Tag Archives: Shooter

In creating amiibo (opens in new tab), Nintendo hit the emphatic fan (emfantic?) jackpot, with Nintendo devotees going to sometimes extreme lengths (opens in new tab) to to get their twitchy, grabby hands on these plastic idols to their favorite classic characters. But in addition to looking great and being …

The Division (opens in new tab)’s Dark Zone is easily the most tense part of the game… unless you happen to be invisible to all the other players and invulnerable to all damage. We already told you about glitches in The Division’s closed beta (opens in new tab)that mess with …

The streets of post-outbreak Manhattan will surge with well-armed life once more when The Division (opens in new tab) enters open beta later this month, if an apparent leak on Facebook (via Eurogamer) (opens in new tab) is accurate. The online shooter from Ubisoft is now at the tail end …

We are not a strong team, so when we see a silhouette approach us from the absurdly filmic backlit subway corridor, we wordlessly stop, line up, and raise our piddly little weapons. It helps, a little. This is a human player – you can tell because he hasn’t automatically rung …

EA and DICE finally laid out their almost-complete plans for Star Wars Battlefront (opens in new tab)’s post-launch content, and there’s even good news for folks without the season pass: a handful of new maps and new features are on the table for all players. But first, about that pass: …

Ubi are offering up four sets of free gear to use in The Division (opens in new tab) that will include different visual looks and specific skills to use in the game. These are the sets in question: Paramedic, Firefighter, Police and Hunter (that latter one is slightly worrying for …

Destiny proved that always-online RPGs could work on consoles, provided the MMO-style experience was grounded by solid gameplay. Activision’s space epic FPS took the inherent fun of blasting aliens in Halo, then gave players a reason to stick around for hundreds of hours with endlessly replayable quests, addictive progression, and …

The Division (opens in new tab)’s beta will kick off some time before the end of this month, according to Ubisoft’s Uplay app. The beta was originally supposed to launch back in December for all Xbox One owners, though that got bumped back (opens in new tab) in favor of …

The red dawn may break a few months sooner than expected. US retailer Target is reportedly selling pre-order cards for Homefront: The Revolution (opens in new tab) (via Xbox Achievements (opens in new tab)) that clearly indicate a release date of May 17, 2016 for the open-world guerrilla resistance shooter, …

Playing protagonist musical chairs It’s a real feat for a game to actually surprise you. We’ve entered an age where every character reveal, every playable mode, multiplayer feature, or gameplay quirk is carefully calculated and announced at the most opportune moment to build hype to an absolute fever pitch. By …