Tag Archives: Shooter

Xbox cloud does dedicated servers for Titanfall

Microsoft’s talked up its comprehensive new cloud functionality for Xbox One games since it revealed the system in May, but mostly with abstract examples. Today Respawn Entertainment gave its forecast for the cloud in Titanfall: dedicated servers. “I personally talked to both Microsoft and Sony and explained that we need …

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RadarPlays – Gunstar Heroes

The Genesis was home to so many great games, some of which that were lost to the past until they got HD rereleases on 360/PS3. For example, Gunstar Heroes won over many hardcore fans in its time, but fans had forgotten it until recently. And while it was developer Treasure’s …

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The most offensive use of lighting in video games

Lite brite Your project–nay, your magnum opus–has finally been completed. It’s a perfect gem of a game, one you know will resonate with the masses, sell hundreds of thousands of copies, and inspire children to follow their dreams, collapsed economy be damned. But something’s off. Something’s missing… Aha! You’ve got …

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8 questions weve always had about BioShock

A city in the sea With BioShock Infinite so dang close we can taste it, we’ve been thinking a lot about the series lately. More specifically, we’ve been reflecting a bit on our underwater exploits in the previous two games. While we reminisced of marvelous masquerades, unrestrained capitalism, and the …

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DayZ video update shows improved clothes, scavenging

DayZ’s development as a standalone game has been fairly quiet recently, but if developer Dean “Rocket” Hall’s first video log is any indication, it was the good kind of quiet. In about 15 minutes of video, Hall and another developer [review some of the changes and additions which they hope …

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Dust 514 goes open beta January 22

CCP Games’ ambitious crossover shooter Dust 514 will enter open beta on January 22 today, the EVE Online developer announced today. As a free-to-play download-only title on PlayStation 3, that means the game is more or less released to everyone aside from the CCP employees slaving away on inevitable piles …

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The 10 best-selling US games of 2012

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 was the top-selling game in the US in 2012, according to new data released by retail monitor the NPD Group. Activision’s title was one of four first-person shooters to make a list of the ten best-selling games in North America last year, the others …

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Be the zombie in Black Ops 2 Revolution

Activision has spelled out all the gorey details for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2’s upcoming Revolution DLC in a new video preview. The pack includes four new competitive maps, as well as a new zombie map and mode, and new weapon. Treyarch hopes to shake up the competitive scene …

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UK Chart: Black Ops II still best selling game

Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops II makes it five consecutive weeks at number one in the UK chart compiled by rampaging chart fiends Chart Track. Sales of the shooter were up 14% on last week, keeping it ahead of Hitman: Absolution despite the bald assassin enjoying a 91% hike …

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