SWAT Commander News

Officers,

Our game's free prologue, Tactical Squad: SWAT Stories - First Shot, is undergoing its announced playtest!

↓ Sign up and download it right here! ↓

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2428730/Tactical_Squad_SWAT_Stories__First_Shot/

You can participate for 2 weeks, July 17th-July 31st. We'd like to collect as much feedback about Tactical Squad as we can, so please talk to us and the other players on our official Discord server and/or use our feedback form (link in the game's menu).

Some time after finishing the playtest, we're going to release the prologue for good! Expect a relevant announcement for that, too.

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Officers,

Long time no report. But we have something good to report once again! We're currently planning the release of a free prologue for Tactical Squad: SWAT Stories! We're calling it 'First Shot'.

↓ Check it out right here! ↓

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2428730/Tactical_Squad_SWAT_Stories__First_Shot/

We're using Steam's public playtest feature to let you know when the prologue is available. You can sign up for it right now and later be notified. This way we'll know if there's anything urgent to tweak before we make First Shot available for good.

↓ Go to the prologue's Steam page and click the button from the image below. ↓



What will there be to do in the prologue?

• Silence of the Hansons – You can face the challenges of the game's first mission. As the SWAT team's member, you get to investigate a gloomy house that serves as a hideout for a gang of kidnapping fanatics.
  
• Numerous gameplay features – ...such as equipment customization, mission objectives, various tactical orders, or a scoring system to measure your performance in the mission.
  
• Co-op 'and' single player – Tackle the first mission in single player as you issue commands to AI-controlled SWAT operatives or join up to 4 other people in co-op mode and work together to complete your objectives.
  

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Officers,

We have a really big announcement for you this time. Tactical Squad is officially coming to early access in late summer of 2023! You'll be able to play the first several missions of the game in full functionality, equipping your squad in the range of gear we've been presenting in our series, and deploying them into action to complete the objectives of every level's unique operations.

Stand by for further details, particularly on our co-op feature progress, some events that we're planning for 2023, and watch the latest episode of our devlog right here:
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

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Officers,

Sometimes the only way out of a situation is to get up close and personal.

5 – Shotguns

Experience tells us the purpose of the shotgun – from the earliest Doom games to modern shooters, it's the killing device that offers high damage, typically at the cost of short range and high spread (but that can also be an advantage). The hostiles you'll be facing in Tactical Squad are well aware of these weapons' qualities, so if you see someone taking a close position against your team, it's time to act fast – don't let them get too close!



Luckily, the same option for planning out your own moves is very much available to you. Aside from the breaching shotgun, a non-lethal, definitive means to opening doors that resist more subtle solutions, there is also your standard-issue shotgun. There's more versatility to it than you might expect from our intro, though – you can use the pre-mission Equipment screen to outfit your operative in the type of ammo that suits your tactical needs:
● buckshot – whose spread covers a wide area but travels at low range,
● slug – one bullet, but allows you to shoot at a higher distance,
● bean bag – used for less lethal apprehension of suspects.



And last but certainly not least – if you want more updates, here's a reminder that we've uploaded a brand new devlog video for our game. Check it out right here:

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
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Officers,

One man's meat is another's poison.

4 – The House



Most people have a place in their life where they feel relaxed and secure, and most people call that place home. But if you were to have this power to look into every home, what kind of people would you bet on finding inside? Would you feel as safe and confident around them as they do, inside their home?



Here's a sneak preview of another level you'll be facing in Tactical Squad – "The House." A regular, detached, single-family residential building. While, as always, we're hesitant to reveal too much information about the map's layout for the good of your experience, there are surely a few obvious or predictable things about a place like this. The rooms, the decor, the furnishings. What's always unpredictable about a house circles back to our original point – the people inside.



Have a close look at our screenshots and try putting your imagination to work on them a bit. We're talking about a special forces unit initiating an intervention in there. What could have prompted that? What's been happening inside the House? And, most importantly, what can you do to resolve whatever situation is taking place there?



Comment down below or on our Discord server with your theories about the mission scenario for the House map. We'll feature the best comments and ideas in our next announcement!

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