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Half-Life 1 is one of the best first-person shooters ever made, and its fan community is still going strong nearly 25 years after its release. A developer who goes by PinkyDev has recreated the original Half-Life as an isometric twin-stick shooter, and the developer says that Valve has given its permission to put the fan-game on Steam.Originally titled Half-Life Loop (now called Codename Loop to prevent confusion), the premise of the game is that G-Man has trapped series hero Gordon Freeman in an infinite…

John Wick: Chapter 4 director Chad Stahelski has shared that the film’s top-down shootout in Paris was inspired by 2019 game The Hong Kong Massacre. In Stahelski’s latest film, one shootout sees Wick – played by Keanu Reeves – moving through a firefight in a large building in Paris, using a pistol and Dragon’s Breath shotgun rounds to fend off attackers. The camera follows Wick from above, meaning the scene looked familiar to fans of top-down shooter games. While some fans drew comparisons to Hotline Miami, an action…

Bethesda has announced a new version of Doom for mobile devices called Mighty Doom. The top-down shooter, which was soft-launched in 2021, is due to arrive on iOS and Android in select countries on March 21, 2023. You can pre-register here. “Mighty Doom is an adorably violent top-down, single-touch action shooter introducing the all-new Mini Slayer, set in the animated Doom universe,” an official description reads. “Run and gun your way through hordes of adorably violent demons, iconic levels, and challenging bosses as…

Bullet hell, now in Hell The Doom Slayer is ready to take on demons with a new perspective. Mighty Doom is a new mobile, single-touch shooter starring the Mini Slayer, arriving on March 21 for iOS and Android. Created by Alpha Dog Games and Bethesda, this particular version of Doom events takes place in the “animated Doom universe.” The Slayer is stolen away to another universe and is on a simple mission: get back their pet bunny Daisy, and destroy any demons in their way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJgN_gZd1iE…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Top-down approaches to tackling substance abuse in drug-ravaged parts of Colombia, Afghanistan and Myanmar are harming livelihoods, health and ecology, a new study warns. Cocaine, opiates and meth are widespread among the poor and young in some communities because of the role drugs play in their…

Image: Jack WallenNot everyone likes to use the terminal on a computer. Most users wouldn't know where to begin once the terminal opens. That's because the majority of computer users were weaned on desktop environments that do not require the issuing of a single command. But even knowing I could go my entire life never having run another command in Linux, I still tend to default to that tool. Why? It's efficient. There are times when I know exactly what I need to do and how to do it. Most often the "how" could take…

I love the cute characters in the game. | Screenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge Google’s Arts & Culture division has released a charming new educational game all about ancient Mesoamerica. The game, The Descent of the Serpent, is available to play right now in your browser or via the Google Arts & Culture iOS and Android apps. There’s a light plot to Descent of the Serpent, shown in a short video that plays at the beginning of the game. While exploring a museum, a large artifact is stolen…

Brand new “strand-type” game Witch Strandings was recently revealed during The Guerilla Collective digital showcase. The game comes from developer Strange Scaffold (development label of Xalavier Nelson Jr) and publisher Modern Wolf. Witch Stranding’s Steam description reads: “You are a strand of light in a top-down open world inspired by dark fairytales. Create pathways through the darkness, nurture the creatures of the Forest, repair ancient structures, and ultimately: confront the Witch who broke this place.”…

We've always had first-person shooter games to pass our time with. Games such as Counter-Strike, PUBG, Apex Legends, Call of Duty, and Battlefield come to mind as I make that statement. There's a different category of games that are just as interesting and addictive: top-down shooters. Popular top-down shooter games such as Nuclear Throne and Animal Royale have a decent number of active players still enjoying each and every minute of it. Personally, I've never been fond of this category, partly because of the way we have…