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[hemmerling] Games

game – Verband der deutschen Games-Branche e.V..
DE.Wikipedia "Gamescom", Köln ( 2009 - ).
- 2020:
DE.Wikipedia "Games Convention", Leipzig ( 2002 - 2008 ).
nordmedia GmbH.
- The series of conferences Serious Games Conference in Hannover.
- The online workshop Eventbrite "Workshop zur Computerspieleförderung des Bundes", 2020-09-17.
Meetup "Hannover Game Development Meetup".
- This meetup group has its own DISCORD Server DISCORD "GameDevHannover".

Federal Business Promotion

Bundesministerium für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur "Computerspieleförderung des Bundes".
Die Bundesregierung "easy-Online. Elektronisches Formularsystem für Anträge, Angebote und Skizzen".
game – Verband der deutschen Games-Branche e.V. "Games-Förderung".
- The online workshop Eventbrite "Workshop zur Computerspieleförderung des Bundes" by game – Verband der deutschen Games-Branche e.V., 2020-09-17.
- General conditions:
  - No business partnership ( “Personalgesellschaft” ) like “GbR” and no single businessman ( “Einzelunternehmer” ) due to the unwanted accountability of private fortune - unwanted by the federal business promotion direction -. “GmbH” and “Unternehmergesellschaft (UG)” are ok.
  - You must have a reference ( game ) project, before you may ask for federal business promotion.

Free Computer Games

Abandonware DOS "Great Naval Battles vol. 4: Burning Steel, 1939-1942". Experts suggested me this game due to its accurate ship simulation and ship managment!
- DE.Wikipedia "Marinesimulation".
EN.Wikipedia "Cloud (video game)" for Windows.
“Grand Theft Auto (GTA) V Five”.
- Google - Search for "gta5 free".

Free Online Browser Games

“1024” & “2048”.
- “2048”.
  - The free browser game 2048, Github "2048" online game.
  - The free Android game Google Play "2048".
  - Github "gabrielecirulli/2048" - “A small clone of 1024”.
  - EN.Wikipedia "2048 (video game)", DE.Wikipedia "2048 (Computerspiel)".
- “1024”.
  - The free Android game Google Play "1024 - The Original of 2048".
DWS Delta Wars - “Browser based real time strategy game: Build up your industry & army and fight for the last resources on earth!”.
The free Supercell "Clash of Clans", Google Play "Clash of Clans".
- DE.Wikipedia "Clash of Clans", EN.Wikipedia "Clash of Clans".
Chat Noir ( Flash ).
Gameforge.
- OGame with “Space” theme.
Jetztspielen.
- Jetztspielen "Brettspiele".
  - Jetztspielen "Brettspiele / Poker".
PlayClassicGames.
- “Z”, “Civilisation”,...
Hero Wars.
“Happy Wheels”.
- Totaljerkface "Happy Wheels".
- Android appstore UpToDown "Happy Wheels".
Kongregate - “You now also have access to our PC game store, Kartridge! Start playing some of Kongregate's best games, ad-free!”.
- Kartridge - “A PC games platform from Kongregate”.
- User experience:
  - There are still FLASH browser games!
  - There are Unity3D browser games ⇒ Error message “We're sorry, we can't load this Unity Web Player game. Unity Web Player games are no longer playable on Chrome, Firefox, or Edge browsers. Please try this game on Safari or Internet Explorer 11. If you are using Safari or IE 11, please ensure that your Unity Web Player is correctly installed”.
NewGrounds - “Newgrounds.com, the large Flash games and animation site that spawned Alien Hominid, has been accepting user-produced submissions since 1999”.
The Flash based free browser game Rail Nation.

Online Game Service Providers

EA Origin

Origin.
- Origin "Gratis-Spiele bei Origin".
  - Origin "Gratis-Spiele".
  - Origin "Auf's Haus" - “Hol dir komplette Spiele und Erweiterungen – absolut kostenlos. „Auf's Haus“-Inhalte gehören dir für immer, sobald du sie deiner Bibliothek hinzugefügt hast. Die Auswahl wechselt häufig, also warte nicht zu lange!”.
Electronics Arts "Origin - Ehemals EA Download Manager (EADM) - Spiele von EA".
EN.Wikipedia "Origin (digital distribution software)", DE.Wikipedia "Origin (Vertriebsplattform)".

Facebook

Facebook Gameroom for Win7.
“C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Facebook\Games\FacebookGameroom.exe”, e.g. “C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Facebook\Games\FacebookGameroom.exe” - The game launcher.

GOG

GOG GALAXY 2.0 - All your games and friends in one place.
EN.Wikipedia "GOG.com", DE.Wikipedia "GOG.com" (formerly Good Old Games) - “GOG.com delivers DRM-free video games through its digital platform for Microsoft Windows, macOS and Linux”.

Google Stadia

itch.io

itch.io - “Download the latest indie games”, “itch.io is a simple way to find and share indie games online for free”.

MMOGA

MMOGA Ltd., Germany - “MMOGA war einer der ersten professionellen Anbieter für die Vermittlung von Game Services auf dem deutschen Markt. Wir haben mehr als 12 Jahre Erfahrung”.
- MMOGA Ltd. "Xbox Live Gold - 12 Monate Mitgliedschaft [EU]".

STEAM

STEAM.
- STEAM "All Games > Massively Multiplayer Games > War Thunder".
STEAM " All Games > Free Stuff - Free to Play Games".
SteamSpy - Tag "Free to Play".
Steam "Eingeschränkte Accounts" - “Wie kann ich Zugriff auf alle Funktionen erhalten? Sie müssen mindestens 5,00 US-Dollar im Steam-Shop ausgegeben haben”.
Steam "Having trouble accessing a Steam Community Feature?".
- New accounts are limited from using all of Steam's community features. You'll have access to all of Steam's features once you've spent $5.00 USD in the Steam store or added $5.00 USD to your Steam Wallet. Some of the features that you won't be able to access are:
  - Adding friends on Steam
  - Buying or Selling items on the Steam Community Market
  - Creating a Group on Steam Community
  - Creating user reviews or rating artwork, screenshots, workshop content, or Greenlight submissions
  - Using Friends chat in your Browser or on a Mobile device
EN.Wikipedia "Steam (software)", DE.Wikipedia "Steam".

Once free Games, Offers by Steam

Steam "Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game" - Free for a limited time ( - 2017-09-30 ).

HumbleBundle

The Store

Humble Bundle - “A digital storefront for video games”.

Once free Games

Humble Bundle "Outlast Deluxe Edition" - Free for a limited time ( - 2017-09-23 ).
- EN.Wikipedia "Outlast", DE.Wikipedia "Outlast".
- Keys:
  - (W)/(A)/(S)/(D) - Movement.
  - (TAB) - Inventory, (N]otes, (D)ocuments.
  - (Mouse Right) - Record with Camera. (Middle Mousewheel) - Zoom in & out. (F) Night Vision.
  - (Mouse Left) - Open / Grab.
  - (Shift Left) - Run.
  - (Ctrl Left) - Crouch down.
  - (Space)+(Move Forward) - Jump.

How to install a Game provided by HumbleBundle at STEAM

Get the Code

Get the code e.g. from HumbleBundle.
Install and open the “Steam Client Application for Windows”.
Enter the code at “Steam Client Application for Windows”, click at the left bottom at ”+ ADD A GAME”.
At the “Steam Client Application for Windows”, select “Library / Games” and select the game.

Option #1: Comfortable Download and Installationg by STEAM

Press the blue button “Install” ( or “Play” ) so that Steam takes care of the installation on the proper STEAM installation path.

Option #2: Download of a ZIP file by HumbleBundle

SEGA

SEGA Make War Not Love 5, 2018-02.
1. Sign up through Steam and get TWO FREE GAMES sent directly to your Steam inventory.
2. Enter and confirm your email.
3. Take part and win in daily competitions, every 24 hours you'll be rewarded with a range of free SEGA content, delivered directly to your Steam library.

Uplay

The Online Game Service

Resources

BGR "Download seven classic Ubisoft games free on PC this weekend", 2016-12-17.
Indie Games Bundles "FREE Ubisoft Bundle (Assassin’s Creed 3, Rayman Origins, The Crew and more)", 2016-12-15.
Neowin "You can now get seven Ubisoft games for free on UPlay", 2016-12-15 - “This year, Ubisoft has been celebrating its 30th anniversary - dubbed as the “Ubi 30”. As a part of its promotion, for the past seven months, the publisher has been offering PC gamers one title free of cost each month. The company initially announced that each game would be available for free on its UPlay client for a month only. However, for this week only, Ubisoft is allowing gamers to get all seven titles listed in its promotion, free of any charges”.
Polygon "Ubisoft offers seven PC games free this weekend", 2016-12-15.
VG24/7 "If you missed out on any of the free Ubisoft30 games you can grab all seven this weekend", 2016-12-15.

Free Android Smartphone Online Games, which require Permanent Connection to an Internet Server

Angry Birds

Facebook "Angry Birds".

Free PC Online Games, which require Permanent Connection to an Internet Server

Aion

GameForge "AION Free-to-Play", GameForge "AION Free-to-Play" (EN), GameForge "AION Free-to-Play" (DE).
- GameForge "Suppport" (EN), GameForge "Suppport" (EN).
NCSOFT "Aion Online: The Official Fantasy MMORPG Website".
NCSOFT.
- NCSOFT "My Account" - “Aion - Download Game”.
Twitter " AION Free-To-PlayVerified account, @Aion_FreeToPlay".
YouTube "Gameforge".
Wiki Wikia "Aion Wiki".
EN.Wikipedia "Aion: Upheaval", DE.Wikipedia "Aion (Computerspiel) - “Aion verwendet zum Schutz vor Hacks, Cheats und Bots die Software NProtect GameGuard von INCA Internet, welche in der Kritik steht, da sie sich mit einem eigenen Treiber tief in das System des Spielers integriert und nur schwer wieder zu entfernen ist” .

Ancient Aion - 3.0 Ascension

Ancient Aion.
Facebook "Ancient Aion".
Ancient Aion - Private Server 2.7 Full Support - “Have you missed the good old Aion Version? Join now at ancientaion.com and get back your nostalgia with FULL 2.7 Support, with crazy server Features such as Working PVE/PVP Arenas, Custom Auto PVP Rewads, Working Sieges, Instances, Quests, Active Development Team and much more!”.

Not Aion

Not Aion.

Apex Legends

Armored Warfare

Armored Warfare.
- Armored Warfare "Support".
- Press “ALT” + “ENTER” to switch from fullscreen mode to window mode. With my computer, login doesn´t work in fullscreen mode ( I can´t press the buttons ).

Battlefield

Battlefield Play4Free ( Discontinued )

Revive Network

BF2 Battlelog - Battlefield2 Revive Project - “Play 4 Free”.
Revive Network - Battlefield 2142 Revive Project ( BF2142 Revive Project ) - “Play 4 Free”.
Revive Network
- Revive Network "Account".
  - Revive Network "Account Settings" - “Your Revive CD-Key. You must use your Revive CD-Key to play BF2 & BF2142 online! The Revive Launcher can apply this key for you via the SETTINGS tab. The CD-Key is case-sensitive - Never share your Key! Click below to view CD-Key”.

Forgotten Hope

Forgotten Hope.
- “Forgotten Hope 2 (FH2) is a modification for the game Battlefield 2 (BF2). Its aim is to transform the game into a historically accurate and more realistic World War 2 scenario. The latest version of FH2 contains more than 30 maps, over 50 weapons and 75 vehicles and much more”.
- “Forgotten Hope 2 is compatible with the following versions of Battlefield 2”.
  1. Battlelog.co (free).

Resources

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive ( CS:GO )

Steam "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive".
VALVE Developer Community "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive".
Blog Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Blog.
EN.Wikipedia "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive", DE.Wikipedia "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive" - “Global Offensive became free to play in December 2018”.

Digital Combat Simulator

Digital Combat Simulator.
EN.Wikipedia "Digital Combat Simulator", DE.Wikipedia "DCS Black Shark" - “Digital Combat Simulator”.

Dirty Bomb

Dreadnought

Greybox "Dreadnought".

EVE Online

EVE online.
EN.Wikipedia "Eve Online", DE.Wikipedia "EVE Online" - “On November 11, 2016, Eve Online added a limited free to play version”, “Am 15. November 2016 wurde mit der Erweiterung Ascension ein Freemium System eingeführt. Unbegrenzt lange kostenlos kann man mit dem Alpha Clone spielen. Eingeschränkt sind unter anderen die erlernbaren Skills, die Trainingsgeschwindigkeit ist um 50 % reduziert und man hat keine unendlich lange Queue”.

Final Fantasy XIV

SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. "Play FINAL FANTASY XIV for free" - Free Trial up to stage 35 “Beginne dein Abenteuer. Erkunde die riesige Welt von Eorzea, ohne von einer Ablauffrist aufgehalten zu werden. Lebe deine Geschichte. Werde zum Krieger des Lichts und kämpfe, um die Welt vor ihrer sicheren Zerstörung zu bewahren. Erkämpfe dir einen Weg. Spiele jeden Job bis zu Stufe 35 und finde einen Stil, der dir liegt”.

Gaijin

See Computer Games by "Gaijin", including the F2P Game "War Thunder".

GamersFirst

Gamigo

Gamigo's Portal for all Games

Gamigo AG.

Savage Hunt. Dragon's Prophet

Savage Hunt. Dragon's Prophet.

Heroes & Generals

Infestation

MechWarrior Online

Mortal Online

Panzer Ace ( Discontinued )

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds.
Google Play "PUBG MOBILE - Mad Miramar" - “The official PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS designed exclusively for mobile”.
EN.Wikipedia "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds", DE.Wikipedia "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds".

Runscape

RuneScape - “The Free MMORPG - Online Fantasy RPG”.
RuneScape.
- Runscape's “New Client”, for Windows, Linux, MacOs.
- Runscape's “Retro Client”.
- You may play Runscape by older MSIE Internet browser ( on Windows ) , “but not with Google-Chrome and Edge”, nor with Firefox, nor with MSIE11 .
  - Runscape Startpage for Browser Client Game.
RuneScape Community.
Twitter "RuneScape, @RuneScape".
YouTube "RuneScape".
Google+ "RuneScape" - “The World's Greatest Adventure. The most popular free MMORPG in the world”.
EN.Wikipedia "RuneScape", DE.Wikipedia "RuneScape".

Rise of Flight

Red Crucible: Firestorm

S.K.I.L.L. - Special Force 2

Standing Stone Games LLC

The Lord of the Rings Online

The Lord of the Rings Online.

Dungeons and Dragons Online

Dungeons and Dragons Online.

Star Wars: The Old Republic

Total War: ARENA

Total War: ARENA - “A team-based online strategy game, thrusting players into battles of epic proportions in two teams of 10 on ancient battlefields”.
Reddit "TotalWarArena".

Urban Terror

War Inc. Battlezone ( Discontinued )

Twitter "War Inc Battlezone, @theWarInc".
FANDOM powered by Wikia "War Inc. Battlezone Wiki" - “Sadly i am to inform you that War Inc is overrun by hackers because the developers announced that they officially stopped updating the game. The Developers have given the Game Build out to the public. This way Call Of War was created. You can check it out here: Call of War”.
Archive.org "Call of War - The memory of War Inc lives" ( - 2015-01-04 ).
Steam "New Free to Play - War Inc. Battlezone".

WARFACE

WARFACE - Free-to-play online first person shooter.
- WARFACE - Free-to-play online first person shooter "Erreiche Level 11, um VIP-Booster und Waffe zu erhalten!".

World of Tanks / World of Warplanes

The Classical Games

The New Blitz Game

For PC:
For Win10:
- Microsoft Store "World of Tanks Blitz".
For Android smartphone:
- Google Play "World of Tanks Blitz".
Wargaming Wiki (EN) "World of Tanks Blitz".

Player Statistics & Replays

vBAddict - World of Tanks Statistics and Performance Analyzer
- vBAddict - World of Tanks Statistics and Performance Analyzer "hemmerling-eu".
WoTReplays.
WoTLabs - “This is a website dedicated to tracking the statistics of World of Tanks players”.

Third Party Services

OverTank - “Skip the credit grinding and face up faster against the highest tier tanks. With our World of Tanks services you don't have to waste your time grinding, pass us your account and we will do this job for you! Buy any amount of World of Tanks credits or experience for your account” . Doesn´t sound very legal?! .
- WoTLabs Forum "Overtank.com - Now hiring, 4k+ WN8 recent required!".
Pyratron.
- Pyratron Community.
- StratSketch.
  - “Plan your battles effectively with StratSketch, the most advanced strategy planning tool for World of Tanks”.
  - For “World of Tanks”,”World of Tanks Blitz”, “PUBG”.
WoT ModPack - Doesn´t sound very legal?! .

Literature

Resources

World War II Online: Battleground Europe

The Game

World War II Online: Battleground Europe.
- World War II Online "Community & News".
- World War II Online "Resources" - “Voice Communications. WWII Online now uses 'Discord' as its primary out of game voice communication tool”.
Steam "World War II Online".
F2P conditions:
- World War II Online "Subscription Plans & Pricing".
  - “When you create your new account you will receive a 2 week introductory trial to earn as much rank as you can. Upgrade to a Starter or Premium account before your trial ends to keep your rank”.
  - “Our Free Play subscription gives you 2 initial weeks of full (premium) access to get introduced with the game, followed by a perpetually free (but limited) subscription as seen below. (WWII Online is not a micro-transaction game)”.
  - “Subscription Comparison. Feature Access”.
- World War II Online Article of 2010-08-20 - “Our current definition of “free play” is as follows (note this is not written in stone)...”.
- World War II Online Article of 2012-08-09 - “As I write, free accounts are now able to be created and played on the live server. Equipment choices are limited and a premium account cannot be downgraded to a free account. The general rule of thumb is that the equipment a free account user can access is lower down the scale to encourage them to get a paid account in order to get the 'good stuff' you all want. As the campaign progresses the quality of equipment a free account can access does improve, but they can never access the latest or best gear”.
Wiki World War II Online Wiki.
Support tickets by Playnet Support.

Resources

Mod DB "World War II Online Windows, Mac game" - “Today we're going to cover a bit of Production and things happening in the pipeline now that we've crested this major milestone of getting the game onto Steam”.
EN.Wikipedia "World War II Online".
YouTube "Battleground Europe - WW II Online - Free To Play - Review", 2012.
- Comment of 2014 “I'm afraid that the Free to Play model just died as we entered the new 2014 year... if in 2013 the free to players had rifles, smgs, 3 tanks, 2 planes, 2 guns and later on binoculars and infantry placed positions, right now it only has rifles and a gun... and to make matters worst you can't even cap enemy buildings anymore without the paid subscription... Sure the game won't die out but the way they managed the free to play system is disappointing... and more over if they don't do something for a radical improvement... then maybe someone else will 'borrow' the idea and make a better game out of it... just saying”.

Some other free PC Online games which require a commercial Online Account

DiRT Rally

IL-2

Men of War Series

Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45

Soldiers: Heroes of World War II

Steel Beasts

EN.Wikipedia "Steel Beasts", DE.Wikipedia "Steel Beasts".

Game Playing Resources

Ground Warefare

Literature

Book David R. Higgins "Jagdpanther vs SU-100: Eastern Front 1945", 2014.

Tank Guides

War is Boring "Cold War Coloring Book Taught A-10 Pilots to Kill Soviet Tanks" - “What you always wanted to know about the T-62 but were afraid to ask”.

Battle Tactics & Battle Strategy

“Versuchsübung 35” & “Lehr- und Versuchsübung 58” in the Munster/Soltau area.
- Google - Search for "Versuchsübung 35" of 1935.
- Yumpu "Als die Bundeswehr ihre 'Brigaden' bekam" - “Lehr- und Versuchsübung 58” of 1958.
Panzertaktik "Panzertaktik – Angriff".
Panzertaktik "Panzerzug – Formationen".
Panzertaktik "Panzertaktik – Verteidigung".
EN.Wikipedia "Attrition warfare", DE.Wikipedia "Materialschlacht".
Tankpedia - “A website about Armoured Fighting Vehicles especially tanks”.
- Wiki Tankpedia Wiki.
- Tankpedia Blog.
DE.Wikipedia "Bereitstellungsraum (Militär)" ( WarThunder “Spawn Point” ).
EN.Wikipedia "Flanking maneuver", DE.Wikipedia "Flanke (Militär)".
EN.Wikipedia "Military strategy", DE.Wikipedia "Strategie (Militär)".
EN.Wikipedia "Special operations", DE.Wikipedia "Jagdkampf".
EN.Wikipedia "Military tactics", DE.Wikipedia "Taktik (Militär)".
EN.Wikipedia "Shoot-and-scoot", DE.Wikipedia "Shoot-and-scoot".

Hardware Model Kits

Modellversium "Modellbau Links".

History

wwiiafterwwii "Panzers in the Golan Heights".

Sidescraping / Mahlzeitstellung

Google - Search for "Mahlzeitstellung".
Google - Search for "sidescraping".
EN.Wikipedia "Tigerfibel" - “Tigerfibel”, page 84&85, about “Mahlzeitstellung”.
War Thunder - Official Forum "Is there any historical source for "sidescraping" in tank battles ?".
- “The Panzers I to IV afaik never utilized angling (at least not to the amount as we have it now in games) because their side armour was just to thin... if they would angle, at least in the Mahlzeit-System, they would expose their side armour... The Tiger with it's 80mm side armour could angle without much risk”.
- “Panzer III/IV and even the panther had thin side armor. panzer 4 have 30 mm on the sides and 80 on the front, panther has 170 on the front effective, and 60 effective on sides. it s dangerous angling sides. Tigers instead have 107 mm effective on the front and 82 on the side. so you can angle up to 40° and you improve your armor”.
- “Well you can angle any tank, but much less than a tiger. around 20° max”
Computer tank combat games where it is useful to do sidescraping with some tanks:
- WOT, ( since 2010-06, by introducting its “armor profile system” ).
- WT ( since 2014-05 ).
One of the “latest” successful computer games without need for sidescraping, as there is no armor or even module system:
- Amazon.DE "Tank Simulator", Amazon.DE "Panzer Simulator" ( of 2009-07 ~~or 2011~~ ).
  - YouTube "Panzer Simulator Gameplay HD Deutsch Tank Simulator".

Sloped Armour

Design of Games & Programming Games

Design of Games & Game Maps

Antonios Liapis
- Sentient Sketchbook - “Computer-Assisted Game Level Authoring”. Free Java application of 2013.
Julian Togelius.
- Antonios Liapis, Georgios Yannakakis and Julian Togelius "Generating Map Sketches for Strategy Games" (PDF), 2013.
Georgios Yannakakis.
- Georgios Yannakakis "Conference Papers".
- LinkedIn "Georgios Yannakakis".
- Speech “AI getting Serious... about Games” by Georgios Yannakakis on the conference Serious Games Conference by nordmedia GmbH as part of the fair CeBIT in Hannover, Germany, 2018-06-14.
Book Georgios N. Yannakakis, Julian Togelius "Artificial Intelligence and Games".
- Accompanying website Artificial Intelligence and Games. A Springer Textbook | By Georgios N. Yannakakis and Julian Togelius.
- Event Artificial Intelligence and Games 2018. International Summer School in Chania, Greece, 2018-05-28 - 2018-06-01.
Semantic Scholar - An academic search engine for scientific articles - Free PDF documents.

Design of Maps

SandyStation - “Interactive Sandbox”, “Sandbox in new colors”.
- YouTube "SandyStation The Interactive Sandbox".
“No Man's Sky” - AI was used to create the. playgrounds, i.e. “planets”, which are all different.
- EN.Wikipedia "No Man's Sky" - “Players are free to perform within the entirety of a procedurally generated deterministic open world universe, which includes over 18 quintillion planets”.
- Gamepedia "No Man's Sky" - "Galaxy" - “The universe of No Man's Sky comprises 255 unique galaxies, which in turn are comprised of around 3 to 4 billion regions, each of which contain more than 122 and up to hundreds of star systems. All star systems feature from 1-6 planets and moons, and usually a single space station”.