Metroid Prime’s scan visor changed the way we thought about first-person games

But all these years later, one of Samus’ skills sticks with me more than the rest: her scan visor. The gadget didn’t just ...
Wall Street Journal

First Brands Bankruptcy Damage Spreads to Jefferies, UBS

Auto-parts supplier First Brands crashed into bankruptcy last month. Now, banks are sifting through their exposure to the company and its chain of customers and suppliers.
IGN

Bad optics.

Activision has announced an eye-catching free trial of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 that just so happens to clash with the launch week of rival first-person shooter Battlefield 6. The week-long free ...
Comicbook.com

Xbox Game Pass Just Added One of the Best First-Person Shooters of All Time

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers can now enjoy one of the best first-person shooters of all time. This is the case for subscribers on Xbox One, Xbox Series X, PC, and even Cloud. The game in ...
The New York Times

Pope Leo Calls for Unity on Climate at a Divided Moment

The pope invoked his predecessor, Francis, for whom the environment was a core issue, but stopped short of criticizing world leaders dismissive of climate change. By Motoko Rich Reporting from Castel ...
IGN

Global perspective.

The director of Resident Evil Requiem has said Western players are more likely to choose the game's first-person option, after growing up on a diet of PC first-person shooters such as Doom. Meanwhile, ...
GamesRadar+

Helldivers 2 won't get bigger lobbies because 16 players would come with a side of "16 FPS," Arrowhead CEO says: "We're trying to fix performance. Not kill it"

Third Person Shooters Helldivers 2 dev says "there are no easy solutions" to fix the massive 150GB PC file size, but Arrowhead is "sure to find a better balance between loading times and installation ...
Futurism

4Chan-Obsessed ICE Shooter Was Gaming on Steam Right Up Until the End

Right before he shot up a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in a murderous rampage this week, Joshua Jahn of Texas was playing first-person shooter games on Steam — a startling ...
PC Gamer

Extraction shooter Gravebound's bullet hell action adds an exciting twist to the genre, and you can try it out in an open play test right now

Not everyone approves of visible damage numbers in shooters, but I love seeing digits appear above my enemies' heads—I like to imagine they can see them, too, and know their demise is near. During ...
New York Post

British adventurer Chris Brown becomes first person to reach 7 of world’s most remote places

A British explorer has made history by becoming the first person to reach seven of the planet’s most inaccessible places. Chris Brown, 63, is on a mission to visit all eight Poles of Inaccessibility ...
gematsu

Spell-craft third-person shooter Spell Trigger announced for PC

Unleash modern spell-craft in this high-octane third-person multiplayer shooter RPG, weaving precision gunplay with devastating spell-craft. Wield the Spell Trigger, a weapon that fuses arcane power ...