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Tamron is a prolific lens maker for numerous camera systems, including the Sony E-mount. Since Sony released the speedy a9 III late last year, which offers 120 frames per second of continuous shooting, third-party lens makers have been updating lenses to keep pace. The latest lens to receive the update is Tamron’s 70-180mm f/2.8 telephoto […]
When it comes to hero shooters, I pick the character I think is the coolest. I don’t play Zenyatta in Overwatch because I want to be a healer, it’s because I love his design. Heading into Marvel Rivals, I was going to employ the same tactic. NetEase’s interpretations of Magneto and Venom caught my eye […]
The road to Stalker 2‘s launch has been paved with hardship. Developer GSC Game World moved from Kyiv, Ukraine after Russia invaded the country in 2022, then the studio was hit with a barrage of cyberattacks, and the new Prague office even suffered a fire. Despite all that, GSC persevered and Stalker 2 is here, even […]
Arkane founder and Dishonored co-creative directorRaphaël Colantonio says the Metacritic scoring ecosystem encourages devs to make “safe, boring games,” while launches like Stalker 2 suffer in overall scoring at launch due to bugs and technical problems. Colantonio calls lower launch scores impacted by bugs “misleading” because these technical issues can be fixed further down the line, […]
I’ve got nothing but respect for the effort Starbreeze continues to put into Payday 3. At the tail end of 2023, all seemed lost for the sequel, especially when compared to the ongoing success of Payday 2, but that’s slowly been turning around. Starbreeze has spent this year chipping away at some of the shooter’s […]
The launch of Call of Duty Black Ops 6 has been a refreshing reminder of just how much fun a simple but satisfying multiplayer FPS can be. But there’s no question what stands atop my most-wanted list right now. Splitgate 2 is the sequel to a game that completely won my heart, despite not initially […]
Fallout 76 is in a fantastic spot these days. It’s tough to define it as the best RPG in the long-running series, between the narrative chops of New Vegas, the vast breadth of Fallout 4, and the mechanical spectacle of the original Interplay games. But put aside the more serious undertones and it might be […]
Strinova has got a very clear game plan – take the competitive, tactical shooter gameplay from the likes of Valorant and Counter-Strike 2, make it third-person, and turn every character into anime eye candy. Is it a recipe for success? To an extent. The shooter’s first 24 hours on Steam have gone well when it […]
Overwatch 2 Season 14 is just a couple of weeks away now, but Blizzard is so eager for you to meet new hero Hazard, it’s letting you play as the spiky Scot ahead of time. While the Overwatch Classic throwback mode remains high on players’ priority lists right now before it disappears, this weekend may […]
The exciting return of 90’s first-person shooter Delta Force is nearing, with a new beta for the game arriving just around the corner. If you’re unsure if your gaming PC can meet the Delta Force system requirements, though, you’ll be happy to know they’re quite low, if you can excuse oddly high RAM demands. You […]