Facebook names Thunder Run a Best New Game of 2013

Official Trailer

Thunder Run: War of Clans — SpinPunch’s modern-war MMORTS, named a Facebook Best New Game of 2013.

Clan War, Live

Player-captured combat from the live Facebook seasons.

Elite AH-64

Apache gunships on the field — 2018 elite unit update.

Elite Machine Gunner

Infantry firepower that held the line in 2018.

On the Ground

Live base assaults and unit waves from a commander’s screen.

Single-Player Onslaught

A solo run against the AI — Thunder Run off the clan map.

Apocalypse: Chapter I

Story-mode campaign footage from the Thunder Run universe.

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On December 9, 2013, Facebook published Games of the Year 2013. Game of the Year went to Criminal Case. Thunder Run War of Clans by SpinPunch was named one of the Best New Games of 2013.

Facebook’s blurb: “Another hardcore strategy game, this indie studio was founded out of a Stanford University dorm room just last year.”

The clips above are original Thunder Run battles and marketing — official trailer, clan wars, elite unit updates, and campaign footage.

Thunder Run was the modern-war MMORTS from the same SpinPunch studio that built Mars Frontier — same engine family, same co-creators, later acquired by Battlehouse.

The Facebook developer post is the source of record. The same line was picked up in the press:

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Saved copies of the original coverage from December 9, 2013: