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Diluvian is a very cool Unreal Engine-powered Doom-esque FPS being created by Straitcurrent, with beefy weaponry, deadly enemies, cool retro visuals and a game mechanic that actually makes the game harder each time you die!

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Slime Rancher is a unique blend of farming and first person shooting in which your gun acts as a vacuum cleaner, sucking in slime ball creatures and other resources and blowing them out in your fully customizable ranch.

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Alpha Sign Ups are now available for the highly anticipated new Doom game. Access was previously limited to those who had purchased Wolfenstein: The New Order, but the latest round of testing allows everyone to sign up for some brutal multiplayer arena combat on PC, PS4 and Xbox One.

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Escape from Tarkov is an online first and third-person shooter which takes elements from MMO, RPG and survival games, that sees you fighting, surviving and (hopefully) escaping from the massive city of Tarkov.

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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex is a tactical team based shooter based on the popular Ghost in the Shell Manga series, in which you control an augmented soldier battling terrorists on the streets of a futuristic cyberpunk world.

Each character in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex has their own exclusive attributes and special abilities, such as Motoko Kusanagi’s ‘Therm-optic Camouflage’ cloaking technology or Saito’s ability to enhance his vision and highlight enemy soldiers. As you progress you’ll unlock upgrades and customise your character with body augmentations, weapon attachments and enhanced abilities. It also has an innovative ‘SkillSync’ feature, which allows players to share skills with nearby team mates.

It’s a good looking game, with plenty of high powered weaponry and satisfyingly bloody combat – in which limbs are torn apart and heads pop like blood-filled balloons. Also, all players who join in the initial Beta test that starts on Oct 1st will unlock an exclusive “First Assault” weapon skin. So sign up now for some tactical team based combat, Manga style.

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Burstfire is a slick looking new 5 v 5 tactical first person shooter from former Hawken Devs, that allows defenders to fortify their positions in a variety of ways before being besieged by the attacking team.

Upon release Burstfire will not be F2p or use subscription charges, rather it’ll stick with the traditional CoD/Battlefield payment plan - so when you buy the game you can play forever, with an option to purchase some purely cosmetic items.

The devs plan to make Burstfire a more slow paced, tactics based and team-oriented experience than traditional shooters. Interestingly, there is no class system in Burstfire, with players given complete freedom to equip the weapons and tools of their choice. The main game mode will be a sort of siege mode, with one team defending and one team attacking. Defenders are given a small amount of time at the start of the match to erect barricades and traps, while the attacking forces can use recon vehicles to hep sniff them out.

Upon release Burstfire will not be F2p or use subscription charges, rather it’ll stick with the traditional CoD/Battlefield payment plan - so when you buy the game you can play forever, with an option to purchase some purely cosmetic items.

There’s no video footage available yet, but the screenshots look great and the dev team has some great pedigree in the FPS genre, so Burstfire is a promising prospect. The Alpha goes live Tuesday June 16, 3pm PDT, so sign up quick if you want in!

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Epic Random is a cool Doom-style retro FPS, set in an infinite random corridor, in which you collect random power-ups and blast randomly generated enemies.

Featuring fast, fun and challenging retro FPS action, you travel down the infinite corridor, fighting enemies and filling up your ‘random bar’. As you travel down this corridor killing enemies, it changes, adding more color and undulation. There are a variety of power-ups to collect as you traverse the corridor, all random, and all with their own effects. Once you’ve blasted enough enemies and filled your random bar, a huge boss will appear behind you, requiring some tactical shooting as you aim for it’s weak spots.

With it’s embracement of all things random, Epic Random is a hoot - a retro roguelike corridor shooter with fun old school combat and entirely random playthroughs.

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Dirty Bomb has now entered Open Beta on Steam! We first covered the Closed Beta back in January, but now everyone’s able to enjoy the fast paced team-based FPS from Splash Damage (Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, Brink and Enemy Territory: Quake Wars).

Set in a post-apocalyptic London, Splash Damage vowed to take first person shooters back to their roots with Dirty Bomb, with a game that “won’t hold your hand, in fact it is more likely to kick your teeth in”. They’ve stuck to their word too, boldly shunning controller support and any form of aim assist, making for a fun team centric shooter that rewards skill and punishes complacency. Fancy testing your mettle? Join the Dirty Bomb Squad!

Join in the Open Beta, Free (Steam)

Ground Branch is an impressive true tactical first/third person shooter in which the devs are aiming to achieve every possible realistic action from studying real life special operators - from how they handle their guns, to their movements, and tactical strategies.

Based on the real life subsection of the Special Activities Division of the CIA, the Special Activities Division carries our deniable ops and is usually on the scene before any other military special forces. Ground Breach is very much on the simulation end of the FPS spectrum, with deliberate, cerebral and gritty gameplay.

The devs plan to re-introduce the meaning of death into the FPS genre (something which games like CoD have desensitised us to), with real impact to your actions. Also, multiplayer firefights won’t feature any form of artificial balancing - good teamwork, careful choices and real skill are the only ways to win in Ground Branch.

It’s been a while since we had a truly great tactical shooter, but Ground Branch is looking very promising indeed. It’s still very early in development, but it already impresses with it’s excellent visuals and authentic approach to warfare.

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After a long absence, Halo is finally returning to PCs!

The Bad News: It’s only releasing in Russia.

The Good News: You don’t have to be based in Russia to play it!

Sign Up for the Halo: Online Beta!

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