Six Days in Fallujah Sets Release Date for Its First Documentary Story Missions

Six Days in Fallujah is getting a large update in November, bringing with it the first of its promised documentary story missions. Called the Command and Control update, its two story missions will focus on the opening of the Second Battle of Fallujah, which began on November 7, 2004 and saw some of the conflict's worst fighting.

The missions will include documentary videos that play before, during and after missions, featuring interviews with both Iraqis and Americans who were present during the fighting in which more than 100 members of the military, over 1,000 insurgents, and at least 800 civilians were killed. According to the release, the missions will focus at least partly on the origins of the Islamic State group as well as the opening day of the Second Battle of Fallujah.

It's significant because while Six Days in Fallujah has been available via early access on Steam since November 2023, the story missions that have been called one on it its key reasons for being are only just now being released. Up until this point, Six Days in Fallujah has mainly featured individual missions set in procedurally-generated areas.

Publisher Victura portrays Six Days in Fallujah as a grounded look at the conflict, saying that it was made in collaboration with two dozen Iraqi civilians and soldiers as well as more than 100 U.S. soldiers. But it has attracted scrutiny due to its subject matter since first being announced back in 2009, and at one point was canceled entirely.

The story missions are part of a larger update that includes the new Fireteam AI system, which makes it possible to give orders to three NPC squadmates, and features "more than 300 technical enhancements," including updates to the AI. In addition to the story missions, Six Days in Fallujah's Command and Control update will introduce a new HLZ procedural mission, which can be played solo or with up to four other players.

The update will be available for free on Steam on November 7. Console versions remain in development for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S, and are expected to be released in 2025 alongside the full version of the game.

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