Making it in Unreal: on the Trans-Siberian railroad with Legion 1917

The Trans-Siberian Railway is the longest train track in the world. It is probably responsible for a ream of paper that stretches out as long as it, too - this ‘ribbon of iron’ inspired writers even before it was finished. Spanning eight time zones and stretching from Moscow to the Chinese border, it was once the most evocative expression of the Russian Empire’s reach.

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For Sornyak Arts, the Czech developers of Legion 1917, it is the spine of their story - the backbone of an unlikely road movie-style strategy game set at the height of the Russian Revolution.

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