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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
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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.
* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: The various factions all speak in their respective languages (German, French, etc.)
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* [[Dueling Games]]: With the recently-revealed ''[[Battlefield (series)|Battlefield 1]]'', which is also set in [[World War I]].
* [[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]].
* [[Grey and Gray Morality]]: Unlike [[World War II]] games, there are no real villains or Nazi-equivalent opponents to be had here.
* [[Highly-Conspicuous Uniform]]: French soldiers tend to have uniforms that are glaringly blue. Which is [[Truth in Television]], given how this more or less happened during the actual Great War due in part to shortages.
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* [[Reality Ensues]]: Going lone wolf or simply running and gunning out in the open is a guaranteed way of dying an ignoble 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. Though not for long.
* [[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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