Tag: fps

“We can get any IP” – Saber CCO on why reviving dormant franchises is the big, obvious secret to the publisher’s success, and why Xbox could learn from it

“We can get any…

It is no secret to those paying attention to the video game industry that Saber Interactive’s fortunes have change…
After Bethesda kicked it off Doom’s mod browser for ‘real world politics’, Thatcher’s Techbase creators engage in masterful malicious compliance with a censored re-release

After Bethesda kicked it…

Bethesda, on the face of it, seems really keen to give off the impression that it's all about modders…
30,000 people line up 24 hours early to play the final Wardogs closed beta, developer responds: ‘YOU PEOPLE ARE CRAZY’

30,000 people line up…

The hottest FPS in town, Wardogs, is holding one last beta before it hits early access from September 3…
After a controversial marketing campaign, Splitgate Arena Reloaded fails to find an audience despite two official launches

After a controversial marketing…

Splitgate Arena Reloaded, an overhauled relaunch of arena shooter Splitgate 2, appears to be facing a rocky start in…
Concord reportedly cost £300m to make amid a culture of “toxic positivity”

Concord reportedly cost £300m…

PlayStation’s delisted shooter Concord reportedly cost £300m ($400m) to develop. Read more Source
Concord director reportedly steps down as studio awaits Sony decision on game’s future

Concord director reportedly steps…

Concord game director Ryan Ellis has reportedly stepped down after the beleaguered hero shooter was yanked offline amid disastrous…
Quake modders banded together to release the third Brutalist Map Jam, with two campaigns’ worth of FPS goodness in ‘a megalithic community project more than a year in the making’

Quake modders banded together…

At some point, fan retoolings of classic games are just whole new games in their own right. In 1996,…
Yes, aggression-matchmaking is now a thing in Arc Raiders

Yes, aggression-matchmaking is now…

If you’ve found you’ve been coming up against tougher players in Arc Raiders just recently, that could well be…
Laid off id Software developer says crunch on Doom: The Dark Ages’ Revelations DLC was “brutal” with up to 17-hour days

Laid off id Software…

Doom: The Dark Ages – Revelations, an expansion-sized DLC, was released in July, in the same week Microsoft announced…
Microsoft will give you $5 to buy Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 on Xbox (or Xbox on PC)

Microsoft will give you…

Microsoft has kicked off a promotion seemingly out of nowhere to push people to pre-order Call of Duty: Modern…