ShooterofIO: Advanced Operations

"*Advanced Operations puts players in 1955, five years after the events of 1950. The war is over, but things still remain undone. Can you as a soldier push through to fix the aftermath issues...*"
— Official Description

***ShoooterofIO: Advanced Operations*** is a 2020 first-person shooter video game developed by Supreme Studios for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and Microsoft Windows. It is published by Monsteristic It is the twelfth game in the ShooterofIO franchise, this is a first in a brand new sub-series, and that will open up more opportunities. This game is connected to the ShooterofIOverse and is connected to Dark Warfare and Modern Ops. It is set in 1955, five years after the operations of *1950* concluded. The game was announced on March 23, 2020, and was released on October 16, 2020.

## Development

With the Multiplayer mode, Supreme Studios focused heavly on smooth movement animations, sounds, and pacing. The mode had been made balanced using a new Skill Based Match Making system, that forced players into matches that are filled with players of similar skill level. Player Progression has also been reworked to be fairer and a more fun experience. Multiplayer also sees the return of Face Off, a 2v2 gametype that gives players a new way to play. The mode features plenty of new features and classic systems that enhance the players gaming experience.

The third game mode is Zombies, a mode that was made in *1950* but was highly overshadowed from previous titles. In this edition of Zombies, the mode focuses heavly on Objectives instead of survival. The lead Jackz said "We at Supreme Studios know about the failed attempt at Objectived Based gameplay, and want to give it a shot and make multiple changes that may change the way this style of Zombies works, because we want to be new and different from any other ShooterofIO title that does Zombies." He also said "Air Studios mastered the Round Based formula and has the Surge Format too. SOI Studios doesn't do Zombies. And we followed the Round Based Formula in *1950* and didn't do much new original things with the game." Jackz also revealed the fact the game would launch with two maps on launch.

The first update dubbed 'The Week Two Update' was announced on October 8, 2020. Supreme Studios revealed in a blogs post, that the game will become "much bigger" than the launch state, and since Air Studios did this with *Dark Warfare 4*, and it became successfull, Supreme Studios took that idea and used it to help expand on more game-content from the moment you play. Supreme Studios confirmed later on that the 'update' will require no download, and will be a better type of system unlike Dark Warfare 4.

## Multiplayer

"*Experience the reimagining of classic all-out War!*"
— ShooterofIO Launcher App Description
Advanced Operations Multiplayer features classic modes and signature combat. Multiplayer brings back many new maps and features a few old returning maps from previous game titles. In this edition of Multiplayer, players are able to activate Tactical Sprint, which is limited, but normal Sprint is infinite. With gunplay, it's a quick kill in *Advanced Operations* compared to *1950*. The Specialists system returns from *1950*. In Advanced Operations, there are plenty of new Specailists to choose from new and old.

### PC Alpha

An open PC-exclusive Alpha was announced on August 13th, 2020 and ran from August 18th to September 1st.

Through this period of time, bugs and issues were fixed while the community gave critical feedback to the developers about the game.

The Alpha featured various sets of weapons, equipment as well as Perks and Wildcards unlocked from the start. Different classic modes were available such as Team Deathmatch, Domination or Kill Confirmed with the brand-new Combined Arms mode.

Five maps were playable during the PC Alpha that were: Prison, Underground, Skydock, Genesis and Frost.

### Beta

The Beta Open Beta ran from September 30th, 2020, and concluded on October 2nd, 2020. The beta was for all plat-forms, and had only ran once.

The Beta features a unique progression consisting of 40 levels which unlock weapons, equipment, perks, wildcards and scorestreaks. The selection of maps is expanded by one new additional map. Face Off was playable in the open-beta.

## Zombies

"*Play the Undead Survival Experience with friends or take on the armies alone! and it is developed by Air Studios*"
— ShooterofIO Launcher App Description
Zombies mode returns in *ShooterofIO: Advanced Operations*. The game features many new features and the same perks as 1950. While with Customization, players are now given more freedom of what they can play with, players can pick a perk to begin the match with, at Tier 1. There is four *Tactical Abilities*: Ring of Lightning, Protective Barrier, Poison Gas, and Healing Aura. The game launched with one map, Todesstadt, a open-world experience that gives objectives to the players while they fight off infinite swarms of the undead. With Week Two Update, a new Tactical Ability was released, and that one is called Heat Wave. A new ability that helps protect the user from taking damage from the undead.

## Advanced Royale

*Main article: Advanced Royale*
In Advanced Royale, players face off in one massive battle royale experience, combining classic signature combat and the biggest map ever in a ShooterofIO title history. Play as whatever character from a big list and battle through iconic settings from *1950* and *Advanced Operations*. It's a collision course bringing together the worlds of ShooteorfIO in an all-out survival and elimination experience featuring weapons; equipment; land, sea, and air vehicles; Remote Bombs; traps; and even the Undead!

## Marketing

### Reveal

Supreme Studios announced their project name as *ShooterofIO: Advanced Operations* on March 26, 2020 and confirmed it would be releasing in October 2020.

The worldwide reveal trailer was released in early-June and the rest was revealed on August 20, 2020.

## Editions

There are three editions of the game that are available for purchase.

### Standard Edition

This edition of *ShooterofIO: Advanced Operations* costs $70.

* The Full game.
* 1,300 SOI Points (*only usable in the ShooterofIO Launcher App*).
* A custom Skin Customization Pack in-game.

### Super Edition

This edition of *ShooterofIO: Advanced Operations* costs $100.

* The Full game.
* 3,200 SOI Points (*only usable in the ShooterofIO Launcher App*).
* A custom Skin Customization Pack in-game.
* Season One and Two free battle-passes.

### Ultra Edition

This edition of *ShooterofIO: Advanced Operations* costs $150.

* The Full game.
* 6,400 SOI Points (*only usable in the ShooterofIO Launcher App*).
* 2 Custom Skin Customization Packs in-game.
* All four free battle-passes.

## Trivia

* During development of the first game season, Monsteristic chose to cancel Supreme Studios' game contract, meaning the future of this game was cancelled.
* This also means this is Supreme Studios' final game in the ShooterofIO franchise.