Covert agent and elite marksman Karl Fairburne must fight alongside the brave men and women of the Italian Resistance to help free their country from the yoke of Fascism, and defeat a terrifying new threat with the potential to halt the Allied fightback in Europe before it’s even begun.

If his mission fails, there will be no Operation Overlord, no D-Day landings, and no Victory in Europe.

From sun-drenched Mediterranean coastal towns to colossal Nazi megastructures, daunting forests and giddying mountain monasteries inspired by Monte Cassino, Sniper Elite 4 will offer breathless emergent stealth action and unrivalled sniping freedom across maps many times the size of those seen in Sniper Elite 3.

If you’ve yet to try a Sniper Elite game, you’ll no doubt have guessed we pride ourselves on delivering the most satisfying sniping mechanics in gaming. But the series is also built on third person stealth at its purest and most thrilling. Unlike games set today or in the future, there are no drones, no night vision and no short cuts!

We want to drop players into huge environments where they’re empowered to plan and improvise to set up that perfect kill shot that detonates a Nazi Commander’s grenade belt from 250 metres away, killing his whole squad. Alternatively, if it all goes South, you can always lure your pursuers into carefully placed trip mine before moving to the shadows and re-planning your assault.

And moving is something you’ll definitely be need to be doing in Sniper Elite 4’s huge new campaign. I’m so proud what our designers have achieved now the technical shackles are off. I’m not exaggerating when I say even the smallest levels in Sniper Elite 4 absolutely dwarf those of any previous game in the series!

Which all makes Italy such a special location for the game. Not only is Italy rarely seen in World War 2 fiction, but the Southern regions of the peninsula are as diverse as they are beautiful. From upland forests, to mountain monasteries and picture postcard fishing towns on the Mediterranean, we want Sniper Elite 4 to capture the imagination of stealth and shooter fans alike by throwing them into a living, breathing conflict against the forces of Fascism.

Running in native 1080p on both PS44 and Xbox One, Sniper Elite 4 is the first game in the series built without the constraints of older hardware and aims to deliver the definitive World War Two shooter for a generation. Sniper Elite 4 features dedicated campaign, co-op and adversarial multiplayer modes.