Sniper Elite Battle Royale game reportedly cancelled

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Rebellion's Sniper Elite battle royale game, “Project Archipelago”, has reportedly been canceled due to the loss of funding from Tencent.
The cancellation is not due to development problems but as it is said it comes from Tencent's decision after the failure of another project.
The cancellation did not affect Rebellion's staff, as they continue to work on other titles, including Sniper Elite: Resistance.

A live action battle royale game based on developer Rebellion Developments' Sniper Elite the series has reportedly been cancelled. The game was originally announced in August 2024 as a multiplayer-focused spin-off. Sniper Elite title.

Once considered a lower-budget “copycat” series that stuck to the trend of World War II-based games, Sniper Elite premiered in 2005, telling the fictional story of an American sniper operating behind Nazi lines. TATỲ AFTER Sniper Elite The title visited other theaters of the war and adopted additional mechanisms for critical and popular recognition and confirmation of the franchise's position at the top level of the best stealth shooter games. the Sniper Elite The series is also famous for its special focus on sniping, with the implementation of gruesome “X-ray” executions that show bullets entering the head, torso, limbs, and even private parts of the body. even the enemy, depending on where the player wants to be. The series even managed a spin-off based on horror in the form of Zombie Army game, pitting expert vigilantes against hordes of undead.

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Unfortunately for Rebellion, it looks like their plans to expand the series into the multiplayer space with a game called “Project Archipelago” have been scrapped. According to a report by Insider Gaming, Project Archipelago is no longer moving forward, even though it's been less than four months since its announcement. The game is also known as “Sniper Island” and is designed for multiplayer Sniper Elite The Battle Royale title pits teams of players against each other.

Developer Rebellion is reportedly canceling its Sniper Elite Battle Royale game

According to reports, the reason for the cancellation of Project Archipelago is not related to development difficulties, but due to the loss of funding from Tencent, which funded the project. During the meeting, the Rebellion staff said that the fate of agreed bythe multiplayer hero game published by Sony, was influenced by Tencent's decision to take funding from Project Archipelago. agreed by was a major project for PlayStation Studios, but was considered a failure shortly after its release. The game was shut down less than two weeks after its launch, and its developer, Firewalk Studios, shut down at the end of October 2024.

While the loss of Project Archipelago is sad, it doesn't seem to have affected the current staff at Rebellion Developments. The studio has other titles in development, including the next single-player title in the Sniper Elite series. Sniper Elite: Resistance launched in January 2025 for Xbox and PlayStation consoles and PC, and promises to bring the series to France in World War 2, with a new protagonist working with the French Resistance against the occupation Nazis.