Third Person Shooter

Gene Rain is considered a Gears of War clone, but I’d disagree. It borrows almost nothing from the Gears of War franchise besides a few minor elements with which it …
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Despite remaining a popular staple genre on PC and mobile devices, tower-defense games on Xbox One are seemingly on the decline, perhaps making way for more popular shooters. Clapfoot Inc., …
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God Mode released onto XBLA yesterday for 800 MSP. The game which is being described as a third-person shooter with RPG elements, is said to combine non-linear gameplay, fast and …
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Zombie Studios have recently announced that Special Forces: Team X will be heading to XBLA February 6, 2013. The game is …
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Spanish developer Tragnarion Studios have released a new teaser trailer for their upcoming futuristic third-person shooter Scourge: Outbreak. The game was announced earlier this year, and is features four …
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Monday Night Combat, the class-based, third person online multiplayer shooter from Uber Entertainment has had it’s price permanently reduced this week. The game will now set you back a mere 800 MSP …
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[UPDATE]: Beta is now live for download, however, the servers will not go up until 2 PM EST (11 AM PST).

With the much-anticipated Hybrid beta finally on its …
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Update: 5th Cell has informed us that the beta will be US only.

Earlier this month, 5th Cell announced that their upcoming tactical shooter Hybrid, would be host to …
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XBLA tie-ins are a great way to build hype for an upcoming release. The tactic has been used by two large games recently: Dead Space 2 and …
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Monday Night Combat is a true fusion of genres. The title is a third person shooter tower defense hybrid very much in line with DoTA. This should be no surprise considering the lineage of the Uber team: many of the developers worked on the DoTA game Demigod. The hybrid concept alone creates a very addicting blend, but the developers kept building on the idea. They created a humorous, quirky design that draws clear parallels with Team Fortress 2. They developed six highly varied character classes, each with their own unique style, moves and weaponry, as well as a create-a-class option. They then pushed the limits for an Xbox Live Arcade game with in-depth persistent career through single player, co-op and online multiplayer modes. In the end, it becomes increasingly hard to classify this game, as it breaks many typical molds; however the game is easy to describe: it is flat out awesome.

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