Neowin News Feed for: Shooter

Shadow Warrior 3 is a visually spectacular but bland adventure

Asher Madan — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 22:00:01 +0000

Shadow Warrior 3 is a first-person shooter that focuses on Lo Wang and his quest to stop a dragon he unleashed at the end of Shadow Warrior 2. How does it run on Xbox Series X? Read on to find out. Read more...

STALKER 2 development paused due to Russia-Ukraine war

Asher Madan — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 19:52:01 +0000

STALKER 2 is being developed by Ukrainian studio GSC Game World. However, due to the Russian war, the title is being placed on the sidelines to focus on protecting the team on the ground. Read more...

Activision won't release Call of Duty in 2023

Asher Madan — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 23:34:01 +0000

Today, a report by Bloomberg said that Activision was delaying Call of Duty 2023, next year's title, to 2024. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will still launch in 2022 as originally planned. Read more...

Ziggurat 2 on Xbox Series X is one of the best roguelike shooters ever

Asher Madan — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 22:26:01 +0000

Ziggurat 2 is the long-awaited sequel to Ziggurat. The title is a first-person roguelike shooter that features a campaign, endless challenges, and much more. Read on to find out more about this game. Read more...

Halo show to reveal Master Chief's face, plays important role in story

Asher Madan — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 20:34:01 +0000

In a recent interview between IGN and 343 Industries, the developer revealed that the upcoming Halo show will reveal Master Chief's face. According to a producer, it's an important part of the story. Read more...

Halo Infinite multiplayer gets ranking fixes on February 22

Asher Madan — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 02:38:02 +0000

Halo Infinite is getting a ranking update that should match players better depending on their skill level. The team has been working on these changes since the game launched in December 2021. Read more...

Microsoft may announce GoldenEye 007 remaster soon

Asher Madan — Sun, 13 Feb 2022 18:02:01 +0000

According to VentureBeat's Jeff Grubb, who has a history of accurately leaking games, a GoldenEye 007 remaster is coming soon from Microsoft. It may be the long-rumored Xbox 360 port from years ago. Read more...

Call of Duty to be available on PlayStation even after existing agreements expire

Asher Madan — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 17:36:01 +0000

Today, Microsoft's Brad Smith announced that Call of Duty would be available on PlayStation even after existing agreements with Sony expire. He also mentioned bringing the game to Nintendo's platform. Read more...

Shadow Warrior 3 hits PC and consoles on March 1, gets new voice actors

Asher Madan — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 18:32:01 +0000

Shadow Warrior 3 is coming to PC, PlayStation, and Xbox on March 1, 2022. The game is available for pre-order across these platforms. It's also getting new voice actors for some characters. Read more...

Halo Infinite features giant sandwich Easter egg

Asher Madan — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 17:36:02 +0000

Halo Infinite is filled with secrets from powerful weapons to quirky enemies. However, there are also arcade machines, musical tour posters, and even giant sandwiches. Yes, you read that right. Read more...

Halo Infinite gets Slayer and other multiplayer modes on December 14

Asher Madan — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 17:12:01 +0000

Recently, 343 Industries announced that it was adding Slayer, Free-For-All, and other multiplayer modes to Halo Infinite on December 14, 2021. However, future Slayer variants will launch in 2022. Read more...

Serious Sam 4 on Xbox Series X plays like a hilarious B-movie, but a poor port ruins it

Asher Madan — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 23:00:02 +0000

Serious Sam 4 recently released on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X after its September 2020 launch for PC and Stadia. Unfortunately, it suffers from horrible performance issues on Xbox Series X. Read more...

Halo Infinite opening cutscenes leak, contain campaign spoilers

Asher Madan — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 19:14:01 +0000

Today, a few cutscenes from the Halo Infinite campaign appeared online. They reveal a lot of spoilers so you should only read this article if you want to know what happens in the campaign. Read more...

Halo Infinite campaign goes gold, launches December 8

Asher Madan — Fri, 19 Nov 2021 23:54:01 +0000

Today, developer 343 Industries announced that Halo Infinite has gone gold. This means that discs are being printed and the team will spend the remaining days ironing out bugs. It's ready to ship. Read more...

Halo Infinite features rockstar Craig the Brute Easter egg

Asher Madan — Fri, 19 Nov 2021 15:28:01 +0000

There are a lot of secrets hidden in the open-world environment of Halo Infinite, including a Craig the Brute Easter egg where he's portrayed as a musical genius. There's even a poster and album. Read more...

Battlefield 2042 on Xbox Series X: Tremendous potential in need of polish

Asher Madan — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 20:54:01 +0000

Battlefield 2042 is now available in early access on consoles and PC. I was able to test out the Xbox Series X version of the game for 12 hours. Here are my early impressions of it. Read more...

Call of Duty: Vanguard Xbox Series X campaign review — A bombastic but stereotypical story

Asher Madan — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 14:42:01 +0000

Call of Duty: Vanguard launched on November 9, 2021 and features a campaign alongside robust multiplayer options on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox. However, how does the story stack up to other shooters? Read more...

Halo Infinite short film details grappling hook development

Asher Madan — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 16:52:01 +0000

343 Industries dropped another marketing video for Halo Infinite that details how the new grappling hook was developed by a United Nations Space Command scientist. It focuses on her personal struggle. Read more...

Halo Infinite multiplayer Battle Passes cost $10 each, feature non-canon rewards

Asher Madan — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 02:50:01 +0000

Recently during an interview, 343 Industries revealed that Halo Infinite's Battle Passes would cost $10. However, they wouldn't follow the traditional model other teams have adopted over the years. Read more...

Learn to Code by Making Games in this Unity Bundle for only $39.99

News Staff — Tue, 06 Apr 2021 16:46:01 +0000

Battle Royale, Starship, Shooter, and more — build your own games with 141 hours of content on coding and machine learning in Construct 3 and Unity with today's highlighted Neowin Deal. Read more...

Ubisoft announces free-to-play battle royale title Hyper Scape for consoles and PC

Namerah Saud Fatmi — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 22:28:01 +0000

Video game publisher and developer Ubisoft has announced a free-to-play battle royale title for current-gen consoles and PC. Titled Hyper Scape, the game is set to land on the PS4, Xbox One and PC. Read more...

A Battlegrounds purple mini-skirt has sold for nearly $500 on the Steam Marketplace

Stergios Georgopoulos — Sat, 05 Aug 2017 14:44:01 +0000

Online battle royale game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has recently added a few paid cosmetic items as part of a microtransaction system test and the items are going for insane prices. Read more...

Red Dead Redemption 2 coming fall 2017

Jett Goldsmith — Tue, 18 Oct 2016 14:08:01 +0000

Rockstar has announced that the highly anticipated sequel to its massively successful open-world Western shooter, Red Dead Redemption, is coming to consoles next fall. Read more...

EVOLVE "Big Alpha" beta confirmed for Oct. 30 on Xbox One

Chris Schroeder — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 01:36:01 +0000

Turtle Rock Studios is following up its Left for Dead hit franchise with a new cooperative shooter. Confirmed for an October 30 launch, the Big Alpha test event will be only on Xbox One. Read more...

Hitman: Absolution trailer talks storytelling

Tim Schiesser — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 03:55:32 +0000

A new "Storytelling" trailer for Hitman: Absolution has been made available, and in it some of the people behind the making of the game explain how the story of Agent 47 is told Read more...

Crysis 3 multiplayer trailer reveals 16-player PC support

Tim Schiesser — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 11:01:38 +0000

A new trailer for Crysis 3 has surfaced from the folks at Crytek and EA, and it shows off the beautiful CryEngine 3 alongside some of the features you can expect in the multiplayer component Read more...

Borderlands 2 Mechromancer DLC available now

Tim Schiesser — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 01:25:05 +0000

The fifth playable character in Borderlands 2, Gaige the Mechromancer, is now available to download from Steam; either for $9.99 or free with the Premiere Club edition Read more...

My thoughts on Borderlands 2

Tim Schiesser — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 01:43:33 +0000

A couple of weeks ago Borderlands 2 was released; I got a copy on my PC, played it, an enjoyed it a lot. Here's some quick thoughts on the game after I completed the majority of it. Read more...

Battlefield 3: Aftermath DLC officially revealed

Tim Schiesser — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 01:02:47 +0000

A new Battlefield 3 DLC pack, known as Aftermath, has been made official by EA. It's set in a post-earthquake Tehran and features four new urban maps, plus new game modes and assignments Read more...

Battlefield Heroes celebrates third anniversary

Paul Ferson — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:24:33 +0000

Today marks the third anniversary of Battlefield Heroes; EA's first foray into the world of free-to-play PC gaming, which launched all the way back in 2009. Read more...

It's official - Tribes: Ascend is a hit

Tyler Holman — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:57:12 +0000

Tribes: Ascend, the title that revived a long running series from hibernation, is officially a hit: developer Hi-Rez has announced that the game has been downloaded over 1 million times since release. Read more...

Undertow revealed - 16 player Xbox Live Arcade shooter

Todd Tanner — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 06:34:52 +0000

Chair Entertainment Group, an independent video game production company, today announced its newest original property, Undertow, is currently in development for Xbox LIVE Arcade, the premier destination for digitally distributed, downloadable games. Expected to go... Read more...

Iridion dev working on DS shooter

Thu, 12 Aug 2004 14:09:56 +0000

Iridion developer Shin'en Multimedia is working on a Nintendo DS title called Nanostray, judging by a product page on the German developer's website. Its set to be published by Majesco in Q1 2005. See that?... Read more...

VU and Monolith working on mystery shooter

Sat, 08 May 2004 15:45:57 +0000

In addition to announcing its E3 lineup, VU Games gave the world a sneak peak at a new shooter it is currently working on with Tron 2.0 developer Monolith Productions. Accompanying VU's weekly newsletter was... Read more...

Online sci-fi shooter listens to fans

Tue, 02 Sep 2003 07:42:50 +0000

Online gaming is here to stay and will continue to be compelling, as long as you evolve with your community. So says Jay Wilbur, Epic Games developer of Unreal Tournament 2004, the... Read more...

Dreamcast gets a new vertical shooter

Marcel Klum — Sun, 07 Apr 2002 15:37:56 +0000

It's called Ikaruga, and winging its way to DC from a NAOMI arcade box New York-based import specialist NCS has recently confirmed to its customers that it will be soon be able to... Read more...