The original Homefront is free from Humble. I’m sure multiplayer is probably dead but it has a single player campaign.
Hell yeah ! WiC is fantastic. I suppose AirLandBattle does it too these days, but back then it was one of the if not the first RTS to accurately portray just how devastating a hot modern war is. When you get either copious arty support, on-map arty pieces or air strikes, any map looks like the surface of the fricking moon by the end of the mission. Hell, just a tank platoon crossing a suburb, rolling right over cars and gouging the roads with their treads before blowing some occupied house to smithereens in a couple shells is hella impressive to watch. War is hell indeed.
Plus the gameplay is/was right up my alley - I don’t like RTSs with billions of unit to mind at the same time OR where each unit has a dozen special abilities to activate. This, however is both limited enough in scope and micro that you’re kept busy enough to be engaged but not overwhelmed and can actually spend some time enjoying the huge amount of work they put into the maps (seriously, they’re ridiculously detailed up close) or just watching it all go kaboom.
So, very happy about this 
Another game I’ve found that is similar to World in Conflict is Wargame Airland Battle. No base building, lots of modern warfare units including Apaches, M1A1s, A-10s, and artillery. It also has nice detailed maps.
I almost bought a couple of copies of this a few weeks back. It has been on my list for a while, but I always turn to Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance for my RTS needs. I’m excited to give this a go this weekend.
Yup, I mentioned it, but for some reason I couldn’t get into these games at all. I’m not sure if it’s because the forces lack “personality” (like, WiC has all these voiced characters with their own strengths and failings) or a real scenario ; or because most of the time you spend in the game is zoomed out to the max and not directing tanks and planes around so much as blue or red boxes that say “T-71” on them and direct them to shoot at red boxes that say “Bradley” on them, if you know what I mean.
I absolutely love watching WarGame replays of battles and working the camera to look out for cinematic stuff (one replay I DL’d was a cheesy Russian deck with like 95% on-map rocket artillery with some token helos and spetnatz for spotting - when that first massive barrage was loosed it would have made Michael Bay pop a vein :D) but I hate actually *playing *the damn thing 
Uplay switched to AC4: Black Flag as their free game
Also, you can get a free Steam key for Ticket to Ride. Scroll about 4/5ths of the way down on the left hand side for a drawing to win a physical version of Ticket To Ride: Europe and to get a free Steam key.
Grim Fandango Remastered is free on GOG today.
Company of Heroes 2 is free for a couple days on Humble Bundle.
Free weekend on steam for Killing Floor 2, Homefront: The Revolution, and a free week for H1Z1.
Oxenfree is free on GOG for the next two days: Oxenfree on GOG.com
I entered, and got a screen that said I’d receive my key within 48 hours. It’s been 8 days and still no key. Oh well, at least I got a new stream of spam out of the deal.
There’s another open beta for the new Monster Hunter game on PS4 from the 22-26th.
I entered too, also no key. No sign of spam, though. I guess Gmail’s filters are working well for me!
I grabbed that on my Xbox One when it was free for Gold members. A weird, interesting game.
Ubisoft’s giveaway now includes Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag, Watch Dogs, and World in Conflict, until the 23rd, I believe, in case anyone has missed that.
Hey! I just now got my key for Ticket to Ride. Better late than never.
I got my key for this today!
Carmageddon TDR 2000 is free on GOG right now. Zero clue if it is any good.
It was fun 18 years ago, if you like over-the-top bloody racing. But this doesn’t look remastered so graphics/textures will probably be pretty basic.
Amnesia & its sequel (Machine for Pigs) for free at Humble for a limited time