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The game runs on the Unity engine and was created by independent studios M2H and Blackmill Games. It is also still a work in progress, with the developers continuing to release updates.
A free expansion, ''Horrors of War'', was released in March 2016. A [https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=t_2Jy-2Zvew console release] for [[Xbox One]] and [[PlayStation 4]] was released on 30 August 2016.
A larger, standalone expansion, ''Tannenberg'', is in the works. Set in the Eastern Front of World War I, it's slated for a 16 November 2017 release.
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* [[Anachronism Stew]]: Downplayed, but the uniforms and equipment available for the various sides and classes range from across the duration of the Great War. Thus it's not uncommon to find Germans with antiquated ''Pickelhaube'' helmets facing US Marines c.1918.
* [[Bayonet Ya]]: Bolt-action rifles can be attached with bayonets, allowing them to double as impromptu spears in melee.
* [[Bottomless Magazines]]: Averted. Run out of ammo, and expect to die ''very'' soon after.
* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: The various factions all speak in their respective languages (German, French, etc.)
* [[Bling of War]]: While uniforms are generally worn and grimy, officers tend to look more distinctive, particularly if they're French.
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* [[Death World]]: The game does a rather unsettling job of depicting the French and Belgian countryside as this.
* [[Dueling Games]]: With the recently-revealed ''[[Battlefield 1]]'', which is also set in [[World War I]]. Among the key differences however is that ''Verdun'' primarily concerns itself with the Western Front, whereas ''Battlefield 1'' is slated to include other parts of the world.
** The upcoming ''Tannenberg'' standalone expansion is shaping up to be one to the ''In The Name of the Tsar'' DLC for ''Battlefield 1''. As both involve the Eastern Front.
* [[Fog of War]]: Due to the presence of fog and smokescreens, it can be very risky to make a break for it out in the open, especially when enemies can be hidden right in front of you.
* [[Genius Bonus]]: The end-game music in earlier versions of ''Verdun'' is a snippet from ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gQl8VidY88 God Save the Tsar]'', the anthem of [[Imperial Russia]].
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* [[Nothing but Hits]]: Subverted. The soundtrack is comprised of tracks and songs that would have at the very least been familiar to someone from the time period, though not necessarily what people today would recognize.
* [[Obvious Beta]]: ''Verdun'' has undergone several updates over time, but continues to be in development even after being released. This is in part explained by the developers involved being comprised of only four people.
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* [[Paranoia Fuel]]: Enemies, traps and lethal dangers abound at every corner, be it in the trenches or simply by going "over the top."
* [[Real Is Brown]]: Downplayed, though the overall color palette is fittingly muted. It's also justified in that the trenches and bombed-out battlefields of the Western Front [[Truth in Television|were very much like that]].
* [[Reality Ensues]]: Going lone wolf or simply running and gunning out in the open is a guaranteed way of dying an ignoble death.
** Either getting caught in poison gas without a mask or [[Too Dumb to Live|attempting to power through it]] is a sure way of causing a quick and visibly gruesome death.
* [[Revolvers Are Just Better]]: The British/Commonwealth sidearm, the Webley Mk. VI.
* [[Scenery Porn]]: Some of the maps can be this, showcasing the French and Belgian countryside of 1914.
* [[Scenery Gorn]]: The Western Front is as desolate and brutal as it is a sight to behold.
* [[Screw the War, We're Partying]]: The developers incorporated a special Christmas mode, based on the real 1914 Christmas truce among the warring sides.
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