Tag Archives: Shooter

Everyone knew he was coming back. From Xbox One’s announcement, it was always just a matter of time before the Chief crashed through the atmosphere and reminded us all just what a real FPS looks like. The focus of Halo 5: Guardians is exactly that, and with it a beautiful …

In with the New Now that the New 3DS (opens in new tab) is at hand, it’s time to think about what we’re actually going to play on the thing. The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D (opens in new tab) seems great, and Monster Hunter Ultimate 4 is definitely …

Battlefield’s built up quite a selection of… battlefields in its dozen years of online combat. From semi-historical showdowns in Stalingrad to the devastated future of Molokai, 64 players have shot up a sizable chunk of the world one online match at a time. Now it looks like at least one …

Sept 4, 2007 The main innovation in Airborne, and the one most obvious from the title, is that you play Boyd Travers, a paratrooper in the US Airborne Division. The tactic of dropping soldiers into enemy territory from planes was a new one for the ’40s, and it’s one of …

You think you’ve never been to Far Cry 4’s Kyrat before, but you have. Many times, in fact. Level the Himalayan backdrop, strip out the regional touches – wandering sherpas who’ll sell you rocket launchers, tumbled statues of the Buddha, those godforsaken Honey Badgers – and you’re left, basically, with …

Artificial Unintelligence AI companions tend to come in a couple different flavors. There’s the true companions, versatile and interesting characters who really add something to the experience, like Elizabeth from BioShock Infinite or Alyx from Half-Life 2. Next are the harmless annoyances, who aren’t great to have around but don’t …

Now that the dust has settled on Gamescom and my game-addled mind begins to file away the unimportant stuff into subfolders of my psyche, a few standout moments remain in my mind’s eye. That amazing Batman: Arkham Knight demo (opens in new tab), playing as Claptrap in Borderlands: the Pre-Sequel …

Streaming games you don’t own on your Sony devices? That sounds pretty sweet, and it’s what PlayStation Now offers with its catalogue of rentals. Now that it’s in open beta, any and all PSN users can check it out. At its core, PS Now is an all-access pass to Playstation’s …

Looking to get a little more info out of your Sniper Elite 3 (opens in new tab) action? The collectible War Diaries will give you that and more! We have located each and every one of them to help you get the Casual Reader and Archivist Achievements/Trophies as well as …

As sure as the sun rises in the east, so too will piracy be a plague upon PC gaming. Publishers and developers can implement as much DRM as they want–but any line of defense against piracy, no matter how clever, cannot prevent an onslaught of stolen copies courtesy of parsimonious …