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Close Combat III Web Site

Microsoft said that the official Web site for Close Combat III: The Russian Front, the latest game in the award-winning Close Combat series, is now live.

Close Combat III Web Site hit the wire on October 8, 1998. Microsoft said that the official Web site for Close Combat III: The Russian Front, the latest game in the award-winning Close Combat series, is now live. Close Combat III puts players in command of a "fire brigade" of soldiers on the Eastern Front, spanning the 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union through the gates of Moscow, the factory complex of Stalingrad, and to the 1945 fall of Berlin.

It is another install-or-download item for the pile, which is basically the state of PC gaming right now. Patches, demos, and new releases are flying everywhere.