Free-To-Play Delta Force Will Add Paid Black Hawk Down Campaign February 21

Those waiting for the Black Hawk Down campaign for Delta Force, the modern free-to-play revival of the classic FPS series, won't have to wait much longer. Developer Team Jade, a subsidiary of Chinese gaming giant Tencent, announced the paid DLC will launch February 21.

Delta Force's upcoming Black Hawk Down campaign is a remake of the 2003 shooter of the same name, it in turn based on a book documenting the real events involving a US military task force during the Somali Civil War in 1993. Team Jade released a brief teaser trailer alongside the release date to give fans an idea of what to expect, showing battles through the destroyed streets of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.

The Black Hawk Down campaign for Delta Force was originally slated to arrive in January, so its new February release date is actually a delay. As for how much the campaign will cost, Team Jade has not officially said just yet. Team Jade states in the description for the campaign's launch teaser trailer that more details will be coming in the following days. In a development diary Q&A from last year, Team Jade said the campaign DLC will not feature microtransactions and can be played co-op.

The original Delta Force: Black Hawk Down was the sixth game in developer NovaLogic's Delta Force tactical FPS series, and released on PC in 2003 before being ported to PlayStation 2 and Xbox in 2005.

For those who aren't interesting in checking out Delta Force's campaign, its free-to-play multiplayer offerings have been regularly updated in the weeks following its December 2024 release. The game has drawn comparisons to EA's Battlefield series for the large player counts and vehicle gameplay seen in its Warfare game mode, but additionally includes an extraction-style mode and a 3v3v3 squad-focused game type called Hot Zone. Though Delta Force is currently only available on PC, it is slated to release on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and mobile sometime this year.

Speaking of Battlefield, EA recently gave fans a first-look at gameplay for the next entry in the series alongside announcing a new community testing program called Battlefield Labs intended to help it avoid some of the pitfalls of Battlefield 2042.