Tag Archives: Shooter

After countless deaths, frustrated restarts, and aimless wandering through dark cavernous hallways that seemingly went nowhere at all, my best friend and I looked at each other and agreed: even though we loved playing it and wanted to keep loving it, Halo Combat Evolved is awful. This was the game? …

If you’ve upgraded to Windows 10 of late, you’ll have gained easy access to Cortana, a voice-activated personal assistant who bears a striking audio resemblance to Master Chief’s see-through secretary/guidance councillor/probable love interest. That point’s proven when you ask her Halo-themed questions – she’s got a surprising repository of trivial/sassy …

You won’t have to win the Millennium Falcon in a game of sabacc to fly her in Star Wars Battlefront (opens in new tab). EA and DICE published a new rundown (opens in new tab) of how “Hero Vehicles” will work in the Fighter Squadron (opens in new tab) game …

Ooooh boy patch fans, has your ship come in. With Halo 5 (opens in new tab) and Assassin’s Creed Syndicate (opens in new tab) both imminent, release info, like updates, is starting to arrive. First there’s this from Halo 5 studio head, Josh Holmes: @crazyherb9 The MP update (includes map …

Choose your soldier Gone are the no-name soldiers, the generic ghillie suits, and the standard issue fatigues. In Call of Duty: Black Ops 3’s multiplayer, you no longer play as a grunt, but rather a highly skilled Specialist soldier. Each of these soldiers will have their own progression system (of …

Betas are really meant to test network code and check things work rather than let people get a free go on something early. That often gets forgotten, so here’s a ton of changes posted (opens in new tab) by Black Ops 3 (opens in new tab)’s design director David Vonderhaar …

A Halo 5 (opens in new tab) infographic has shed new light on 343 Industries’ upcoming sci-fi shooter, breaking Master Chief and company down by the numbers. For starters, you’ll be able to dress your Spartan up in 175 sets of armor, equip 53 visors, and choose from 218 player …

Building a PC to do your Star Wars Battlefront (opens in new tab) tour of duty in style will cost just about a grand. EA and DICE finally revealed the recommended specifications for the online battle game, and they’re pretty lofty. I hopped onto PC Part Picker to get a …

Elites have been a staple of the Halo series, ever since their first “WORT WORT WORT” in Halo: Combat Evolved. Now, Halo 5: Guardians (opens in new tab) gameplay is giving us a good look at where they come from: the harsh, baked planet of Sanghelios. Development studio 343 Industries …

There are two schools of thought on Wildlands (opens in new tab). One says it’s a brash GTA wannabe that betrays Ghost Recon’s grounding in team-based tactical warfare. The other side argues it’s a much-needed modernisation of a flagging series; one that transplants the action into an exotic, reactive open …