Namco today announced that Sniper Elite, the sniper simulation game developed by Rebellion, has shipped to retail stores for Xbox and PS2. Sniper Elite is set in Berlin 1945 during the final advance of the Soviet army and is based upon actual historic events. Sniper Elite sees the player take the role of an elite sniper recruited by the American OSS to navigate through the warn-torn city and retrieve the Nazi Atomic secrets before the Soviet NKVD reach them. This mission marks the beginning of the Cold War.