Pokémon and Attack on Titan Are A Bizarre Match Made In Heaven
What if, instead of unsettling humanoid titans, we had giant Pokémon in Attack on Titan? And what if Pokémon had guns we could shoot? And what if those guns shot Pokeballs?
Battlefield Players Keep Finding Weird Mysteries, Including A Yeti
Forget shooting. One of the most interesting aspects of Battlefield—aside from the incredible large scale moments you can experience while playing—are all the curious easter eggs and alternate reality games that players keep finding.
The Commandments of Playing Online Shooters
Multiplayer matches around the world would provide a better experience for all of us if everyone just agreed to a few simple rules. Commandments, if you will.
Titanfall on Xbox One Versus PC
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Debating between two of the available versions of Titanfall? Maybe seeing the graphical differences between the Xbox One and the PC version will help.
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After the Sandy Hook school massacre last year, Antwand Pearman of GamerFitNation organized a "cease fire" day during which gamers avoided first-person shooters and other violent games. Today is the second Cease-Fire, a statement against gun violence and supporting victims of it. The Cease-Fire lasts to midnight.
Life Is A First-Person Shooter With Google Glass
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This new video from YouTuber cheekflapperer presents a scene not unfamiliar to many video-game shooter fans: A trip to a shooting range that might as well be a tutorial from the latest Call of Duty or Battlefield.
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Battle Myths: check out the latest episode of Battlefield 4 mythbusters by DefendTheHouse, where they find that not only can you ride the top of a helicopter without getting hurt, but enemy medkits can in fact heal you. Now someone go out there and make a ridiculous top of the helicopter montage!
Seven Types of People You Never Want On Your Team
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Wouldn't it be nice to hop online and be consistently teamed up with pleasant teammates? You know, the kind of people that like working together and going for the objective? Ah, if only.
The Weight of a Gun
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I’ve been playing games with guns in them for most of my life, and I think it's safe to say that's true for most of us. The first one I ever played with a gun in it was Doom. Now, let’s be honest here, there is more than just a gun in that game; it's, being one of the earliest shooters, the whole game really.
Japanese Video Games Where You Can Play As A Badass American
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The influence of American action movies in Japan has been huge. Shortly after the success of all the 1980s Hollywood action flicks with dudes like Schwarzenegger, Stallone and Chuck Norris, Japanese gaming created an entire library of different action titles with one common feature: Kill everything on the screen. Oh,…
Come At Me, Bro: Why Taunts Are Just So Damn Great
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A player's mettle isn't tested solely by his or her ability to press buttons in the right way, at the right time. When playing against another person, skill is only part of the performance—nevermind when playing with an audience present.
Think, for instance, of the taunts in which can one-hit-KO an enemy …Five Things Online Shooters Should Do Less
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Last time, I told you about my (possibly crackpot) ideas on how to improve online shooters by listing what they should do more of. We're talking things like, letting me play dress up and giving me an 'everything unlocked' mode. Now I'm here to tell you my (possibly crazy) list of what I think shooters should do less.…
Six Things More Online Shooters Should Do
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I play lots of online shooters—from esoteric indie ones like Waiting For Horus to popular ones like like Call of Duty. This means I have (possibly crackpot) ideas on how online shooters could improve. While it's important that different franchises retain what makes them special, there are some things that I think…
Do Modern Shooters Take Themselves Too Seriously?
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Despite my aversion to shooters—god, there's too many of them—Overstrike, with its playful, comical tone and its cartoon aesthetic caught my eye. The approach felt like something fresh. But we don't have Overstrike anymore, no, instead we have Fuse. Compare the two trailers for the games and you see see a world of a…
This Graphic Novel Shows The Horrific Costs of Modern Warfare
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These are the Big Action Games of E3 2011, We Think
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What's an action game? It's Zelda. It's Uncharted. It's Kirby, and it's Tomb Raider.
These are the Big Shooters of E3 2011, We Think
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Prediction! There will be a lot of shooters (first-person and third-person) at E3 next week.
There will surely be some surprise shooters that will pop out of cover at E3. Expect them. Look out for them. And get ready for these, too.Five New Mass Effect 3 Details You Might Want to Hear
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Mass Effect 3 executive producer Casey Hudson spoke with UK magazine Xbox World, divulging some mid-production intel about Shepard and company. The info is scattershot; little pieces of unconnected details about many different aspects of the game. Still, they help to create a larger picture of BioWare's vision for the…
How Long Should A First-Person Shooter Story Be?
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In today's Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter Crushinator ponders the correct length for the single-player story in the increasingly multiplayer-focused first-person shooter genre.
This Is My Rifle, This Is My Gun; This Is For PS3, This Is For Fun
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Alright, maggots, here is how you inspect, assemble and clean your Move-compatible Assault Rifle Controller, from CTA Digital. It's $59.99 and Amazon says it's due early next year.