Today we’re thrilled to tell players that Sniper Elite 4 is coming to PS4 this year.
What you’ll want to know, of course, is what makes Sniper Elite 4 special, whether you’re a sharpshooting veteran or a rookie looking to get their teeth into a new third-person stealth action game — especially now that it’s the first in the series to be developed from the ground up for PS4.
I thought it might be nice to reveal a few secrets from the teaser trailer to get the juices flowing. Enjoy!
1943
Why is that opening date so important? Well, it places the game firmly in World War II of course, but there’s more to it than that. Sniper Elite 4 is set in Italy in the direct aftermath of the North African conflict seen in Sniper Elite 3, and Fascism’s grip on the Mediterranean is slipping.
Enter covert agent and series stalwart Karl Fairburne, dropped onto the Italian peninsula in advance of the Allied invasion. What starts out as an assassination mission quickly turns into a race to uncover a conspiracy that could end Allied hopes of retaking the continent for good…
A Country Divided
The opening scenes of the trailer show a town caught in the midst of war, civilian belongings strewn across a usually sleepy market square. We really wanted to mix picture-postcard imagery with the creeping dread of something more sinister because this is what makes the Italian conflict so interesting. There were lots of factions fighting for the future of the country, and these play an important part in both the narrative and the gameplay!
Gigantic Sniper Sandboxes
That opening vista with all those iconic, red, Mediterranean rooftops? That’s just a small part of a beautiful coastal town which makes up just one region in one of the game’s earliest levels. Phew! Each campaign level is absolutely huge — many times bigger than those seen in Sniper Elite 3, and they already took hours to complete!
Just to stress, the footage isn’t pre-rendered or taken from cutscenes. What you’re seeing in the trailer is taken from environments you’ll actually be playing in.
That Rail(way) Gun!
Did you spot Karl right at the end? Well done if you did — he’s definitely dwarfed by his surroundings! No doubt your eye was drawn to the huge viaduct in the distant background, too.
Just like the earlier shots, this isn’t just set dressing, it’s taken from a real level and players actually have to get to the viaduct and then intercept that imposing railway gun. Whether you leave the viaduct still standing is, of course, up to you and your explosives.
We hope that’s whet your appetite for more stealthy sniping action. Look out for more news soon!
Wow! This dropped in out of nonwhere! What a great way to start the day. I very much look forward to hearing more on this insta-buy title as it develops.
Nice, I bought the last one with the nice steel case and extras. It was really a very nice looking fun game that I think went pretty unnoticed by a lot of players. I’m not even a fan of snipers in online shooters and things but this game is really cool. Glad to see this version built specifically for next gen. :)
My favorite Ever
Definitely looking forward to this. But did anyone else hear a resemblance to the Uncharted music at the very beginning?
Nice announcement with nearly every game been having delays. I bet it will be delayed til like 1st quarter of 2017
Awesome, loved the last two games and Zombie Army Trilogy! I saw that co-op will be returning, but do you mean co-op campaign like in Sniper Elite 3 or just co-op missions?
Awesome, I love this series. I have them all on Steam though so that’s where I’ll get Sniper Elite 4. Aiming is better with a mouse/keyboard setup. Any thought on supporting mouse/keyboard on PS4? If so, I’d get it on PS4 instead. :3
Oddly I am more open to getting game on Steam when I know a controller is properly supported :)
“Aiming is better with a mouse/keyboard setup.”
Can be.