Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 release slated for 2016

CI Games has officially announced that their upcoming title Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3, will be releasing sometime in the first half of 2016. The game is the third instalment in the Sniper: Ghost Warrior franchise, one that has now sold over 5.5 million copies worldwide. Marek Tyminski, the CEO of CI Games has stated that the release of Ghost Warrior 3 has now solidified the series as a “first AAA franchise”.

Tyminski has said "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."

Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 takes place in modern day Eastern Europe where players will take on the role of a sniper who has been thrust into a war between two factions. According to a recent press release, the game will feature very realistic environments and a “non-linear, sandbox-style gameplay on large open-ended maps“.

The game will be available for the Xbox One, PS4 and PC platforms. It also consists of an all-star development team like Steve Hart, a former senior producer of Rebellion’s Sniper Elite V2 and former Marine Paul B. Robinson, who has been developing games for 20 years now. So the game definitely has a lot of expectations to meet and is going to be one of the most anticipated titles of 2016.