Resistance is the fist series spin-off not to focus on zombies, and sees Harry Hawker step into the spotlight as the protagonist.

Resistance is more Sniper Elite 5 for better or worse. Everything that was great about the previous entry still hits here, despite some of it feeling a bit samey. Meanwhile, the new Propaganda Challenge missions offer a nice arcade-like reprieve.

Players can increase the maximum capacity of their SMGs in Sniper Elite Resistance by an extended magazine attachment, here's how to unlock it.

Resistance is the most fun you can have killing Nazis, but is even more fun with friends. However, does the game support cross-platform players?

Sniper Elite: Resistance will delight the existing Sniper Elite fanbase, and should, in truth, impress any discerning aficionados of third-person shooters in general. If, given recent events, you’re growing tired of griping about wannabe Nazis, why not work off your frustrations by killing a load of digitally recreated ones?

Sniper Elite: Resistance will release on Thursday, Jan. 30, at 9 a.m EST, according to its Xbox store page. Here’s when that is in your time zone: The above times apply to the Steam version of Sniper Elite: Resistance, but it is safe to assume that it’ll release around the same time on all platforms.

The Sniper Elite series returns with this bloody side story from the French occuption where your British gun hero has to turn WW2 away from a German super weapon win

Step into the shoes of a Special Operations Executive agent deep behind enemy lines in occupied France to prevent the Nazis from deploying a new super weapon.

Perhaps it's some clever little strategy from the developer's end to temper one's expectations so that when the reality of having invested far more time -- knowingly and voluntarily so -- hits, the response weighs more positively.