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Shadow Watch
Windows 95/98RPGStrategy

Shadow Watch

Developer: Red Storm Entertainment · Published by Red Storm Entertainment · 2000
Red Storm tactical strategy for the PC crowd that liked planning more than panic.
Turn-BasedTacticalRPG ElementsSquad Combat
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About This Game

Shadow Watch is a turn-based tactical RPG from Red Storm Entertainment, planned for PC release in early 2000. The game fits into Red Storm's late-90s catalog of strategy-minded Tom Clancy-adjacent PC releases, trading twitch shooting for squad decisions, mission planning, and tactical combat.

The January 2000 source mentions Shadow Watch as one of the upcoming products tied to Red Storm's new Digital River online store. That placement matters because it shows how PC publishers were starting to treat direct web sales as part of the release plan, not just a side channel. Shadow Watch sits in the same period where strategy, tactics, and RPG systems were mixing freely on PC, especially for players who wanted slower decisions and more consequence than a straight action game could offer.

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