All articles tagged with #first person shooter
Luna Abyss, a single-player first-person bullet-hell action-adventure, has joined Xbox Game Pass across Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Cloud as a day-one release. Early reviews are solid, praising stylish visuals, tight traversal and combat, and atmospheric world-building, while noting occasional readability issues and a few technical rough edges; if you like challenging shooters with parkour, it’s worth trying on GP.
Marathon's latest patch reduces grenade stack sizes—EMP, flechette, chem, frag, and heat grenades can now be carried as a maximum of one per stack, significantly cutting grenade spam. Claymores drop to two per stack, while proximity sensors, smoke grenades, and ammo crates stay at three per stack. The update also includes armoury improvements, a UI elimination bug fix, and secure vents in Cryo Archive to prevent spawn rushing. While grenades remain useful in certain situations, the change should curb the spam-heavy meta without nerfing overall gameplay.
A 2026 revisit of Wolfenstein 3D highlights its clunky, mapless level design and archaic shooter mechanics, but also reveals a surprising one-handed playability via mouse controls and confirms the game’s enduring role as a historical touchstone that helped shape the modern FPS genre.
Battlefield 6 has had an impressive launch on Steam with over 740,000 concurrent players, making it the second most-played game on the platform and surpassing previous records for the franchise, indicating a highly successful debut for EA's latest shooter.
Painkiller, a fast-paced demon-slaying FPS originally released in 2004, is celebrated for its intense arena combat and gothic horror aesthetic. The 2025 reboot enhances the experience with larger levels, co-op gameplay, a deckbuilding system, and new mobility options, maintaining its focus on straightforward, chaotic shooting fun for fans of the genre.
Turok: Origins, showcased at Gamescom 2025, is an exciting dinosaur-shooting game developed by Saber Interactive that combines Native American cultural elements with diverse weapons and class-based abilities, promising a fun and respectful reboot of the classic franchise.
The classic Delta Force series is returning to PlayStation 5 as a free-to-play multiplayer shooter, featuring modes like PvP, extraction, and a campaign based on Black Hawk Down, with early access available before its official release on August 19. Despite mixed reviews, the game is currently one of the most played on Steam.
Ubisoft has officially confirmed they are developing a new first-person Ghost Recon game, which is expected to be a tactical, realistic military shooter targeting a 2026 release, with Tencent's investment supporting the project.
Ready or Not, a highly-rated tactical FPS, is now available on Xbox Series X|S, offering a gritty, simulation-style experience where players lead a SWAT team through dangerous criminal hotspots, emphasizing strategic gameplay and realism. The game is praised for its balance of challenge and immersion, making it a must-play for fans of tactical shooters on Xbox.
Ready or Not has sold over 1 million units on console in under 4 days, making it ten times faster than its PC launch, with positive reviews and increased player engagement.
RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business is a sequel/expansion that offers more of the same gameplay as Rogue City, with slight new features like the Cryo Cannon and control sections, but it feels repetitive and takes too long to reach the new content. It provides a solid 10-hour experience for newcomers but doesn't significantly evolve the original game's mechanics or story.
Robocop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business is a standalone spin-off that pays homage to the Robocop franchise and modern action films like Dredd and The Raid, featuring intense violence, varied levels, and humorous side missions, despite some glitches and performance issues. It's highly recommended for fans of the original game and action shooters, offering more of the same chaotic fun at a budget price.
Xbox Game Pass has added Call of Duty: WWII, offering its campaign, multiplayer, and Nazi Zombies modes to subscribers across Xbox and PC platforms, enriching the service's library with a popular WWII shooter.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 was announced at Xbox Games Showcase 2025, set in 2035 with a cinematic trailer, featuring a back-to-back release within the Black Ops series, with new storylines, multiplayer maps, and co-op campaign, available across multiple platforms including last-gen consoles, with no release window announced.
Activision announced Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, set in 2035 with a focus on chaos and psychological warfare, promising a mind-bending experience with solo, co-op, multiplayer, and Zombies modes, releasing across multiple platforms including Xbox, PlayStation, and PC, with more details to come later this summer.