Rebellion has announced a sequel to last year's Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army, with the follow-up already in development and set to release later this year.
Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2 will feature a new campaign, four-player co-op, the Enemy Multiplier feature (allows the player to change the amount of enemies), and will once again be a standalone title.
Rebellion CEO Jason Kingsley said: "It was amazing. At that point we hadn't announced Sniper Elite 3. A lot of Sniper Elite V2 fans had been asking for 4-player co-op content, and we thought it would be a good test of our gameplay mechanics. So we thought 'Why not?" and self-published it."
He continued: "What we got though was a breakout hit. The co-op and the price put the game on the map, and suddenly we were at the top of the Steam charts. We had hundreds and hundreds of requests from YouTube channels wanting to do "Let's Plays" and reviews, and the game just took off. When we had a second to breathe, we looked at the player data and it turns out most of them had never actually played another Sniper Elite game. We never knew it would tap into such a broad audience."
The original standalone expansion was released solely on PC, but there's already talk of this sequel finding its way onto next-gen consoles. Kingsley continued: "As an independent, we're obviously really excited about what we're hearing from Sony and Microsoft when it comes to self publishing on PS4 and Xbox One. We think the series could be a great fit for them."