Tag: fps

Darktide is getting a new extraction-esque mode where you go outside and try not to die from radiation poisoning: ‘If time runs out and you die, you get nothing’

Darktide is getting a…

Darktide sure is a dark game. That’s both because it’s set in the dreariest of dreary sci-fi settings, the…
Total Chaos is a relentlessly bleak and occasionally terrifying remake of one of Doom’s greatest mods, though its brilliant legacy is also its biggest weakness

Total Chaos is a…

Weird Weekend Weird Weekend is our regular Saturday column where we celebrate PC gaming oddities: peculiar games, strange bits…
22 years later, this classic Half-Life zombie survival mod shambles onto Steam with all new features

22 years later, this…

Before Valve reinvented cooperative gaming with Left 4 Dead, there was Zombie Panic! A mod for the original Half-Life,…
FPS legend John Romero says Wolfenstein 3D was the first game id Software took its time with⁠—a luxurious 4-month development instead of just 2

FPS legend John Romero…

In a recent appearance on Nightdive Studios’ Deep Dive podcast, Doom designer John Romero talked about the ways id…
Marathon’s murderous audio change was an ‘overcorrection,’ Bungie admits, promises to pull it back in an upcoming update

Marathon’s murderous audio change…

PC Gamer’s Morgan Park had a rough night in Marathon a couple days ago. He initially attributed it to…
“People were just not ready for” Starfield, says game’s composer as he talks “visionary” Todd Howard

“People were just not…

Starfield composer and long-time Bethesda collaborator Inon Zur has been discussing his decades-spanning work with the studio, sharing his…
‘It was supposed to be the greatest time ever’: Jeff Kaplan only got 6 weeks to come up with and pitch Overwatch: ‘We were probably the most demoralised we’d ever been’

‘It was supposed to…

Before the rise of Overwatch there was the fall of Titan, a cancelled Blizzard MMO which was stripped for…
Bucking the trend of triple-digit installs, EA confirms Battlefield 6’s file size can be as low as 55 gigs: ‘You will be able to pick and choose which components of the game you install’

Bucking the trend of…

If you’ve been keeping an eye on the pre-purchase page for Battlefield 6 on Steam, you might have noticed…
Former Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan’s favorite hero is Reinhardt, and reveals his charge was inspired by Left 4 Dead 2: ‘It’s what separates a great Rein from a sh*tty one’

Former Overwatch director Jeff…

Even though he’s not on the cover art, Overwatch’s tank hero Reinhardt is as synonymous with the hero shooter…
Marathon got deadlier overnight, and some think yesterday’s sound change is the culprit

Marathon got deadlier overnight,…

Did anyone else just have an off night in Marathon? Mine was a bloodbath: nonstop fights, third-party ambushes, and…