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Gameolio: The Life Of The FPS Genre, and Where Is It Heading?

Nightshadow, from Gameolio, writes:

"Today we take a trip down memory lane and visit the ghosts of old. We explore where it all started and why this genre in gaming became so successful, and finally where we are heading with First-Person-Shooters in the future."

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Cajun Chicken5145d ago

FPSes forgot to be fun, simple and original these days.

I'll just cheekily add my recent blog of a guide how to run these on modern PCs and enhanced if you choose to.

http://www.n4g.com/up/48502...

Blaster_Master5145d ago (Edited 5145d ago )

You guys must only be 360 or pc gamers. If you have a ps3, and you like fps games, you should try MAG. If MAG is an indicator of where and how fps's are evolving then im extremely happy. Its evolving like an animal.

The support that zipper has for the game is second to none. The epicness of what seems like free weekly dlc support this game has been getting is top notch. Its a beast of a game, that looks better, plays better, and tweaked to balance it even more with every new update.

I highly recommend MAG to anyone who can think with their own minds and not rely on what other people think when it comes to games.

OtherWhiteMeat5145d ago

Just read your blog and was very impressed.Good work.

Baka-akaB5145d ago

I remember a time when fps werent almost all team squad based , and chokeful of autoaiming and assist .

Long are gone the days you needed actual skills for both aiming and acrobatic plays (like in Q2-q3) , welcome to the age of shootgun rushing fools , drone abusers and campers (but to be fair that one always existed)

rambler5145d ago (Edited 5145d ago )

I think developers really need to step it up with FPS's. Its always the same generic shoot your gun and kill the enemy and move forward gameplay every single time. They really havn't changed over the last 15 years and I think its about time we see some innovation and originality. Gameplay is extremely linear in all shooters and the voice acting is always horrible, also im sick of all the cliche story lines and charcters. I can look at a character in any fps and know exactly how they will act because ive seen it hundreds of times before.

/double standards rant

OtherWhiteMeat5145d ago

That article was like a trip down memory lane.It seems FPS have gotten a little bit stale of late.Just played and finished F.E.A.R 2 and the new Wolfenstein and neither game offer anything new.I may take Blaster's advice and give MAG a try.

OtherWhiteMeat5145d ago

MAG is next on my list.Spent my last bit of cash on God of War 3 and absolutely loving it.

gamerzBEreal175144d ago

imo third person games last so much longer the online is more tactical and they are overall better games FPS go by after what 5 months (witht the acseption of call of duty 4)

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5 Of The Best Narrative Twists In Video Games

GL compiles a list of some of the most mind-blowing video game narrative twists in recent memory, from The Last of Us to Outer Wilds

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Rebel_Scum1d ago

With articles like these cant you tag the games mentioned so that we can know ahead of time if there’s a spoiler to avoid?

Not clicking on your article otherwise.

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The 5 best video game adaptations of popular board games

Discover our top video game adaptations of popular board games, from Bloodbowl to Wingspan & get your board game friends into video games!

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EKWB reportedly plagued with financial disarray many gaming pc's left without parts

EK Cooling allegedly has slipped itself into a hot soup of seemingly endless financial woes, where it has not paid its staff, suppliers, and contractors for many months as the company is facing liquidity problems and a surplus of inventory left unsold, stuck in the warehouse for a more extended period. Gamers Nexus investigated these claims made by former and current personnel, where he found trails of unpaid bills lasting as long as three to four months and unpaid raises that accumulated for almost a year.

EK Water Blocks has two entities—a Slovenian-based headquarters and a US-based subsidiary, EK Cooling Solutions. Steve narrated the series of events in detail, stating that the company was reportedly irresponsible and negligent regarding payment. Consequently, partners and employees are forced to share the burden of alleged mismanagement. It all begins with its extensive range of products, leading to a surplus of goods. EK has over 230 water blocks, 40 liquid cooling kits, 85 reservoirs, 40 pumps, 73 radiators, and 212 miscellaneous accessories.

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just_looken4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Yes this is not about video games directly but indirectly this will impact the pc gaming/workstation space hard.

This company is massive one of two in the water cool space so if it goes poof then thousands out there have no spare parts or half built computers.

SO yeah i know not about a video game but think of it as amd leaving the pc space but this is ekwb that could be leaving water cooling in the pc space

Jayz2cents a supporter of there products also has issues
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Giblet_Head2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

As someone that has built a watercooling rig. EK is big, but there's so many numerous watercooling part companies out there. EK's stuff isn't exactly amazing quality for the price compared to others either, it's just ok. Much like Corsair. The impact would be negligible long term. For perspective the majority of my parts are XSPC, at most I use EK for my gpu waterblocks and fittings. Both easily replaceable.