Shooter: First Person
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ROYAL SHAME
What's the best game that's uncomfortably pro-monarchy? The Best Games Ever Show Episode 50
Hey fellas, is it royalist to build an entire artistic medium around individual power fantasies?
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BRICK WALL
What's the best game with the WORST difficulty spike? The Best Games Ever Show Episode 49
Everyone has their own traumatic memory of a really Annoying Bit.
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REWIND AND REJOICE
Time-bending action is back: Quantum Break returns to Steam and Xbox Game Pass
Pulled briefly earlier this month.
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INADAQUETE
Did Modern Warfare 2/Warzone 2 suffer a higher player loss than Vanguard and Warzone?
Call of Duty lost more players the past quarter than it did after Vanguard's release, despite Modern Warfare 2's better sales.
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BLACK HOLE FUN
Between Zelda and Star Wars, Redfall's launch trailer reminds us that it's also coming out soon
With a very video game trailer cover of a Soundgarden track too.
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HOW FULL?
Activision once again confirms a "full" premium Call of Duty game is coming later this year
Activision has reiterated that it will not, in fact, end the year without a full Call of Duty release.
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Wizard
Immortals of Aveum gets a first look with six minutes of magical FPS gameplay
The next in EA's Originals lineup.
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Question Answered
Ubisoft's answer to CoD, XDefiant, had more than 1 million players take part in its beta
A strong start for the 6v6 shooter.
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STEAM HEAT
Far Cry 6 and three more Ubisoft titles are heading to Steam this spring
Following in the footsteps of Assassin's Creed Valhalla and others.
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POO BRITTANIA
What's the best game set on a horrible island? The Best Games Ever Show Episode 48
The clever subtext here is that the definitive horrible island is Great Britain, hope that helps.
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BATTLEMAGES
Immortals of Aveum is a fps with spell-based combat coming from EA and Ascendant Studios
A cinematic story set in an original fantasy universe engulfed in magic.
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OVERWATCHDOGS
XDefiant preview: A perfectly serviceable hero shooter that does nothing to alleviate FPS fatigue
It's another Ubisoft service shooter, and it looks perfectly fine – but is that enough in a genre that's getting fuller and fuller?
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ALAKABLAM
Immortals of Aveum riffs on CoD, Doom, Doctor Strange, and more – and it looks awesome
The list of franchises that Immortals of Aveum carries the vibe of is long indeed, but that may be exactly what this shooter needs to establish a firm foothold.
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OUTPOST APOCALYPTIC
PS Plus April: Is Dead By Daylight dev’s new game, Meet Your Maker, worth downloading?
Meet Your Maker is what would happen if you ran a gameshow in a sadistic, dystopian world – for better and for worse.
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Took A Stumble
Bungie knows it "missed the mark" with Destiny 2: Lightfall
Not every player was entirely pleased with the latest expansion.
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How Magical
Immortals of Aveum, EA's magic FPS, is reportedly releasing this July
The game was revealed at last year's Game Awards.
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On To New Pastures
Long time Halo dev Joseph Staten is leaving Microsoft after nine years
Staten had recently moved back to Microsoft Publishing.
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SHADES OF RED
Luna Abyss is a brutalist bullet hell that mixes Bioshock with Nier Automata
In our interview with the creative director, we chat inspirations for the striking unreal engine shooter.
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Not Just One Punch
You can expect more Overwatch 2 crossover events in the future
Plus, changes to help make the game feel more rewarding.
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CS:GO My Word
CS:GO hits a new all-time concurrent player count following Counter-Strike 2 reveal
Not bad, for a decade old game.
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WITCHES VS THE CHUCH
Witchfire gameplay demonstration shows off the power of spellcraft
Fair is foul and foul is fair: Hover through the fog and filthy air.
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BF TROPHY
John Romero recieves lifetime achievement award
For his work on DOOM, Quake, Wolfenstein and far more, the Galway resident gets a well-earned reward.
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THRASHER
Destiny 2 hotfix for March 23 finally addresses one of Lightfall's biggest problems
Destiny 2 Thresher cannons getting you down in the Master Nightfall? Not for much longer, they're not.
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LORE AND ORDER
What makes Redfall different to other Arkane games? It’s all comes down to trust
Conversations with friends? No, this isn’t a Sally Rooney novel, but an intriguing mechanic in Arkane’s latest sci-fi romp.
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GODS MADE BY SCIENCE
Redfall story trailer explains how the town became overrun with vampires
Never trust rogue scientists backed by an evil corporation.
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TRY IT OUT
Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer is free to play this weekend
A good opportunity to try the game out, with its much needed season 2 update.
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See Ya Later!
Overwatch 2's vice president is leaving after six years at Blizzard
A replacement hasn't been announced as of yet.
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Destiny 2 The Variable: How to find and start Exotic Quest NODE.OVRD.AVAL.ON in the EDZ
Bungie is at it again, and this time it's added a brand new Exotic Quest to Destiny 2 in the form of The Variable. Does it lead to Vexcalibur? Let's find out.
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ONE NIGHT STRAND
Destiny 2 Lightfall, one week later – the good, the bad, and the very, very ugly
Bungie has once again kicked it out of the park with some elements of Destiny… but completely dropped the ball with others. It’s becoming a pattern.
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Four the Win
Concept trailer for Doom 4 shows us what could have been
The game eventually went on to become the Doom (2016) we all know and love.
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CS:GO Off
Counter-Strike 2 reportedly in the works, with a beta as soon as this month
Nvidia drivers referencing the game appeared last week.
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Crafty
Halo Infinite players have made more than one million Forge levels
Turns out you all like to make Halo maps.
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Down the Barrel
Fortnite could be getting a first-person mode next season
Chapter 4 Season 2 arrives next week.
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ALL SKULLS ON LEGEND
Destiny 2 Lightfall is already reminding me of the best era of Halo games
A breakneck retreat from a ship as it implodes, some of the classiest combat puzzles in the FPS genre, and a killer soundtrack. Halo is back, sorta.
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BUG REPORT
Destiny 2 Lightfall won't launch on Xbox Series X | S: How to fix
There's an issue with Lightfall on Xbox. Here are steps on how to fix this bug.
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For The Fun Of It
Overwatch 2's director says that most players don't choose characters based on win rates
A good lesson to be learned here.
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Charted Territory
Halo Infinite Season 3 finally arrives in March with plenty of new maps
The Season was initially meant to launch last year.
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CHANGE OF HEART
Looks like we're getting a Call of Duty in 2023 after all
What started out as a paid expansion for Modern Warfare 2 is now the next game.
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A NEW SEASON
Battlefield 2042 Development Update tells you everything coming in Season 4: Eleventh Hour
A map rework, another Specialist, new weapons, and more.
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MILLYAREENOS
Over 5 million Deathloop players have adventured to Blackreef
How did you spend your time on the island?
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A NEW TEAM
EA forming new team to support Ridgeline Games in creating its single-player Battlefield campaign
The team will help the studio out.
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BITE BACK
Redfall trailer shows a sunny island town plunged into darkness and overrun with vampires
One thing about living in Redfall I never could stomach: all the damn vampires.
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LATE NIGHT FOR UK
PlayStation State of Play returns February 23 with an in-depth look at Suicide Squad and more
Set aside 45 minutes for this one.