Sniper Fury

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Sniper Fury
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Developer(s) Gameloft
Publisher(s) Gameloft
Platform(s)
Release
  • WW: 2 December 2015
Genre(s) First-person shooter
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Sniper Fury is an online single player video game developed and published by Gameloft. [2]

Contents

The action of Sniper Fury takes place in the near future. [2] Technological development and geopolitical changes rendered former methods of resolving conflicts obsolete. [3] Countries, corporations, and organizations employ services of highly trained professionals, who can eliminate specific targets with surgical precision. [4]

Gameplay

The game revolves around mechanics common for most sniper games, where the player has to eliminate a great majority of his targets from long distance. [2] To complete a task, the player can use a variety of futuristic gadgets, e.g. a detection device that will tell the location of every nearby human, or stimulants, which will boost reflexes to supernatural levels. [5]

Release

Sniper Fury was released on 2 December 2015 for Android, iOS and Windows Phone. The Steam version was released on 13 June 2017. [6]

Reception

Sniper Fury received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic.

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