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Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 'Siberian Strike' DLC hits XBLA/PSN/PC next week

Jordan Mallory — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:30:00 EST

Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2's first injection of single-player DLC will be chambered into North American and European copies of the game this Wednesday, March 27, when "Siberian Strike" goes live on Xbox Live, PSN and Steam for 800 MS Points/$9.99 respectively, or £8.99/€9.99 for those scouting from the other side of the Atlantic.

The DLC pack drops players in a remote Siberia town called Birsovik, and tasks them with completing a mission without help from spotters, meaning that all terrain navigation and target acquisition must be done manually, with maps, which is how cavemen snipers used to do it back in Victorian England.

... Okay so, we may not know a whole lot about sniper history.

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Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 'dismemberment' DLC canceled

Sinan Kubba — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:30:00 EST

Sniper Ghost Warrior 2 is no longer getting free 'dismemberment' DLC. Removing enemy limbs with accurate sniping was originally a feature of the sequel, but developer/publisher City Interactive told us last summer it was removed to avoid the game being banned in Germany, given the country's strict censorship laws. The plan then was to introduce the content via free DLC for PS3, Xbox 360, and PC.

However, a City Interactive representative tells VideoGamer the Polish studio isn't releasing the DLC. The site notes no reasons were specified, leaving us wondering what's prompted the turnaround and why it's only surfaced now.

Ghost Warrior 2 survived a number of big delays (almost completely intact) to shoot onto North American retail shelves last week.

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Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 launch trailer thinks it can control you with terror

Sinan Kubba — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 10:15:00 EST

It's been a bit of a protracted wait, but Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 is definitely nearly here - it even has a launch trailer to prove it. The sequel to the million-selling debut shooter arrives on March 12 when it impacts the craniums of Xbox 360, PS3, and PC.

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Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 lines up March 12 release date

Sinan Kubba — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 12:30:00 EST

Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 sharpshoots onto Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC on March 12. Developer City Interactive released a statement on Polish media market website Bankier.pl noting the release date, which the game's official website backs up.

It's been a long road for the CryEngine 3-based sequel, with would-be snipers forced to breathe deep through more than one delay. Some of those were based on previously scoped-out release dates, so maybe keep a pinch of salt handy for this one.

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Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 gameplay teaser offers more headshots and heavy breathing

Sinan Kubba — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 18:00:00 EST

After a couple of misses on release windows, the first official gameplay video for Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 suggests developer City Interactive firmly has the January 15, 2013 release date in its scope.

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Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 hesitates on the shot, delayed into 2013

Jessica Conditt — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:30:00 EST

Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 is now set to launch on January 15, 2013, pushed back from an already delayed date of October 9 this year.

City Interactive hasn't offered a reason for the delay, but the game's official page lists the new date with a confident exclamation point. Perhaps shifting Ghost Warrior 2 from the crowded fall launch window will give potential snipers room to breathe, steady their aim and pull the trigger on buying the game.

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Take a deep breath, Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 delayed

Richard Mitchell — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 10:40:00 EST

When you're a sniper - a ghost warrior, if you will - waiting for the perfect moment is key. Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 was originally going to take a shot at retail in March, but decided to wait for August instead. Now, it appears the timing still isn't right, as the game will now be released on October 9, Namco has informed Eurogamer.

Namco is distributing the game in Europe, but GameStop and Amazon page now list the North American release for October 9 as well. We've contacted publisher City Interactive for confirmation.

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Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 dated (again)

Jessica Conditt — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:00:00 EST

Once upon a time Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 was scheduled to come out on March 20, but as we all know a good sniper requires patience, adaptability and more development time, apparently. Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 is now set to launch on August 21 for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360, Shacknews reports.

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City Interactive announces Sniper and Combat Wings release dates

Arthur Gies — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 06:30:00 EST

Do you like wings? Well, what about ghosts? How about those things with additional adjectives or nouns? We hope you fall in there somewhere, and so does City Interactive, who announced release dates for both Combat Wings: The Great Battles of World War II and Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 on Wednesday.

No, we don't mean they're coming out on Wednesday. In fact, Combat Wings will grace you with its aerial, er, grace, next February -- on the 7th for the United States, and the 10th for Europe. Meanwhile, Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2, the followup to last year's critically something-or-othered release, will be available on March 16th in Europe and the 20th in the States.

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City Interactive showing off Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 at E3 2011

Griffin McElroy — Thu, 12 May 2011 23:15:00 EST

City Interactive has confirmed that its upcoming, CryEngine 3-powered sequel to Sniper: Ghost Warrior will finally see the light of day at the developer's booth during E3 2011. The game was one of two titles listed to be shown off in an E3 press invitation -- the other being the (possibly CryEngine 3-infused) flight combat sim, Combat Wings: Great Battles of WWII.

Few details about Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 were revealed in the invitation -- only that the game will be released on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC, and will allow players to "once again step into the ghillie suit of a special ops sniper to take down the enemy." We're obviously psyched about this development, because there are few words on this planet more fun to say than ghillie. Ghillie. Ghillllieeeee.

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City Interactive working on CryEngine 3-based Sniper: Ghost Warrior sequel

JC Fletcher — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:40:00 EST

City Interactive has announced what we believe to be its second first-person shooter to use CryEngine 3: a sequel to Sniper: Ghost Warrior. We say "second" because the developer announced last month that it was working with Stuart Black to create an "exciting new story-driven WWII shooter," which doesn't sound like the more modern, stealthy Ghost Warrior. At that time, it also said it had licensed CryEngine 3 for two games.

Producer Michal Sroczynski revealed the plans for Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 in an interview with Eurogamer.se. He didn't have much else to say about it, except that it will be released on PC, Xbox 360, and PS3. We're kind of hoping for more nouns in the title -- we like the ring of "Sniper: Ghost Warrior Cowboy Boxer Cop Wolfman," ourselves.

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