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Tripwire Interactive and the Georgia Game Developers Association (GGDA) today announced that Tripwire became a platinum sponsor for the third annual Southern Interactive Entertainment and Game Expo (SIEGE). Scheduled for Oct. 2 – 4, 2009, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel – Atlanta Perimeter NW (Powers Ferry Rd), SIEGE09 focuses on the connections that fuel the fast-growing video game industry in the Southeast. Read more…

There’s long been a complaint that, aside from a select few strategy titles, gamers are never given the chance to play as the Germans in a Second World War game. For better or worse.

But the upcoming sequel to Red Orchestra – Heroes of Stalingrad – will let you do just that. Developers Tripwire say that this is the”first time ever in a first person shooter” that you’ll be allowed to play a singleplayer campaign as the Germans.

You’ll also play as the Russians, but then, we’ve done that before. But the Nazis? I certainly can’t remember an FPS where you were a fully paid-up member of the Wehrmacht, so it’ll be interesting to see how Tripwire go about handling the whole thing.