
Set in a courthouse, the map was set for a mode called "VIP Escort." In this game variant, the SWAT team starts in the basement parking garage of the courthouse, and needs to safely escort a VIP (controlled by a player, randomly chosen) to a helicopter on the roof. The game will contain a series of missions that can be played either solo or cooperatively with friends, as well as in a variety of multiplayer scenarios and game modes.Īlthough the beta test only included one map, it still managed to be fun, regardless of whether we were playing with 4 players or 12. Like the Rainbow Six series, the game revolves around modern-day close-quarters battles, except that SWAT works with local law enforcment instead of performing a military role. SWAT 4 follows the same concept as its predecessors. We had the briefest chance to test the multiplayer a few months ago at the World Cyber Games, but now that we've been able to spend some more quality time with a multiplayer beta, things seem to be shaping up nicely.

It's been over 5 years and counting since the release of SWAT 3, but after changing hands a few times, development of the latest SWAT was finally put in the stable hands of Irrational Games and appears to be nearing the home stretch.


For a while, we were wondering if we'd ever see another installment in Sierra's popular SWAT series.
