• First Look at CI Games' Sci-fi FPS Alien Rage

    CI Games, the studio behind the popular Sniper: Ghost Warrior franchise, has released the first trailer for their upcoming sci-fi first-person shooter Alien Rage.

    The game is heading to PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Arcade and PC as a digital release this fall and 'puts the challenge back into FPS gaming.' Alien Rage puts players in a remote mining facility where they are tasked with fending off a seemingly unending wave of enemy aliens. You can take a look at Alien Rage above and be sure to stay tuned right here for more information as it comes in!

    Alien Rage will support cooperative online gameplay and is built upon Unreal Engine technology.

    Visit http://city-interactive.com/en/Games/Alien-Rage for more info!

  • Team Curse NA Announces Roster Changes for MLG Anaheim

    Team Curse NA, the Curse-sponsored competitive Call of Duty team has announced some roster changes in advance of this year's MLG Spring Championship in Anaheim, CA.

    Without further ado, please join us in welcoming Eric 'Twizz' Servello and Ray "LyaR" Loftus to the Team Curse family! Both LyaR and Twizz come to Team Curse with strong competitive backgrounds, having battled their way to the top of the competitive Call of Duty scene.

    We spoke to Team Curse NA captain Ryan 'Fatalize' Bogucki, who had the following to say in regards to today's announcement:

    We are more then excited to have Eric and Ray on board with Curse. The professionalism and experience they bring to this team is unbelievable. They both have been around the scene for a while and have been extremely successful on every Call of Duty title.

    Our focus is to have a team that can act as teammates on and off the game and with these guys we are able to have that.

    The addition of LyaR and Twizz will guarantee Team Curse a championship seed at MLG Anaheim this year. The team is currently focused on preparing for the tournament which will take place from June 28th through the 30th.

    For more on Team Curse - both our NA and EU Call of Duty teams - be sure to bookmark http://www.teamcurse.net/!

  • Mourning The Loss of EA's Online Pass, 2010 - 2013

    Friends, colleagues and beloved family members. We are gathered here today to mourn the loss of one we cherished.

    Today, we say goodbye to EA's Online Pass system.

    The Online Pass was taken from us at such a tender age, it's easy to embrace the darkness at a trying time like this. The darkness of the Online Pass. So dark at times that it felt like EA actually hated you.

    The Online Pass would not want you to shed any more tears than it caused you to shed during its all-too-short lifespan. Remember the good times! Think back, fondly, on all the memories you shared with the Online Pass.

    I have my own memory to share.

  • Everything You Need to Know About Destiny's Lore In One Place

    There have been a few bits and pieces of fresh information from the team at Bungie Studios on their upcoming first-person shooter Destiny, but with this influx of new information, where does one go to get caught up?

    To answer that question, we created this page. A one-stop shop for all of your Destiny lore needs, gathering up all of the recently released information and tidbits into a single convenient location. Without further ado...

    The Story

    In Destiny, you play as an elite Guardian, protecting one of the last safe havens on Earth.

    Everything changed with the arrival of the Traveler. It sparked a Golden Age when our civilization spanned the solar system, but it didn't last. Something hit us, knocked us down. The survivors built a city beneath the Traveler, and have begun to explore our old worlds, only to find them filled with deadly foes.

    You are a Guardian of the last safe city on Earth, able to wield incredible power. Defend the City. Defeat our enemies. Reclaim all that we have lost.

    Be brave.

  • Top 5 Most Memorable Campaign Moments in Call of Duty

    This year marks the tenth anniversary of Call of Duty, a franchise that has widely became considered as the benchmark of the FPS genre. Since Call of Duty 4’s resounding success in 2007, we've seen exponential growth within the franchise and the industry itself; where many competitors have tried to mimic its success, to little or no avail.

    Call of Duty’s resounding success may stem from its high-octane thrills and spills in the form of multiplayer, however, we can’t forget the true core aspect of the franchise and the roots of its initial allure: the campaigns. As the years have progressed, we have seen some of the most brilliant minds within the entertainment industry combine to produce Call of Duty campaigns – most notably with the latest installment into the franchise,  Black Ops 2.

    Despite each Call of Duty title building a formidable campaign, many gamers still deter away from them and opt to play multiplayer, which is unfortunate to say the least. Regardless of this, a portion of gamers still turn to the Call of Duty campaigns as viable source of solo entertainment without the quarrels of multiplayer, and have been handsomely rewarded for it through the excellent narrative that each campaign provides.

    It’s here, within the aforementioned minority of gamers, that we see one of the most heated Call of Duty debates: What is the best Call of Duty campaign moment?

    Editor's note: this post will contain spoilers so proceed with caution!

  • Call of Duty: Ghosts Teaser Trailer Recreated in Minecraft

    By now, it should come as no surprise that A) the Minecraft community is incredible and B) sometimes, the cinematics in first-person shooters can lend themselves really well to Minecraft recreations.

    For proof, look no further than YouTube user FPSNation's incredible Minecraft rendition of the Call of Duty: Ghosts Masked Warriors teaser trailer. Check it out above!

  • DUST 514 Launches, Is It Really That Different From Beta?

    Earlier this morning, CCP officially took DUST 514 out of beta and released the game into the wild. The PlayStation 3 exclusive shooter has spent a lot of time in beta testing, so why take the game out of beta now?

    Has anything really changed from beta to release? Let's take a look.

    Last week, DUST 514 received the Uprising update which was the final step before today's launch. Gameplay updates included:

    Gameplay

    • New Overview Map and Spawn Screen UI.
    • Players are invisible / cloaked upon spawn for a few seconds.
    • New Kill Screen that shows who killed you and his/her statistics.
    • Major improvement to the login flow. Time to merc quarter reduced from 4:30 seconds to 1:30 seconds on average.
    • New character creation screen.
    • Increased EVE Online integration.

    Drop Suits

    • New dropsuit roles and race/role-specific bonuses added:
      • Minmatar: Scout, Assault, Logistics
      • Amarr: Assault, Logistics, Sentinel
      • Gallente: Scout, Assault, Logistics
      • Caldari: Logistics, Assault, Scout

    Vehicles

    Brand new vehicles, including:

    • Enforcer HAV
    • Scout LAV
    • Assault Dropship

    The mechanics and accompanying skills have all been tweaked as well.

    At the end of the day, the just has spoken and the verdict is clear; DUST 514 has truly arrived at a point where CCP can proudly call this a release client. The game feels completely different from our time spent in beta testing and that is exactly how it should be.

    If you played the game in beta, we strongly encourage you to go back and give it another spin because this is not the same game that you played even a month ago. CCP has introduced a wealth of changes to bring this game from its lengthy spell in beta testing to proper release and it's worth a second look.

     

  • Krieg the Pyscho's Craziest Skills from Borderlands 2

    Gearbox Software has released the official skill tree for Krieg the Psycho, the next player class to be introduced in Borderlands 2, and there's a lot here to digest. You can view the full skill tree right here, but let's take a look at some of the highlights.

    Buzz Axe Rampage

    Krieg's action skill, as we had previously heard, is Buzz Axe Rampage, in which Krieg's melee damage and movement speed are increased and earning kills will instantly refill your health bar. This essentially turns Krieg into a killing machine, but remember it does not affect ranged weapons at all as Krieg is a melee character first and foremost.

    Other standouts in Krieg's skill trees include:

    • Buzz Axe Bombardier - when thrown, your Buzz Axe now has dynamite attached to it that explodes on impact.
    • Bloodsplosion - killing an enemy will cause an Elemental Nova that matches the element of the weapon used to kill them. If no element is applied, the Nova will use explosive damage.
    • Light the Fuse - when activated, Fight For Your Life is replaced with Light the Fuse. Krieg pulls out a bundle of dynamite, earning a kill with which will cause you to be revived. 
    • Release the Beast - if Krieg is at 33% or less health when activating Buzz Axe Rampage, his health will instantly be refilled and he will turn into a Badass Pyscho Mutant. This also comes with increased melee damage and damage reduction.
    • Fire a Fiend - melee attacks have the chance to ignite enemies.
    • Raving Retribution - when on fire, homing balls of fire will target your attacker and explode on impact, locked to a rate of one ball of fire per second.

    Krieg will be available in The Pyscho Pack which releases tomorrow, May 14th, for $9.99.

  • Defiance TV Tie-In Missions Are Now Live in Patch 1.020

    Trion Worlds has released patch 1.020 for Defiance, unofficially known as the TV tie-in patch. The patch, so named for its inclusion of crossover events from the popular SyFy program of the same name.

    Defiance Producer Nathan Richardsson had the following to say earlier this week:

    As proof of us striving towards being better we have another major update coming, known as the TV Tie-in or Patch 1.020, and it’s coming out this month. It has further bug fixes, improvements, as well as new TV Tie-ins – one of which will utilize a new open world game mode called Sieges. Details are obviously slim, but it’s a crossover event so that should give you an indication of what this game mode entails in future DLCs.

  • 4 Shooters You Didn't Realize Started as Mods

    Gone are the days of simple tweaks and boring FPS mods. In this day and age, mods are becoming more like full fledged games with every passing year. Come to think of it, there actually are a few shooters that got their start as mods...

    #4. Battlefield 2

    Now, we want to be explicitly clear; Battlefield 2 wasn't exclusively started as a mod but it was definitely helped out by the success of Battlefield 1942 mod Desert Combat.

    Indeed, the mod was so popular that DICE snapped up the developer - Trauma Studios - and put them to work on the then-in-development Battlefield 2. Sadly, DICE would shutter Trauma Studios within a year of acquiring them, but their legacy lives on in the major FPS they helped develop.