Mike Pearce

When Battlefield 1 was first announced a few months ago, its World War I (WWI) setting took many by surprise. World War II, modern combat, and near-future combat, are standbys of the first person shooter genre. Many significant wars have remained under represented, or not represented at all, as developers

Check out the brand new multiplayer game type in Battlefield 1, War Pigeons. An intense, infantry-focused kill fest where your team must locate a pigeon, hold it for long enough to write a message, and then release it successfully. Stay tuned to Gaming Trend for the full review of Battlefield

The Italian front roars to life in the Venetian Alps on Battlefield 1’s new Operations map series, Iron Walls. Check out the tanks, the troops, and some heavy bombing from a zeppelin, one of three behemoth vehicles new to the series. Stay tuned for Gaming Trend’s full review

Battlefield 1’s wildly popular beta featured only one multiplayer map: Sinai Desert. The video below is from a new map included in the Play First Trial called Amiens, based off of the city located in northern France of the same name. Featuring blown-out buildings, intense urban fighting, and an

If you’re just dying to get a taste of what Battlefield 1’s campaign is like, now’s your chance (minor spoilers ahead). This is but a small sample of what DICE has put together for their highly anticipated WWI shooter. The Battlefield 1 Play First Trial features 10

XCOM 2 is one of those games that you can continue coming back to, over and over (read our full review here). It’s just that good. Deep strategy balanced by the soul-crushing consequences of a tactical mistake have made this one of the most rewarding RTS titles of 2016.

Vikings, knights, and samurai are three of the most iconic warrior archetypes in history. Each of them is well known for different reasons: Vikings for their ferocity and fearlessness in battle; knights for their stalwart nature, strong armor, and brutal weaponry; and samurai for their swordsmanship, skill, and grace. I

A six-degrees-of-freedom (6DoF) shooter named Descent came out in 1995. Parallax Software, the developer, went on to create the sequel, Descent II as well. Descent 3, however, was developed by Outrage Games (an off-shoot of Parallax) and launched in 2000. At PAX West 2016, I enjoyed a game called Overload