News! First Person Shooter Updates, Recommendations, Announcements

[mraw435]

As a first person shooter (FPS) community (ET for life), I am starting up a new topic to share any and all news on other FPS games which others may find interesting and potentially lead to a few new games we can play together! 

 

To start this off:

 

Borderlands 4: Everything we know about Gearbox's next big FPS

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/borderlands-4-release-date-trailers/

With Borderlands being a familiar title for many of us - I can safely say I have hours logged into borderlands 2 when it came out in 2012  - I am excited to this game released after 5 years of waiting. 

 

"Gearbox says it started working on Borderlands 4 right after it shipped Borderlands 3 in 2019. Five years and a couple spin-offs later, the next mainline Borderlands game is almost here.

 

The studio has had a somewhat turbulent ride over those years, merging with Embracer Group in 2021 and then being bought in 2024 by Take-Two Interactive, the parent company of Borderlands publisher 2K Games. It also released a Borderlands movie to not-so-rave reviews, but Gearbox head honcho Randy Pitchford took it in stride.

 

Borderlands 4 launches on September 23, 2025."

 

Trailer:

 

[mraw435]

While it had some promise, Delta Force - Black Hawk Down is getting a slew of bad reviews on Steam. Released on February 20th, this free game has 35% of just over 1600 reviews being positive (as of the time of me writing this up!). "According to [some reviews], enemy AI can headshot you before you even see them while your teammates are useless, RPGs and mortar shots can come out of nowhere, and there are no resupplies or health pickups." 

 

If you are feeling brave (or have a swayed sense of gaming skillz after crushing a few rounds on Hell Let Loose) - feel free to try out the game and see what happens...it's free! 

 

https://www.thegamer.com/delta-force-black-hawk-down-campaign-mostly-negative-steam-reviews-impossible-difficulty-spikes-soulless-disappointment/

 

 

 

[Snake in the Grass]

the graphics are gorgeous 😍

[mraw435]

7 minutes ago, Snake in the Grass said:

the graphics are gorgeous 😍

agreed! I think im still gonna try it -- ive been perfecting my rage quitting for years now, no need to slow down now! 

 

side note for everyone,

 

Ready or Not currently half off on Steam until March 3rd - very positive reviews! 

 

Edited February 27 by mraw435

[ZaZa]

6 hours ago, mraw435 said:

agreed! I think im still gonna try it -- ive been perfecting my rage quitting for years now, no need to slow down now! 

 

side note for everyone,

 

Ready or Not currently half off on Steam until March 3rd - very positive reviews! 

 

Played Ready or Not, great game.

 

If You have ever played any of SWAT games You should give it a go.

 

Currently thinking about getting DLCs with new missions. They are not that expensive now on the discount. The game also has multiplayer.

[Shoresy]

Ready or not is a GREAT game especially on a drunken night with a few buddies, super fun and you will definitely have an evening of laughter and moments of scare along with some serious paranoia of looking over your shoulder! Game will surely teach you to have trust issues too! 

Must play! 😄 

[mraw435]

@ZaZa and @Shoresy I got Ready or Not and got through the first mission -- awesome game! My intent is to complete it on ironman mode, 

[Vasylich]

When I finished the entire campaign in Ready or Not, I was delighted with the game itself, but the last half of the campaign left me devastated. Although it was just a game (but as far as I understand, it is partly based on real events), what I saw in these missions is not something I would want to see in reality and in the news, including.

 

P.S. LET ME SEE THOSE HANDS!

[mraw435]

Reading this article reminds me of the days when ET had dozens of full servers and thousands of regulars running blindly into battle and likely getting blown up by camera-assisted mortars/panzers or simply getting !splatted by an overzealous admin. Anywho.... this article is about Counter-strike 2, which recently set a new player peak record of 1,824,989 - becoming the fourth highest on Steam (with PUBG, Blackmyth: Wukong, and Palworld in the top spots). Tweaktown (the referenced article, link below) mentions competitive players, esports, and Twitch being major contributors to the recent/growing spike in popularity.

 

Cite: https://www.tweaktown.com/news/103945/counter-strike-2-breaks-its-steam-all-time-high-player-peak-record-once-again/index.html

 

Does anyone else remember going to the mall and spending a couple bucks to play Counter-strike for an hour at one of those game zones?!