Blitz Brigade
Blitz Brigade is a free-to-play online first person shooter built for mobile, mixing a lighthearted WWII theme with bright, cartoon-styled visuals. Its biggest hook is scale, you get roomy maps with objectives, vehicles like tanks and helicopters, and short, match-based PvP that aims for a Battlefield-like feel on a phone or tablet.
 | Publisher: Gameloft Playerbase: High Type: Mobile Shooter Release Date: May 9, 2013 Pros: +Vibrant visuals that still look sharp. +Big maps with driveable vehicles. +Easy to jump in for quick matches. Cons: -Premium spending can translate into power. -Touchscreen aiming can feel awkward, especially early on. |
Blitz Brigade Overview
Blitz Brigade is a 3D online, WWII-flavored shooter with an intentionally playful tone, often compared to Battlefield Heroes because of its colorful style and class-based combat. The core experience is 12-player online PvP (6v6), supported by a large set of single player training missions (120 total) that are designed to help you learn maps, weapons, and movement before jumping into live matches. PvP is split into three modes, Domination, Deathmatch, and Flag Capture, giving you a mix of objective play and straightforward team fighting.
Combat revolves around five classes (Soldier, Gunner, Medic, Sniper, and Stealth), each with their own strengths and skills. You can tailor loadouts and abilities as you level, then spend your time unlocking and experimenting with a large armory (100+ weapons and items across the classes). Maps are notably spacious for a mobile shooter, and vehicles like jeeps, tanks, and helicopters play a real role in getting to fights quickly and turning objectives. The game frames the conflict around Axis versus Allies, but the focus is firmly on fast sessions and repeatable multiplayer.
Blitz Brigade Key Features:
- Huge Maps – large arenas that echo the flow of classic Battlefield-style spaces.
- Great Graphics – bright, cartoony HD presentation with strong color and clarity.
- Large Scale PvP – twelve Player (6v6) Online PvP with three different modes.
- Five Different Classes – distinct roles and playstyles (Soldier, Gunner, Medic, Sniper, and Stealth).
- Vehicles – use jeeps, tanks, and helicopters to reposition and pressure objectives.
- Training Missions – 120 single player challenges for practice and progression.
- Weapon and Items – a deep selection of weapons and consumables to build around.
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Blitz Brigade Review
Blitz Brigade is a free-to-play, 3D online first person shooter developed and published by Gameloft. It released worldwide on May 9, 2013 and quickly established itself as one of the better-known multiplayer shooters on mobile, largely because it tried to deliver features that, at the time, were more commonly associated with PC and console shooters. Even years after launch, its combination of oversized maps, vehicle play, and class roles still makes it stand out within the mobile FPS space.
Big-map multiplayer that actually feels “large”
A lot of mobile shooters keep their arenas compact to suit shorter sessions and simpler hardware demands. Blitz Brigade goes the opposite direction, leaning into wide maps with lanes, open fields, and objective points that encourage rotation and teamwork. The 6v6 format keeps matches readable, but there is still room for flanks, long sightlines, and coordinated pushes.
Vehicles are the feature that best sells that scale. Jeeps help you close distance quickly, tanks can lock down areas and force enemy movement, and helicopters add vertical pressure that changes how you approach a capture point. It is not a full simulation, but it captures the “combined arms” vibe well enough to feel different from typical corridor-based mobile FPS design.
Visual style and performance-friendly presentation
Blitz Brigade’s art direction is one of its smartest choices. Instead of chasing realism, it uses a stylized, cartoon look similar in spirit to Battlefield Heroes or Team Fortress 2. That makes characters readable, keeps environments lively, and helps the game hold up visually despite its 2013 release date.
Maps are colorful and easy to parse in motion, and effects like muzzle flashes and explosions are punchy without being overly muddy. The result is a shooter that looks polished for the platform and remains approachable for a wide range of players.
Class roster and how roles play out
There are five classes: Soldier, Gunner, Medic, Sniper, and Stealth. Soldier is the flexible baseline, comfortable with rifles and SMGs. Gunner trades speed for durability and sustained firepower. Medic favors close-range fights with shotguns and brings healing utility that matters most in objective modes. Sniper is built for long-range picks but tends to suffer if caught out of position. Stealth is the high-mobility assassin archetype, fragile but dangerous, with invisibility to help create ambushes and disrupt backlines.
Progression gates some classes behind leveling (with the option to unlock earlier via premium currency), and each class supports skill customization, so the same role can be tuned toward different priorities. In practice, the roster creates a familiar team dynamic, frontline pressure, support sustain, long-range control, and flanking threats, which gives matches more texture than a single-loadout shooter.
Controls, pacing, and the three PvP modes
Moment-to-moment play is traditional FPS: a virtual joystick for movement, screen dragging to aim, and on-screen buttons for firing, jumping, aiming down sights, and sprinting. If you are used to mobile shooters, it will feel recognizable, but it still carries the usual drawbacks of touchscreen aiming. New players may struggle with fine accuracy and quick turns, especially when matched against veterans who have already adapted to the control scheme.
Mode variety helps keep sessions from blending together. Domination is the objective-focused “capture and hold” option and typically uses the biggest maps, where vehicles have the most impact. Deathmatch is a tighter team deathmatch variant with smaller arenas and no vehicles, which puts more emphasis on gun skill and quick engagements. Flag Capture sits between the two, mixing mid-sized maps with vehicles and clear attack and defense rhythms. All three modes run in 6v6 and are designed for matches that do not overstay their welcome.
Domination is best when you want that Battlefield-like loop of rotating between points, spawning near allies, and using vehicles to swing pressure. Deathmatch is the most straightforward and is often the easiest mode for learning weapons and recoil patterns. Flag Capture rewards awareness and timing, with the flag carrier becoming an obvious target and defensive play mattering more than it does in pure kill modes.
Cash Shop/In-App Purchases (IAP)
Blitz Brigade is playable without paying, but it is difficult to ignore the advantage that spending can provide. Premium currency (Diamonds) can be used to access strong weapons and to bypass level locks on gear and skills, which lets paying players reach “finished” builds sooner. The shop also includes boosts and consumables (including revives and powerful battlefield items) that can swing fights when used at the right moment. Many of these items can be acquired with regular currency as well, but paying makes it easier to stockpile them.
That said, it is still a shooter, positioning, aim, and decision-making matter. A skilled free player can outplay someone who relies on purchases, but the overall progression and convenience tilt in favor of players willing to spend.
Final Verdict – Great
Blitz Brigade is at its best when you want a mobile shooter that feels bigger than the usual small-map formula. The large arenas, class roles, and especially the vehicles create a multiplayer loop that is still uncommon on phones. The main drawback is that monetization can impact fairness and the touch controls require patience, but if you can live with those tradeoffs, Blitz Brigade remains a surprisingly complete Battlefield-style experience for quick mobile sessions.
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Blitz Brigade System Requirements
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Operating System: Android 2.3 or later, iOS 6.0 or later
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Blitz Brigade Additional Information
Developer: Gameloft
Publisher: Gameloft
Platforms: Android, iOS, and Windows Phone
Release Date: May 9, 2013
Blitz Brigade was developed and published by Gameloft, a France-based mobile gaming company with subsidiaries in 28 different countries. Released worldwide on May 9, 2013, it has remained a recognizable name among mobile shooters thanks to its large-map PvP and vehicle gameplay. The game has over 10 million downloads on Google Play alone and continues to grow every day. Blitz Brigade is Gameloft’s 2nd most downloaded game behind their Editor’s Choice award winning Asphalt 8: Airborne. Other popular Gameloft titles include N.O.V.A. 3, Modern Combat 5: Blackout, Heroes of Order & Chaos, and Dungeon Hunter 5.