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Fresh from GDC, EA’s Medal of Honor: Warfighter has been given an official release date. Danger Close’s Frostbite 2-powered first-person shooter will be available on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC from 23rd October, EA has confirmed. The date was announced at the game’s official unveiling in San Francisco earlier today, and the reveal …

Battlefield 3 had racked up “close to 3 million pre-sales” as of yesterday, based on internal EA estimates. The game released in North America today and hits Europe on Friday, with the pre-order total making it “the biggest first-person shooter launch in EA history”, according to the publisher. EA product manager Kevin O’Leary said a …

Polish developer Flying Wild Hog has released a new gameplay trailer and screens for its PC exclusive sci-fi first person shooter Hard Reset. Set for release next month, the title’s being made by a 35-person team consisting of developers and designers who previously worked at the likes of People Can Fly (Bulletstorm), CD Projekt RED …

Former Bulletstorm and Witcher developers are creating a new sci-fi first person shooter at a newly formed development studio in Poland. Flying Wild Hog is a 35-person team consisting of developers and designers who previously worked at the likes of People Can Fly, CD Projekt RED and City Interactive, Gamasutra reports. The studio’s debut game …

Wii U can change the way players interact with first-person shooters, according to Nintendo EAD’s Katsuya Eguchi. Speaking in the latest issue of Edge, which is arriving with subscribers now and features an 8-page Wii U cover feature, Eguchi said Nintendo’s “very happy and excited” about the FPS possibilities with its innovative controller. “A very …

Codemasters has released a gameplay movie for Bodycount, the upcoming first-person shooter from Black designer Stuart Black. Those familiar with Black will have a good idea of what the movie has to show, but Codemasters are making a point of distancing the title from the CoD/Battlefield variety of shooters.

DICE have confirmed that Battlefield 3′s standalone co-op mode will feature at least 10 maps for two players. The latest tiny details on the co-op mode, which is a possible equivalent to Call of Duty’s own Spec Ops component, were confirmed in the latest issue of PSM3 UK magazine, which is in the shops now. …

Xbox 720 (the widely-accepted pretend name for the Xbox 360′s successor) is being targeted for its debut appearance at E3 2012 and development on its games has already begun, according to a new rumour. Crytek is among the first to kick off next-gen development, reportedly having begun work on Timesplitters 4 for the Xbox and …

EA says the balance of power in the first person shooter market is shifting away from Activision’s genre leading Call of Duty series to its own “champion”, Battlefield. European senior vice president Jens Uwe Intat said today that he’s certain Battlefield will at some point overtake Call of Duty commercially. “Certainly. The only question is …

Splash Damage have sent word of their planned updates for first person shooter, Brink.  Here’s the low down straight from the horse’s mouth.   Just wanted to give everyone an update on where we’re currently at with our upcoming game updates for Brink. Xbox 360 We’ve been hard at work investigating the lag issues some …

The much-rumoured Gotham City Imposters is a multiplayer first-person shooter headed to Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and PC, Warner Bros. has finally confirmed. Gotham City Impostors is, as previously rumoured via retailer listings and registered domains, a competitive multiplayer FPS that has you posing as “amateur vigilantes or villains” in an “unhinged Gotham City …

To celebrate Brink being available tomorrow, Bethesda have just released the game’s Official Launch Trailer! Yay! In case you didn’t know, Brink is an award-winning, immersive first-person shooter that blends single-player, co-op, and multiplayer gameplay into one seamless experience. That’s what they’re telling us anyway. I wonder just how seemless it will be with no …

A job listing on Raven Software’s website confirms the Activision studio’s long-rumoured involvement in the Call of Duty series. An ad seeking a ‘designer – builder’ reads: “RAVEN SOFTWARE, developer of numerous award-winning games, including contributions to the blockbuster Call of Duty series is seeking passionate designers to join an established team at work on …

We get asked often what we’re looking forward to in the coming year, especially in the first person shooter genre. And what many of you don’t realise is that we’re actually spoiled for choice this year, and I haven’t even mentioned console exclusive shooters, or the likes of Portal 2, Doom 4 or a few …

Battlefield 3 developer DICE has thrown down the gauntlet in the raging battle for first-person shooter supremacy, warning its rivals: We’re coming for you. Speaking in the latest issue of Official PlayStation Magazine – which is arriving with subscribers now – DICE general manager, Karl-Magnus Troedsson was more than confident in his stunning FPS, cautioning …