The veteran designer behind 2013’s Takedown is making a new tactical shooter, Epsilon with fellow genre vets. Key PR quote:“Epsilon focuses on pre-planning, tactics, and gadgets over linear cinematic shoot-em up gameplay, and community involvement is a key goal of our studio.” Coming to PC, Steam early access. More …

I'm a Game Designer. I'm a Gun Owner. It's Time To End All This 'Us vs. Them'

Christian Allen

4/05/13 1:00pm

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When I originally pitched writing this piece to Kotaku, I was a bit worked up. I had read some of Kotaku’s coverage of the post-Sandy-Hook gun vs. games debate, and I sent some pointed Tweets to Kotaku staff. I felt that the games industry media had not provided balanced coverage.

Tactical Shooters Live: Your First Look at Takedown, A Game You May Have Helped Fund

Stephen Totilo

9/20/12 2:00pm

Six months ago, gamers helped veteran game developer Christian Allen meet his small team's $200,000 Kickstarter goal, a goal he hoped would enable them to create a throwback to the wonderful, super-realistic, tactical, plan-or-be-killed shooters of old. They would call their new game Takedown and want to make it into…

Christian Allen's Tactical Shooter Kickstarter Makes Its Money

Stephen Totilo

4/02/12 9:45am

We told you that former Halo developer Christian Allen wanted to collect $200,000 to start making an old-school tactical shooter. Then Christian confessed he botched the Kickstarter; tried to revive it. At the last minute, he's hit his goal!

I Messed Up My Video Game Kickstarter. Now, I'm Fixing It.

Christian Allen

3/26/12 6:00pm

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Three weeks ago, we launched a Kickstarter page for our project, "Crowdsourced Hardcore Tactical Shooter." With a week to go, we have reached, as of this writing, just over $70,000 dollars of our $200,000 goal, putting us at 35% funded. If we stay at our current rate, we won't get funded.