Lots of first person shooters have come up with special seasonal events. But Blackmill Games and M2H have done something particularly nice with the Verdun Christmas Truce 2016 War Child Armistice DLC. In the past, the game has replicated the unofficial truce which occurred between soldiers during World War 1 at Christmas in 1914. But for 2016, they're not just pausing the … [Read more...]
Insurgency WWII Mod ‘Day of Infamy’ Released
The Insurgency WWII Mod 'Day of Infamy' is now available without opting into a beta branch of the first person shooter. It's a community mod project which is open-ended and includes new maps, weapons and other content, some of which is being created by the more than 60,000 people already subscribed to it. All you need to do to play the Day of Infamy is to subscribe to the … [Read more...]
Led It Rain Motorcycle FPS on Steam Greenlight
Led It Rain is definitely one of the strangest genre combinations of 2015, if not in videogame history. And the 'first person shooter motorcycle racing game' is now on Steam Greenlight. Yes, it really is an FPS game in which you ride a motorcycle around three laps of each level, trying to go as fast as possible whilst also shooting as many zombies as you can. The … [Read more...]
Vasilevsky update released for Heroes & Generals
The Vasilevsky Update is now live for MMOFPS Heroes & Generals. The free-to-play shooter from Reto-Moto now has more than 5 million players, and the update includes improvements to the melee fighting options. A big change is also the introduction of a morale system for Assault teams. The melee system utilizes 'inverse kinematics' and more precise animations to make … [Read more...]
PIXYUL’s new racing FPS Bios
PIXYUL, a Montreal-based studio made up of former Ubisoft and Eidos developers, has released a First-Person Shooter with a twist, titled Bios. The "racing first-person shooter" requires you to complete a series of challenges as fast as you possibly can, using any means necessary, and is available on Steam Early Release. Bios is a fast-paced, high-octane asynchronous … [Read more...]
Christmas Truce Declared in WW1 shooter Verdun
Players of the squad-based PC and Mac World War 1 shooter Verdun will be taking an enforced break to commemorate the historic real-life Christmas Truce which saw groups of soldiers on both sides celebrate the holiday with a break from fighting. With the 100th anniversary of the first Christmas Truce this year, Verdun will be implementing an in-game truce from December … [Read more...]
eSports arena shooter Rekoil launches
Rekoil is an interesting multiplayer arena FPS game, and it's now available via Steam for £11.99 with other versions due in the future. The basics of Rekoil are a 16-24 player game with 7 modes, 10 maps and 40 different weapons based around pure infantry combat. But making it more interesting is the fact it was developed by a game modder, and it features full mod tools for … [Read more...]
Humble Bundle Weekly – Retro Shooters
It's often tempting to use phrases like 'needs no introduction' when talking about older games – and we sometimes do – but a few moments after seeing the parts of Humble Bundle's latest Weekly package, it'll register with almost everyone that its more notable constituents are nowadays near universally considered classics. Of course, they'll still get an introduction! Once … [Read more...]
Far Cry 3 Specials on Steam – ends 6pm tonight
Steam's current Daily Deal! price reduction offers Far Cry 3 at its best price yet. Only released at the end of November and earning highly favourable scores and opinion from reviewers and players alike, Far Cry 3 and its Deluxe Edition are each at 50 percent off until 6PM, UK time, on September 10th. That makes Far Cry 3 just £9.99 for the Standard Edition and £12.49 in … [Read more...]