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Binary Domain Gets Two Mission Demo Tomorrow

Video game publisher SEGA has announced that tomorrow players who are interested in the upcoming squad shooter Binary Domain will be able to see what the game has to offer via demo which will be offered on the Xbox 360 via the Live service and on the PlayStation 3 through the PSN.The demo version of Binary Domain wil...

14 February 2012
06:22 GMT

Binary Domain Gets Multiplayer Trailer

Developers Ryu ga Gotoku Studio and publisher SEGA have released another trailer for Binary Domain, their third-person shooter with robotic themes, showing players interested in the idea what they can expect from the multiplayer game mode. The footage shows squads from the resistance movement and the government faci...

14 February 2012
02:29 GMT

The Darkness II Confirmed for Mac OS X

2K Games' Darkness II is coming to Mac OS X this March, TransGaming has announced. The game is inspired by the popular comic book series produced by Top Cow Productions. Described as “an intense first person shooter that delivers a twisted and gripping narrative of tragedy, modern crime drama, and superna...

13 February 2012
14:21 GMT

Rosario Dawson and Brian Cox Lead Cast of Syndicate

Video game publisher Electronic Arts and Starbreeze Studios have announced that well known Hollywood stars Rosario Dawson and Brian Cox have been chosen to lend their voices to the characters of the upcoming shooter Syndicate. Dawson, seen in Sin City, Grindhouse and The 25th Hour, will be voicing Lily Drawl, one of...

11 February 2012
03:37 GMT

Spec Ops: The Line Keen on Horror, Violence Justified by War

Spec Ops: The Line aims to tell a story inspired from Heart of Darkness that uses the first-person medium to deliver it, but the team at Yager is keen on making sure that gore and over-the-top violence do not become the main sealing points for the game. Shawn Frison, who is the senior designer working on Spec Ops: T...

10 February 2012
17:41 GMT

Activision Says New Bungie Game Shows Incredible Progress

Both video game developer Bungie and publisher Activision Blizzard have been very tight lipped when it comes to the new project they are collaborating on, but fans of the company behind Halo will be happy to know that progress is being made at an incredible pace. Despite the upbeat attitude neither of the two compan...

10 February 2012
07:02 GMT

MLG Announces Halo: Reach for Winter Championship

The Major League Gaming association has announced that the upcoming Winter Championships event will see Halo: Reach return as a competitive video game franchise, with players able to compete with each other for a prize pool that comes in at 56,000 dollars (42,089 Euro). The Winter Championship will take place betwee...

10 February 2012
02:27 GMT

Incoming 2012: Binary Domain

What we know: Binary Domain is a third-person squad-based shooter that is being published by SEGA and developed by the newly formed Yakuza Studio, which is actually headed by Toshihiro Nagoshi, the man behind the successful, long-running Japanese open world action game. The game takes place in the Tokyo of 2080 with...

9 February 2012
18:31 GMT

Starhawk Limited Edition Available for Pre-Order, Includes Code for Warhawk

Sony has announced a Starhawk Limited Edition that will be sold through GameStop and all those who pre-order the game will be upgraded to it at no extra cost, while also getting a code that gives access to Warhawk. The Limited Edition includes: - Maw of Despair Outcast Pack – comes with the Maw of Despair co-...

8 February 2012
07:56 GMT

Longer Development Time Would Have Benefitted the New Syndicate Game

Starbreeze Studios, the developer of the upcoming Syndicate first person shooter, has confirmed that, although the game is quite impressive, a longer development time would have made the whole experience that much more satisfying. Electronic Arts and Starbreeze surprised lots of old school gamers with the announcem...

7 February 2012
10:01 GMT

Rumor Mill: Electronic Arts Prepares New Populous, Respawn Shooter, Outernauts

A user from the gaming-oriented forum NeoGAF has claimed to have seen information on a page which details the launch plans that publisher Electronic Arts has for the next 12 months, including a number of unannounced titles like a new Populous, Outernauts and Respawn. Populous is the most interesting name of the list...

6 February 2012
02:22 GMT

Incoming 2012: Max Payne 3

What we know: Max Payne 3 was first shown off in 2008 and Take Two was adamant about the fact that it would be launched one year later, before first delaying it to 2010, then the fall of 2011 and now the middle part of this year. The developers have promised that the core of the third-person shooter game will again...

31 January 2012
18:21 GMT

2K Marin Working on New IP Alongside XCOM

The development studio 2K Marin is apparently working on a new intellectual property at the same time as they are developing the shooter based on the XCOM universe. References to the new project have been found in the resume of Hogarth De La Plante, who is the co-founder of 2K Marin and is one of the leading develop...

30 January 2012
13:41 GMT

Quick Look: Ballistic (With Gameplay Video)

Radian Games has decided to follow up on its highly successful Super Crossfire arcade shooter with quite a few new games. Among them, there is Ballistic, a gorgeous twin-stick shooter that tasks players with surviving wave upon wave of different types of enemies. We decided to give Ballistic a try and see if it&rsqu...

27 January 2012
17:21 GMT

Incoming 2012: Resistance Burning Skies

What we know:Resistance is one of the big PlayStation brand exclusives that Sony has been cultivating since the launch of the second home console in the line-up and, with the upcoming launch of the Vita handheld, the series will get yet another outing with Burning Skies, a game which returns the player to the initial...

23 January 2012
18:41 GMT

Super Crossfire Review (PC)

Super Crossfire is a title made by Radian Games that was recently a part of the Indie Royale New Year Bundle, alongside other impressive independent games.  Promising to innovate on the traditional arcade shooter genre by allowing your ship to teleport from the bottom of the screen to the top, and vice-versa, t...

20 January 2012
08:25 GMT

Incoming 2012: Borderlands 2

What we know:Borderlands was a surprising hit in 2009 and Gearbox is hoping to deliver another impressive and addictive game this year with a sequel that takes players back to Pandora and refines all the significant gameplay mechanics.For starters, the four character classes we know from the original are gone, replac...

13 January 2012
19:41 GMT

Developer Says Binary Domain Will Revolutionize Shooter Genre

Japanese development teams are not known for creating complex shooter experiences but the development team at the SEGA Yakuza studio hope to change this perception with their upcoming project Binary Domain. Masayoshi Kikuchi, who is a producer at SEGA working on Binary Domain, has told CVG that, “The genre was...

10 January 2012
02:48 GMT

James Bond: Skyfall Movie Will Get Video Game Tie-In

The Empire movie magazine has revealed, during a longer feature on the franchise, that the upcoming James Bond: Skyfall movie is set to get a video game tie-in, which will be published by Activision Blizzard, the company which currently holds the rights to the virtual representations of the characters.It’s not ...

4 January 2012
10:41 GMT

Ghost Warrior 2 Focuses on Feedback from Sniper Fan Community

Sniper: Ghost Warrior was a rather divisive game, with some players and reviewers liking the focus on covert sniper operations while others called the gameplay limited and criticized the look of the game, but the developers at City Interactive are ready to show what their series could deliver in the sequel, which is ...

28 December 2011
04:21 GMT

STALKER Developer GSC Game World Might Not Shut Down After All

GSC Game World, the Ukrainian developer responsible for the popular STALKER series, has released a small statement, saying that “there is still cause for hope” as the studio may not shut down after all. The STALKER series, comprised of the original game, plus its prequel and sequel, in the form of Clear ...

27 December 2011
02:42 GMT

Sony Is Taking Applications for the Beta Stage of PlanetSide 2

Video game publisher and developer Sony Online Entertainment has announced that it is now accepting applications for the upcoming beta stage of the MMO PlanetSide 2.In order to get into the draw for the beta stage gamers need to first create a Sony Online Entertainment Station account and then head to the official we...

23 December 2011
03:07 GMT

Feral Announces BioShock 2 for Mac OS X

Feral Interactive has announced the Mac version of its genetically enhanced role-playing shooter, BioShock 2. The game will be released for Mac OS X in January 2012.BioShock 2 continues the story of the first installment with new dual wielding gameplay, new plasmids, and a Big Sister chasing you all the way throughou...

22 December 2011
10:25 GMT

Respawn Entertainment Releases Blurry Teaser Image for New Project

The developers at Respawn Entertainment, the company created by the original creators of the Modern Warfare series, has released a second rather blurry image that is designed to act as a teaser for their new video game project.The image, which you can see attached to this article, doesn’t tell us anything concr...

21 December 2011
04:17 GMT

Mail.ru Will operate Crytek’s Warface in Russia

Video game developer Crytek and the Internet services company Mail.ro Group have announced that they are working together on launching the Warface first person shooter in both Russia and a number of other countries of the CIS area during 2012.Warface is free-to-play and is focused on online action with the developers...

19 December 2011
16:31 GMT

APB Reloaded Gets More than 3 Million Players in One Week

Publisher GamerFirst has announced that APB Reloaded, the action oriented MMO that was re-launched during last week, has managed to get more than 3 million registered players in less than seven days, mostly because of its use of the free-to-play business model. The company also revealed that APB Reloaded was the sec...

16 December 2011
22:31 GMT

Epic Games Fortnite Has No Dudebros, Offers New Art Style

At the VGA show developer Epic Games, best known for their work on the long running Gears of War franchise, has shown off its new intellectual property, called Fortnite, which seems to mix team based action with a more cartoon like art style and with a lot of mechanics taken from tower defense.Speaking about Fortnite...

12 December 2011
20:51 GMT

Gearbox Plans Distinct Loot System for Borderlands 2

The developers at Gearbox working on Borderlands 2 are interested in keeping the core mechanics of the franchise relevant while making sure that players have access to more content than in the original video game.Scott Kester, who is a the concept designer working on Borderlands at Gearbox, told the 2K TV show that, ...

9 December 2011
22:41 GMT

Future Electronic Arts Shooters Might Focus Story on Current Conflicts

The most successful first-person shooters of the current year, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Battlefield 3, all adopted near future narratives as their setting of choice, but one leading executive believes that current conflicts could also make for very good stories.Frank Gibeau, who is the leader of the EA Labe...

7 December 2011
02:03 GMT

Itagaki Attacks Modern Warfare 3 and Battlefield 3

Tomonobu Itagaki, who is the main developer working on Devil’s Third at Valhalla Games, says that the game’s focus on realism when it comes to military hardware will make it stand out from the shooter crowd.The developer told Gamasutra that realism is missing in games like Modern Warfare 3, stating, &ldqu...

5 December 2011
04:19 GMT

Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies Released for iPhone, iPad

“The Call of Duty: Zombies phenomenon has risen back to life,” say the people at Activision who have just released this game in the iTunes App Store for iPhone and iPad.Priced at $6.99 and seemingly available only for the U.S. market at the time of this writing, Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies is adapted ...

2 December 2011
12:21 GMT

Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Will Not be Launched on the PC, Piracy to Blame

Video game publisher Ubisoft has announced that it will not be launching a PC version of its upcoming shooter Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, focusing resources instead on the development of the free-to-play Ghost Recon Online.Sébastien Arnoult, who is the producer for Ghost Recon Online, told PC Gamer that, &ldq...

25 November 2011
17:41 GMT

Gotham City Impostors Arrives in January for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has confirmed a release date for its upcoming Gotham City Impostors, the online first person shooter where players can disguise themselves either as Batman or The Joker and engage in different sorts of matches.Warner Bros. wants to take its Batman license in new directions, not ...

14 November 2011
03:15 GMT

New Call of Duty Game Coming In 2012

To the surprise of actually no one, Activision has confirmed that 2012 will see the release of a brand new Call of Duty game, although no actual details have been given by the large games publisher.The Call of Duty series has just seen its newest installment, Modern Warfare 3, appear yesterday and, judging by first e...

9 November 2011
12:01 GMT

Rainbow Six: Patriots Now Official, Coming in 2013 for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360

Ubisoft, after many rumors and intense speculation, has finally revealed the new Rainbow Six: Patriots title, the next installment in its very successful tactical first person shooter series, which takes the franchise into a new direction, pitting Team Rainbow against a group called the True Patriots, that want to en...

4 November 2011
17:51 GMT

Syndicate Remake Is Still Possible, EA Says

Electronic Arts believes its Syndicate franchise, which is preparing to receive a full pledged reboot appear in early 2012, might still see a remake of the older strategy titles, if the new game manages to raise awareness for the series.EA and Starbreeze Studios definitely made some waves earlier this year when they ...

25 October 2011
14:21 GMT

Syndicate Walkthrough Shows Mind Hacking

Video game publisher released a new Syndicate walkthrough video that allows gamers who are interested in the game to see quite a bit of what it has to offer in terms of gameplay.Syndicate was a Bullfrog created mix between strategy and tactics but the current version seems to be more interested in putting players in ...

14 October 2011
07:59 GMT

PlayStation Home Is a Good Entry Point for Video Game Developers

For all those developers who are looking for an opening to get into the video game industry Sony says that its PlayStation Home service might just be the best answer.Jack Buser, who is the director of PlayStation Home, has told ShackNews that, “Home tends to be one of the easiest points of entry for content cre...

12 October 2011
15:01 GMT

DICE Always Looking to Expand Battlefield Appeal

One of the leading developers working at Swedish developer DICE has said that the team working on the Battlefield 3 series is always looking to add new features to the franchise and expand its appeal beyond the fans that have been with it since the beginning.Patrick Liu, who is the producer working on Battlefield 3, ...

12 October 2011
05:46 GMT

Electronic Arts Reaffirms Commitment to Nintendo Wii U

The upcoming Wii U home console is a major change for Nintendo in terms of strategy, as the Japanese company tries to get a number of third parties involved in order to have their games ready to deploy on launch date.One of these third parties is Electronic Arts and one of its leaders says that there's a big com...

10 October 2011
13:41 GMT

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Will Have Always On DRM

Western developers seem to no longer be the only ones who are interested in creating ever more capable DRM solutions in order to protect their video games from piracy, with the creators of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 announcing that the game will require a constant connection to the Internet in order to be played.The developers...

10 October 2011
08:20 GMT

Max Payne 3 Doesn't Have an Open World, Keeps Graphic Novel Cutscenes

Rockstar has released a few more details about its upcoming Max Payne 3 video game, including the fact that it won't have an open world, or that its cutscenes will retain the graphic novel feel just like in the first two games in the series.Max Payne 3 has been awaited by gamers for quite some time, and Rockstar...

7 October 2011
09:41 GMT

Halo 4 Will Put 343 Industries Under Player Scrutiny

With Bungie now working with Activision Blizzard on an entire new game universe and Halo 4 slated to be launched by the end of 2012 the main executive at the team working on it has said that he expects to face much more criticism if it fails to create a memorable experience.Speaking to the Official Xbox Magazine as p...

6 October 2011
05:47 GMT

Prey 2 Developers Are Preparing Special Experience for PC Gamers

Prey 2 is still some time away from a launch date but the developers are already talking about how they will treat different platforms and how they will be creating a special experience for those who play on the PC.Speaking to Rock, Paper, Shotgun at the Eurogamer organized expo in London Chris Rhinehart, who is the ...

5 October 2011
15:01 GMT

Job Listing Indicated Call of Duty Will Move to New Console

A new job listing on the official Treyarch website seems to indicate that the company and publisher Activision Blizzard are aiming to bring the Call of Duty franchise to a new hardware platform.The job ad talks about “bringing our hugely successful game to a new console.”The actual text does not mention w...

5 October 2011
10:23 GMT

Watch the 10 Minute Demo Walkthrough for Aliens: Colonial Marines

Gearbox has been pushing hard to make players interested in Colonial Marines, its team based shooter that will exist in the same universe as the Aliens movie series, and now the development studio has put out a pretty lengthy demo walkthrough which shows the game in action.The video is 10 minute long and this seems t...

3 October 2011
09:58 GMT

RAGE Will Create 75 New Million Fans for id Software

id Software is hoping that RAGE, the post apocalyptic first person shooter coming in early October, will change how gamers perceive the company.Speaking to Spong Tim Willits, who is the creative director working on RAGE at id Software, stated, “I believe when RAGE ships though, that it will change the perceptio...

29 September 2011
10:09 GMT

Battlefield 3 Is As Important for Electronic Arts As FIFA

Battlefield 3 will be the shooter to challenge the domination of the first person space by the Call of Duty series from Activision Blizzard and Electronic Arts says that the series is becoming as important as its long running and successful FIFA franchise.The company knows that it will probably not beat Modern Warfar...

26 September 2011
17:21 GMT

Respawn Entertainment Is Interested in DLC and Microtransactions

Respawn Entertainment, the development studio that is led by Vince Zampella and Jason West, the pair of developers that were behind the success of the Modern Warfare franchise when they were working at Infinity Ward, does not yet have an announced video game but it seems that they are interested in incorporating the ...

26 September 2011
15:01 GMT

Dust 514 Will Capture the Market for Persistent Shooters

EVE Online is one of the most interesting MMOs on the market at the moment, a game which deals in betrayal and real life plots just as much as it focuses on ship piloting and the acquisition of more ISK and the developers at CCP believes that the market is ready for a shooter that is built around the same principles....

26 September 2011
10:09 GMT


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