April 4, 2022

We’re coming up on the 10-year anniversary of one of the best shooters ever released. No, we’re not talking about Call of Duty: Black Ops II.

Back in June 2012 german studio Yager Development and Publisher 2K Games released Spec Ops: The Line, a third-person shooter that might not have gained instant commercial or critical success, but has gained cult status over time. 

Admittedly Spec Ops: The Line might have been lacking in a few areas, and could have done with a bit more polish, but for all its flaws it had an excellent 10/10 story that is widely seen as an underrated gem worth seeking out.

We don’t want to give the game away, since it’s a campaign worth experiencing for yourself, but to give you the gist, here’s the game overview:

A third-person shooter in which three American soldiers led by Capt. Walker are sent to Dubai in order to recover whoever remains of an infantry unit, the 33rd Battalion, until they decide to take action against the militants situated in the city. As they progress, however, the logistical and ethical complexity of their objective deepens, and their perception of themselves, and their enemy, is put into question.

Now, if you’re one of those lucky enough to have played the game, and desperately holding out hope to see more from the series, then have we have some good news for you.

GAMINGbible was fortunate enough to speak with the game’s creative director, Cory Davis, recently and he not only hinted at a potential remaster, but plenty more too. 

“Totally. And, I don’t work with 2K so I’m not afraid to say this: there’s a lot of people at 2K that would as well,” he told GAMINGbible. “It’s something that there was a lot of competition over, between the developer Yager and 2K, who owns the Spec Ops IP.

“There were, on the business side, things that I wasn’t involved with that ended up with Yager and 2K not wanting to work together after the project, and there were conversations about additional campaigns. There were conversations about full sequels. Now more recently, there’s been conversations about remastering as well,” he continued. “It’s something that I’m starting to tell people, so I don’t really care, but I’ll definitely be diving back into that universe in the future.”

“Currently, I’m establishing a world that, I think, speaks to a lot of these elements as well, but with a different kind of perspective to the protagonist. But the world of The Line, and the questions that we asked there, and the kind of honest approach to the scenarios that soldiers find themselves in throughout the world; all of that stuff is still entirely relevant to me. I’ve never wanted to stop discussing those things.”