Highguard isn't DOA — in fact, after 4 hours, I'm convinced it's one of the best new shooters in years

Highguard puts a lot of elements from other FPS games and genres. You have the loot gathering of a battle royale, the ...

The best snow maps of all time in FPS games

While Alborz Mountains is great, the best snow map in the Battlefield series has to go to Port Valdez in Bad Company 2. This ...
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Spelunky 2 got shadow-dropped on PS5, now runs at 120 fps

Spelunky 2, the super challenging and mega clever roguelike 2D platformer, first came out on PlayStation 4 in 2020 and was therefore is also playable as a backwards compatible game on the PlayStation ...
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The weird, heartbreaking FPS powered by science, not combat

“Intimacy” is not the first word that comes to mind when talking about a first-person shooter, unless muzzle flashes to the face count as such. But the team at budding studio Soft Rains hopes to shake ...
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Far Cry 4 gets 60 fps update on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X a decade after launch

Ubisoft surprised Far Cry fans on April 29 by releasing a 60-frames-per-second patch for Far Cry 4 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. Far Cry 4 first launched for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox ...
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Ex-Witcher 3 devs re-reveal shooter after it flopped the first time

When Polish developers Chronospace first unveiled the dieselpunk game War Mechanic, the pitch seemed perfect on paper. Start the trailer with a bang: a mushroom cloud unfurls, then collapses. Present ...
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Today’s your last chance to get 10 remastered FPS classics for $20

The developers at Nightdive Studios have quickly become one of the greatest forces for game preservation by optimizing classic games for modern systems, giving them a fresh coat of paint, and updating ...