First person shooters have ruled PC gaming for years and each year a new crop of games blows us away so if you're looking for a shooter that can't miss this is where you'll want to start. The list of games that follows include some of the most popular and highly rated first person shooters that have been released over the past two years or so.
1. Left 4 Dead 2
Release Date: Nov 17, 2009
Genre: Action - First Person Shooter
Theme: Survival Horror
Rating: M for Mature
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer
Game Series: Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead 2 is the follow up to the survival horror co-op game Left 4 Dead in which players take on the role of a survivor who must shoot themselves out of zombie and mutant infested environments and make it to a safe zone/extraction point. Left 4 Dead 2 follows a group of four survivors, different from those in the first game, through five campaigns that stretch from Savannah, GA to New Orleans, LA.
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Genre: Action - First Person Shooter
Theme: Survival Horror
Rating: M for Mature
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer
Game Series: Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead 2 is the follow up to the survival horror co-op game Left 4 Dead in which players take on the role of a survivor who must shoot themselves out of zombie and mutant infested environments and make it to a safe zone/extraction point. Left 4 Dead 2 follows a group of four survivors, different from those in the first game, through five campaigns that stretch from Savannah, GA to New Orleans, LA.
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2. Borderlands
Release Date: Oct 26, 2009
Genre: Action - First Person Shooter
Theme: Sci-Fi
Rating: M for Mature
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer
Game Series: Borderlands
Borderlands is first person shooter that takes place distant planet know as Pandora and puts players in the role of four playable characters each with their own skills and story.
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Genre: Action - First Person Shooter
Theme: Sci-Fi
Rating: M for Mature
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer
Game Series: Borderlands
Borderlands is first person shooter that takes place distant planet know as Pandora and puts players in the role of four playable characters each with their own skills and story.
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3. Left 4 Dead
Release Date: Nov 18, 2008
Theme: Survival Horror
Rating: M for Mature
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer
Left 4 Dead is a co-op multiplayer first person shooter that tells the story of four survivors in a post-apocalyptic world with each player taking on the role of one of these survivors. The world has been in the grips of a pandemic that has transformed the infected into mutated zombie type creatures. More Info | Screenshots | Demo
Theme: Survival Horror
Rating: M for Mature
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer
Left 4 Dead is a co-op multiplayer first person shooter that tells the story of four survivors in a post-apocalyptic world with each player taking on the role of one of these survivors. The world has been in the grips of a pandemic that has transformed the infected into mutated zombie type creatures. More Info | Screenshots | Demo
4. Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2
Release Date: Nov 10, 2009
Genre: Action First Person Shooter
Theme: Modern Military
Rating: M for Mature
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer
Game Series: Call of Duty, Modern Warfare
In Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 players will take the role of a Sergeant Gary Sanderson a member of the elite special forces unit know as Task Force 141. The game is set in Russia, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan and Brazil as Sanderson and other members of Task Force 141 try to eliminate a radical military organization know as the Russian Ultranationalists. The game includes a single player campaign, two player co-op, and multiplayer online modes.
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Genre: Action First Person Shooter
Theme: Modern Military
Rating: M for Mature
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer
Game Series: Call of Duty, Modern Warfare
In Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 players will take the role of a Sergeant Gary Sanderson a member of the elite special forces unit know as Task Force 141. The game is set in Russia, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan and Brazil as Sanderson and other members of Task Force 141 try to eliminate a radical military organization know as the Russian Ultranationalists. The game includes a single player campaign, two player co-op, and multiplayer online modes.
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5. Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway
Release Date: Sep 23, 2008
Theme: World War 2
Rating: M for Mature
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer
Hell's Highway is the latest title in the popular Brothers In Arms series of first person tactical shooters. In it you play the role of Staff Sergeant Matthew Baker and command a squad from the 101st Airborne Division - 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment through Operation Market Garden. More Info | Screenshots
Theme: World War 2
Rating: M for Mature
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer
Hell's Highway is the latest title in the popular Brothers In Arms series of first person tactical shooters. In it you play the role of Staff Sergeant Matthew Baker and command a squad from the 101st Airborne Division - 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment through Operation Market Garden. More Info | Screenshots
6. Call of Duty World at War
Release Date: Nov 11, 2008
Theme: World War 2
Rating: M for Mature
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer
Call of Duty World at War moved the Call of Duty series back to World War II. The game has two main campaigns a Russian campaign that follows the Russian army during the last days of the European war and a campaign set in the Pacific theater of operations. More Info | Screenshots
Theme: World War 2
Rating: M for Mature
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer
Call of Duty World at War moved the Call of Duty series back to World War II. The game has two main campaigns a Russian campaign that follows the Russian army during the last days of the European war and a campaign set in the Pacific theater of operations. More Info | Screenshots
7. ARMA II
Release Date: Jul 2, 2009
Theme: Modern Military
Rating: M for Mature
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer
Game Series: ARMA, Operation Flashpoint
ARMA II is modern military tactical action game in which players controls a squad of troops through various combat missions that can include both land and air vehicles. The game is set in a fictitious eastern European country named Chernarus, whose control fought over by pro-democractic and pro-communist factions. In anticipation of the release next week, Bohemia Interactive has released an extensive demo of the game. More Info | Screenshots
Theme: Modern Military
Rating: M for Mature
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer
Game Series: ARMA, Operation Flashpoint
ARMA II is modern military tactical action game in which players controls a squad of troops through various combat missions that can include both land and air vehicles. The game is set in a fictitious eastern European country named Chernarus, whose control fought over by pro-democractic and pro-communist factions. In anticipation of the release next week, Bohemia Interactive has released an extensive demo of the game. More Info | Screenshots
8. Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising Release Date: Oct 6, 2009
Genre: Action - First Person Shooter
Theme: Modern Military
Rating: M for Mature
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer
Game Series: Operation Flashpoint
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising is a sequel to Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis but was not developed by the series' original developer. In Dragon Rising a small island off the coast of Japan becomes the center of a military showdown between the US, Russia and China over the fate of the island.
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Genre: Action - First Person Shooter
Theme: Modern Military
Rating: M for Mature
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer
Game Series: Operation Flashpoint
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising is a sequel to Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis but was not developed by the series' original developer. In Dragon Rising a small island off the coast of Japan becomes the center of a military showdown between the US, Russia and China over the fate of the island.
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9. Wolfenstein
Release Date: Aug 18, 2009
Theme: World War II, Sci-Fi
Rating: M for Mature
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer
Game Series: Wolfenstein
Wolfenstein is the sequel to Return to Castle Wolfenstein which introduced us to B.J. Blazkowicz and the secret occult division of Heinrich Himmler's SS. Players are once again put in the role of B.J. Blazkowicz, a special agent for the Office of Secret Actions (OSA). It's his job to defeat a new threat and the Nazi's efforts to harness mysterious occult powers. More Info | Screenshots
Theme: World War II, Sci-Fi
Rating: M for Mature
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer
Game Series: Wolfenstein
Wolfenstein is the sequel to Return to Castle Wolfenstein which introduced us to B.J. Blazkowicz and the secret occult division of Heinrich Himmler's SS. Players are once again put in the role of B.J. Blazkowicz, a special agent for the Office of Secret Actions (OSA). It's his job to defeat a new threat and the Nazi's efforts to harness mysterious occult powers. More Info | Screenshots
10. Call of Juarez Bound in Blood
Release Date: Jun 30, 2009
Theme: Western
Rating: M for Mature
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer
Game Series: Call of Juarez
Call of Juarez Bound in Blood is the second title in the Call of Juarez series of western themed first person shooters. The game is set during the civil war and follows the story and adventures of two brothers in different parts of 1860s United States.
Theme: Western
Rating: M for Mature
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer
Game Series: Call of Juarez
Call of Juarez Bound in Blood is the second title in the Call of Juarez series of western themed first person shooters. The game is set during the civil war and follows the story and adventures of two brothers in different parts of 1860s United States.
