Modern Warfare 2   One of the best teasers I have seen in a while, probaby not since the teaser for J.J. Abrams' Star Trek("Under Construction"). Yet this is one of the more fulfilling teasers-the ones with cryptic messages and vague images. Because if anybody is reading this and they happen to be a good fan of Call of Duty 4, they most likely watched it atleast three or so times. Me, I just got finished re-scrutinizing the 2:00 minute video for the eighth. The teaser manages to capture that Clancyian military-thriller feel while leaving viewers with more questions. Which is good. From what I could make out and what is already clarified by many a site and poster it starts out with probably four dudes who sound like they are wearing business attire as you can hear the clapping of dress shoes as they walk into what argued to be either a subway or airport as they can be heard entering a rather bustling area which could be in the States. An airport is likely because Japanese, Korean, and I swore to be Spanish in the background. The dudes then enter an elevator. This is where the messages flash in. As the ...

Well it better be. Man, 2008 was a rush huh? Great and crap shooters alike came out in fury along the Spring and Fall periods like a flow of cresting waves. But that was 2008 with its Far Cry 2, Fallout 3(counts as a shooter to me), Left 4 Dead, and whatever else that blew our minds. This is officially 2009 and let us go with optimism and consider the next line of shooters -along with more posts. Later we can review the awesome line of 2008 games. PC: Battlefield: Heroes, Borderlands, Aliens: Colonial Marines, Shellshock 2, Wolfenstein, RAGE. PS3: Chronicles of Riddick, Medal of Honor: Operation Anaconda, Killzone 2. Wii: The Conduit, House of the Dead: Overkill. XBOX360: Call of Duty 6, Section 8, Bioshock 2, Dogtag, Dead Island. Good, not many shooters may be coming out this time around. Which is very disturbing. At least the market is not going to be "oversaturated" as the econs would usually about FPS releases. Well I could see some of these titles possibly not meeting the standards of gamers and some hopefully blowing some minds. Other than that it will be the year of Killzone 2 making the PS3 the formidable console it should have been ...

Aw boo f-ing hoo f*** Treyarch gah-gah! That is what came to mind when I thought of what thousands of severely dissappointed  CoD-fans would utter when I read the first impressions of the next installment in the stalwert war series. Now it is fully confirmed about Trey's involvement behind the odd-number installment and much unlike all the jump-gunning fans who were enlightened by Modern Warfare, we're excited as hell at the hell of war. Earlier this month a number a publications present a much needed change of perspective to the WWII(yes the Second World War like I-III CoDs) genre of FPS. The Pacific theatre alas. Though what impressed us even more is the rather hopeful change of pace of the game into a few unexplored directions. See not only they reveal the true horrors of war, Trey's theme is the use of survival-horror elements in the much darker,bleck battlefields of CoD. Treyarch's aim is to produce an enemy that wasn't the hard-skinned, irritating, life-preserving Nazi but is the near animal inhumaness of an Imperial who is savage in combat. As hinted in the publications Japanese soldier will be predatorial in tropical warfare. Meaning they may practice ambushes-alot, from the bush to ...

  Aside from the news surrounding the summer release of Battlefield: Bad Company, the very interesting Battlefield:Heroes was announced earlier this year. Alike Bad Company, Heroes is not a direct sequel to Battlefield 2 but DICE's foray into the Free-2-Play/Play-4-Free industry much popularized by Korean and Indie developers. This is EAs experimentation on the much annoying practice of in-game advertisements and DICEs opportunity entertain the casual audiences. What will noticeably set Heroes from the other installments the cartoon-like art style akin to Warner Bros. Free-2-Play/Battlefield-4-Free Battlefield: Heroes has personally been one of our most anticipated titles-especially on the upcoming barren Summer season(thanks in part to a particular R* title and Kojima-sans' upcoming magnum opus). Which gives us all the more reason to focus most of our attention upon this. From the previews related info we have skimmed this is shaping up to be rather popular shooter as BFH in a way reminds us of Wolfenstein Enemy Territory which in its time was one hell of a free game. BFH brings back the traditional mechanics of a class based 32 player match laid over well, a battlefield where strategic base points are set for the opposing teams- them being the Allies and Axis in ...

Mid-March marks the arrival of two anticipated sequels to two very hard-hitting titles. The 18th marks the arrival of Rainbow Six: Vegas and on the 12th Condemned 2: Bloodshot drops in with already silvering reviews. Condemned 2: Bloodshot Condemned 2 continues the tale of a now psychologically damaged and overworked detective who experiences a new fear as the squaters, lowlives, and bums of the gritty backalleys once again become Influenced by a cult's curse of igniting the hatred in men. So an embittered Detective Thomas must reopen the case files and sip a whiskey before haymaking new ruffians in their ugly jaws. The gameplay is much more brutal as before what with the introduction of hand-to-hand fisticuffs, more painful executions, and an improved investigation system that rewards the player. What is just large is the introduction of multiplayer in the form of four gametypes which includes the vanilla TDM and DM along with Bum Rush and Crime Scene. Though the MP may lose its value over time as Condemned's true strength is placed in its singleplayer. Rainbow Six Vegas 2 Vegas is getting second wake up call with Rainbow installment that sure to include and emphasize  stronger Cooperative gameplay and a more rewarding ...

The questionably fruity title are the first two words that I managed to rummage and yank out of my head to describe this first quarter of 2008, other than that Spring is going to be somewhat of a riot. With such post-winter titles like Turok and errr what was it? Conflict: Denied Ops we got a pretty decent stretch of titles. Not really sure about Conflict though but hey. Despite some of these arriving near the beginning of the second quarter these title presented enough credit to be close to initial spring release dates. No this is a rather colorful crew of titles and what is interesting- or more like cautionary about this gallery is that a few of them are straight-up original properties that probably are not on par with Bioshock but then again Condemned and Brothers In Arms were original titles in their fledgling days but they later grew into um, stardom. Alright, returning to the colorful part with eight titles, three of which we have played in demo form while the others are far off in the March and April realms but they seem promising. -Frontlines: Fuel of War, February 25, 2008. This one will explode into retail...today ...

Call of Duty 3: Treyarchs bastardization? The revealing of information pertaining to the fifth Call of Duty installment to be tasked to the much reviled Treyarch studios who are "infamous" for their production behind Call of Duty 3 maybe old news but what is included in the release- which is in the form of a job-op on Treys website for a level designer position is the recommendation of the interest in WWII shooters, which is interesting enough. Personally(and I mean just myself) CoD3 was favorite of the series as it was not the prior two installments which otherwise gained high renown and were riddled with as much rewards as possible. But hey, it was different, it was a done by a different set of minds and that was great. Back in those days CoD3 provided one of the best multiplayer experiences along with an even better SP storyline more human characters which I am still playing today. Not only did this release garner attention from players who are enlightened by CoD4 contemporary modern rebirth but still left disgusted by Treyarch and CoD3, it has triggered speculation from embittered gamers who are disinterested in the stagnating subgenre of World War II and ...

  Nothing explosive or distinctive has happened much in the much innovative area of the first-person shooter genre but that it is the annual Holiday slump. That and the two man onslaught of Bioshock and Call of Duty 4 and Halo 3 which have already ruptured up a surge in the industry. A surge with enough space for some more creative properties to emerge out hopefully. 'Cause, we're not playing CoD4 forever. Okay we are. Here's the spotlighted console titles set to premier during the 2008 year. Starting with our favorite console for good measure in no particular chronological order. PLAYSTATION 3 Ahhh yea, our lady of hope the PS3 had-had a difficult time catching up with that white hardcore-communal behemoth and the wee-little infrared family gadget. Yet a number of publications have discussed the chance of 2008 as the Year of the PS3. And its just a headache trying to estimate a way the PS3 can fail. ~Resistance 2 as discussed earlier will be a powerhouse of the alternate history kind. Europe is ravashed by an unknown alien enemy, and of course the ol' US of A is facing an invasion of the Chimaeran kind. A CO-OP campaign that branches with a ...

  Woh dude, how long was I out? What?! No. No way. A month and a half? For good reason too. Two good reasons. First a three week trip to Southeast Asia which has gone longer than I thought do to extensions (and that trip to Phuket). Second, December was pretty dry in the form of decent-I mean recent FPS releases. I mean like what? We'd still be talking about Bioshock? Or the disappointing push-back of Haze which really wasn't a push-back? This is just refresher of the hottest releases of FPS related news over the past weeks where we had our backs turn. ~After decades of anticipation or decided whether or not it really does still exist, a trailer for Duke Nukem: Forever was released. ~Info on Rainbow Six Vegas 2 reveals a more seamless form of gameplay that advances from the original PEC RPG-esque character creation system where the player character can transfer from their singleplayer campaign to a multiplayer scenario with all their stats. ~Another sequel, Condemned 2: Bloodshot finally introduces a multiplayer section(hopefully with some insane hobo VS insane hobo action) along with expanding on the creatively brutal melee specialization gameplay. ~Another sequel, Far Cry 2 may make eyes bleed ...

Of the few PC faithful games arriving this pre-Holiday November, Crysis will have the chance to be the standout. Aside from running the demo on the lowest possible settings on our crap-ass "rig" Crysis still ran fairly well at a constant 25-30 FPS(the other FPS) while still looking half as well as the gameplay screenshots. Though in order to even see the faces of our North Korean pals I had to tweak the resolution. Like BioShock this is a "spiritual sequel" to the groundbreaking Paradise-gone-awry adventure-thriller of FarCry so heavy observation and reconnoitering is aim of the gameplay and for survival. Though this time it is not about an ex-military fighting guerilla warfare against barbaric mercenary forces. This time the player has somewhat of an advantage in the form of an experimental nano-exoskeleton with most of the trapping one would expect from the military. This includes the bionic modes of Maximum Speed and Strength along with space-age Armor and Cloaking. So we should expect a huge headache for the occupying North Korean forces. Oh and there's vicious cryo-powered aliens invading the South China Sea. Gameplay-wise the game is as captivating as FarCry and somewhat less difficult than it. But enough comparing, ...