Insurgency: Sandstorm follows up New World Interactive’s well-loved hardcore military shooter, and the team still aims for a 2018 release. But the game will be dropping both its single-player story and its real world settings as the developers move to focus on building a balanced, fun suite of Multiplayer options in time for their targeted release date.

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This news comes as part of an update from lead game designer Michael Tsarouhas, who announced that creative director Andrew Spearin has left the studio to “pursue other opportunities.”