Tag: fps

This Half-Life mod remakes Valve’s classic shooter to be both longer and wider, and it has radically altered my perception of the original

This Half-Life mod remakes…

I’ve always said that my favourite chapter in Half-Life is Office Complex. In a game all about recontextualising the…
The best FPS of 2024 simply cannot stop adding new maps, introducing 37 new arenas, 4 new weapons, and a ‘Horrible Smelly Head’ in its latest update

The best FPS of…

Rarely have I been so instantly enamoured with a game as Straftat, a gleefully chaotic micro-FPS created by two…
200 Overwatch devs at Activision Blizzard vote to unionise

200 Overwatch devs at…

Almost 200 Overwatch developers working at Activision Blizzard have unionised, joining the Communications Workers of America (CWA) after the…
After a decade of development, Roboquest’s developer is calling time on its roguelite shooter: ‘There’s no way we can continue to provide content for players with over 1,000 hours of gameplay’

After a decade of…

When I was a kid, post-launch support was a concept reserved mainly for NASA, and rarely the domain of…
Randy Pitchford asks fans to ‘play the game first’ before judging Borderlands 4’s new minimap-free HUD

Randy Pitchford asks fans…

Borderlands fans noticed that instead of the minimap introduced in Borderlands 2, the recent Borderlands 4 gameplay deep dive…
Doom: The Dark Ages – Xbox Series X delivers the smoothest experience, PS5 Pro the crispest image

Doom: The Dark Ages…

The Doom Slayer is back with a vengeance in Doom: The Dark Ages. This feudal-flavoured first-person frenzy promises revamped…
Quake finally makes it into the World Videogame Hall of Fame

Quake finally makes it…

My first thought upon learning that Quake had been inducted into the World Videogame Hall of Fame was that…
Doom: The Dark Ages review

Doom: The Dark Ages…

Heard about the changes to Doom? They’ve gone medieval with it, sort of. Also, they’ve added bowling. Sort of.…
Alien: Rogue Incursion will escape its VR shackles and become a normal bug-hunt shooter later this year

Alien: Rogue Incursion will…

Alien: Rogue Incursion launched on Steam in 2024 to “mixed” user reviews and modest player numbers, no doubt in…
Electronic Arts CEO feels ‘very good’ about the next Battlefield’s launch now that Grand Theft Auto 6 is out of the way

Electronic Arts CEO feels…

“Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant,” former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau…