-US, CIA backed military officers in Venezuela fails and US involvement is revealed to the international community. The US retaliates with economic embargoes and surgical military action intended to cripple the economy and topple the regime. However, because of their solidarity with fellow South American countries, the country survives. Later that year the League of South American Free States is formed. Based mainly of Brazilian agricultural might and affordable Venezuela oil, the League is much stronger than anticipated.
The first of several large scale pro-democracy, pro-liberalization movements in China are brutally crushed. Over the coming years all of the major powers come to resemble military police states to some degrees. Secret police tactics result in massive civil unrest and domestic terrorism in all major states.
The EU builds large scale fortifications and military bases in the newly joined states of Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. While officials downplay the significance of the build up, they are obviously geared towards protecting against the Russian Federation and securing access to the Caspian Basin oil reserves in these countries.
2011
The superpowers pick sides in the escalating Sunni/Shia war. China and Iran sign a deal to trade arms and oil, thereby providing Shia forces with a nearly limitless supply of arms, including (secretly) Chinese nuclear technology. Conversely, the Western Powers arm the Saudis, and their Sunni proxies, against the Iranians and the Shia militias they support. Because of the influx of high tech military weaponry, the conflict expands to include outbreaks of conventional air and land combat, as well as the use of high tech weapons against civilians.
Political developments in the Middle East, rapidly falling oil yields, repeated disease outbreaks, and environmental degradation cause inflation and a recession across the globe. In 2nd world countries with less robust economies and larger populations, particularly China and Russia, this results in severe, violent political unrest, and large-scale anti-government insurgency. Martial law becomes all-but-officially permanent in these countries. In many parts of the developing world, particularly Africa, nations crumble and a new age of anarchy begins. Starvations on a hitherto unseen, massive scale occur. In other countries, many in South America, robust micro-economies allow much of the population to thrive.
2013
Iran/Saudi war spreads across the region, erupting into direct conflict. Smaller Middle Eastern nations like Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan disintegrate, anarchy ensues. Iranian and Saudi forces clash over and on the Persian Gulf, and across the lawless deserts of Eastern Iraq. US forces in country can only retreat to their fortifications and continue to protect the oil supply.
Severe climate change ends seasonal weather predictability in many parts of the world causing intense strain on ecosystems, and massive devastation of dependant human populations as crops fail and food stocks disappear. Massive starvation, hitherto unseen in modern human history breaks out in Africa; entire populations disappear, nations crumble, wide spread anarchy ensues. The rest of the world looks on in horror.
Journalists reveal that Israel has been heavily arming and covertly aiding both sides of the Sunni/Shia conflict against each other. International outrage, particularly in Iran and Saudi Arabia is extreme, and both countries retaliate with conventional and guerrilla attacks against Israel. Israel strikes back against all of its neighbors, the final act that engulfs the entire region in bloody war.
Following the assassination of its dictator by Islamic militants, Pakistan disintegrates into chaos and tribalism. Only the capitol and certain strategic and urban areas remain under 'government' control, mostly with US/NATO and Indian assistance. NATO Fortifies bases in Afghanistan and US Troops prop up the ramping forces of the government in Pakistan.
US Energy corporations gin a long term deal with Turkmenistan to exploit selected oil reserves along the Caspian Sea, and to ship it out via a new pipeline through occupied Afghanistan and Pakistan.
2014
The world is stunned as a three-way nuclear war between Israel, Saudi Arabia and Iran decimates all three countries. Major cities and large tracts of previously inhabited land are rendered radioactive dead zones. Intermittent oil extraction continues from a few remote, well-fortified oil fields, mainly those held by foreign powers in Iran, Iraq and the Saudi desert.
Middle Eastern oil production, already low, falls dismally. The industrial economies of the world, which are floundering in a recession, still attempting transformation to post-petroleum sustainability, are thrown into full-scale depression, the likes of which haven’t been seen since the 1930s.
Global warming begins to cause the oceans to rise noticeably. Coastal populations in Europe, North America and China begin semi-orderly migrations inland. In less developed countries flooding kills millions who cannot go anywhere else.
An "EU" style trade block forms in North America, called NAFU, the North American Free Union that includes Canada, The United States and parts of Mexico.
2015
The North American military begins hijacking foreign oil tankers leaving South American ports, setting off open hostilities between the two. Retaliations by South American intelligence agencies within the North American states serve as a pretext to justify invasion and NAFU troops attempt to seize key assets within Venezuela and Columbia. The League’s military and intelligence forces, bolstered by modern Chinese arms foil the attacks and inflict severe losses on the North American attackers. The North American command retaliates with a small number of strategic strikes on key SA assets. A militarized zone between the two blocks, in Central America, is established and fortified.
China and India skirmish several times, as do US and Chinese troops at the borders between China and Pakistan/Afghanistan. Tensions between China and India drive the latter into an alliance with the US designed to show a united front against increasing Chinese aggression in the area.
Petrochemical revenues from the Caspian Basin oil beds result in the Central Asian Republics, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, becoming "The New Middle East" as they become more prosperous economically and correspondingly more powerful in the world community. Some of these countries, such as Kazakhstan, use the wealth to industrialize.
Russia and China, as well as a few smaller states in the region, form the Red Star Alliance, a framework for joint military operations under a single command structure, as well as energy and technology sharing agreements.
2016
US Strategic Missile Defense goes online, making North America invulnerable to long and medium range strategic weapons. This immediately cools any hints of aggression by the Red Star Alliance, specifically in Central Asia, as the US nuclear arsenal serves as a trump card and deterrent.
Continuing pandemics of disease sweep the globe causing casualties in the hundreds of millions.
The NATO member countries plus Afghanistan, Pakistan and India form the Western Coalition (WC), ostensibly as a bulwark against increasing Red Star Chinese power in Central Asia, but actually as a way of synergizing mutual energy resources and the forces required to secure them. The entire coalition is brought under the strategic defense shield.
2017
Surrounded by desperate, hostile populations and extracting ever dwindling amounts of oil at rapidly increasing cost from all-but-depleted deposits, the foreign powers evacuate their remaining forces and leave the Middle East. What little population and last vestiges of civilization that remain quickly disintegrate into a tribal wasteland.
2018
Despite high tech solutions and centralized management, the major powers are unable to sustain agricultural yields sufficient to support subsistence levels for their populations. Starvation begins to become commonplace in developed countries.
Economists agree that the global depression has become more or less permanent. Previous economic models that relied upon supply/demand, industrial output and the flexibility of free markets are unable to account for energy depletion, environmental collapse, over population, and societal disintegration. Radical voices claim that the are simply not enough resources to support a recovery for the entire global population and that war is the inevitable outcome.
2019
Under great pressure from their Russian and Chinese neighbors, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan surrender their neutrality and join the Red Star Alliance. The Western Coalition Authority is stunned and cannot stop them. Red Star Command begins to aggressively extract oil and ship it out of the new member countries.
The winter of 2019 brings catastrophic weather that kills millions, and leaves many regions uninhabitable. Tropical countries experience deep freezes, and storms of hitherto unseen ferocity pound coastlines.
2020
Russian Missile Defense comes online only four years after the US, Russia brings Red Star allies under its missile defense shield. ICBM and medium range missiles effectively useless, making strategic nuclear war between the superpowers obsolete. Nuclear arsenals, already small through limitation treaties, are re-tooled for tactical use.
Superpowers initiate conventional military build up in Central Asia.
2021
Globe hails good news as treaty between Red Star and Western Coalition ends long and inconclusive conflict along the Chinese/Pakistani/Afghan border in South Asia. Leaders from both powers make rhetorical pledges to stand down from conflict and concentrate on problems at home, while simultaneously escalating an arms race.
The pro-Red Star government of Turkmenistan is overthrown in a bloodless coup, and the new government stuns its Red Star allies by ceding from the Red Star Alliance. The government then awards oil extraction contracts to WC energy corporations and allows WC security forces into the country to protect the extraction operations. Oil that once flowed north to Russia and West to China now flows south to WC ports in Pakistan, bound for the industrial heartland of the developed nations.
A ‘super-hurricane’ so powerful that a new category of intensity must be created for it, forms in the pacific and devastates the west coast of North America from Alaska to Portland.
2023
The Turkmen oil flowing to the Western Coalition countries benefits their desperate populations.
2024
The deposed regime of Turkmenistan, in exile in Moscow, offers proof of Coalition backing of the coup that overthrew them, and appeals to the International Community to restore them in their countries. They are rebuffed despite Chinese and Russian lobbying. Red Star troops aided by the deposed dictator of Turkmenistan are air dropped into the major cities and seize control of the key strategic assets in the country including oil fields, government infrastructure, communications networks, and the security apparatus.
May 2024
Using extensive intelligence about the country, Red Star Commandos are dropped and inserted into strategic areas of Turkmenistan including the main ministries in the capital city, and strategically important energy sources. The country is cut off the power grid, and easily paralyzed. WC forces in the country are killed in ambush, or mount a fighting retreat back (N1) to safer territory on the Afghan border.
Meanwhile, two large Red Star large invasion forces are sent in to Turkmenistan, one from Russia, one from China, via Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan respectively, to reinforce the occupying troops and shore up the returning dictatorship. However, WC special forces use the high mountains of Uzbekistan to ambush and destroy one of the large tank columns before it arrives to the front (N2). The result is a tenuous occupation of the country by the RS.
June 2024
The Western Coalition launches a heavy counter attack from Afghanistan which advances deep into Turkmenistan and sweeps aside the occupying forces. WC and RS space command forces clash, destroying much of both sides’ surveillance and communications abilities.
Now taking the offensive, the WC strikes and decimates the main body of the second Red Star convoy that is entering northern Turkmenistan. Before the RS forces in Kazakhstan can regroup and dig in to defend, The WC front pushes forward over the border into that country, striking opportunely at Red Star industrial support infrastructure (N3) and crippling the Red Star frontline. The maneuver catches the entire RS command off guard, forcing surviving RS units to retreat back over the border into Russia, expecting reinforcements to assist them in shaking WC close in pursuit. The conflict escalates to full fledged war as WC and RS forces in other parts of the world, including along the Pakistan/China border, in the South China Sea, along the EU/Russian Border, with both sides taking heavy losses, but neither able to advance.
July 2024
Almost unopposed, the WC frontline advances across the border into Russia from Kazakhstan. The Russians try desperately to stop their advance using tactical nuclear weapon strikes (N4) but are unable to halt the advance because of lack of effective intelligence about WC positions. WC forces moving north along the Caspian Sea again defy expectation, turning south to strike at RS Southern Russian command who are dug in against the Caucasus Mountains. WC attack choppers sweep through or evade RS air defenses and destroy RS forces approaching the front. WC Troops chase the RS back to their central command headquarters, a Soviet era deep mountain fastness closely linked to a nearby ICBM silo, located within the highlands of the North Caucasus Mountains. There they lay siege to the fortification and capture the RS southern command (N6).
Preparing for a new offensive in Tajikistan the RS army builds up forces in Western China and moves them closer to the Afghan border. However, WA and Indian troops rapidly strike into China attacking through and over the mountains on the Pakistan/Chinese border, catching Red Star forces on their flank, causing devastating loses and huge disruptions of supply and support lines. Local insurgents who have been fighting for Western Chinese independence armed with WA supplied weapons, join in and inflict heavy losses on Red Star forces inside China. Western China erupts in civil war, and the Red Star units invading Central Asia are withdrawn home to restore control.
With WC troops occupied with the Fighting in Central Asia, the RS launch a long prepared for invasion of Taiwan. WC forces from the Philippines and Guam are airlifted to the island to mount a desperate defense against the huge invasion force, while American air and naval power engage the invaders on and over the China Sea. Despite, brutal fighting, the Invasion is successful. WC and Taiwanese commandos continue to launch strikes against the invasion force from within the mountainous center of the island. Taiwan is all but leveled by the fighting and bombardment. However, the invasion proves costly to the Red Star Alliance, as it engages a huge amount of China’s focus and distracts them from reinforcing the Central Asian and Russian front.
August 2024
Having removed the Russians from the Caucasus, the WC command finishes the job by striking across the top of the black sea at the flank of RS forces reinforcing the conflict on the Russia EU border. With the crippling or surrender of these elements, the RS command in Russia has severely limited forces with which to further defend the territorial integrity of the country. All units are with drawn back to the Russian heartland and deployed for defense of the nation.
As soon as hostilities break out between China and Taiwan, the North Koreans launch a pre-emptive artillery bombardment of South Korea, triggering a catastrophic mixed conventional nuclear bombardment of the whole peninsula. Civilian casualties are massive and the infrastructure of both countries is destroyed. WC troops stationed on the DMZ, largely protected by their fortifications, hold off the invasion force of North Korean and Chinese troops trying to unite the two countries, often using tactical nuclear weapons.
September 2024
In a bold and desperate move to cripple Russia before the Chinese reinforce them, Western Coalition troops take advantage of an unseasonably early spring thaw and mount a surprise invasion of the Russian heartland. WC Forces in southern Russia strike north into the industrial heartland where they cripple the countries primary energy and industrial production facilities.
Russian armored units, artillery, and tactical nuclear strikes inflict severe losses on advancing US/EU forces. However, US/EU eventually establishes air and space superiority, and utilizes it to force the Russians back to the suburbs of Moscow (N7). WC troops march on the city, despite Russian use of tactical nuclear weapons to slow them, and a series of bloody battles are fought inside the city limits, culminating in the Western Coalition capture of the city, and the seat of Russian government (N8). The Russian Federation offers a conditional surrender which includes deactivation of their missile defense shield.
October 2024
Russian Red Star forces in Siberia and eastern Russia refuse to surrender and fall back to the Ural Mountains where they are met by reinforcements from Siberia. The Russian military command structure declares itself the Russian government in exile, and fortifies the eastern portion of the country with the assistance of China.
Red Star Alliance and WC representatives meet to sign a ceasefire. The war is over for now.
[edit] Synopsis
Frontlines: Fuel of War is set in a dystopian 2024 in the midst of a global energy crisis. As supplies of oil and natural gas wane, diplomatic relationships between the East and West are strained, causing new alliances to be formed. The two major alliances in the Frontlines era are the Western Coalition, consisting of the United States and the European Union, and the Red Star Alliance, made up of the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China. The Red Star Alliance launches a surprise attack on the Western Coalition in retaliation to proof of the Western Coalition supporting a coup d'état in an oil rich Red Star country. As the last oil fields start to go dry, the countries move to secure what resources are left, leading to several small outbreaks that turn quickly into full scale war. The player steps in the shoes of the members of a violent and battle-driven Western Coallition strike force nicknamed The Stray Dogs that are to spearhead assaults against defensive positions of the Red Star Alliance across Central Asia and Eastern Europe, as the Alliance tries to secure resources in the best of worldwide interest. The Stray Dogs are joined by a reporter throughout the game.
The game ends after the final mission entitled History Repeats, upon bringing the ministry of Russia to a collapse and cutting the nation off from the rest of the world by destroying a satellite uplink. Pockets of resistance are hunted down as a questionable future is proposed by the reporter, stating that the Russians are forming a government in exile and that the Chinese are amassing at the borders. It is his wish, however - if he were to survive it - to see the world change for the better and for humanity to start anew.
[edit] Gameplay
The gameplay focuses on a central mechanic, the frontline. This is designed to keep the action in one place, by focusing objectives closer together on the battlefield. The frontline also has bonuses. By moving it back and forth across the battlefield, the player may gain or lose weapons and equipment.[10] The frontline mechanic is used in all gametypes, which forces players to choose which objectives they will pursue or defend, adding a strategic level to the gameplay.
The UCAV Drone plays a crucial role in gathering information in real time on the battlefield. The drone reconnoiters enemy units, which are visible through walls, and then show them on the player's HUD and map. Some drones can also be used as a kamikaze bomb, by running them into enemy infantry and self destructing them.[10]
There are four other drones, the Assault Drone, a small treaded vehicle with a mounted Gatling gun, a Mortar Drone, with a mounted four barrelled mortar, an RC drone, which can be packed with C4 and used to destroy armored targets and finally a variant of the UAV drone equipped with anti-infantry rockets.[10][11]
In an interview, Kaos stated that there would be more than 60 vehicles and weapons in the final game.[10] Airstrikes will also play a large part in gameplay, being an effective way to destroy an opposing force from a distance.[10]
In an interview with developer Joe Halper, Kaos has stated that 32 player multiplayer would be supported for the console version.[10] Near release the maximum player count was raised to 50.[12] The PC version of the game supports 64 players online.[10] Near release it was confirmed that the game would not support cross-platform play, but the developers have stated that they are considering eventually moving the franchise towards becoming a Live Anywhere title.[13]
[edit] Downloadable Content
As well as Gamer Pictures and 3 Frontlines Themes for the Xbox 360 dashboard, along with various gameplay videos from the developers, a new game mode has recently[when?] been released for download. Called 'Conquer' it allows the game to be played in a similar way to that of Battlefield 2: Modern Combat, in that instead of trying to push the Frontline forward, all spawn points are available for capture by both teams. To win, one team must capture all points on the map, and eliminate the other team members to claim the win. It is free to download.
[edit] Maps
Frontlines shipped with a total of eight multiplayer maps. These maps range in size and location from a small city block to a solar array over 4 square miles (10 km2) in size.[14] Kaos Studios stated they were looking into releasing extra maps in the future as downloadable content.[15]
This began with the brand new map: "Boneyard". The map was released as a free download on Xbox 360's Marketplace. The map not only offered another well-sized map, but more Weapons and Vehicles. This included: an all-new Automatic Shotgun, a Carrier Helicopter for the Red Star Alliance and a "Rocket Jeep".
In addition, the downloadable content clearly stated that this new Map was the first of Five to be released.
The other Four Maps are named "Sunder", "Wide Awake", "Hind Sight" and "Infiltration". On Sep. 19th, Kaos released these maps on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace for 800MSP (Microsoft Points).
[edit] Dedicated Servers
The game features dedicated servers similar to Battlefield 2: Modern Combat as well as client-side hosting found in the majority of Live-enabled Xbox 360 games. This is done in order to support the 50 player limit, which is unprecedented on the console. Client-side hosting will still be available, but will only support a 16 player maximum.[12]
[edit] Retail bonuses
A Collector's Edition of the game was released in the UK, Australia, Denmark and New Zealand. The Xbox 360 Collector's Edition contained a t-shirt, an Art of Frontlines book, a poster, and a bonus disk containing the game sound, behind the scenes videos, and more. The PC Collector's Edition contained an official strategy guide, Stray Dogs insignia patch, a deck of Frontlines playing cards, an Art of Frontlines book, a poster, and a Steelbook case. This edition was never released in North America. In Denmark the PC Collector's Edition contained a "Stray Dogs" t-shirt, an art book, a CD with the soundtrack and a 60X42cm poster and sold as a Special Edition instead of Collector's Edition.
Players who ordered Frontlines: Fuel of War from GameStop or Best Buy were given a special code which gave access to one of two Challenge Maps. This code has since been distributed on the Internet.[16] Players who purchased Frontlines: Fuel of War from Circuit City received a copy of the Frontlines: Fuel of War soundtrack. Players who ordered Frontlines from online retailer Amazon.com were given a limited edition Collector's Tin.
[edit] Alternate Reality Game
THQ announced the launch of an alternate reality game (ARG) for Frontlines: Fuel of War in order to promote the game via a website. Visitors are challenged to unearth the mystery surrounding Exeo Incorporated by finding ten passwords scattered across the net. Users who find all 10 passwords are eligible to win a grand prize, including fighter pilot training, and a complimentary copy of the game. The contest is now closed.
[edit] Reception
| Reception | |
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| Aggregate scores | |
| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 71.45 (360), 69.08 (PC) |
| Metacritic | 75 (360), 73 (PC) |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| 1UP.com | B- |
| Edge | 5/10 |
| Electronic Gaming Monthly | 64 |
| Eurogamer | 6/10 |
| Game Informer | 7.25/10 |
| GamePro | 4/5 |
| Game Revolution | C- |
| GameSpot | 7/10 |
| GameSpy | 2/5 |
| GameTrailers | 7.3/10 |
| IGN | 7/10 |
| Official Xbox Magazine | 9/10 (US), 7/10 (UK) |
| X-Play | 4/5 |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Frontlines: Fuel of War Patches". Kaos Studios. http://www.kaosstudios.com/ffow-patches/. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
- ^ "Gamespot: Frontlines: Fuel of War for Xbox 360". http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/frontlinesfuelofwar/index.html.
- ^ "IGN: Frontlines: Fuel of War". http://xbox360.ign.com/objects/823/823999.html.
- ^ Planet Frontlines - News, Screenshots, Previews, Reviews, Guides
- ^ The Classification Board and Classification Review Board
- ^ "THQ Updates Fiscal 2008 Outlook". http://investor.thq.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=96376&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1099383.
- ^ "Frontlines for the Playstation 3 cancelled". 2008-01-23. http://planetfrontlines.gamespy.com/fullstory.php?id=147346. Retrieved 2008-02-11.
- ^ "Q&A: Joe Halper on Frontlines: Fuel of War". 2007-10-24. http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/frontlinesfuelofwar/news.html?sid=6181614. Retrieved 2008-02-11.
- ^ "Demo: Frontlines (Multiplayer Demo)". Major Nelson. 2008-02-11. http://majornelson.com/archive/2008/02/11/demo-frontlines-multiplayer-demo.aspx. Retrieved 2008-02-11.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Frontlines: Fuel of War Interview". Shacknews. Archived from the original on May 9, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070509061708/http://www.shacknews.com/extras/2007/030507_frontlines_1.x. Retrieved 2007-06-24.
- ^ "Frontlines: Fuel of War Drones". Frontlines Warfare. http://www.frontlineswar.com/?page=drones. Retrieved 2007-06-24.
- ^ a b "Frontlines: Fuel of War Multiplayer Hands-On - Large-Scale Warfare". 2008-02-15. http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/frontlinesfuelofwar/news.html?page=1&sid=6186162&part=rss&subj=6186162. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
- ^ "Mitch Gross Interviewed!". Planet Frontlines. http://planetfrontlines.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Articles.Detail&id=11. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
- ^ "Frontlines Multiplayer Map List". Planet Frontlines. http://planetfrontlines.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Articles.Detail&id=12. Retrieved 2008-03-04.
- ^ "Frontlines: Fuel of War Developer Q&A". WonderwallWeb.com. http://wonderwallweb.com/article-282-Frontline-Fuels-of-War-developer-QA.html. Retrieved 2008-03-04.
- ^ "Bonus Challenge Map Codes". 2008-02-29. http://planetfrontlines.gamespy.com/fullstory.php?id=148652. Retrieved 2008-03-04.
