United Nations in Popular Culture - in Video Games

In Video Games

  • The World Assembly in the online game Jennifer Government: NationStates was originally called the United Nations, until a cease-and-desist letter from the real-life UN meant it had to be renamed.
  • The Ghosts, a fictional black ops special forces unit in Ghost Squad are established under an organization funded by the UN.
  • In the Halo series, the United Nations Space Command is the military branch of the unified government of all mankind.
  • The Global Defense Initiative in the Command & Conquer series is a branch of the United Nations.
  • A large part of Deus Ex revolves around the United Nations Anti-Terrorist Coalition, phonetically pronounced UNATCO for short.
  • The United Nations is a World Wonder in Sid Meier's Civilization series. In later games the organization activates diplomatic victory.
  • In Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri the Unity exploration mission was started by the UN, and they are one of the factions that emerges shortly before Planetfall in the form of the Peacekeepers.
  • In Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, the protagonist Solid Snake's involvement in the story is at the request of the United Nations.
  • In Ace Combat Zero, the Assembly of Nations is an organization very similar to the real world UN.
  • In Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere, a futuristic version of the UN exists, called the Neo United Nations (NUN), with Gabriel Clarkson as Secretary-General.
  • In Surveillance Kanshisha, the UN establishes a counter-terrorist unit called Shadow Sword in order to safeguard the Earth-Mars space travel route and the people using it from a mysterious terrorist group called Neo-Kleit.
  • In SimCity 3000, the building can be built as a landmark.
  • The Civilization Committee in Grand Theft Auto IV is an obvious parody of the UN. It has a virtually identical headquarters complex and is satirically described as a "largely ineffective organization".
  • The UN was disbanded on July 27, 2052 in the Fallout series. This led to rising international tensions over the coming decades and eventually to a global nuclear war in 2077, destroying civilization across the globe.
  • In Ace Combat Joint Assault, the UN is depicted as the International Union, although the plot is set in the real world.

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