2010s: Present
World War III and its predicted aftermath continues to be portrayed in popular media around the world such as in recent video games Metro 2033, Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Homefront, APOX, and Star Ocean: The Last Hope.
Alien invasions have become a popular topic as a World War III like conflict with the alien invaders portrayed in a similar way to a military invasion, such as seen in the films Battle: Los Angeles, Skyline, and the TV series Falling Skies.
The scenario of World War III was seen in X-Men: First Class, where Sebastian Shaw, Emma Frost, and the Hellfire Club planned to support the third World War, in order to destroy the humans and evolve the mutants, so the Hellfire Club can establish their rule over the Earth.
World War III is referenced in the Japanese anime, Steins;Gate where Rintaro Okabe must travel through various world time lines in order to prevent a new world arms race following the discovery of time travel and which would eventually envelop the planet in a global war over this technology.
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