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{{Infobox video game series
| title              =
| image              = Real War Logo.png
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| platforms          = [[Microsoft Windows]]
| developer          = [[Rival Interactive]], [[Semi Logic Entertainments]]
| publisher          = [[Simon & Schuster Interactive]]
| genre              = [[Real-time tactics]]
| spinoffs           =
| first release version = ''[[Real War (video game)]]''
| first release date = August 2001
}}
The '''''Real War''''' franchise was a series of [[real-time tactics]] [[video games]] developed by Rival Interactive and published by [[Simon & Schuster Interactive]].<ref>[http://www.champlaincollege.qc.ca/gasco/Sim%20&%20games%20resources/Simulations/military.htm War games: Military training goes high-tech]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041223130016/http://www.champlaincollege.qc.ca/gasco/Sim%20%26%20games%20resources/Simulations/military.htm |date=December 23, 2004 }} at CNN.com</ref>
In-game briefing voices were provided by [[R. Lee Ermey]].
==Game series==
There were several games in the series, including:
* '''Joint Forces Employment''' - The original game that Real War was created from. It was never released outside of the United States military. Released on May 17, 2000. The game was, apart from differences in interface and unit statistics for balancing (For example, the [[M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System|MLRS]] units in JFE have much longer range than in Real War), virtually identical to the Real War games released for civilian market.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jfe/index.html |title=JFE homepage at DTIC |access-date=2008-01-27 |archive-date=2011-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629053800/http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jfe/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.slegames.com/jfe.html JFE homepage at Semi Logic Entertainments]</ref>
* '''[[Real War (video game)]]'''<ref>[http://www.mobygames.com/game-group/real-war-series Real War series] at mobygames.com</ref>
* '''Real War: Rogue States''' (2002)<ref>[http://games.gamepressure.com/developers.asp?id=814&developer=Rival%20Interactive Rival Interactive's games] at gamepressure.com</ref>
==Reception==
In Spain, the 2001 ''Real War'' game received a "Gold" prize from the [[:es:La Coalición de Creadores e Industrias de Contenidos|Asociación Española de Distribuidores y Editores de Software de Entretenimiento]],<ref name=2002adese>{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030512223921/http://www.meristation.com/sc/noticias/noticia.asp?c=GEN&n=7863| url=http://www.meristation.com/sc/noticias/noticia.asp?c=GEN&n=7863 | title=Se presentan los premios aDeSe en Madrid | author=Arcas, José | date=October 2, 2002 | work=[[:es:MeriStation|MeriStation]] | archivedate=May 12, 2003 | language=Spanish | url-status=dead }}</ref> for 40,000 sales in the country during its first year.<ref name=adese>{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040815055539/http://www.adese.es/web/premios.asp | url=http://www.adese.es/web/premios.asp | title=Introducción; Los galardoness aDeSe | publisher=[[:es:La Coalición de Creadores e Industrias de Contenidos|Asociación Española de Distribuidores y Editores de Software de Entretenimiento]] | archivedate=August 15, 2004 | language=Spanish | url-status=dead }}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://archives.cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/11/22/war.games/index.html] War games: Military training goes high-tech at CNN.com (Working link)
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[[Category:Simon & Schuster Interactive games]]
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