''Delta Force'' is a series of

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video games by

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created in 1998. They are often included in the sub-genre labeled "

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was the primary developer and license holder of the franchise until the acquisition of its assets by

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on October 31, 2016.

Games

* ''Delta Force'' was the first game in the series, featuring multiple campaigns including catching a

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Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

and campaigns against rebels in

Chad Chad, officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North Africa, North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to Chad–Libya border, the north, Sudan to Chad–Sudan border, the east, the Central Afric ...

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and the

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island of

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. * ''

Delta Force 2 ''Delta Force 2'' is a tactical first-person shooter video game developed by NovaLogic and released in 1999. It is the second game in the ''Delta Force'' series and was followed by '' Delta Force: Land Warrior'' one year later. The game was re ...

'' was a sequel involving a campaign against fictional international

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organization Da'nil's and fictional nuclear terrorist organization United Freedom. This also marked the first game in the series to feature a mission editor to make player-created missions. * '' Delta Force: Land Warrior'' is the third game in the series, with a campaign involving fictional terrorist organization New Dawn. This was also the first game in the series to feature named characters with backgrounds:

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"Daniel 'Longbow' Lonetree", Machine Gunner "Rydel 'Pitbull' Wilson", Demolitions Expert "Cole 'Gas Can' Harris", female CQB expert "Jen 'Snake Bite' Tanaka" and female underwater combatant/

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"Erica 'Mako' Swift". * '' Delta Force: Task Force Dagger'' was a standalone expansion pack for Land Warrior and took place during the

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, including a final mission based on the

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. * '' Delta Force: Urban Warfare'' was the fifth title in the series and its only

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exclusive. This would also be the first and only game in the series to feature cutscene cinematics, telling the story of a

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operative named John Carter who had taken part in a failed drug deal bust in

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and was subsequently sent undercover by

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agent Robert Jackson to capture or kill the involved drug lord and

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smuggler Malik. The drug lord in last part of the story tries to escape by a plane and is shot down by John using a

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. * '' Delta Force: Black Hawk Down'' was the sixth title in the series, and was heavily inspired by Ridley Scott's eponymous movie, being similarly set during the

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and the

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. It added new features like being able to operate .50 cal Brownings,

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s and

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s from

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s, UH-60 Blackhawks and various

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. * '' Delta Force: Black Hawk Down - Team Sabre'' was an expansion pack for Black Hawk Down that added two additional campaigns; one involving fictional Colombian drug lord Antonio Paulo and one a fictional

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ian coup by General Haatim Jaareeh Bin Shamim Kalb. The expansion also included more vehicles with mounted weapons -

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s, MH-53 Pavelows, Rigid-hull inflatable boats and patrol boats. * '' Delta Force: Xtreme'' was the eighth title and a remake of the first game. It was also the first in the series to give the player the ability to drive vehicles, motorcycles, tanks, APCs, boats and pilot helicopters. It features the Peru, Chad and Novaya Zemlya campaigns from the first game. * '' Delta Force: Xtreme 2'' was the ninth title in the series; despite its name, it is not a remake of a previous game in the series, but an original game. It featured two intertwined campaigns involving a Central Asian arms smuggler Alian Khalid who has armed and is using a South-East Asian

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by providing them military-grade weapons in exchange to following his orders and has aims to remove Western influence in the Middle-East. Missions involve attacking and destroying both groups. * ''

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'' was going to be the tenth title in the series, taking place in South America. It was never released and is now considered

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due to

's closure in 2016. * '' Delta Force'' was announced in August 2023. It is set to be a

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title, being released across PC, consoles, and

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. While the multiplayer modes are set to feature both competitive, large-scale, class-based combat (including the use of land-, sea-, and air-based vehicles) and cooperative play against AI-controlled opponents, the singleplayer campaign will be a remake of the campaign from ''Black Hawk Down.''

References

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