"Homefront" tries to craft an expansive, historical "What if?" scenario. But the new game ends up delivering "Oh ... not again!" game play.
The first-person shooter from Kaos Studios and THQ expands on current tensions with North Korea, but delves into a future where North and South Korea...
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Bethesda have announced that they will release Prey 2, a sequel to 2006's Prey, next year for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.
The sequel to 2006's generally well-received Cherokee mythology-meets-alien abduction first-person shooter, Prey 2 will be developed by the same studio responsible...
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Shoot-em-ups can make fast decision makers
Boffins at the University of Rochester have worked out that first-person shooter players are better at making fast, accurate decisions based on evidence extracted from their surroundings. They have also...
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A team of analysts at Camp Lejeune took a top award this spring for a new video game simulation that lets troops recreate actual combat scenarios.
Luke Devore, Pat Maloney, and Brian Libretto, all civilian contractors with Cubic Simulation, brought home an “Innovations in DoD Gaming Award” for...
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