With the Call Of Duty and Battlefield series regularly dominating the charts, it would be reasonable to conclude that the firstperson shooter genre was in rude health.
With the Call Of Duty and Battlefield series regularly dominating the charts, it would be reasonable to conclude that the firstperson shooter genre was in rude health.
You can shoot your way through the credits in Velocity, shredding producers and technicians alike, and even blowing QA to pieces. It’s a tiny touch, perhaps, but, along with wily level design, vicious unlockable challenges, and a dinky bundled version of Minesweeper, it’s emblematic of the style and energy with which the whole game has been put together.
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Steve Ellis, co-founder and former MD of Timesplitters developer Free Radical Software, has given a damning assessment of the modern FPS genre, saying publishers are afraid of straying from the Call Of Duty template and adding: "Pretty much every FPS loses money."
Steve Ellis, co-founder and former MD of Timesplitters developer Free Radical Software, has given a damning assessment of the modern FPS genre, saying publishers are afraid of straying from the Call Of Duty template and adding: "Pretty much every FPS loses money."
Activision has formally unveiled Call Of Duty: Black Ops II, set for release on November 13, with developer Treyarch pledging to "push the boundaries" in the latest installment in the all-conquering FPS series.
The premise and character of Rebellion’s 2005 original Sniper Elite have barely been altered for this snipe ’em up, once again following a man on a mission to sabotage WWII-era Germany’s plans for dominance. With the feel of a remake as much as a sequel, then, Sniper Elite V2 also retains many of its predecessor’s problems, including poor AI, uneven production values, and clunky controls that affect everything from character movement to your inventory.
If reports are to be believed, the first major casualty of Sega Sammy's restructuring of its loss-making videogame business is an unannounced sequel to 2010 Platinum Games brawler Bayonetta, the 11th game ever to receive an Edge 10 and without question the finest game of its type seen this generation.
Our June issue, which goes on sale May 9, features reviews and extensive Post Script articles for all the biggest games, including Dragon's Dogma, Fez and Tribes: Ascend.
A new generation of console hardware is required to save the ailing racing genre, according to Sumo Digital.
The concept of interplay between the multiplayer populations of different games is still an exotic one. CCP’s FPS, Dust 514, has stood more or less alone as an attempt to have its online action influenced by the events in its MMOG, Eve Online.
DICE has a reputation for producing exceptional audio for its games, so the opportunity to work with the team as a sound designer is a prestigious one. You'll be based in Stockholm, Sweden, of course, and be required to design and implement audio assets - including music, sound effects and dialogue - for high-profile titles across consoles and PC.