New details on Gameloft's 'Modern Combat: Sandstorm' upcoming FPS
Later back we gave you word on Gameloft’s upcoming FPS (First Person Shooter) ‘Modern Combat: Sandstorm’. The new deatials include:
You are playing a U.S. soldier under orders to capture a high profile terrorist. Set in the Middle East, the game is reported to include multiple environments including a hospital, lab, palace, sewers, port, desert, buildings and more. A wide variety of different weapons are provided throughout including: M16 and AK47 rifles, RPG-7 grenade propeller, MP5A5 machine gun, M249 light machine gun, and M40 sniper rifle.
Three different control systems are offered
– Left d-pad movement, aim by sliding finger, button to shoot
– Left d-pad movement, aim by sliding finger, double tap target to shoot
– Left d-pad movement, aim with right d-pad, double tap target to shoot
Gameloft also pointed out that the game features a brand new engine that has not been released before. The initial launch will not have multi-player, but is planned to be added in a later update. Modern Combat: Sandstorm will be released before September 1st (via Twitter). Details on pricing has not been released, but one can expect it will be $9.99 or maybe even a surprisingly amount of $6.99 like Gang$tar.