Tag: Third-person-shooter

Helldivers 2 players endure sarcastic propaganda that commends their ‘undeniable tactical brilliance’ after the ‘blob’ abandons a nearly-won objective for basically no reason

Helldivers 2 players endure…

Folks, I think we might’ve democracy’d a little too close to the sun on this one. In case you’ve…
After a transformative ‘buff everything’ patch, Helldivers 2’s bottom barrel guns are the new top dogs

After a transformative ‘buff…

There is no other game I’ve had a better time playing than Helldivers 2 this year, but it’s weird…
Uh oh—Helldivers 2’s state-owned missile platform players voted into existence is blowing them up, too

Uh oh—Helldivers 2’s state-owned…

I said a lot of nice words about the Democracy Space Station added to Helldivers 2 yesterday, and I…
At last, democracy has come to Helldivers 2: A new Democracy Space Station lets players vote on which planet gets bombarded for truth and justice every 24 hours

At last, democracy has…

Helldivers 2 already had democracy in spirit (my democracy officer, who is definitely not standing over my shoulder with…
The First Descendant announces ‘important news’: it’s getting official ‘jiggle physics,’ which it somehow didn’t already have

The First Descendant announces…

Somehow, it turns out that The First Descendant, the game PC Gamer’s Morgan Park called “dollar store Destiny starring…
Destiny 2’s next act will bring Street Fighter 6 cosmetics and a 300% buff to roaming supers

Destiny 2’s next act…

Earlier today, Bungie tugged back the curtain on Act II of the Revenant episode, which starts on Tuesday 19…
The first PUBG spinoff with real promise is a top-down take on Rainbow Six Siege

The first PUBG spinoff…

My Project Arc playtest played out like a horror movie. I was skulking around a hospital, my teammates were…
Multiplayer mech shooter Mecha Break teases a ‘pilot combat mode’ where you leave the cockpit and run around like reverse Titanfall

Multiplayer mech shooter Mecha…

In a recent video from Mecha Break developer Amazing Seasun, company CEO Kris Kwok revealed that a “pilot combat…
The curse of horde shooter balance: Fans take to Steam in protest as Space Marine 2 gets unpopular patch—devs promise course correction within the week

The curse of horde…

If covering Helldivers 2 this year has taught me anything, it’s that balancing a horde shooter is monstrously hard—starting…
2K reveals free-to-play hero shooter Project Ethos, an extraction game with a minor ‘roguelike’ twist

2K reveals free-to-play hero…

2K Games has finally joined its competitors: It has a hero shooter. Aside from Battleborn, that is. The company…