But, just because there’s no proper campaign doesn’t mean there isn’t some story flavoring to bring meaning to all the multiplayer action, and you can see the first bits of this from the cinematic intro to the game below. As much as I love the completely over-the-top drama in the stories of the Modern Combat games, I can’t say I’ll miss single player too much. There will be no single-player campaign, as Gameloft would rather focus all of their energy in one direction rather than splitting their dev teams into multiplayer and single-player groups. It’s not a sequel to any other Modern Combat game, and it uses a brand new engine which will offer some nifty new tricks for the latest devices. But the old Modern Combat formula was in need of a serious shakeup, which is what the company hopes to do with Modern Combat Versus.įirst officially teased back in October, Modern Combat Versus is a multiplayer-focused entry in the series, as its name implies. The last entry in the series was Modern Combat 5 in July of 2014, and after trying to launch as a fully paid premium title it floundered and promptly pivoted to a more typical free to play model, which has allowed it to stay afloat and keep a decent flow of updates coming for the past few years.

But the times they are a-changing, and what once worked for the Modern Combat series wasn’t cutting it in today’s App Store climate. Gameloft’s Modern Combat series has long been the benchmark for military first-person shooters on mobile, and like its console and desktop inspiration Call of Duty, it would offer high end visuals, an action-packed single-player campaign, and a robust online multiplayer to mobile gamers every couple of years.

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