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{{Short description|2001 wargame video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Divided Ground: Middle East Conflict 1948–1973
| image = Divided Ground Middle East Conflict cover.jpg
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| developer = [[TalonSoft]]
| publisher = [[Take-Two Interactive]]
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| platforms = [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
| released = July 2001
| genre = [[Computer wargame]]
| modes = [[Single-player]], [[multiplayer]]
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'''''Divided Ground: Middle East Conflict 1948–1973''''' is a 2001 [[computer wargame]] developed by [[TalonSoft]] and published by [[Take-Two Interactive]]. It is part of the ''Campaign'' series, and follows ''[[Rising Sun (video game)|Rising Sun]]''.<ref name=ships>{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041201055103/http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/dividedgroundmiddleec/news_2800228.html | url=http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/dividedgroundmiddleec/news_2800228.html | title=''Divided Ground'' ships | author=Walker, Trey | date=July 31, 2001 | work=[[GameSpot]] | archivedate=December 1, 2004 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Gameplay==
''Divided Ground'' is a [[computer wargame]] that simulates [[Arab–Israeli conflict|Arab–Israeli military conflict]] between the foundation of [[Israel]] in 1948 through the [[Yom Kippur War]] in 1973.<ref name=gamespotrev />
==Development==
''Divided Ground'' was developed by [[TalonSoft]] as an entry in its ''Campaign'' series, which had previously included titles such as ''[[East Front (video game)|East Front]]'' and ''[[Rising Sun (video game)|Rising Sun]]''.<ref name=ships /> It reuses the [[game engine]] from earlier titles in the series.<ref name=gamespotrev /> The game was first announced under the title ''[[Arab–Israeli Wars (game)|Arab-Israeli Wars]]'' in March 2001.<ref name=announced1>{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050312063437/http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/dividedgroundmiddleec/news_2703236.html | url=http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/dividedgroundmiddleec/news_2703236.html | title=TalonSoft announces ''Arab-Israeli Wars'' | date=March 30, 2001 | author=Walker, Trey | work=[[GameSpot]] | archivedate=March 12, 2005 | url-status=dead }}</ref> ''Divided Ground'' was shipped to retailers on July 31.<ref name=ships />
==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
| CGW = {{rating|1.5|5}}<ref name=cgw>{{cite magazine | author=Geryk, Bruce | title=Review; ''Divided Ground'' | issue=208 | date=November 2001 | magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] | page=112 }}</ref>
| GSpot = 6.2/10<ref name=gamespotrev>{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050105152541/http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/dividedgroundmiddleec/review.html | url=http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/dividedgroundmiddleec/review.html | title=''Divided Ground: Middle East Conflict'' | author=Chick, Tom | authorlink=Tom Chick | date=August 13, 2001 | work=[[GameSpot]] | archivedate=January 5, 2005 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
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''Divided Ground'' received a negative review from ''[[Computer Gaming World]]''{{'}}s Bruce Geryk, who argued that its "scenario design is quite possibly the worst of any recent computer game."<ref name=cgw /> In a middling review, [[Tom Chick]] of ''[[GameSpot]]'' wrote, "The ''Campaign'' engine has been around far too long to be simply rehashed with so few changes."<ref name=gamespotrev />
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20011031144332/http://www.talonsoft.com/dividedground/ Official page] (archived)
*{{MobyGames|/talonsofts-divided-ground-middle-east-conflict-1948-1973}}
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[[Category:2001 video games]]
[[Category:Computer wargames]]
[[Category:Mass media about the Arab–Israeli conflict]]
[[Category:Turn-based strategy video games]]
[[Category:Windows games]]
[[Category:Windows-only games]]
[[Category:Video games developed in the United States]]
[[Category:Video games set in Israel]]
[[Category:TalonSoft games]]
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[[Category:Take-Two Interactive games]]