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Guns Up! brings the casual nature of Clash of Clans to the console — with lag. Lots of lag

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Guns Up! is a simple and interesting new entry in the free-to-play combat category. You would expect this kind of release from a gaming startup for mobile devices. But the side-scrolling strategy title comes from Sony and Valkyrie Entertainment, and it’s available now on the PlayStation 4’s PlayStation Network.

I found the gameplay to be quite fun and replayable, but the slow network response was frustrating. That’s a bit of a shame because Guns Up! — which is not so different from the enormously successful Clash of Clans in its appeal — is exactly the kind of experience that could bridge the enormous console and mobile game audiences.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.