Tag Archives: Shooter

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, a loose alliance of developers and pundits pooled their intellectual resources, struck dramatic poses and declared that single player gaming as we knew it was at death’s door. This was and remains a bloody stupid idea, but the evidence back …

You’d think that I’d be tired of the Borderlands series after spending more than 100 combined hours wandering the harsh wastes of Pandora, shooting skags in the face, and looting their corpses for better weapons. Then along comes Borderlands: The Handsome Collection to completely annihilate my weekend; such is the …

Don’t look at the first few months of a new year as a gaming dead zone; they’re more of an opportunity. It’s a good time to decompress from the deluge of the previous holiday’s onslaught, and reflect on the games you played over the past 12 months; maybe give some …

OHM-M-G! Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (opens in new tab) season pass holders on Xbox 360 and Xbox One can get their hands on the brand-new OHM hybrid weapons ahead of the next expansion. The OHM, and the even deadlier sounding OHM-Werewolf, are part of the upcoming Ascendance DLC. But …

Thanks to Watch Dogs not being quite as ‘next-genny’ as previously suggested, a lot of hope now rests on the shoulders of Ubisoft’s The Division (opens in new tab), with its tantalising mix of MMORPG concepts, third-person shooting, and, of course, realistic car-door-closing action. Most of Ubi’s chatter has been …

There’s something very different about this year’s spate of big-name FPS. Jetpacks. Jetpacks all over the place. Where once the plodding, funneled, straightforward shooting of the modern military man-killer dominated the AAA spectrum, now we have something altogether freer, more flowing, and almost pathologically obsessed with its newfound Y-axis. Even …

A life lived in ignorance is a life half-lived On Sunday, November 16th 2014, Half-Life 2 turned 10 years old. Crazy, right? And even after a decade, the influence of Valve’s most monumental sequel can still be felt in the current gaming ecosystem. The Half-Life name is just as potent …

Enemies are made when you cant swim Water is the most essential element of life. We need it to survive. But don’t ever forget that it can be an unstoppable force of nature. You never know when H20 will stab you in the back–remember those cute little droplets of water …

Be like Wartortle, my friend Video games aren’t usually the first port of call when it comes to learning a new life skill. After all, what can a mish-mash of crazy polygons possibly teach me about tolerance, or charity, or why I should maybe stop replacing other people’s packed lunches …

Let the battle begin! Boss battles are usually lame. After a long journey through a swamp or over a mountain, you have to stand face to face with the bastard who put you through that obstacle course to finally bring closure to your adventure. Few boss fights follow after Metal …