Gaming🎮 As Battlefield 2042 winds down, an unlikely new contender is ready to take its place

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Delta Force is back, have you heard? No, it’s not a revival of the classic Novalogic tactical shooter, but it’s something that may actually prove to be no less interesting. In a word, the new game, titled Delta Force: Hawk Ops, has more of Battlefield in it than Delta Force.

It’s pretty common knowledge now that EA is moving on from Battlefield 2042. The game recently received its final major update, as several studios within EA embark on the next adventure in the series. By most accounts, we’re well over a year from getting our hands on a new Battlefield, so there’s a window of opportunity here for a new game to offer Battlefield’s particular flavour of gameplay.

It’s easy to be sceptical about Delta Force: Hawk Ops. It’s a game that picked an unusual classic franchise to attach itself to. It’s certainly raised its profile, but the game’s Chinese publisher-developer isn’t exactly known for making this style of game. I initially dismissed it as a knock-off, one that will inexplicably become popular in parts of Asia while the rest of world ignores it.

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