Today is a good day if you like playing dress-up with tactical gear and pulling high-stakes raids with your friends.
After eight long years in early access, indie tactical shooter Ground Branch finally has a release date, and it's sooner than most of us expected. In a devlog published earlier today, BlackFoot Studios announced that Ground Branch 1.0 is coming out on July 16, 2026.
The release is a culmination of long years of work, in a journey that saw Ground Branch go from a bare-bones sandbox to one of the best tactical shooters on the market today.
What to Expect From Ground Branch 1.0
If you're primarily a solo player like myself, you'll agree that the biggest news about the release is the return of the campaign.
The so-called Operations mode went through public testing earlier, before being reeled back in for a rework. Now, the Ground Branch campaign is coming out in two major parts, with a focus on storytelling rather than just running and gunning.
To help contextualize later missions, update 1.0 will include a Prologue set in Northwestern Pakistan, along the border with Afghanistan. Comprising two missions, the prologue takes place two...
