Muzzy Lane Software has announced Making History: The Great War, the company’s latest educational video game for both classrooms and recreational play. The multiplayer game allows players to become the leader of one of the great powers during World War I, a conflagration that consumed the lives of tens of millions of people.
Making History: The Great War
The Great War, which debuts on July 28 to coincide with the 100-year anniversary of the war, focuses on a difficult period in history, but it has many lessons for armchair generals. Such games are becoming more and more popular as well-funded startups are focusing on the education market and are finding that games can be good at teaching. Ambient Insight estimates that game-based learning will grow from $1.5 billion in 2012 to $6.6 billion in 2017.
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