While these mentioned above were undoubtedly the best
shooter games released this year, there are at least a few more worth pointing out to genre fans.
Wolfenstein II is one of the best first - person
shooter games released this year, although it has some flaws.
Wolfenstein II is one of the best first - person
shooter games released this year, albeit with some flaws.
Wolfenstein II is one of the best first - person
shooter games released this year, albeit with some flaws.
Wolfenstein II is one of the best first - person
shooter games released this year, although it has some flaws.
Not exact matches
While not sequential in their development (Q - Games
released Eden between the two), the expert shift from focused tower defense to dual - stick
shooter with a heavy reliance on liquid physics is pulled off more masterfully then many AAA developers handle the same
game year over
year.
With 2017 still fresh in our collective memory, it's time to circle back and take a look at the best
shooter games released in the
year that just went by.
From the time I spent with it, hands - on, at E3 this
year, I'm wholly confident the third - person
shooter, straight from the mind of David Gaffe, is a
game that should have been
released years and
years ago.
Next
year will bring no fewer than four pirate
games: the official
release of Steam Early Access naval first - person
shooter Blackwake; Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion; and the two heavy hitters, Sea of Thieves and Skull & Bones.
Hucast's next Dreamcast
release is the vertical - scrolling
shooter Ghost Blade and after a serious set - back when the previous programmer left the project, the
game is now set for a
release this
year on September the 17th.
Square Enix
released a new trailer for Left Alive, the company's recently revealed survival action
shooter, at Tokyo
Game Show today that offers a glimpse of gameplay from next
year's title.
Guerrilla Games» first
game would
release one
year after the sale, and was a third - person
shooter called Shellshock: Nam» 67.
Almost four
years after the Xbox One
game's
release in 2014, Microsoft's continues to update and improve the
shooter package.
A2M's acrobatic
shooter WET has been in
release date limbo since the great Activision - Blizzard merger left it publisher-less, but with Bethesda Softworks officially taking over distribution duties,
gamers can look forward to shooting and slashing their way through bewildered henchmen before the
year is out.
With 2017 still fresh in our collective memory, it's time to circle back and take a look at the best
shooter games released in the
year that just went by.
Dark Void is the latest title to be scratched from this fall's
game release calendar, with Capcom announcing that the jet - pack powered
shooter will be delayed until the new
year.
Where Declassifed sets itself apart from a lot of the other
shooters is in its desire to implement some of the tactical play of its strategy cousin XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the
game which captured the hearts and minds of many players when it was
released last
year.
Last
year, Milkstone Studios
released a
game called Ziggurat which provided a fun take on the first person
shooter genre by mixing in elements of a roguelike.
This is a busy
year for Ubisoft, the developer just
released its most anticipated open - world hacking video
game Watch Dogs, and it has to manage a few more upcoming AAA
games, one of which is a third - person tactical
shooter called Tom Clancy's The Division.
Tripwire Interactive and Antimatter
games have
released a new update pack for their World War II - era first person
shooter and 2011 First - Person Shooter of the Year (PC Gamer), Red Orchestra 2 and it's expansion, Rising
shooter and 2011 First - Person
Shooter of the Year (PC Gamer), Red Orchestra 2 and it's expansion, Rising
Shooter of the
Year (PC
Gamer), Red Orchestra 2 and it's expansion, Rising Storm.
Including the recently
released PixelJunk Nom Nom Galaxy and last
year's PixelJunk
Shooter Ultimate, both available on PSN for individual purchase, PlayStation 4 is now the destination for PixelJunk
games!
Then Tyler made what she called a «hard right turn» into
game land and introduced one of this
year's most anticipated
releases: Ghost Recon Wildlands, an open - world
shooter game, in which players take on a Bolivian drug cartel.
During this time, they
released two
games: the browser 3D MMOG MilMo, which was operated for two and half
years, and Tuff Tanks, an artillery
shooter MOG for the iPad.
Call of Duty World War 2 is a first - person
shooter video
game that
released on Nov 3 this
year.
Who would have thought that Psyonix, the people who
released the awesome Star Fox-esque on - rails
shooter ARC Squadron on iOS more than five
years ago, would go on to create one of the most popular multiplayer
games in the world.
Other Blizzard
games include the StarCraft franchise, which was once the world's biggest esport, Overwatch, a hugely popular
shooter released last
year, the Diablo franchise, which includes some of the most well - loved action RPG
games ever, and Hearthstone, a massively profitable online card
game.
Game companies
released enough great RPGs,
shooters, and strategy
games in 2016 to keep any
gamer busy long after the
year ends.
Released in 2015, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege has become one of the most successful multiplayer
shooter and continues to evolve In
Year 3 with regular content updates from the launch of Operation Chimera, Outbreak, and slew of additional
game updates...
I hope Gearbox
releases some info about their next BIA
game, cause I really want to go back 65 - 70
years and play a WWII
shooter.
Gearbox has since
released a Free - to - Play version of the
game in June of this
year but the
game still hasn't been able to top Overwatch as the top first - person hero
shooter on the market.
This is a bold
game that stands out from the litter of war
shooters that are seemingly
released in batches each
year.
Featuring beautifully drawn 2D visuals and imaginative gameplay, Rayman Legends stands out as one of the best
games released last
year, showing that the humble 2D platformer still has much to offer amongst a sea of blockbuster first - person
shooters and open world action titles.
Sure, the
game may have been broken for many for months, but to get consistent support three
years after
release, in a time when multiplayer
shooters have an estimated lifespan...
During its first
year, Gamecock
released two
games: Fury, a competitive online role playing
game that focused on player - verses - player combat developed by Auran, and Dementium: The Ward, a first - person
shooter developed by Renegade Kid
Almost 20 -
years later EA has
released «Syndicate» at a time when
gamers have simply been inundated with
shooters.
As I'm sure your aware the closing months of the
year (September, October and November) host the
releases of some of the biggest
games of the
year; from ferocious first - person
shooters to epic open world adventures, theres no denying this is when the big boys come out to play.
This is the
year that the Unreal
game engine was
released, followed by the
release of the first person
shooter of the same name.
2017-08-14 Hyper Ultra Astronautics 0.0.12 alpha
released 2017-07-18 Hyper Ultra Astronautics 0.0.11 alpha
released 2017-04-27 Hyper Ultra Astronautics 0.0.10 alpha
released 2017-03-22 Hyper Ultra Astronautics 0.0.9 alpha
released 2017-02-12 Hyper Ultra Astronautics 0.0.8 alpha
released 2017-01-12 Hyper Ultra Astronautics 0.0.7 alpha
released 2016-11-24 Hyper Ultra Astronautics 0.0.6 alpha
released 2016-09-28 Hyper Ultra Astronautics 0.0.5 alpha
released 2016-08-17 Hyper Ultra Astronautics 0.0.4 alpha
released 2016-07-04 Hyper Ultra Astronautics 0.0.3 alpha
released 2016-02-08 Introducing Hyper Ultra Astronautics 2016-01-26 Lockdown Protocol 1.4.2
released 2015-11-28 Beyond Lockdown Protocol 2015-09-20 Lockdown Protocol 1.4.1
released 2015-09-06 Lockdown Protocol 1.4.0
released 2015-07-27 Pay what you want for Lockdown Protocol 2015-07-08 Lockdown Protocol 1.3.0 on itch.io 2015-06-07 Lockdown Protocol 1.2.0
released 2015-05-17 Lockdown Protocol 1.1.0
released 2015-04-17 Progress report 2015-03-21 Lockdown Protocol 1.0.0
released 2015-03-01 Lockdown Protocol 0.23.0 beta
released 2015-01-31 Lockdown Protocol 0.22.0 beta
released 2015-01-14 Progress report 2014-12-14 Lockdown Protocol 0.21.0 beta
released 2014-11-09 Lockdown Protocol 0.20.0 alpha
released 2014-10-19 Feature creep cleanup 2014-08-25 Lockdown Protocol 0.19.0 alpha
released 2014-08-10 Progress report 2014-06-28 Change of plan 2014-06-08 Lockdown Protocol 0.18.0 alpha
released 2014-05-31 New Lockdown Protocol alpha version coming soon 2014-04-19 Progress report 2014-03-07 Lockdown Protocol 0.17.0 alpha
released 2014-03-06 Multiplayer
game jerkiness issue solved 2014-02-26 Progress report 2014-01-30 Progress report 2014-01-14 Lockdown Protocol 0.16.0 alpha
release 2014-01-11 Next Lockdown Protocol alpha
release coming soon 2013-12-29 Lockdown Protocol's
Year 2013 2013-12-16 Progress report 2013-12-01 Vote Lockdown Protocol for Indie of the
Year on IndieDB 2013-11-24 New Lockdown Protocol alpha video 2013-11-05 Lockdown Protocol 0.15.0 alpha
release 2013-10-03 Progress report 2013-09-19 Multiplayer matchmaking fixes 2013-09-01 Lockdown Protocol 0.14.0 alpha
release 2013-08-07 Progress report 2013-07-09 Lockdown Protocol 0.13.0 alpha
release 2013-07-02 Next
release is shaping up 2013-06-09 Progress report 2013-05-22 Changing the physics engine part 2 2013-05-13 Changing the physics engine 2013-05-06 Lockdown Protocol 0.12.0 alpha
release 2013-04-28 Website update 2013-04-23 No more hiding enemies 2013-04-14 Lockdown Protocol 0.11.0 alpha
release 2013-04-07 Progress report 2013-02-25 Progress report 2013-02-08 The Platform
Shooter 0.10.0 alpha
release 2013-01-23 Level editor rework 2012-12-31 How to improve The Platform
Shooter?
The top award (
Game of the
Year) was won by Blizzard's competitive team - based
shooter Overwatch, a runaway hit that's been lighting up gaming blogs and other news media since its
release.
really wish they would have done a squeal to
shooter and done a squeal to monster or eden or even better
release some info on Dungeon the
game that was rumored last
year and there hasnt been any info on.
Sure it will sell a lot this
year too but if the next
release in the series doesn't do more to improve and change the current status of the
game I actually think it might be the start of the end of COD as king of the multiplayer
shooter genre.
On 17 Jan, the battle for Sera rages on as Microsoft and Epic mark the New
Year with the
release of «Fenix Rising,» the third major
game add - on for the most critically - acclaimed
shooter of 2011, «Gears of War 3.»
Title: Rive Version Tested: PlayStation 4 Available On: Playstation 4, Microsoft Windows, Linux, SteamOS, Macintosh Developer: Two Tribes Publisher: Two Tribes Genre: Platformer /
Shooter Official Site: http://www.rivethegame.com
Release Date: September 13, 2016 Where To Buy: Steam, Playstation Store With the popularity and demand for difficult
games on the rise in recent
years, Rive comes in at the right -LSB-...] Read more
Although it's been about two
years since 343 Industries
released the last
game in its first - person
shooter franchise,
gamers are already anticipating the
release of...
In fact, between 2010 - 2012 the time between October and Christmas became unofficially known as «
Shooter season» because of all the biggest FPS
games released around that time of
year.
New
Releases for week of 4/28: DiRT Rally — PC Early Access — Racing — Codemasters Shovel Knight — XB1 — Action - Platformer — Yacht Club Games MewTwo DLC for Super Smash Bros State of Decay
Year One Survival Edition — XB1 / PC — Action / Adv — Undead Labs Shadowrun Chronicles: Boston Lockdown — PC — Tactical RPG — Nordic Games Omega Quintet — PS4 — RPG — Idea Factory International Broken Age — PS4 / PS Vita — Adventure — Double Fine Project Root — XB1 / PS4 / Vita — Overhead
Shooter — Kiss Ltd Sketchcross — PS Vita — Puzzle — Spiky Fish Games WWE 2k15 — PC — Wrestling — 2K Risk — PS3 — Board
Game — Ubisoft Entertainment Tropico 5 — PS4 — Simulation — Kalypso Media Paranormal Pursuit: The Gifted One — PS3 — Adventure Puzzle — Alawar Entertainment Paper Mario — WiiU — Mario RPG — Nintendo
The sci - fi, first - person
shooter (FPS)
game Titanfall is one of several highly anticipated Xbox ONE
games releasing next
year, and it will mark
game developer Respawn Entertainment's first
game release.
Release Date: Mar 16, 2010 Genre: Action, First Person
Shooter Theme: Post-Apocalyptic Rating: M for Mature
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer While it's flown under the radar or most of the year Metro 2033 is probably the best game you're not playing right now... but the story, atmosphere, and setting make it well worth a second l
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer While it's flown under the radar or most of the
year Metro 2033 is probably the best
game you're not playing right now... but the story, atmosphere, and setting make it well worth a second l
game you're not playing right now... but the story, atmosphere, and setting make it well worth a second look.
-- A World War Z
Game was revealed — Vacation Simulator, a sequel to Job Simulator, was announced — Firewatch developers, Campo Santo, reveal a new game — The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's Champion's Ballad DLC is available tonight — FROM Software teases a new title — Soul Calibur VI is coming in 2018 — Fortnite getting a limited - time 50 vs. 50 Battle Royale mode — THQ Nordic reveals horror survival game Fade to Silence — Bayonetta 1 and 2 coming to Switch early next year — Bayonetta 3 coming exclusively to Switch — A Way Out releases next March, two players can play online with one copy — Death Stranding's trailer is weird as hell — The makers of Bulletstorm bring you Witchfire — Media Molecule's Dreams is trippy and beautiful — First footage of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds» desert map — Sci - Fi shooter GTFO coming from Payday 2's creator — Metro Exodus» new trailer reveals its release date — Sea of Thieves launches Marc
Game was revealed — Vacation Simulator, a sequel to Job Simulator, was announced — Firewatch developers, Campo Santo, reveal a new
game — The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's Champion's Ballad DLC is available tonight — FROM Software teases a new title — Soul Calibur VI is coming in 2018 — Fortnite getting a limited - time 50 vs. 50 Battle Royale mode — THQ Nordic reveals horror survival game Fade to Silence — Bayonetta 1 and 2 coming to Switch early next year — Bayonetta 3 coming exclusively to Switch — A Way Out releases next March, two players can play online with one copy — Death Stranding's trailer is weird as hell — The makers of Bulletstorm bring you Witchfire — Media Molecule's Dreams is trippy and beautiful — First footage of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds» desert map — Sci - Fi shooter GTFO coming from Payday 2's creator — Metro Exodus» new trailer reveals its release date — Sea of Thieves launches Marc
game — The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's Champion's Ballad DLC is available tonight — FROM Software teases a new title — Soul Calibur VI is coming in 2018 — Fortnite getting a limited - time 50 vs. 50 Battle Royale mode — THQ Nordic reveals horror survival
game Fade to Silence — Bayonetta 1 and 2 coming to Switch early next year — Bayonetta 3 coming exclusively to Switch — A Way Out releases next March, two players can play online with one copy — Death Stranding's trailer is weird as hell — The makers of Bulletstorm bring you Witchfire — Media Molecule's Dreams is trippy and beautiful — First footage of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds» desert map — Sci - Fi shooter GTFO coming from Payday 2's creator — Metro Exodus» new trailer reveals its release date — Sea of Thieves launches Marc
game Fade to Silence — Bayonetta 1 and 2 coming to Switch early next
year — Bayonetta 3 coming exclusively to Switch — A Way Out
releases next March, two players can play online with one copy — Death Stranding's trailer is weird as hell — The makers of Bulletstorm bring you Witchfire — Media Molecule's Dreams is trippy and beautiful — First footage of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds» desert map — Sci - Fi
shooter GTFO coming from Payday 2's creator — Metro Exodus» new trailer reveals its
release date — Sea of Thieves launches March 20
With a variety of ways to tackle each map and destructable environments that make every
game feel unique, on top of everything already talked about above, Rainbow Six Siege feels like it might have been the best competitive
shooter released in a
year with Call of Duty, Halo, and Battlefront.