Robin Block: Diving deep into the golden age of first-person shooter games
The creators of the documentary FPS: First Person Shooter hit their goal for their Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign in a single day. CreatorVC launched the campaign...
FPS documentary will capture the history of first-person shooter games
I was around when Doom debuted as a first-person shooter in 1993. People stayed late at their offices so they could play the game...
Rocwise’s Soldiers of the Universe shows a Turkish take on the war on terror
Soldiers of the Universe isn’t pretty — and it’s not supposed to be. Turkish studio Rocwise Entertainment created a first-person shooter about fighting terrorists from...
Blowfish bidding for the big time
Presented by Intel The challenges facing fledgling studios stepping out in the competitive wide world of game development can be daunting when they’re known,...
The trapped-in-a-game story becomes your reward in genre-hopping shooter Bedlam
Bedlam changes genres every hour or two, but two things remain the same: how enjoyable you’ll find the story and how lackluster you’ll find the...
Watch Chatroulette users play the first real-life first-person shooter game
The whole point of Chatroulette is that you really don’t know what you’re going to get. Most often, you get a penis. Sometimes you...
Ultra-difficult roguelike shooters offer new tests for players and developers
The first person shooters use roguelike role-playing game elements such as permadeath and randomly generated levels to fry your brain.
Xbox Live stats for 2011 show players skipped out on some great games
Last year was a banner year for quality video games, with superb sequels (Batman: Arkham City, Portal 2), interesting new intellectual properties (L.A. Noire)...
Critically acclaimed shooter Team Fortress 2 goes free-to-play
Team Fortress 2, a colorful team-based online first-person shooter game, will be free to download and play and will generate revenue through in-game transactions,...
Team Fortress 2 free to play for a week ahead of huge update
If you’re one of the four gamers out there who hasn’t yet played Team Fortress 2, now is the time to do so. Game...