Warzone

Warzone is a third-person action-adventure video game developed and published by Ubisoft for the PlayStation 3 console. The game was released on August 17th, 2011 and received universal acclaim. One month later, on September 17th, the game was released for PC, which also got excellent reviews.

Characters and Setting
Warzone takes place in 2017 where the United States has entered a fictional war with Pakistan to relieve the country of their nuclear deterrents. During this period, a mysterious Middle-Eastern terrorist organization known as COBRA surfaces, with the intention of sending the entire world into nuclear warfare. Behind the walls of the Pentagon, a task force known as Echo Four is constucted to deal with COBRA and kill their leader, Al-Ahad Samir, one of the most wanted war criminals in the world.

In the storyline, players assume the role of Special Forcers Captain David Marcus.

Plot
On July 13th, 2017, an American recon team is sent to an uncharted area in Afghanistan to investigate reports of mysterious activity believed to be related to COBRA. During the team's investigation, they find out that their trek into the desert was a set-up, and COBRA activates a salted bomb which obliterates the entire area, killing the recon team and wiping out any of their discoveries.

Three months later, in October, the United States has gone to war against Pakistan with the sole objective of ridding the country of its nuclear weapons.