Tag: Shooter

What we’ve been playing – “I’ve not fallen this hard for a game in years”

What we’ve been playing…

Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games…
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 players call out “awful” apparent use of generative AI for in-game calling cards

Call of Duty: Black…

With the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, eager fans have criticised Activision for its in-game calling…
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 review

Call of Duty: Black…

In the opening of the new Call of Duty, Milo Ventimiglia lays a cigar on the grave of series…
IO Interactive regains full ownership of Project Fantasy following end of Xbox deal, shuts down Istanbul studio and lays off developers “to find a new balance”

IO Interactive regains full…

It’s one of those weeks. After Xbox pulling out of a publishing and funding deal for Project Fantasy –…
Doom co-creator John Romero weighs in on Xbox’s cuts to id Software, underlines the importance of digital preservation and the studio’s history

Doom co-creator John Romero…

Xbox’s recently announced, division-wide layoffs are a disaster, and Doom studio id Software has been hit particularly hard right…
Arc Raiders players finish community event and unlock a new map in just one day

Arc Raiders players finish…

Arc Raiders players have come together to unlock the Stella Montis map through a community donation event, which they…
The Outer Worlds and Fallout New Vegas studio Obsidian is reportedly losing a quarter of its staff in Xbox layoffs

The Outer Worlds and…

Obsidian, the legendary RPG studio behind The Outer Worlds, Avowed, Fallout New Vegas and other acclaimed games, is losing…
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond delivers the series’ trademark gameplay in spades, but I fear one very annoying addition might derail the whole thing

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond…

It’s difficult to believe, but it has been the better part of two decades since the last new Metroid…
Former Xbox boss Don Mattrick once reportedly suggested Halo 4 should have a real-money auction house like Diablo 3 infamously did

Former Xbox boss Don…

As the games industry grapples with Xbox laying off 3200 workers and dropping five studios, more voices are surfacing…
Sony’s Horizon series was always thought about as a multiplayer game, says studio head, following MMO announcement

Sony’s Horizon series was…

Despite being one of PlayStation’s most prolific single-player series, developer Guerrilla Games has “always thought about” its Horizon franchise…