Tencent's new Delta Force game restages one of the USA's greatest military disasters

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Tencent are bringing back NovaLogic's venerable tactical FPS series Delta Force. Created by Shenzen-based TiMI Studios, who have now acquired the IP from THQ Nordic, the new Delta Force will be a free-to-play military-realist PvP shooter set on destructible maps featuring driveable vehicles and aircraft, with dynamic weather and a variety of enemy factions and classes. It'll launch in 2024 across PC, consoles and mobile, and will support crossplay.

The original Delta Force launched in 1998, which was a busy year for videogames: it saw the release of Half-Life, Starcraft, Thief: The Dark Project, Baldur's Gate, Fallout 2 and Grim Fandango, together with Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Metal Gear Solid on the console side. I'm not sure Delta Force can hold a candle to any of those, but it had a decent critical reception and attracted enough fans to spawn a fairly staggering number of sequels. It stands apart in my memory mostly for its huge draw distances and its corresponding emphasis on long-distance firefights.

The old NovaLogic series was very popular in China, according to TiMi. "I just remember it as like the first FPS game in China," TiMi-J3 studio general manager Leo Yao told RPS in a quick chat before Gamescom. "20 or maybe more years ago, in the internet cafes, everyone played Delta Force. So it's very, very popular with that generation. But because it hasn't launched any sequels for a long time. So maybe for the younger generation, teenagers, maybe they don't know Delta Force, but for older players, I think Delta Force was the beginning of their FPS experience."

TiMi - whom you might know as the company behind Call of Duty: Mobile - have consulted with members of the original Delta Force devteam on the new