Devil's Hand - A Hexen & Wolfenstein FPS mix you might want to play!

It's that time again when those Ludum Dare games start appearing, and only just recently the Ludum Dare had a set theme of Shapeshift, which meant that developers from around the globe came together to create their own games in the style of the current theme. One such game stood out and that was Roni SIlva's rather eye opening first person shooter of  'Devil's Hand ', which had the game play style of Wolfenstein mixed up with a nice taste of Hexen.

Brutal Doom 64 - Enhanced Doom 64 gets new alpha footage!

Throughout last year and into this one, we've been featuring many of SGtMarkIV's release updates for Brutal Doom, which as we said before was pretty much the bloodiest Doom mod we've come across, with more gibs and guts than you could ever need in a first person shooter. But now after some hinting, the same creator has moved onto ' Brutal Doom 64 ', which according to SGt, "revitalizes the old Doom 64 with new special effects, particles, lightning, gore, new sounds, more weapon animations (shotgun reloads, smoother minigun barrels, etc.) and monsters and stuff cut from the original Nintendo 64 version". To coincide with this news, a new alpha footage tease has been released, and from what we've seen looks rather good!

DOOM Retro v2.0.4 - The latest Doom source release packed with updates!

We've just been informed through our twitter feed that ' Doom Retro ' , which is a minimalistic designed DOOM source port by Brad Harding, has now reached version 2.0.4. Unlike that very gory Brutal Doom, with it's destroyable bodies and disgusting physics, Doom Retro tries to stay as close as possible to the original game but improving it with a number of features and updates. See change log for details.

LAB - Free FPS inspired by retro classics!

To be honest I'm not a fan of modern day first person shooters, such as Battlefield 4 or Call of Duty, but I really enjoyed those retro types such as Wolfenstein, Blake Stone and the classic Doom. So it came as a surprise to us to learn of a new free first person shooter, that is inspired by those classics but has you escaping a LAB, fighting your way through a pack of mutants who react aggressively to anything that moves or doesn't. This is ' LAB ', developed by mutantleg, which is available to play online in your browser!

Did IT come from the desert? - BIG FPS Amiga update!

Many months back we featured a rather impressive first person shooter mod based on Gloom, that had more than it's fair share of beasties to kill. And that game was " Did IT come from the desert?" by Nittamituaki. Well for those of you who loved playing through the 18 action packed levels will be pleased to know, the game has now had a rather impressive update which features, 21 new levels for 2P combat mode, new sprites of the player character, a new status bar and fonts in the game screen and much more!

Brutal Doom - Doom gets the bloodiest release yet with V20!

Behold retro gamers and especially those of you that loved the classic first person shooter Doom, as SGtMarkIV has finally after 18 months of development released Brutal Doom V20. Through all the months of showing you trailers for the latest version with new bloody effects, bullet penetration physics, graphical enhancements and much more, the mod is finally here and ready to play! Prepare to see the most disturbing, sadistic and morbid manifestation of violence that you ever seen in your life. This is the definitive gameplay enhancement mod for the GZDoom and Zandronum engines.

Brutal Doom - V20 Impressive Bullet Penetration trailer

If you thought the weekend was a good one, wait to you see the latest teased trailer for SGtMarkIV's Doom mod of Brutal Doom V20. Unlike the previous trailer which gave you all the bloody effects you could want for this retro gaming classic, in this trailer the developer is showing off the new Bullet Penetration Physics that will be available in V20. That's right, you can actually shoot through doors and walls if enemies are on the other side, a feature not seen in the original doom classic! Is that good or what?

Brutal Doom - V20 bloody feature trailer

If you hate the sight of blood and it makes you sick look away now! However if you think games and movies with blood dripping from the walls is your forte, come and take a look at the latest Brutal Doom v20 blood amount configuration and Grenades trailer that has just been released by SGtMarkIV.

Verdun - Squad based WW1 multiplayer game now out of early access!

M2H. BlackMill Games have announced that Verdun; A Squad based multiplayer WW1 game has officially been released out of Steam Early Access today. Verdun is set in WW1 and inspired by the infamous battle of Verdun in 1916 and contains many interesting features such as : Authentic weaponry, character levelling, realistic historical battlefields, tactical squad assembling, real time dynamic front-line immersion and much much more.

Strafe Speed Zone V2 - Quake on speed!

Imagine a first person shooter that's very much like quake but the aim of the game instead, is to speed run rather than taking your time to complete objectives. Here is that game, it's 'Strafe Speed Zone V2' developed by PixelTitans; a locked speed title where players can race through the level in an attempt to lock the highest score on the leaderboard.

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon imagined on the Commodore 64!

Majami Hiroz is back with another C64 styled imagining of a modern game, the same creator of those YouTube videos of GTA: Vice City & Watch Dogs but in a complete C64 look. This time however Majami has gone one step further and turned Ubisoft's first person game Far Cry 3 : Blood Dragon into a Commodore 64, 1985 visual feat. If you wanted to know what Far Cry 3 would look like on a C64, then this will show you exactly that!

DOOM - First person hit on the Commodore VIC-20 / Commodore VC-20

There has been a lot of impressive features on classic computers lately, such as Dragons Lair Laserdisc on the C64 and ZX81. But today we are going to go one step further and mention id's first person hit of DOOM, which also made an unofficial appearance on the Commodore Vic-20 / Commodore VC-20. Certainly an impressive feat considering DOOM was also ported over to the ZX Spectrum 128+!

Red Olympus - Retro inspired shooter in glorious CGA ( Recommended )

The Gravedigger gave me the heads up in my email today to check out his latest action packed retro
inspired first person shooter called Red Olympus - A CGA Death Rampage. Honouring those classic first person shooters such as Wolfenstein, Red Olympus has a great visual style with chiptune music in a mission to find and kill Ovsky, a russian criminal leader who turned the south of The City into his own domain.

Did IT come from the desert? - A first person shooter appears on the Amiga

You may have read about the recent release of Cinemaware's Mega Drive version of "It Came From The Desert", but there's another game or shall we call it a mod, that may be of interest to you especially if you have an Amiga. Available for free, nittamituaki from the EAB forums has recently released "Did IT come from the desert?"; an impressive first person shooter mod based on Gloom Deluxe. Featuring lots of deadly ants to kill through 18 action packed levels, this latest release really brings kick ass back to the Amiga. Make sure to read the install instructions as the original Gloom Deluxe is required!

Killer Bundle - Bundle Stars best ever gaming bundle?

We've just been informed by Bundle Stars that according to them, they've released their best ever bundle yet with 10 action packed Steam games for only £3.99. Even though I found their previous adventure bundle to be better, this Killer Bundle is still an awesome bundle that features games such as S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl, Alone in the Dark, Demonicon, Pixel Piracy, Year Walk, Albedo, Kraven Manor, FATE, Loren The Amazon Princess and Real Boxing. So if you want more awesome bundles, keep an eye on Bundle Stars right up until Christmas and beyond!

Super WolfensteinHD - Classic Wolfenstein 3D with added physics

Are you bored & stuck at home with nothing to do? Then come and play the latest reimagining of a hit classic Wolfenstein 3D with realistic physics! Developed by Free Lives, Super Wolfenstein 3D is the latest remake of a classic game that features funny psyshics such as enemies falling over, rolling about or being knocked out by the throwing of daggers or shot by bullets. A fun game indeed and worthy of a chuckle on a wet boring Sunday.

7DFPS - Seven Day First Person Shooter challenge (Free Games!)

Here we go again, it's Jam time, where lots of gamers from around the world create some pretty awesome games using home grown talent. Today's Jam is the #7DFPS in which developers were tasked with creating a first person shooter in just seven days. So if any of you love a good game of Doom, Quake or Wolfenstein then you can do no wrong with 23 cool free games to play.

Painkiller Bundle - 5 action packed first person shooters for £2.99

Bundle Stars have once again give us the bundle prod to let us know that a new Painkiller Bundle is now ready for you to get your trigger happy hands on. For the first 48 hours at only £2.99, you can play the awesome Painkiller Black Edition and it's sequels; Painkiller Overdose, Painkiller Recurring Evil, Painkiller Redemption and Painkiller Resurrection. That's 5 action packed, horror filled, crazy heart pounding worth of gameplay. If you think Serious Sam was good, wait till you play these!

Verdun - Squad based WW1 multiplayer game due for release!

M2H. BlackMill Games announced today that Verdun; A Squad based multiplayer WW1 game will soon be released! But before that, while the game is still available through Steam Early Access, it's just received the last major update with performance fixes, micro stuttering fixes and more. Verdun is set in WW1 and inspired by the infamous battle of Verdun in 1916 and contains many interesting features such as : Authentic weaponry, character levelling, realistic historical battlefields, tactical squad assembling, real time dynamic front-line immersion and much much more.

FPS Redux Bundle - Kick ass FPS action from Bundle Stars

No sooner had we finished writing up the previous bundle than another bundle had appeared from Bundle Stars and this time it's the FPS Redux Bundle. For only £2.99 you can buy 10 first person shooter steam keys; games such as S.T.A.L.K.E.R Clear Sky, Depth Hunter 2, Dark Raid, Epigenesis, Lovely Planet, Dead Effect, 3089, Iron Storm, Chrome and Chrome SpecForce.