Tag Archives: Shooter

Be wary of the Dark Side’s temptations, Star Wars Battlefront (opens in new tab) fans. A mini-game in the upcoming multiplayer shooter will let you play as Darth Vader while the game installs, but time spent playing it will count against you if you’re previewing the game via EA Access. …

The Call of Duty wheel of bullet-ridden fortune has spun yet again and it’s time for Treyarch’s Black Ops series to step back into the limelight. Black Ops 3 (opens in new tab)’s robo-tastic campaign has a total of 56 collectibles to add to your virtual swag bag, but don’t …

The Halo games are defined by their futuristic arsenal almost as much as titular space-rings. Whether it’s the classic Aliens-inspired Assault Rifle or the pink-yet-deadly Needler, the series is full of iconic weaponry. Yet Halo franchise director Frank O’Connor recently told (opens in new tab) Techland he would be interested …

Earlier this summer, Halo franchise director Frank O’Connor explained Halo 5: Guardians’ lack of splitscreen (opens in new tab) as a necessary cut to keep the game running at 60 frames per second. An in-depth examination of Halo 5’s graphics by Digital Foundry shows that couch play isn’t the only …

Future Perfect Gearing up for next month’s release of Call of Duty: Black Ops 3? We know that time is of the essence, so we’ve recapped all the major events from the series over the next few pages. Whether you’re going in cold or if you just want a refresher, …

Not just anybody can boost jump and wall run around the battlefield in Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (opens in new tab). If you want to enjoy all the acrobatic benefits of cybernetic augmentation in the co-op campaign, you’ll need to equip the Traversal Enhancement rig. Or if you’d …

I wanted to like Splatoon so much more than I actually did. In the review (opens in new tab) I wrote back in May, I remarked that Splatoon is a fantastic shooter marred by a content problem – namely, there just isn’t enough of it. With a brief single-player campaign …

One of the horror genre’s oldest rules of thumb is “don’t show people the monster”, because there’s nothing more unnerving than the devil you don’t know. Dreamt up by Turtle Rock and brought hideously to life with Valve’s aid (opens in new tab), the masterful Left 4 Dead takes that …

I’ve never played a Gears of War game. Any of them. Ever. So going into the updated Gears of War: Ultimate Edition (opens in new tab) with a fresh pair of eyes brings a lot of expectations. For years, other gamers and friends have been telling me how great Gears …

Considerate pacing is one of the most basic principles of good campaign design – basic enough, even, that a braying ignoramus like me can summarise the ins and outs without once (OK, twice) reaching for Wikipedia. Is the player a buzzing, bloody mess of adrenaline, thumping his chest astride a …