Blacklight: Tango Down trailer

In a world where we are literally being spoiled for choice by first person shooters claiming to offer an intense multiplayer experience, Ignition Entertainment is now wading in to the bullet riddled mosh pit with a trailer for Blacklight: Tango Down.

Not so Modern Warfare

With the recent sackings at Infinity Ward, and the worrying press release that three new Call of Duty games are being developed, and that Activision are looking at “new digital business models” (subscriptions?) for the franchise, the question is where does the money making war machine go from here?

BioShock 2: review

Bioshock 2 does what we all wanted from the original and fixes you inside the lumbering, stompy boots of the Big Daddy. You have the tools, the sounds and the responsibilities that made the gentle, yet fearsomely deadly giants great.

MAG: review

Zipper Interactive made bold claims when they announced MAG. The thought of a 256 player online FPS had many salivating at the prospect of a full-on online war game, which went beyond the snack sized Team Deathmatch modes offered in other shooters. So how does MAG stand up to the peerless Call of Duty and Battlefield franchises?

Halo: Reach world premiere trailer

Fanboys take up your arms, the Marmite of first person shooters has just had its world premiere, and love it or hate it, Halo: Reach is looking pretty sweet from this teaser.

Battlefield Bad Company 2 Beta: hands on

We here at Critical Gamer are ardent fans of the Battlefield series. The last slice of downloadable fun came with Battlefield 1943. It only had 4 maps, which were updated from the original Battlefield 1942; but its exhilarating destructive gameplay and colourful graphics made it one of the best downloads available on consoles so far. Now here is its big brother, Battlefield Bad Company 2, the sequel to the well received original from 2008 – which is deploying in March 2010.

Grumpy Gurevitz: Stupid People Lead Me To Violence!

What causes violence? If you are fan of George Lucas then you know that ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to anger, and anger to violence. I ask this as currently we are going through the yearly attack on gaming, largely caused by Modern Warfare 2; but most probably an attack which would have attached itself to another game had MW2 not been released.

Modern Warfare 2 launch trailer and unofficial release

Cock your rifle, load up your humvee and don your space suit (!?) because Modern Warfare 2 is blowing out the windows and rappelling down in to a shop near you, possibly before the official release date as many retailers can’t seem to keep it off their shelves.

Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising: review

Let’s get this straight, Operation Flashpoint hates you. It doesn’t know you that well and doesn’t have a real reason to pick on you, but it doesn’t care. This game wants you to fail and will keep shooting you in the head until you rage quit or beat it. You’re not going to let a game treat you like that are you?

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat – Hands On

We’re now up to the third game in the Stalker series, with the critically acclaimed Shadows of Chernobyl and the mostly ignored Clear Skies leaving us in some doubt as to what we can expect.

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