Sniper Elite 5 Invasion Mode release adds PvP multiplayer to campaign

The new is certain to bring about one thing: Sniper Elite 5 trailer: That’s the most sinister oration by an Allied head of government I’ve ever heard. Could that be Churchill speaking? This sounds like Emperor Palpatine.

However, Rebellion is what it brings Sniper Elite 5 With a twist, consoles and the PC will be available in 2022. Competitive campaign multiplayer. In Invasion Mode, demonstrated at the end of the trailer above, players can drop into one another’s missions as an enemy Axis sniper focused on tracking down and eliminating Karl Fairburne, the player protagonist. Fairburne is now controlled by the player who must eliminate the enemy sniper. A news release from Rebellion is careful to call the multiplayer opponent the “Axis Sniper,” so whoever that is isn’t literally on the Nazi side. Maybe they’re shooting for Fascist Italy.

Invasion Mode gives both players unique abilities. Allied players will gain the Eagle Eyes perk, which marks the Axis Sniper’s last known location on the map if they should happen to spot them. Axis Snipers can issue the “Stay Sharp” command to NPC units, raising their awareness and increasing the challenge for their allied opponent.

As Sniper Elite 5 is set in occupied France, Fairburne can also use “invasion phones,” found across the map, to get intel from resistance fighters and update the Axis Sniper’s latest position. Of course, those phones can be booby-trapped, and using them can raise the alarm and reveal the Allied player’s location.

Invasion Mode is also available Sniper Elite 5’s co-operative campaign, meaning that the lone Axis Sniper gets to take on two Allies working together to finish the job. The bad guys will get greater rewards but all players receive an XP boost by activating Invasion mode, and taking part in the round.

Sniper Elite 5The launch of ‘Gamers Choice’ was announced in December. It will be available on the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Windows PC through Epic Games Store Steam and Microsoft Store. Xbox One and Xbox Series X are also supported. This time, Rebellion sends iron-willed, steely-eyed, and lantern-jawed hero Karl Fairburne into France to bust up the Nazis’ Atlantikwall defenses and singlehandedly pave the way to D-Day.

Rebellion hasn’t given Sniper Elite 5The game won’t be released on a particular date or time, but it will be available immediately via Xbox Game Pass.