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{{Infobox video game
It is likely to contain information of a speculative nature, and the content may change dramatically as the game release approaches and more information becomes available.
| title = Shattered Union
| image = Shattered Union.jpg
| caption = North American cover art
| developer = ]
| publisher = ]
| designer = Franz Felsl<br>Daniel Eichling
| programmer = Brent Smith
| artist = Todd Bergantz
| composer = Mason B. Fisher<br>Rick Fox
| engine =
| released = {{vgrelease|NA|October 17, 2005|EU|October 21, 2005}}
| genre = ]
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'''''Shattered Union''''' is a ] ] developed by ] and published by ] in October 2005.


==Plot==
Developer= ]
] territory highlighted]]


The narration of the game, including its backstory and its cutscenes, is provided by ].
Publisher: ]


In 2008, David Jefferson Adams becomes the 44th ] following a disputed election and a tie vote in the ] (and subsequent ]), becoming the most hated and unpopular president in U.S. history.
Genre= ]


A combination of foreign terrorist attacks and poor economic conditions contributes to civil unrest. As a result, rioting springs up all throughout the United States, with ] becoming an increasing threat. In response, President Adams uses the ] and declares ] on many areas of the country, but it is particularly concentrated on the West Coast.
Release Date= ]


Four years later, during the ], the ] disqualifies all the popular presidential candidates from several states, effectively handing Adams his reelection. The public reacts violently when incumbent Adams accepts a second term.
ESRB Rating= ]


During the ] in ], on the night of January 20, 2013, a low-yield ] is detonated in an apparent ], presumably having been concealed there in advance. The ] is sufficient to destroy most of the city, killing Adams, his cabinet, and most of the ], effectively ] and thrusting the already unstable United States into total chaos.
Modes= Story, Multiplayer Online+Xbox Live


The ] meets in an emergency session, and votes to send ] to the ] to secure international interests and protection of European citizens in the United States. As ] sentiment rises in America, the governor of ] declares home rule, and California secedes from the Union on April 15, 2013. ] follows a few days later, on April 17, 2013, taking neighboring states with it and re-forming the ]. The ] is reborn shortly afterwards, declaring independence, as does the Pacific Northwest following attempts by Californian militias to march into Oregon. At some point Hawaii also becomes independent. The Great Plains are the last to breakaway, leaving the remainder of the original government operating as a loose confederation in New England. By 2014, all hopes for a peaceful resolution are gone, and the Second American Civil War begins.
Platforms= ]


Early in the war, ] invades and occupies ], using the expanded military operations of the European Union as an excuse. The invasion is personally led by President Nicholai Vladekov, an ex-general and former ] hardliner, who claims that Alaska was never really part of the United States and that Russia is merely reclaiming its former territory. What little resistance does occur is confused and disorganized, making the invasion largely unopposed.
=Overview=
Perhaps the blue states finally got tired of the red states. Or maybe the "Tastes Great" crowd couldn't reconcile their differences anymore with the "Less Filling" folk. Whatever the case, Shattered Union is a newly announced turn-based strategy game that depicts everyone's favorite hypothetical scenario, a modern-day American civil war. What's this? To some, a second civil war seems more likely to happen than a major publisher actually putting out a turn-based strategy game. But the success of Advance Wars on the Game Boy and other turn-based games on the consoles seems to have spurred interest once again in the genre.


Later, ] reveals the results of its investigation regarding the Inauguration Day bombing. President Vladekov had been dealing weapons on the black market for more than thirty years and masterminded the D.C. bombing as part of his goal to disrupt the world economy so that Russia could regain its military dominance, and more easily control Europe. Protests throughout Russia force Vladekov to declare martial law in Moscow.
Beer quips aside, the story in Shattered Union has the United States splintering into a half-dozen regional factions after terrorism, internal strife, and the nuking of Washington DC take their toll. Your job is to take control of one of these factions and attempt to reunify the country under your leadership. You can even play as those dastardly Europeans, as the old countries of that continent have the gall to send "peacekeeping" troops to America. Sacre bleu!


After the former ] is unified under one faction, the independent Commonwealth of ] agrees to join the new government. Vladekov refuses to cede control of Alaska, so the faction's forces prepare to invade the state and drive the Russians out of North America. A closing cinematic depicts the aftermath of the war.
The game itself is played out on a 3D tactical map, with the option to even turn on a good old-fashioned, war game-style hex grid. Terrain and features of the map, such as roads and cities, are all rendered in 3D, while military units are represented by large 3D unit counters. In many ways, the look of Shattered Union is sort of what a 3D version of what the classic PC war game Panzer General would look like.


If the invasion fails, the reunified U.S. is still suffering unrest and faces an uncertain future. If the invasion succeeds and the player faction's reputation is very good, the troubled American states are "united again under uncommon greatness" – a leader whose merciful acts and strategic and tactical brilliance will be spoken of for centuries to come. If the player faction's reputation is very bad, the U.S. transforms into a new fascist state, "one that will never again feel the sting of dissent".
Since the game itself is turn based, you have plenty of time to analyze and make each move. Once you plot out an action, you can sit back and see it unfold. And if it's a combat action, it may result in vehicles exploding, cities and forests burning down, and more. Shattered Union will feature nonlinear mission design, and the decisions you make will affect the game.


===Factions===
Shattered Union is set in the relatively near future, so you'll get all the latest and greatest military hardware to play with, from M-1 tanks to Apache helicopters. (Or, if you're getting help from the Europeans or Russians, you may get T-95 tanks and MiG fighters.) Oh yes, we should definitely mention that there are nukes in the game, and we've seen one dropped on a city, shattering the buildings and leaving burned-out husks. Even worse, nukes contaminate the ground around the blast, making it hazardous for units to even pass through.


The factions in the game include the entirety or portions of the following states:
There are seven factions in the game: The California Commonwealth, The Pacifica, The European Union,The Republic of Texas, The New Englan Alliance, The Great Plains Federation, and The Confederacy. (Interestingly, early versions of the map had the political divisions eerily along the lines of the 2004 presidential election.) The game will feature both online and offline multiplayer support for up to four players, and it will ship for the PC, PS2, and Xbox this fall.


*'''California Commonwealth''': ], ], ], ]
*'''Commonwealth of Hawaii''': ] (non-playable faction)
*'''Confederacy''': ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ]
*'''European Union Occupation''': ], ], ], ], ], ]
*'''Great Plains Federation''': ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ]
*'''New England Alliance''': ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ]
*'''Pacifica''': ], ], ], ], ], ]
*'''Republic of Texas''': ], ], ], ]
*'''Russia''': ] (only multiplayer)


==Gameplay==
The game is based on a hex grid system. The various factions wage warfare in numerous territories. The player's income is based on how many territories they control. When attacking a territory, the player selects which of their units to deploy on the deployment screen. Units deployed to one area cannot be redeployed to another until that round of attacks is over. Each side can choose to either manually place their units on the battlefield or have the computer do it for them automatically.


In each area, there are various forms of terrain, each with a unique effect on how units move. Roads enable much faster movement but decrease the unit's defense. Forests, mountains, swamps, and other such terrain greatly decrease unit movement, but most increase defense. Cities have little effect on a unit's movement unless a road runs through it, but they increase units' defense. If not crossed at a bridge, rivers heavily hinder or block unit movement. Two units, enemy or allied, can never occupy the same hex at once.
=Main Units=
Although the factions each have special units, the following are standard:
*Light Abrams
*Abrams
*Attack Helicopter
*Light Recon
*Recon
*Partisan(May fight for or against you)
*Bunker
*Alarm/Attack Outpost
*Fighter
*Fighter/Bomber
*Bomber
*Humvee
*Anti-Air
*Heavy Anti-Air
*Light Ground Troops
*Medium Ground Troops


During combat, one unit directly engages another, without outside interference from any other units. The attacking unit always fires first. If the defending unit is still alive, it retaliates. Without special abilities, each unit can only attack and retaliate once per turn. Anti-air units always retaliate against air units as long as they survive the opening attack.
=Special Units=
Each faction has 4 special units:


Each unit type has an effectiveness rating against ] (EI), vehicles (EV), and air units (EA). If the attacker's effectiveness rating is higher than the defender's, damage is done according to subtracting the values. Otherwise, no damage or extremely low damage is done. Some units are specialized to only be able to attack a single type of unit. If enough damage is done to a unit, it is destroyed.
'''California Commonwealth'''
*FCS Jackson Main Battle Tank
*Ground-Defense Bunker
*155 Howitzer
*Bradley Fighting System


The objective of the battle is either to destroy all the enemy's units or capture enough objective towns to control the battlefield. Objective towns each have a point value. Special abilities, known as "sidebar powers", recharge over time and are gained based on the game is played – for example, by causing collateral damage.
'''Pacifica'''
*FCS Stuart Fast Attack Tank,
*M1A3 Main Battle Tank
*MLRS
*Paladin Self-Propelled Howitzer


==Reception==
'''Confederacy'''
{{Video game reviews
*FCS Lee Main Battle Tank
| PC = true
*155mm Self-Propelled Gun
| XBOX = true
*Heavy Infantry Light
| na = true
*Anti-Tank Vehicle
| CWG_PC = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Scott |first=Ryan |url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_258.pdf |title=Shattered Union |magazine=] |publisher=] |issue=258 |date=January 2006 |page=88 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060517022327/http://cgw.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3147223&did=4 |archivedate=May 17, 2006 |url-status=live |accessdate=March 20, 2018}}</ref>
| EuroG_XBOX = 6/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Rossignol |first=Jim |date=November 3, 2005 |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_shatteredunion_xbox |title=Shattered Union (Xbox) |website=] |publisher=Gamer Network |accessdate=March 20, 2018}}</ref>
| GI_PC = 4/10<ref name=GI>{{cite magazine |title=Shattered Union |magazine=] |publisher=] |issue=153 |date=January 2006 |page=138}}</ref>
| GI_XBOX = 4/10<ref name=GI/>
| GameRev_PC = C+<ref>{{cite web |last=Hudak |first=Chris |date=December 19, 2005 |url=http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/36352-shattered-union-review |title=Shattered Union Review (PC) |website=] |publisher=] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214193623/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/shattered-union |archivedate=December 14, 2014 |url-status=live |accessdate=March 20, 2018}}</ref>
| GSpot_PC = 7.9/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Ocampo |first=Jason |date=October 27, 2005 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/shattered-union-review/1900-6136726/ |title=Shattered Union Review (PC) |website=] |publisher=] |accessdate=March 20, 2018}}</ref>
| GSpot_XBOX = 7.8/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Ocampo |first=Jason |date=October 27, 2005 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/shattered-union-review/1900-6136727/ |title=Shattered Union Review (Xbox) |website=GameSpot |publisher=CBS Interactive |accessdate=March 20, 2018}}</ref>
| GSpy_PC = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Rausch |first=Allen |date=October 25, 2005 |url=http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/shattered-union/661397p1.html |title=GameSpy: Shattered Union (PC) |website=] |publisher=Ziff Davis |accessdate=March 20, 2018}}</ref>
| GSpy_XBOX = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Rausch |first=Allen |date=October 27, 2005 |url=http://xbox.gamespy.com/xbox/shattered-union/662196p1.html |title=GameSpy: Shattered Union (Xbox) |website=GameSpy |publisher=Ziff Davis |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060108042502/http://xbox.gamespy.com/xbox/shattered-union/662196p1.html |archivedate=January 8, 2006 |url-status=dead |accessdate=March 20, 2018}}</ref>
| GameZone_PC = 7.8/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Giacobbi |first=Kevin "BIFF" |date=November 9, 2005 |url=https://www.gamezone.com/reviews/shattered_union_pc_review/ |title=Shattered Union - PC - Review |website=GameZone |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002085353/http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r26565.htm |archivedate=October 2, 2008 |url-status=live |accessdate=March 20, 2018}}</ref>
| IGN_PC = 7.5/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Adams |first=Dan |date=October 31, 2005 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2005/11/01/shattered-union |title=Shattered Union (PC) |website=] |publisher=Ziff Davis |accessdate=March 20, 2018}}</ref>
| IGN_XBOX = 7.8/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Adams |first=Dan |date=November 1, 2005 |url=http://xbox.ign.com/articles/663/663378p1.html |title=Shattered Union (Xbox) |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080102231056/http://xbox.ign.com/articles/663/663378p1.html |archivedate=January 2, 2008 |url-status=dead |accessdate=March 20, 2018}}</ref>
| OXM_XBOX = 4.5/10<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Shattered Union |magazine=] |publisher=] |date=February 2006 |page=79}}</ref>
| PCGUS_PC = 68%<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Shattered Union |magazine=] |publisher=Future US |date=January 2006 |page=70}}</ref>
| rev1 = '']''
| rev1_PC = C+<ref>{{cite web |last=Tobias |first=Scott |date=February 8, 2006 |url=https://www.avclub.com/shattered-union-1798209011 |title=Shattered Union (PC) |website=] |publisher=] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080101231534/http://www.avclub.com/content/node/45193 |archive-date=January 1, 2008 |url-status=live |access-date=March 20, 2018}}</ref>
| MC_PC = 67/100<ref name=MCPC>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/shattered-union/critic-reviews/?platform=pc |title=Shattered Union for PC Reviews |website=] |publisher=CBS Interactive |accessdate=March 20, 2018}}</ref>
| MC_XBOX = 66/100<ref name=MCXB>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/shattered-union/critic-reviews/?platform=xbox |title=Shattered Union for Xbox Reviews |website=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive |accessdate=March 20, 2018}}</ref>
}}


''Shattered Union'' received "average" reviews on both platforms according to the ] website ].<ref name=MCPC/><ref name=MCXB/> The gameplay was praised as being "simple but deep", and the concept was well liked, while criticisms included unbalanced AI and a total lack of any diplomacy features.{{citation needed|date=October 2017}}
'''Great Plains Federation'''
*FCS Grant Self-Propelled Howitzer
*Combat Engineers
*Vulcan Cannon (Self-Propelled)
*Joint-Strike Fighter.


{{clear}}
'''New England Alliance'''
*FCS Bragg Main Battle Tank
*Apache Attack Helicopter
*Main Battle Tank
*Improved Multi-Purpose Defence Tower.


==Legacy==
'''European Peace Keepers'''
*FCS Goliath Engineer Combat Tank
*Challenger 1 MBT
*Cybernetic Infantry
*Flakpz 1 AZ, Gepard.


===Film adaptation===
'''Republic of Texas'''
In 2009, '']'' and '']'' reported that ] was creating a movie adaptation of the video game to be distributed by ]. ] was set to write the script.<ref>{{cite web |last=Graser |first=Marc |date=October 26, 2009 |url=https://variety.com/2009/film/markets-festivals/more-perfect-union-for-disney-1118010438/ |title=More perfect 'Union' for Disney |website=] |publisher=] |accessdate=March 20, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Alexander |first=Leigh |date=October 28, 2009 |url=https://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=25842 |title=2K's Shattered Union Getting The Film Treatment |website=] |publisher=]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Callaham |first=John |date=October 27, 2009 |url=http://news.bigdownload.com/2009/10/27/babylon-5-creator-to-write-shattered-union-movie/ |title=Babylon 5 creator to write Shattered Union movie |website=Big Download |publisher=] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716122202/http://news.bigdownload.com/2009/10/27/babylon-5-creator-to-write-shattered-union-movie/ |archivedate=July 16, 2011 |url-status=dead |accessdate=March 20, 2018}}</ref>
*FCS Hood Main Battle Tank
*Cybernetic Infantry Soldier
*Crusader Self-Propelled Artillery Howitzer
*Super Cobra.


==References==
=Reputation=
{{reflist}}
A new thing in Shattered Union is the reputation bar. The higher it is, the more you are respected. The lower it is, the more people hate you. It also grants special abilites, such as a Nuke when you are low in your reputation and an EMP bomb when you are good with the people. Plus, partisian units appear depending on your reputation; they will either fight with you or against you. Although they aren't strong, they are excellent for scouting and will be helpful as cannon-fodder, making enemies waste their turn destroying them insted of your standard units.


=External Links= ==External links==
http://www.2kgames.com/shatteredunion/home.php * {{official website|http://www.2kgames.com/#/games/shattered-union}}
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http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/strategy/shatteredunion/index.html
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2005 video game
Shattered Union
North American cover art
Developer(s)PopTop Software
Publisher(s)2K
Designer(s)Franz Felsl
Daniel Eichling
Programmer(s)Brent Smith
Artist(s)Todd Bergantz
Composer(s)Mason B. Fisher
Rick Fox
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, Xbox
Release
  • NA: October 17, 2005
  • EU: October 21, 2005
Genre(s)Turn-based tactics
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Shattered Union is a turn-based tactics video game developed by PopTop Software and published by 2K in October 2005.

Plot

Screenshot of the various factions with The Carolinas territory highlighted

The narration of the game, including its backstory and its cutscenes, is provided by Sara Kestelman.

In 2008, David Jefferson Adams becomes the 44th President of the United States following a disputed election and a tie vote in the Electoral College (and subsequent tie-breaker by the United States House of Representatives), becoming the most hated and unpopular president in U.S. history.

A combination of foreign terrorist attacks and poor economic conditions contributes to civil unrest. As a result, rioting springs up all throughout the United States, with domestic terrorism becoming an increasing threat. In response, President Adams uses the Homeland Security Act and declares martial law on many areas of the country, but it is particularly concentrated on the West Coast.

Four years later, during the 2012 United States presidential election, the Supreme Court of the United States disqualifies all the popular presidential candidates from several states, effectively handing Adams his reelection. The public reacts violently when incumbent Adams accepts a second term.

During the Inauguration Ball in Washington, D.C., on the night of January 20, 2013, a low-yield tactical nuclear weapon is detonated in an apparent groundburst, presumably having been concealed there in advance. The yield is sufficient to destroy most of the city, killing Adams, his cabinet, and most of the U.S. Congress, effectively wiping out the presidential line of succession and thrusting the already unstable United States into total chaos.

The European Parliament meets in an emergency session, and votes to send peacekeepers to the Washington Metropolitan Area to secure international interests and protection of European citizens in the United States. As secessionist sentiment rises in America, the governor of California declares home rule, and California secedes from the Union on April 15, 2013. Texas follows a few days later, on April 17, 2013, taking neighboring states with it and re-forming the Republic of Texas. The Confederated States of America is reborn shortly afterwards, declaring independence, as does the Pacific Northwest following attempts by Californian militias to march into Oregon. At some point Hawaii also becomes independent. The Great Plains are the last to breakaway, leaving the remainder of the original government operating as a loose confederation in New England. By 2014, all hopes for a peaceful resolution are gone, and the Second American Civil War begins.

Early in the war, Russia invades and occupies Alaska, using the expanded military operations of the European Union as an excuse. The invasion is personally led by President Nicholai Vladekov, an ex-general and former Soviet hardliner, who claims that Alaska was never really part of the United States and that Russia is merely reclaiming its former territory. What little resistance does occur is confused and disorganized, making the invasion largely unopposed.

Later, Interpol reveals the results of its investigation regarding the Inauguration Day bombing. President Vladekov had been dealing weapons on the black market for more than thirty years and masterminded the D.C. bombing as part of his goal to disrupt the world economy so that Russia could regain its military dominance, and more easily control Europe. Protests throughout Russia force Vladekov to declare martial law in Moscow.

After the former contiguous United States is unified under one faction, the independent Commonwealth of Hawaii agrees to join the new government. Vladekov refuses to cede control of Alaska, so the faction's forces prepare to invade the state and drive the Russians out of North America. A closing cinematic depicts the aftermath of the war.

If the invasion fails, the reunified U.S. is still suffering unrest and faces an uncertain future. If the invasion succeeds and the player faction's reputation is very good, the troubled American states are "united again under uncommon greatness" – a leader whose merciful acts and strategic and tactical brilliance will be spoken of for centuries to come. If the player faction's reputation is very bad, the U.S. transforms into a new fascist state, "one that will never again feel the sting of dissent".

Factions

The factions in the game include the entirety or portions of the following states:

Gameplay

The game is based on a hex grid system. The various factions wage warfare in numerous territories. The player's income is based on how many territories they control. When attacking a territory, the player selects which of their units to deploy on the deployment screen. Units deployed to one area cannot be redeployed to another until that round of attacks is over. Each side can choose to either manually place their units on the battlefield or have the computer do it for them automatically.

In each area, there are various forms of terrain, each with a unique effect on how units move. Roads enable much faster movement but decrease the unit's defense. Forests, mountains, swamps, and other such terrain greatly decrease unit movement, but most increase defense. Cities have little effect on a unit's movement unless a road runs through it, but they increase units' defense. If not crossed at a bridge, rivers heavily hinder or block unit movement. Two units, enemy or allied, can never occupy the same hex at once.

During combat, one unit directly engages another, without outside interference from any other units. The attacking unit always fires first. If the defending unit is still alive, it retaliates. Without special abilities, each unit can only attack and retaliate once per turn. Anti-air units always retaliate against air units as long as they survive the opening attack.

Each unit type has an effectiveness rating against infantry (EI), vehicles (EV), and air units (EA). If the attacker's effectiveness rating is higher than the defender's, damage is done according to subtracting the values. Otherwise, no damage or extremely low damage is done. Some units are specialized to only be able to attack a single type of unit. If enough damage is done to a unit, it is destroyed.

The objective of the battle is either to destroy all the enemy's units or capture enough objective towns to control the battlefield. Objective towns each have a point value. Special abilities, known as "sidebar powers", recharge over time and are gained based on the game is played – for example, by causing collateral damage.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
PCXbox
Metacritic67/10066/100
Review scores
PublicationScore
PCXbox
EurogamerN/A6/10
Game Informer4/104/10
GameRevolutionC+N/A
GameSpot7.9/107.8/10
GameSpy
GameZone7.8/10N/A
IGN7.5/107.8/10
Official Xbox Magazine (US)N/A4.5/10
PC Gamer (US)68%N/A
The A.V. ClubC+N/A

Shattered Union received "average" reviews on both platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. The gameplay was praised as being "simple but deep", and the concept was well liked, while criticisms included unbalanced AI and a total lack of any diplomacy features.

Legacy

Film adaptation

In 2009, Variety and Gamasutra reported that Jerry Bruckheimer was creating a movie adaptation of the video game to be distributed by Touchstone Pictures. J. Michael Straczynski was set to write the script.

References

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  2. Rossignol, Jim (November 3, 2005). "Shattered Union (Xbox)". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  3. ^ "Shattered Union". Game Informer. No. 153. GameStop. January 2006. p. 138.
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  5. Ocampo, Jason (October 27, 2005). "Shattered Union Review (PC)". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  6. Ocampo, Jason (October 27, 2005). "Shattered Union Review (Xbox)". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  7. Rausch, Allen (October 25, 2005). "GameSpy: Shattered Union (PC)". GameSpy. Ziff Davis. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  8. Rausch, Allen (October 27, 2005). "GameSpy: Shattered Union (Xbox) [Incomplete]". GameSpy. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on January 8, 2006. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  9. Giacobbi, Kevin "BIFF" (November 9, 2005). "Shattered Union - PC - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on October 2, 2008. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  10. Adams, Dan (October 31, 2005). "Shattered Union (PC)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  11. Adams, Dan (November 1, 2005). "Shattered Union (Xbox)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on January 2, 2008. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  12. "Shattered Union". Official Xbox Magazine. Future US. February 2006. p. 79.
  13. "Shattered Union". PC Gamer. Future US. January 2006. p. 70.
  14. Tobias, Scott (February 8, 2006). "Shattered Union (PC)". The A.V. Club. The Onion. Archived from the original on January 1, 2008. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  15. ^ "Shattered Union for PC Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  16. ^ "Shattered Union for Xbox Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  17. Graser, Marc (October 26, 2009). "More perfect 'Union' for Disney". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  18. Alexander, Leigh (October 28, 2009). "2K's Shattered Union Getting The Film Treatment". Gamasutra. UBM plc.
  19. Callaham, John (October 27, 2009). "Babylon 5 creator to write Shattered Union movie". Big Download. AOL. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved March 20, 2018.

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