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First look at Natural Selection 2 goes live today
If you played the original Natural Selection , the multiplayer shooter/strategy hybrid that pits a team of marines against a team of aliens, you know that the following bullet points for Natural Selection 2 aren't just hype: * Truly unique sides. Whether you play as one of the elite marine Frontiersmen or the... »
Everyone in MAG gets a new map…sort of
Okay, there's some complicated math involved here, but I'm pretty sure that everyone in MAG , the Playstation 3's fantastic online shooter, gets a new map. To enjoy your new map, you don't have to do anything. Just join a sabotage game -- that's the one where one team has to hijack vehicles... »
Play Western shooter Lead and Gold without paying $15
Okay, so maybe you weren't convinced just because I happen to like it . But now's your chance to try the clever Western shooter Lead & Gold without having to pay the measly fifteen bucks it would cost to buy it. »
Heavily armed middle-aged women come to Left 4 Dead
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Team Fortress 2 honors engineers with brand new doo-hickey
If you're a Team Fortress 2 junky, you no doubt already know that Valve is rolling out the details for an upcoming update the revolves around the engineer class. »
How many school shootings are inspired by violent videogames?
In discussing a book on the 1999 Columbine shootings, Gamepolitics mentioned a data point from a 2002 Secret Service study cited in the book. Only one in eight people who engaged in school-targeted violence expressed an interest in violent videogames. Only one in eight? »
Transformers game is twice as good this weekend
What better way to show you love America this holiday weekend than to support the uniquely American institution of Michael Bay movies inspired by the merchandising of a set of plastic toys based on a cartoon! Or is it vice versa? Either way, the latest Transformers game, War for Cybertron , is a... »
Lost Planet 2 downloadable content misses the point
Capcom announced the next round of Lost Planet 2 downloadable content. The good news is that it's not just more multiplayer maps that you'll never get to play because they only appear if everyone in your queue happens to have bought them. »
11 smart things you’ll see in bold brainy shooter Brink
If you play a game enough, you can imagine what the developers might be like when they're making the game. I picture the guys at Infinity Ward hooting and hollering and high fiving each other, often spilling their beers in the process. But I picture the guys at Splash Damage attending slide rules... »
Next Call of Duty to avoid "No Russian" controversy?
At a demo for Call of Duty: Black Ops , Treyarch community manager Josh Olin said he couldn't talk about any of the game beyond what we just saw. The demo consisted of an SR-71 mission (it's a cutscene really, but Olin says there's more gameplay that was cut from the demo for... »