Modern Warfare 3 vs Battlefield 3: This War is Dumb

Can we all just come to terms on this? This is a war on the level of dumb only matched by dumb wars like Donald Trump vs Rosie O’ Donnell, Pokemon vs Digimon, Axel Rose vs his fans, Call of Duty vs the “cool kids,” and 360 vs PS3. In all cases, each had something to bring to the table and really the war was simply a tie up of preferences and poor choices with no real winner, but a bunch of losers. Donald Trump and Rosie are insane, Pokemon was kid friendly while Digimon tended to go in a darker direction, Axel Rose is… well, insane and the fans wanted him to not be, Xbox and PS3 are both gaming systems with their equal claims to success, and Call of Duty was being shoved down the general populaces throats by Activision and we were loving it like the whores we are. There may be a few detractors from the ranks who spam Meta Critic and every forum they can, clambering to speak out against the biggest giant in all of videogamedom. Yet with the release of MW3 and its record setting $775 million in sales during the first five days, the point of the few vocal has been beaten down by the wallets of the general market.

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Would Anyone Really Care About Doom 4?

On October 21^st, 2011 a story was put onto the mass video game news site Kotaku that stated a meeting was held after the release of id Software’s Rage with Bethesda and parent company Zenimax. It was said that the publisher was disappointed in reviews and overall sales of the developer’s recent game, Rage, and that they would have to postpone the development of Doom 4 indefinitely.

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Gunstringer Interview and Impressions

Mr. Pharisee scored an interview with Jay Stuckwisch of Twisted Pixel about their new Kinect game, Gunstringer. Does Twisted Pixel come through or are they just pulling our strings?

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Play2Improve: Female FPS Players Everywhere Rejoice!

It has been said that women can’t play first-person shooters because they don’t aim when they pee. It’s scientific fact. Luckily though, video game developers have recognized this horrible affliction and have already begun taking the steps necessary to help female FPS gamers everywhere. Coaching software and training applications are being developed and refined more and more each day, and soon there will be no excuse. With the help of these innovative tools and services, gaming scientists are hopeful the misogyny inherent to FPS gaming can one day be controlled, possibly even reversed.

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Prize For Most Bland Name Goes To: A Shooter

Sorcery Games is releasing “A Shooter” for Xbox Live Indie Games, and while the name sounds very uninteresting, the game looks quite the opposite.  In A Shooter, you pilot a ship and your goal is to shoot other ships, gain power-ups, and get major points for it.  If you are not amazed by that, there is something wrong with you.  The game looks intense.  It looks like a cross-between Galaga and Geometry Wars.  One thing that’s most appealing about the game is that it offers unlimited retries.  I can’t tell you how many times I’d get the double-ship on my last life in Galaga and then some douchebag would fly into me and ruin it just when I started to feel awesome.  Great, now I have to start the whole game over again.  Continue?  Hell no.  No more wasted quarters on you, Galaga.  But with the unlimited retries in A Shooter, this will be a chance for gamers to try again without feeling like such a failure.  Continue? Hell yes.  Also, when you get a power-up in the game it is PERMANENT.  I would have never lost my double-ship!  Galaga, you suck.

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Guess What Gun Loco Is About!

Square-Enix announced a new Xbox 360 exclusive IP at GamesCom this year, and it’s far from slaying dragons and finding crystals. Gun Loco is Square-Enix’s new third-person run and gun shooter, offering a single player campaign and up to 12 players in multiplayer competitive action.  The title features original character design by toy designer Kenny Wong of kennyswork and brothersfree fame. Continue reading…

Bullet Hell Meets Control Hell – Cave Shooters Coming To iOS

One of the most successful top scrolling shooter franchises is coming to iOS. According to Cave’s blog, DoDonPachi Resurrection are headed to your favorite Apple portable device this summer. This is quite an accomplishment because the reveal trailer captures the same intensity and runs the same frame rates as the console and arcade versions. Continue reading…