Category Archives: Shooter

Tue, May 21, 2013 | 11:13 BST

Resident Evil: Revelations launch trailer shows flashes of gameplay

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Resident Evil: Revelations developer Capcom has released a launch trailer for its HD re-release, full of static and quick shots of beasties. The games out on PS3, Wii U and Xbox 360 today in the States, and on Friday across Europe.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 08:19 BST

Battlefield 4: “Big announcements are coming soon”

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We know that the next-gen Xbox reveal taking place tonight will show off next-gen FIFA and next-gen Call of Duty, but we expect that many of the big game announcements will be left for Microsoft’s E3 press conference. But it could be that we’ll find out something about Battlefield 4 at the imminent event.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 04:08 BST

Visceral working in unnamed next-gen shooter — rumor

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The personal website of a game developer named Jehan Choo who once contracted with Visceral Games contained until a few hours ago a reference to work done on “pre-vis environments, mood pieces, and texture work for a PS4/Xbox 720 title” at Visceral, which is best known lately for the producing the Dead Space games.

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Mon, May 20, 2013 | 22:02 BST

New Killzone: Mercenary screens break cover

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Guerilla Games has released a new bunch of Killzone: Mercenary screenshots and they look really beautiful. The new screens seem to be direct-captures and show off the game’s majestic world as well as featuring various characters, environments and textures. Killzone Mercenary releases in the US on September 10, in Europe on September 4 and in the UK on September 6. You can watch the screens after the break. Thanks, AGB.

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Mon, May 20, 2013 | 21:04 BST

Call of Juarez: Gunslinger gets action-packed launch trailer

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Ubisoft’s released the launch trailer for Techland’s upcoming FPS Call of Juarez: Gunslinger and it focuses on the game’s main lead Silas Greaves and his journey in the game.

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Mon, May 20, 2013 | 16:41 BST

Hawken dev diary shows off ‘Front Line’ map

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Hawken developer Adhesive Games has published a new dev diary clip, this time showing off a map called Front Line, and discussing how the locale plays out during matches.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 08:06 BST

Shadow Warrior: next-gen screens and trailer surface

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Shadow Warrior has been given the trailer and screen treatment, courtesy of Hard Reset studio Flying Wild Hog. It’s a re-imagining 3D Realm’s original 1997 game, and it’s heading to next-gen formats and PC.

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Mon, May 20, 2013 | 14:08 BST

Resident Evil: Revelations reviews are go, all the scores here

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Resident Evil: Revelations is heading to PS3, Wii U and Xbox 360 from May 21, and we’re rounding up all the review scores here.

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Mon, May 20, 2013 | 10:09 BST

Call of Duty: Ghosts footage surfaces, shows guns, characters & locales

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Call of Duty: Ghosts developer Infinity Ward has given its shooter the Vine treatment in a short clip showing off some early footage. The game will be shown at Microsoft’s Xbox 720 reveal tomorrow night.

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Mon, May 20, 2013 | 09:03 BST

UK Charts see Metro: Last Light ascend to the top spot

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Metro: Last Light has entered the UK charts at first place, marking another recent success story for publishers Koch Media and Deep Silver.

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Sat, May 18, 2013 | 17:36 BST

City Interactive’s Alien Fear has had its name changed to Alien Rage

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City Interactive has announced it has changed the name of its sci-fi, arcade-FPS Alien Fear – announced in 2012 – to Alien Rage. The game, which includes all sorts of weapons, firing modes, 21 enemy types and eight different bosses will be shown at E3 this year alongside its RPG Lords of the Fallen. Alien Rage will be available via digital distribution later this year for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. A teaser video is below.

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Sat, May 18, 2013 | 15:59 BST

Ghost Recon Online Wii U still “on hold” despite commitment to the console

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Ubisoft has stated that the Wii U version of Ghost Recon Online is still “on hold” as the team’s focus remains on the PC version. However, this doesn’t mean Ubisoft is committed to Nintendo’s Wii U console.

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Sat, May 18, 2013 | 00:46 BST

Team Fortress 2′s first community created update is live

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Valve has announced on the Team Fortress 2 blog that the first community created update for the game, Robotic Boogaloo, is live.

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Sat, May 18, 2013 | 18:38 BST

The Last of Us gameplay welcomes you to Lincoln

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The Last of Us is only weeks away. Classically, the press have been lucky enough to play some segments before the big release. After the break, we have some new gameplay to go along with all the coverage.

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Fri, May 17, 2013 | 18:00 BST

Killzone: Mercenary gets a new release date, trailer and pre-order bonuses

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Killzone: Mercenary for PS Vita has been given a release date, and information pertaining to pre-order bonuses has been revealed. A new trailer accompanies the information below.

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Fri, May 17, 2013 | 16:27 BST

Black Ops 2 is hosting a double XP weapon progression weekend starting today

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Black Ops 2 players can earn double xp on weapon progression this weekend. The event starts today at 6pm GMT/10am PDT and runs through Monday until 6pm GMT/10am PDT on Monday. This corresponds with Uprising being available for PC and PS3. Go shoot something.

Fri, May 17, 2013 | 10:44 BST

Firefall studio makes music video to PSY’s ‘Gentleman’ in Minecraft

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Firefall developer Red 5 Studios has created a parody of PSY’s ‘Gentleman’ music video called ‘Grieferman’. Get your fill of pixelated chicken abuse and dancing Creepers here

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Fri, May 17, 2013 | 10:38 BST

Rainbow Six: Patriots cancellation rumoured as GameStop bins pre-orders

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Rainbow Six: Patriots pre-orders at GameStop have been binned, sparking rumours that Ubisoft’s squad shooter has either been cancelled or is being re-tooled significantly. The latter is probably the likely answer though, so take this with a pinch of salt.

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Fri, May 17, 2013 | 10:27 BST

Battlefield senior product manager jumps ship for Call of Duty team

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Battlefield’s UK senior product manager Kevin Flynn has taken up a new role as senior brand manager for the Call of Duty franchise. Yeah it’s a slow news day, bear with us peeps.

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Fri, May 17, 2013 | 08:25 BST

Gears of War: Judgment ‘Lost Relics’ DLC outed, new maps & modes inbound

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Gears of War: Judgment’s next DLC pack ‘Lost Relics’ has been outed by co-developer Epic Games, and will bring new a new multiplayer mode and maps to the mix.

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