The Cold War never ended.

Set in an alter­nate his­tor­i­cal time­line, Com­bat — Spe­cial Oper­a­tions puts play­ers in charge of a modern-day spe­cial forces team tasked to com­bat the rise of The Soviet Bloc has extended it’s reach around the globe through under­ground financ­ing of rogue states, ter­ror­ist fac­tions and militia’s. The sit­u­a­tion threat­ens to flare up in any num­ber of hotspots around the globe and the US is des­per­ately attempt­ing to keep the rise of com­mu­nism at bay.

While the var­i­ous nations of NATO each have their own spe­cial forces teams (the US has Delta, Seals, Marine Force Recon, the British has the SAS, etc), there is no uni­fied spe­cial oper­a­tions com­mand capa­ble of deploy­ing any­where around the world and strik­ing at the heart of the enemy.

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