By heck, they’re bringing back the Delta Force games – WGB, Home of AWESOME Reviews

Back when I was but a lad there was a rather short-lived FPS series by the name Delta Force which was based around the special forces of the same name. The first game was published in 1998 and Novalogic would follow-up on its success with multiple other games and expansion packs, though the franchise came to an end in 2009. Novalogic themselves closed their doors in 2016 and all their assets were snapped up by THQ Nordic, which was then bought up by Embracer Group.

Now it looks like Embracer is once again reaching into its dingy IP barrel, resurrecting the Delta Force name for a brand new game developed by  TiMi, a Chinese studio that has made the likes of COD Mobile, Pokémon Unite, and Arena of Valor.

According to Embracer the name game will feature a singleplayer campaign inspired by Ridley Scott’s classic movie Black Hawk Down, while the multiplayer is focused on large-scale PvP with ground, air and naval combat. Sounds very Battlefield, doesn’t it?

“Our team has extensively studied the movie and delved into the historical context respectfully. This dedicated research enabled us to recreate a truly authentic and immersive gaming experience that captures the essence of that monumental event. To create a grand atmosphere of combat on ground, sea, and air, we designed a variety of methods for engagement and maps that integrate diverse terrain features such as vertical height differences and caves, as well as different vehicle routes,” states the press release while presumably hiding in a bush and using night vision.

The thirty second trailer gives us a glimpse of something that honestly doesn’t even remotely resemble the original Delta Force which aimed for a more military sim vibe. This new game screams Call of Duty and Battlefield. The multiplayer also seems to ditch the Black Hawk Down concept of the singleplayer for a more fantastical style, including recon arrows and a soldier powering himself up using some sort of writstband.

The trailer wraps up with logos for everyone platform imaginable, including Apple and Android which leads me to believe this might actually be a free-to-play game packed with microtransactions. Maybe I’m just too cynical, though. Or I’m not being cynical enough.