14 DAY TRIAL // City Interactive Games nailed it with Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2, which sold more than anyone would have expected. However, this wasn’t CI Games’ only project and obviously won’t be the last in the series.
After launching Lords of the Fallen, which received mixed reviews from players and the media due to the high amount of issues, CI Games is now preparing to work on yet another highly-anticipated title in the Sniper series.
Without any further ado, CI Games has just announced the upcoming release of Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 for PC and next-generation consoles (PlayStation 4 and Xbox One). Sorry, gamers who own Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 consoles, but this game won’t be available for your platforms, at least developers haven’t confirmed it yet.
If you’ve been wondering why Lords of the Fallen has yet to receive its fourth patch, then here might be one of the possible answers. CI Games confirmed that “it is deep in the development of Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3,” which means work has already started on the next title in the franchise.
However, it looks like CI Games have decided to develop Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 as an AAA title, which means it will take more time to bring it on the market.
The game will be developed as an AAA title by a new team
As such, developers announce that Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 is due for release in the first half of 2016 for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
One other important thing that fans of the franchise may want to know is that the game will be created from the ground up by “an all-star development team that includes Steve Hart, former senior producer of Rebellion’s Sniper Elite V2, as well as combat veteran and former Marine Paul B. Robinson, who has an extensive resume of game development reaching back over 20 years.”
Along with the tentative release date of the game, developers have also revealed a bit from the story behind Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3. The game is set in a modern-day conflict based in Eastern Europe and players will be taking the role a sniper caught between three warring factions.
There will be non-linear, sandbox-style gameplay, large open-ended maps which will offer players more flexibility to play and replay missions included in the game in a number of different ways.
“The Sniper: Ghost Warrior franchise is one of the most popular in the CI Games portfolio with over 5.5 million copies sold, so we’re investing a significant amount of effort into the third installment. We’re fully committed to creating a AAA franchise that gamers can rely on for the ultimate first-person sniper experience,” said Marek Tyminski, CEO, CI Games.
