If you asked me about my most-anticipated shoot 'em up(s) at the beginning of the year, I'd have answered "the Raiden Fighters Remix Collection from MOSS and H2 Interactive." But when the 3-game collection arrived at the end of February, fans like me were dismayed to discover that it suffered from problems like a too-high frame rate and a scarcity of visual options. Thankfully, MOSS has acknowledged fan feedback and is working on a fix to implement the proper frame rate.

Way back in the innocent days of the Xbox 360, a collection called Raiden Fighters Aces allowed gamers to experience the tight gameplay and peppy soundtracks of the Raiden Fighters series. That collection is sadly not backwards compatible, but Raiden Fighters has finally become playable on some modern platforms. The Raiden Fighters Remix Collection from MOSS and H2 Interactive Co. is out now on PlayStation and Switch, and each game on the collection features 2-player local co-op.

In 2021, Robi Studios released a fairly well-liked 3D action adventure game called Blue Fire. Robi is now hard at work on their next game, Solar Raiders. This one maintains some appealing visual artistry but changes up the genre to roguelike shooter. It will also feature 4-player online co-op, something we're all about. The game isn't due until next year, but the developer has already released a demo on Steam.

Thanks to a recent sale, the 2018 title Shadow of the Tomb Raider and its entire catalog of DLC could be had for around $10. So I jumped at the chance to check out the game, having mostly skipped its predecessor, Rise of the Tomb Raider. One thing the latest title added was the ability to play through tombs with a friend in co-op fashion. 

I'll be honest, when Hellraid was announced it was easily one of my most anticipated co-op games. Heretic and Hexen were some of my all time favorite shooters and this looked like a solid spiritual successor. Hellraid has taken a turn though, instead of a full fledged release (at least for now) - it's merely a concept in a piece of content for Dying Light. So does it scratch that itch?

Mixed emotions I'm sure as Techland have announced the once a game, then a DLC, now a delayed DLC Hellraid for Dying Light has been bumped from a release this week until August 14th 2020. 

It's been a long time coming, but Hellraid is finally going to see the light of day. While the development of medieval style game was halted back in 2015, it lived on within the walls of developer Techland. Now a full fledged piece of DLC for Dying Light, players can finally experience at least some of what was originally intended.

At the end of my last HyperX mouse review for the Pulsefire FPS Pro, I said: “The only other thing I could wish for is another couple of buttons to make the FPS Pro a little more MOBA and MMO-friendly, but that’s honestly a minor quibble.” Well, it seems like HyperX heard my plea, since the new Pulsefire Raid is seeking to fix my final quibble with the Pulsefire line of HyperX mice, a line that I’ve seen consistently iterate and grow over the past few years.