New SWAT 4 expansion

By Ellie Gibson Published 22 September, 2005

Due out early next year.

Vivendi has announced that a new expansion pack for PC shooter SWAT 4 is currently in development, releasing some screenshots into the bargain.

It's titled The Stechkov Syndicate and follows the adventures of the SWAT team as they take on an eastern European crime family that has taken up residence in the city. There are seven new single and multiplayer levels, new weapons and equipment for both SWATters and suspects and an additional multiplayer mode called Smash & Grab.

Not to mention voice over IP, 10 player co-op for up to two teams of five, stat tracking, ladders and rankings for multiplayer, and held commands - so in the single player mode, orders can be held until the leader says go.

SWAT 4 The Stechkov Syndicate is due out early next year.

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Comments (7) Latest comment 6 years ago

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  • Mashum #1 6 years ago

    Can you smoke pot and be SWAT?

  • PES_Fanboy #2 6 years ago

    I liked SWAT 4, it did have a ridiculous difficulty curve though, one minute I was tasering handcuffed innocents with impugnity, the next there was a band of 20 balaclava'ed terrorists cutting through my squad like hot butter.

    I think it was the nightclub level I couldn't get past.....embarrassing. Didn't spend that much time playing it, it was released with loads of great games.

  • kingmob #3 6 years ago

    Any ultra-crappy ad-ware in this one?

    I mean sorry, it was a good game and all, but fuck SWAT and it's ad-ware
    Edited by 1 at 22/09/05 @ 22:40

  • Mashum #4 6 years ago

    In the original levels I found myself failing objectives and getting squad mates killed for reasons that didn't feel under my control. The atmosphere in the game was spot on though and the little inset views from your teammates really sold that feeling of SWAT'ness, creeping down to the basement in the serial killer level was like playing the last few scenes of Silence of the Lambs.

  • Mashum #5 6 years ago

    Re: Massive streaming ads and tracking

    I found this advice in one of the VU games forums, amend your hosts file so windows resolves IP addresses for those filthy ad-men at massive incorporated to localhost - effectively disables any traffic to/from the sites listed and won't affect traffic to any other sites, remember to make a backup copy of 'hosts' first.

    Find the 'hosts' file here....
    Windows 95/98/Me c:\windows\hosts
    Windows NT/2000/XP Pro c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
    Windows XP Home c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

    ----
    in response to: [BBE] Grunt in response to: [BBE] Grunt

    Nemarsde posted:

    Q: How can I prevent my Windows XP computer from calling Massive Ads' servers with the v1.1 patch?

    A: Simple. Go to "%WINDIR%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts" and add the following entries:

    127.0.0.1 madserver.net

    127.0.0.1 ad.madserver.net

    127.0.0.1 imp.madserver.net

    127.0.0.1 media.madserver.net ----
    Edited by 1 at 22/09/05 @ 15:34

  • ave #6 6 years ago

    Will it have NEW AND IMPROVED ADVERTISEMENTS?

  • Dynamize #7 6 years ago

    Good good. Have a soft spot for the SWAT games, getting to shout angrily at surprised naughty people is always great.
    Just 7 new singleplayer levels though, a little thin isn't it?