Delta Force (series) explained
| First Release Date: | 1998 |
| Latest Release Date: | TBA |
Delta Force is a series of first-person shooter video games by NovaLogic created in 1998. They are often included in the sub-genre labeled "tactical shooters". NovaLogic was the primary developer and license holder of the franchise until the acquisition of its assets by THQ Nordic on October 31, 2016.[1]
Games
- Delta Force was the first game in the series, featuring multiple campaigns including catching a drug lord in Peru and campaigns against rebels in Chad, Uzbekistan, Indonesia and the Russian island of Novaya Zemlya.
- Delta Force 2 was a sequel involving a campaign against fictional international bioterrorist organization Da'nil's and fictional nuclear terrorist organization United Freedom. This also marked the first game in the series to feature a mission editor to make player-created missions.
- is the third game in the series, with a campaign involving fictional terrorist organization New Dawn. This was also the first game in the series to feature named characters with backgrounds: Sniper "Daniel 'Longbow' Lonetree", Machine Gunner "Rydel 'Pitbull' Wilson", Demolitions Expert "Cole 'Gas Can' Harris", female CQB expert "Jen 'Snake Bite' Tanaka" and female underwater combatant/medic "Erica 'Mako' Swift".
- was a standalone expansion pack for Land Warrior and took place during the War in Afghanistan, including a final mission based on the Battle of Tora Bora.
- was the fifth title in the series and its only PlayStation exclusive. This would also be the first and only game in the series to feature cutscene cinematics, telling the story of a Delta Force operative named John Carter who had taken part in a failed drug deal bust in Tumaco, Colombia and was subsequently sent undercover by CIA agent Robert Jackson to capture or kill the involved drug lord and red mercury smuggler Malik. The drug lord in last part of the story tries to escape by a plane and is shot down by John using a MANPAD.
- was the sixth title in the series, and was heavily inspired by Ridley Scott's eponymous movie, being similarly set during the Somali Civil War and the First Battle of Mogadishu. It added new features like being able to operate .50 cal Brownings, miniguns and recoilless rifles from Humvees, UH-60 Blackhawks and various technicals.
- was an expansion pack for Black Hawk Down that added two additional campaigns; one involving fictional Colombian drug lord Antonio Paulo and one a fictional Iranian coup by General Haatim Jaareeh Bin Shamim Kalb. The expansion also included more vehicles with mounted weapons - Véhicule Blindé Légers, MH-53 Pavelows, Rigid-hull inflatable boats and patrol boats.
- was the eighth title and a remake of the first game. It was also the first in the series to give the player the ability to drive vehicles, motorcycles, tanks, APCs, boats and pilot helicopters. It features the Peru, Chad and Novaya Zemlya campaigns from the first game.
- was the ninth title in the series; despite its name, it is not a remake of a previous game in the series, but an original game. It featured two intertwined campaigns involving a Central Asian arms smuggler Alian Khalid who has armed and is using a South-East Asian drug cartel by providing them military-grade weapons in exchange to following his orders and has aims to remove Western influence in the Middle-East. Missions involve attacking and destroying both groups.
- Delta Force Angel Falls was going to be the tenth title in the series, taking place in South America. It was never released and is now considered vaporware due to NovaLogic's closure in 2016.
- Delta Force was announced in August 2023. It is set to be a free-to-play, cross-platform title, being released across PC, consoles, and smartphones. While the multiplayer modes are set to feature both competitive, large-scale, class-based combat (including the use of land-, sea-, and air-based vehicles) and cooperative play against AI-controlled opponents, the singleplayer campaign will be a remake of the campaign from Black Hawk Down.[2] [3] [4]
Notes and References
- Web site: THQ Nordic Acquires All Of NovaLogic's Franchises THQ Nordic GmbH . 2023-08-23 . www.thqnordic.com.
- Web site: Delta Force Return Teased . McCaffrey . Ryan . August 18, 2023 . August 21, 2023.
- Web site: Delta Force: Hawk Ops - Next-Gen Operator-based Tactical Shooter . 2023-08-23 . www.playdeltaforce.com . en.
- Web site: 2023-08-18 . Free-to-play multiplayer shooter Delta Force: Hawk Ops announced for PlayStation, Xbox, PC, iOS, and Android . 2023-08-23 . Gematsu . en-US.
