shooters
PC

Live From QuakeCon, A Rage Playthrough Liveblog

Hello, eerbody! I’m in Dallas, Texas, at QuakeCon, about to have my first play time with id Software’s new marquee title, Rage. I hope to write up impressions later, but I thought you might enjoy seeing my notes live as I play.

August 5, 2011
PC

Hard Reset Is A Sexy Cyberpunk Shooter That Took Me By Surprise

It’s OK if you’ve never heard of Hard Reset, the new singleplayer cyberpunk first-person shooter coming next month from Polish developer Flying Wild Hog. Up until a couple of weeks ago, no one had. It happens. It just doesn’t happen often with a game this good being released this soon.

August 4, 2011
PC

Tribes: Ascend Revisits The Series’ Glory Days

I first played Starsiege: Tribes at the 1998 E3 Expo in Atlanta, Georgia. A relatively newcomer to the multiplayer first-person shooter, I fondly recall ignoring whatever objective our team was supplied with, instead spending my time whooshing about the map with my jetpack, giggling to myself.

August 1, 2011
PC

If It’s A PC Exclusive With No Multiplayer, You Better Believe Hard Reset’s Trailer Is All About Gameplay

The Polish super-team building the cyberpunk FPS Hard Reset must think it’s 1996 or something. The game is a PC exclusive, has no multiplayer, and although it was announced last month, it’s coming out later this year. That’s how things used to get done around here.

July 24, 2011
In Real Life

Well, That’s One Way To Combat Misogyny In Gaming

Enthusiasts of military-style first-person shooters are not well known for their progressive thoughts on the matter of gender. The organisers of a large LAN party in Texas, scheduled to celebrate the launch of Battlefield 3, have decided the best way to deal with any slurs hurled at female gamers is to simply forbid them from attending.

July 21, 2011
PC

If Anything Can Get Me To Play Battlefield Heroes, It’s Magic

I will play any game that pits the forces of magic against (relatively) modern military forces. Battlefield Heroes gets wizards today. I approve.

July 15, 2011
PC

This Historical First-Person Shooter Is An Iranian National Treasure

In the mid 1700s an Arab Amir took on the military might of Dutch colonials occupying Iran’s Kharg Island, capturing their fort and liberating the southern Iranian cities from colonial rule. This Amir, called Mir Mahna, is an Iranian national hero.

July 9, 2011
News

Gaming’s Favourite Camera Angle

Misinformed people used to complain about the preponderance of video game sequels. They saw video game titles that ended with a number as markers of creative drought. The excellence of Grand Theft Auto III, Super Mario 64, Halo 3, Burnout 3, Call of Duty IV, Mass Effect 2, Assassin’s Creed 2 and so many other sequels was a waterfall of inexplicable exceptions.

July 2, 2011
In Real Life

Artist Wants To Make A Life-Size Replica Of Counter-Strike’s ‘Dust’ For Us To Play In

Aram Bartholl has a habit of bringing the most recognisable things from our virtual worlds into reality. He created the first-person shooter glasses. He installed replicas of Need for Speed Underground 2‘s flashing neon arrows and Counter-Strike‘s crates in public spaces. Now he wants to construct one of the world’s most played multiplayer maps, “de_dust” in the real world—at actual size.

June 8, 2011
Xbox

Infamous Real-Life Mercenaries To Star In Blackwater, The Video Game

Blackwater Worldwide, the real-life mercenary team linked to the killing of civilians and noncombatants in Iraq during US operations there, will be the subject of a Kinect-supported video game coming to the Xbox 360 later this year.

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