• Warface Going Offline Tomorrow, Will Be Back Soon

    Crytek has announced that their free to play shooter Warface, currently available in closed beta, will be going offline for an 'extended period of server down time' tomorrow. The game will be up in the near future, but the announcement left things pretty open ended.

    Warface has impressed us time and time again with enjoyable gameplay, a real-time weapons customization system that we adore and AAA-quality graphics. All for literally nothing. The in-game purchases are going to be optional and are not designed to give you a definitive edge on the competition, but rather let you tailor the gameplay to your preferences.

    As for the server downtime, Crytek is going to be implementing some major changes to the game based on current beta feedback. The email was unclear as to whether it was coming back online as a full release or some form of beta. We'll keep an eye out and be sure to update when we have more info!

    If you're looking to get some last minute Warface matches in, go ahead and do it tonight because servers are going offline on April 10th at 5:00PM Pacific Time. 

  • Warface Gets a GDC Trailer, Still Looks Awesome

    Warface is a game that we have been enjoying for a while now in beta and we've absolutely been loving it. While movement is a bit slow at times and the sliding mechanic is absurd, we can't wait until the general public can get their hands on the game later this year.

    To that end, we were excited when Crytek released a brand new trailer for the game at GDC this year in San Francisco, CA. Available at the bottom of this post, the latest trailer is entitled 'Pick a Side' and aims to showcase the warring factions in Warface. On one side, you have the military conglomerate of Blackwood. This is the ruling faction in Warface, that beats the fight out of any opposition that dares to oppose them.

    On the other side of the war, you have the eponymous Warface faction. In the co-op missions, you fight as a member of Warface, a resistance movement with the guns and ability to challenge Blackwood.

    Check out the trailer after the break, it's definitely a good one.

  • Exclusive Warface Interview With Cevat Yerli

    Late last month, FPS General had the pleasure of attending a press event for Warface, getting a sneak peek at what Crytek and Trion Worlds have up their sleeves for this exciting game.

    While we were there, we were able to grab Crytek CEO and Founder Cevat Yerli for an interview in which we discussed Warface the game and Crytek's revolutionary new social media platform Gface, which is launching alongside Warface this year. We've had the opportunity to spend some time with both of these new launches at the event last month and in the ongoing closed beta for Warface and we think you guys have a hell of a lot to look forward to. We can't wait to show you more in the coming weeks!

    For more on Warface, make sure you visit the Warface Wiki on Gamepedia to get yourself updated!

  • Dissecting the Real-Time Weapons of Crytek's Warface

    Warface is a game that pretty much takes the expectations of a free to play shooter and throws them out the window. This is Crytek and if you know anything about Crytek, it's that they are not going to half ass the quality of a game just because it is going into the free to play market. 

    In the latest trailer for the game, Crytek and Trion Worlds are showing off the depth of customization that the game offers. Whether it's under-mounted grenade launchers, long-range zoom scopes or muzzle attachments, Warface has a wealth of options at your fingertips as this trailer can attest to. Now customization is one thing, most first-person shooters offer weapon customization but Warface takes it to the next level with real-time weapon customization.

    What this means is that you can make changes to your loadout right in the middle of the match, allowing you to adapt to your surroundings. Find yourself with an amazing long-distance view? Throw on a long-range scope and start picking off enemies in the distance. This intuitive system completely changes the way that you think about building your loadouts and competiting online.

    Check out the trailer after the break and make sure to stay tuned to FPS General as we've got some awesome stuff planned as we continue to cover Warface!

  • 1 Year Later, Is Payday: The Heist Still Worth Playing?

    When I first purchased PAYDAY: The Heist back in October of 2011, I spent my first hour of gameplay cursing at my monitor as the game would barely run on my old laptop. If someone had told me that I was going to be avidly playing it in 2013, I would have laughed in their face. But here we are more than a full year after the release of what many critics wrote off as an “almost great” game. And while those critics are entitled to their opinion...they are wrong.

    PAYDAY accomplished exactly what it set out to do. It provided a re-playable cooperative experience with some light but in depth RPG elements like weapon upgrades and unlocks. What's more, it did so without resorting to making a modern military shooter. Granted, it wasn't perfect but the flaws were only skin deep, such as the voice acting which is lovingly teased by pretty much anyone who has played the game.

    Maybe I’m just a sucker for objective-based co-ops, but doesn't anyone else get burnt out after hours of League of Legends or Black Ops 2? Granted competitive games seem to be “the haps” right now, but I think there is a serious demand for some relaxed co-op action. I would even argue that the inclusion of co-op allows players to overcome some of the flaws of the game.

    Resident Evil 5 for instance was generally ill-received, but my experience with that game was nothing short of a total blast...simply because a friend was involved. I couldn't summarize the plot of Resident Evil 5 to save my life but what I can say is that when the credits rolled the only thoughts in my mind were, "Man, I really wish there was more of this game.”

    I think the reason I feel so strongly about PAYDAY is because of how sure I was that I hated it when I first bought it. But my opinion couldn't have changed more drastically over the course of my sixty-plus hours logged in that game. Free DLC helped, of course, and the unlocks definitely held my interest to a point but what really keeps me going are the people I play it with, my friends. Providing a casual cooperative platform for friends to create their own hijinks in my opinion, is one of the smarts investments a developer can make right now.

    Long story short, if you haven't taken the time to check out PAYDAY: The Heist, you can do it on Steam for just $19.99 and it's more than worth your money.

  • FPS General Weekly News, October 29th Edition

    We bring you a ton of news here at FPS General, covering all of the latest happenings in the worlds of our favorite first- and third-person shooters, and sometimes it's tough to stay up to date.

    The FPS General Weekly News is your chance to get caught up on the biggest stories of the week, in one convenient location. Every week, we recap the biggest stories in the shooter community, giving you a one-stop resource to get yourself caught up on the biggest stories in this genre. 

    This week, Cap'n James Lackbeard is delivering his nautical nonsense on the FPS General Weekly News just a few days shy of Halloween. In this episode, James is talking about Borderlands Legends, BioShock Infinite and our experiences at Sony Online Entertainment's fanfest in Las Vegas, SOE Live.

    Make sure you subscribe to FPS General on YouTube to be the first with future episodes of the Weekly News as well as exclusive interviews, trailers and gameplay from some of the best first-person and third-person shooters.

    Check out this week's episode above and have a great Halloween!

  • FPS General Weekly News, October 2nd Edition

     
    We bring you a ton of news here at FPS General, covering all of the latest happenings in the worlds of our favorite first- and third-person shooters, and sometimes it's tough to stay up to date.

    The FPS General Weekly News is your chance to get caught up on the biggest stories of the week, in one convenient location. Every week, we recap the biggest stories in the shooter community, giving you a one-stop resource to get yourself caught up on the biggest stories in this genre. 

    On this week's episode of the FPS General Weekly News, James recounts some of the hottest items in the first-person shooter scene. First up, we're taking a look at the recently unveiled Zombies mode in Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. The mode had its world premiere trailer debut last week and Treyarch definitely delivered in a big way. Zombies looks like it's getting a pretty big face lift in Black Ops 2 and we can't wait to check it out in person.

    James also discusses the recently announced Mass Effect trilogy, our in-depth coverage of The War Z and Sony's upcoming event, SOE Live (formerly Sony Fan Faire).

    Check it out above and subscribe to FPS General on YouTube for more!

  • FPS General Weekly News, September 22nd Edition


    We bring you a ton of news here at FPS General, covering all of the latest happenings in the worlds of our favorite first- and third-person shooters, and sometimes it's tough to stay up to date.

    The FPS General Weekly News is your chance to get caught up on the biggest stories of the week, in one convenient location. Every week, we recap the biggest stories in the shooter community, giving you a one-stop resource to get yourself caught up on the biggest stories in this genre. 

    This week, James is discussing the latest trailer for Dead Island: Riptide - remember, the original Dead Island trailer is still hailed as one of the best. James also talks about the big Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 zombie news, the game mode is set to be revealed on September 26th.

    Finally, we've got some fresh intel on Valve's plans for the future of gaming as we know it.

    Check out this week's episode above and drop by YouTube to check out some more great shooter content including interviews, beta footage and much more!

  • FPS General Weekly News, September 7th Edition


    With PAX Prime wrapping up in Seattle, WA and the holiday shopping season rapidly approaching, the next few weeks are sure to be packed with releases, news and tasty rumors. 

    Rounding up all of the news over the past week, we have our stalwart reporter James. Incidentally, James also released The Sanctuary Song this past week, inspiring Borderlands 2 fans across the nation with his sultry tones. On the news side of things, James discusses everything from The War Z to Borderlands 2 and Call of Duty to Battlefield.

    Check it out above and for more great FPS video content, subscribe to our channel on YouTube! 

    Remember; every time a user subscribes to our channel, a kitten is born into the world.

  • Trot the Globe in Warface's PAX Prime Trailer


    Warface impressed us something fierce when Crytek and Trion Worlds announced the game earlier this month, showing off some gorgeous screenshots. We can't vouch for the gameplay just yet, but we can definitely say that Crytek is raising the bar for graphics in a free to play game (thanks, in part, to CryEngine3).

    Playable in Russia, Warface has been impressing that market for a few months already. Available today, the PAX Prime trailer for Warface shows off the various locations that players will be battling for their lives on, including Middle East, Balkans, Favelas and many more.

    One thing we were glad to see showed up at 1:04 in the video above; defibrillators! The ability to revive fallen players on the battlefield is something that we feel more first-person shooters should incorporate.

    If you haven't done so already, sign up for the closed beta at http://www.warface.com/!

  • FPS General Weekly News, August 30th Edition


    This past week has seen quite the busy news week in the world of first-person shooters. From Black Ops II getting official confirmation on Prestige and Hardened Editions to Gears of War: Judgement getting a COG-on-COG Deathmatch mode for multiplayer, sometimes it's hard to keep up.

    Thankfully, we have James. And James has us. Together, we have the FPS General Weekly News, a quick and simple video series that gathers up the top stories of the week and delivers them in an easy to digest video.

    In this week's episode, James talks about Gears of War: Judgement and the new multiplayer mode, Black Ops II and the recently unveiled collector's editions and how Red 5 Studios is progressing with Firefall.

    Check out the video above and drop by http://www.youtube.com/user/FPSGeneral for more great shooter content every day!

  • Check Out Payday: The Heist, Win a Copy of the Game

    Payday: The Heist is a great cooperative first-person shooter that might have slipped under your radar. The game was released back in October of 2011 with little fanfare, which is a shame as the game has a lot to offer.

    In Payday, players can join up with three friends to form a group of four criminals who carry out some pretty intense robberies and heists. Payday includes a number of classic first-person shooter staples, but also has some pretty neat original mechanics. Each heist has multiple stages of objectives, meaning that you need to complete more than one simple objective to finish the heist. Working together will be familiar for people who have played other four-player cooperative shooters like Treyarch's popular Zombies mode in Call of Duty or Valve Software's Left 4 Dead franchise.

    If you haven't checked out Payday: The Heist, we're giving away a copy of the game over at YouTube. Check out our channel for more information on how to win!

  • Now You Can Actually Be Rambo in a First-Person Shooter

    Pretending to be John Rambo in first-person shooters is one of our great American pastimes. Running heedlessly into a rush of oncoming enemies, M60 blazing, red headband blowing in the wind. But Reef Entertainment is about to crank things up to the next level, letting us actually be John Rambo in their upcoming first-person shooter, aptly named Rambo: The Video Game.

    Based on the 1980's film franchise, Rambo: The Video Game takes its inspiration from the events from the first three Rambo films; First Blood, Rambo: First Blood Part II and Rambo III. The action will be comprised of first-person shooter mechanics as well as 'shoot-outs, stealth killings, demolition, knife-play and more.' The game is currently in development at Teyon, a Polish game studio best known for basically nothing at all.

    If you weren't around for the original Rambo films, or haven't gone back and relived these cinematic treasures, you can check out a highlight reel from some of Rambo's exploits in the first few films embedded above, courtesy of Reef Entertainment and Studiocanal.

  • Get Caught Up with the FPS General Weekly News!

    We bring you a ton of news here at FPS General, covering all of the latest happenings in the worlds of our favorite first- and third-person shooters, and sometimes it's tough to stay up to date. That's why we're proud to launch our brand new feature, the FPS General Weekly News!

    We are going to be recapping the biggest stories in the shooter community, giving you a one-stop resource to get yourself caught up on the biggest stories in this genre. This will be a weekly video series, going live every Wednesday, recapping the week in shooter news.

    Hosted by our very own James, the first episode of the Weekly News can be viewed above. In this week's episode, we discuss:

    • Weapon Damage Changes in ARMA II, and How They Affect DayZ
    • Battlefield 3: Aftermath DLC Details
    • Trion Worlds Teams Up With Crytek to Bring Warface to North America
    • PlanetSide 2's Brand New CGI Trailer, 'Death is No Excuse'
    Check out the video above, and make sure to leave us a comment over on YouTube or in this thread letting us know what you'd like to see in future episodes!

  • Trion Worlds and Crytek Bringing Warface to North America

    Warface has been making waves in Russia over the past few months, bringing excellent graphics and gameplay to the free-to-play scene.

    Free to play games are not typically as good looking as Warface, but with Crytek at the helm of development, you can't really expect anything less. Folks in North America who are looking forward to getting their hands on the game are in luck, as Crytek has announced a partnership with Trion Worlds to bring Warface to North America!

    “Trion is the company spearheading a revolution in gaming through delivering premium online games across big genres powered by a proven, cutting edge platform,” said Cevat Yerli, CEO of Crytek, in a press release this morning.  “The combination of this platform, GFACE and Warface shows Crytek’s commitment to finding innovative new ways to bring superior gaming experiences and AAA titles to gamers. That’s why we are creating strong strategic alliances with the best online publishers across the world.”

    Warface takes place in the near future, offering 'cinematic experience with next gen visuals.' The game is built on CryEngine 3 so you know it's going to look great and be capable of some impressive mechanics.

    Visit http://www.warface.com/ to sign up for the beta and reserve your unique username.