Occasionally, retro-publishers Hamster drop a title onto modern platforms that raises an eyebrow. I'm not sure where the market necessarily lies for Front Line, for example. But today is not one of those days, today sees one of the greatest...

The battle royale sub-genre is a harsh mistress. So many titles enter the ring, but it seems like only two big-wigs can remain popular. Once poised to be a direct competitor to PUBG, Hi-Rez Studio's Realm Royale isn't looking so hot anymore...

Jackbox Games, purveyors of party-style multiplayer titles, has teamed up with popular charity retailer Humble Store to release a new bundle of games, perfect for whiling away the evening with chums, while watching that one passive-aggressi...

Snipers in video games. Love 'em or hate 'em there's no denying that that long-distance role is amazingly popular. This can be a good thing, guiding your team to glory from afar with a series of staccato, perfectly-placed headshots, or, lik...

While the hype for Fallout 76 has reinvigorated interest in Bethesda's post-apocalyptic franchise, the news has had the unfortunate side effect of eclipsing some of the best mods...

As Ubisoft's multiplayer shooter Rainbow Six Siege prepares to unveil the details on its upcoming Operation: Grim Sky seasonal content, the publisher has dropped a new video giving us a teasing look at one of Siege's new Operators.Morowa Ev...

If you're looking for a new tactical FPS to play, why not give Insurgency a shot? In a campaign to promote the upcoming sequel, Insurgency: Sandstorm, developer New World Interactive is giving away the first game on Steam for the next 48 ho...

Ubisoft's ubi-popular online military shooter Rainbow Six Siege continues to enthrall its mammoth community with its exciting brand of highly-tactical shooter action. For those of you still on the explosive-laden fence, a new free trial wil...

After the nightmare that was Splatoon 2's global civil war, the Switch shooter is choosing to take it a little easier with its next subject, originally datamined from the servers by crafty types.Set to take place among Splatoon's European c...

While we're all waiting for that sweet reveal of DOOM Eternal, Bethesda and id Software took to the QuakeCon stage to announce that Quake Champions is now officially free-to-play. This may be confusing to you as the game has had periods whe...

In the mobile battle royale sphere, PUBG has been dominating due to being available on both Android and iOS. While Fortnite has sheer popularity on its side, Epic Games has been slow to roll out an Android-compatible version of its cultural...

While I love the idea of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, the trickle feed of game updates has been really tough. Instead of focusing on improving game stability or locking down on cheaters, PUBG Corp has seemingly been putting its efforts to...

Ubisoft's tactical-military shooter Rainbow Six Siege has started to tease details of its next season, bringing with it new Operators and the first "Map Rework", a ongoing commitment by Ubisoft Montreal by change the balance of certain stag...

Treyarch and Activision have announced, via Reddit, that the Private Beta for their upcoming military shooter Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 will run for a second consecutive weekend, also featuring some fresh new content.The previous beta, whic...

If you haven't realised by now, when it comes to Japan and their Splatoon 2's splatfests, they are often sponsored by various promotions. This latest face-off is no different, concerning forms of popular biscuit/chocolate products produced ...

This weekend, Activision launched its first Private Beta for this year's entry in the gazillion dollar making Call of Duty series, Black Ops 4. A select few troops had the opportunity to check out the game's multiplayer modes, with hectic b...

This weekend contained a wealth of good news for fans of Arika's recently-released PS4 title Fighting EX Layer. Not only did we get some new characters teased, including a very special guest star, but we also received news of an arcade rele...

Phew. For a minute there, Soulcalibur VI was starting to look like a title that nobody would buy but, fortunately, we can all sleep a little easier in our beds tonight, happily rejoicing that Seoung Mi-na is confirmed for the next battle on...

Today at EVO 2018, Arc System Works made two announcements. The first was that a competitive pro-tour is to run next year on multiple ArcSys anime fighters, while the second was the slightly muted announcement of a new title in the long-run...

"This would be great on Nintendo Switch" is an over-used and often-derided statement, but sometimes its more than apt. This is one of those times, as DotEmu's port of classic '90s Frisbee title Windjammers is finally making its way to the N...

Arika has dropped a selection of exciting news beats in regards to their one-on-one fighter Fighting EX Layer. The news was revealed during this weekend's ongoing EVO 2018 festivities.First up, SNK's Terry Bogard (the male iteration this ti...

We're in the middle of Summer, which mean the hype train is in full steam for this year's Call of Duty entry, Black Ops 4. A private beta is currently underway this weekend, allowing a chosen conglomerate of trigger-happy fans to try out th...

The official Overwatch Twitter account has put out the heads up that the Summer Games event will be returning to Blizzard's arena-shooter next week.Although no specific details were noted, we can, in all likelihood, expect all of the previo...

Konami's madcap multiplayer title Super Bomberman R has passed a total of one million sales across all formats. Bomberman himself decided to celebrate this milestone in style, by bungee-jumping off of a bridge in Japan.In the novel PR stunt...

SNK have revealed the final roster member of SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy and, as predicted, its none other than a genderbent version of Fatal Fury's lead hero, Terry Bogard.Terry, sporting her all new look and modified costume, joins the ...

Nintendo has lifted the curtain on the latest monthly weapons drop for their online shooter Splatoon 2. This month's batch, live in-game right now, not only contains four new weapons for all your ink-squirting needs, but also sees the retur...