Videogames Playing The Recent Past

The New York-based startup, which launched March 31, intends to continually develop new missions based on current events. (A subscription costs $9.99 a month.) A re-creation of the recent shoot-out in northwest Pakistan between the Pakistani military and Taliban and Qaeda forces is in the works. While there are many videogames re-enacting historic conflicts like World War II and Vietnam, it’s Kuma’s “nearness in time to the event that’s new,” says Steve Butts, editor of the gaming Web site IGN.