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Escape from Tarkov adds offline single-player and offers currency for reporting cheaters
Sure, you can try to fight cheaters in online games with technology, but that just ends up turning into an arms race. One of...
Midnight Murder Club is a multiplayer FPS game of deadly hide-and-seek inside a pitch-black mansion
What happens when six people are given firearms, then told to enter a completely dark mansion filled with traps to kill one another? You...
Fortnite Reload mode brings the battle royale shooter back to gimmick-free basics
For all of the aspirations Epic Games has heaped upon Fortnite as some metaverse-adjacent hub of greater entertainment, the actual battle royale mode that...
Overwatch 2 discusses general plans for addressing the squishiness of tank heroes
If you're a tank player in Overwatch 2, you probably feel less like a heavily armored wall and more like a pile of sponges....
Anime hero shooter Second Wave and its developer shut down after a disastrous dev cycle
Over the course of last year, we had been reporting on Second Wave, an anime-styled hero shooter MOBA from developer Challengers Games that looked...
EVE Vanguard engages its latest subscriber-only playtest with new map and mechanics
Yesterday wasn't just the summer solstice; it was also the start of the Solstice event/playtest for EVE Vanguard, the integrated FPS mode of EVE...
Overwatch 2 celebrates over 100M players, adds a new Push mode map, and preps a mythic weapon skin
The dawn of a new season is coming in Overwatch 2, bringing with it new rewards, one new map, and a little celebration of...
EVE Vanguard brings a new map, customizable weapons, and new missions in June 20 test
It's probably been the burning question on the lips of those who have been playing EVE Vanguard: When will the FPS hold its next...
5v5 hero shooter FragPunk starts taking names for a Steam closed alpha scheduled for June 27
Earlier this week we reported on the reveal of FragPunk, another NetEase 5v5 hero shooter that leans into a colorful visual style and a...
EVE Vanguard developer talks about the shooter’s gameplay, update plans, and references to DUST 514
EVE Vanguard, the integrated companion FPS to EVE Online, represents something a bit different for the otherwise spaceship-focused MMORPG but certainly not something that...
Concord is a team vs team FPS that promises approachable but deep gameplay
Evidently game studios smell Overwatch 2's blood in the water because we've got yet another addition to the team vs. team hero shooter sub-genre....
XDefiant’s free-to-play launch recovers after initial matchmaking server issues
This week brought another competitive FPS game to the multiplayer world in the form of XDefiant, Ubisoft's swing at making a team vs. team...
Leaks spring forth from Valve’s new in-development competitive hero shooter Deadlock
Were you hoping that Valve would figure out how to count to three or address the long-suffering TF2 playerbase? Well, put those hopes down...
Marvel Rivals will revise content creator contract after streamers blast non-disparagement clause
"We'll let you be a supported streamer, but you're not allowed to say bad things about our game." That's effectively what NetEase's Marvel Rivals...
Escape from Tarkov causes firestorm by locking PvE mode behind $250 special edition
Battlestate Games has decided that access to a PvE mode for its otherwise PvP-centric shooter Escape from Tarkov is worth a whole lot of...
Overwatch 2 ties its mythic skin shop to monetization as it focuses on the impact of ‘unapproved peripherals’
When Overwatch 2 launched its 10th season, one of the big ticket features was a mythic skin shop, but it decided not to divulge...
Battlefield 2042 confirms Season 7 is the shooter’s last as development focus shifts to the next title
We certainly hope that players of Battlefield 2042 are enjoying last month's Season 7 launch because it's going to be the last: Dice has...
Enlisted Reinforced quickly suspends Steam early access over pricing and technical issues
At the tail end of January, we reported on the WWII FPS Enlisted's plans to launch into Steam early access, complete with a new...
Valorant’s newest non-binary character is capable of messing with players even after death
Generally speaking, when your player character is gunned down in a Valorant match, that's it - you just have to sit there and spectate...
EVE Vanguard’s latest playtest adds a mining laser, resource gathering, and suppression contracts
Playtesting for the EVE Vanguard module within EVE Online is continuing once more this weekend, and it's bringing several new feature updates for those...