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Tag: Shooter
Star Wars: Hunters Releases at Last
The long-awaited video game Star Wars: Hunters came out today. This mobile and Nintendo Switch game has been talked about since 2021’s Nintendo Direct, but with little to show for it aside from minimal gameplay at an Apple event for the iPad mini. Alongside the game, Lucasfilm and developer Zynga put out a launch trailer that you can see here: A gameplay…
Voice Actors Say Only Gay People Can Play Their Games During Pride Month
Video game voice actors are having a normal one, specifically three from Valorant and Overwatch 2. If you haven’t been reminded enough to remember by now, it’s pride month, and shooters seem particularly interested in making their players aware. (I have a theory about this: these games tend to attract masculine gamers.) Activision has rainbow-colored guns…
Splatoon 3 Sales Skyrocket in Japan
Nintendo doesn’t have to wait for the ink to dry on its newest shooter. According to Games Radar, Splatoon 3 sold over 3.45 million copies in Japan in its first three days of release, making it the country’s fastest-selling Nintendo Switch game in the period. The previous champion, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, sold 1.88 million…
What I’ve Been Playing – Splinter Cell: Conviction
After booting the game up for the first time in a while, I was reminded how much I love Splinter Cell: Conviction. Playing through the opening chapter, re-familiarizing myself with the controls and game mechanics was like sliding back into routine. I remembered where enemy positions were, how far their line of sight was, and…
What I’ve Been Playing – Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege
I’ve been playing first person shooters for a long time now, from Medal of Honor: Frontlines on the Nintendo Gamecube, to Halo 2 on Xbox, all the way up to last year’s Battlefield 1 on the PlayStation 4. I’m no stranger to the genre, but I hadn’t truly experienced a game quite like Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege. The intense three…