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DOOM open beta announced; DLC detailed

06.04.2016

People who pre-ordered Wolfenstein: The New Order have been blasting their way around Doom’s closed beta since March 31. Soon everyone will be able to join them: open beta falls April 15-18, no codes required. For the duration, you’ll be able…

Tracer gets new victory pose, still has butt, world hopefully moves on

06.04.2016

FPS, News, Overwatch

It feels like a long time ago now, but just last week many were outraged about the imminent removal of a bum from Overwatch. The Tracer buttroversy, which reached wider and went on for longer than anyone surely dared dream, occurred in the…

Improve your support play in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

05.04.2016

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, FPS, Pro

There is an ongoing debate whether players should be assigned roles in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Some argue that there are no roles and that each player has his or her own way of playing the game—that a team’s success comes…

MechWarrior Online World Championship sign-ups are now live

05.04.2016

FPS, MechWarrior Online, News, Piranha Games

Piranha Games has announced that sign-ups for the $100,000 MechWarrrior Online World Championship are now being taken. Regional qualifiers are set to begin in May, followed by regional finals in the fall, and then the Big Show, which will take…

Modder improves Aliens: Colonial Marines

04.04.2016

Aliens: Colonial Marines, FPS, Mod, News

Intrepid modder TemplarGFX has overhauled Aliens: Colonial Marines, taking it from middling shooter and legendary disappointment to competent FPS that does some justice to its source material (I fear the disappointment might be permanent). TemplarGFX’s ACM Overhaul, on ModDB, focuses on rejigging the…

If you like Far Cry Primal, you'll also like…

02.04.2016

Far Cry Primal, FPS, If you like

Far Cry’s trip back to 10,000 BC makes me feel like an explorer of deep history. But instead of telling me a story with words, I get to see it happen right in front of me thanks to the vivid…

Escape From Tarkov combat footage is intense and Russian

01.04.2016

Escape From Tarkov, FPS, News

We said back in March that the upcoming multiplayer FPS Escape From Tarkov is “taking gun customization to absurd heights.” The game’s gun selection is extensive, and each weapon can be broken down into remarkably detailed components. You can even…

Vermintide has sold half a million copies, free update on the way

01.04.2016

Fatshark Games, FPS, News, Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide

Warhammer: End Times—Vermintide was one of the happier surprises of 2015. It earned an Editor’s Choice award in our review—which I most certainly did not see coming—and gamers clearly liked it, too, to the tune of more than 500,000 copies…

Sam Lake on Quantum Break and what's next for Alan Wake

01.04.2016

Action, FPS, interview, Quantum Break, Sam Lake, Third Person Shooter

Sam lake The instantly recognizable Sam Lake is the original face of Max Payne, and wrote the scripts for the first two games. He was also lead writer on Alan Wake and its offshoots, and most recently Quantum Break, a third-person shooter…

The best pro gaming to watch this weekend

01.04.2016

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, esports, Fighting, FPS, League of Legends, MOBA, Pro, Smite

Happy Lies Day, everybody! Hope you’ve enjoyed a wonderful day of lies. It’s time to bring the festivities to an end, however, and settle in for a weekend of extremely serious and definitely happening digital sports. CS:GO is hosting the…

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