hero shooter
Not So Massively: The problem with The First Descendant’s character unlock mechanics
The First Descendant has made quite a splash since it launched earlier this month. Nexon's looter shooter, dubbed "Warframe with waifus" by the greater...
SGF 2024: Hands-on with The First Descendant, plus a chat with the Nexon devs
You thought our Summer Game Fest coverage was over, didn't you? Well, in all fairness, Nexon not only brought The First Descendant to SGF but provided...
Overwatch 2 welcomes Season 11 Super Mega Ultrawatch and its community crafted mode
Yesterday started Season 11 in Overwatch 2, but if you're the sort of person who prefers hard facts over a fluffy overview dev blog,...
SGF 2024: FragPunk is a 5v5 hero shooter from NetEase featuring power-up cards that ‘bend the rules of combat’
It's a widely held belief that competitive team shooters must achieve a perfect sense of balance, tuning weapons, abilities, maps, and mechanics in a...
SGF 2024: Hands-on with NetEase’s team shooter Marvel Rivals
There are lots of Summer Games Fest embargos still in place and more coming this week, but fortunately NetEase's Marvel Rivals is something I can...
Marvel Rivals discusses adding environmental destruction to a competitive shooter
Generally speaking, the maps of a team vs. team shooter are static; you can blast all of the buildings you want, but they'll be...
Team vs. team hero FPS Gundam Evolution has unfortunately sunsetted
Fans of the team vs. team hero shooter Gundam Evolution already knew that the game's closure was coming, but it doesn't make it any...
Hearthstone’s Showdown in the Badlands releases, Overwatch 2 patches in a reworked Roadhog
It's another bundle of Blizzard game news tied into one package, and this one is specifically for the digital CCG and team-based shooter fans,...
Overwatch 2’s LE SSERAFIM collab event brings new skins, limited-time mode, and dance moves November 1
Overwatch 2 fans likely already knew about the incoming collaboration with K-pop group LE SSERAFIM, but now there's a whole trailer and half of...
Apex Legends introduces Conduit, Valorant introduces Iso
The hero shooter sub-genre generally gets more interesting when new heroes arrive to the game, which would certainly explain why both Valorant and Apex...
Overwatch 2 hopes to ‘move forward’ after Steam review-bombing and Invasion update
It's likely been challenging to be Overwatch 2 director Aaron Keller: The hero shooter is still being absolutely browbeaten on Steam, with negative player...
Overwatch 2 recaps Flashpoint, talks balance, and teases next hero
The Invasion update of Overwatch 2 continues to be the topic of conversation for the shooter's director Aaron Keller in his latest dev blog,...
