Category: Shooter

Title: Dead Space 2
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: PS3
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 1/24/2011
Overview:

NOTE: This game requires an EA Online Pass code to access online content. The Online Pass code is included with purchase, but not with rental of this title. A 2-day online trial is available via your PSN ID while renting this title.
Engineer Isaac Clarke has just survived a horrifying alien infestation aboard his spaceship. His reward: Waking up from a coma to find himself hunted by the government, fighting dementia, and stalked by nightmarish visions of his dead girlfriend. And that’s on top of a new infestation to battle! Stare down hordes of frightening Necromorphs in this survival-horror sequel. Slice, dice, and dismember your enemies with new weapons and tactics, or bludgeon them the old-fashioned way by grabbing severed limbs and wielding them with telekinesis. Dead Space 2 also brings the franchise’s first Multiplayer Mode, where you’ll have to pick a side in the battle between people and Necromorphs.

Title: Rock of the Dead
Publisher: Conspiracy
Platform: PS3
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 10/27/2010
Overview:
There is a new weapon in the fight against zombies: rock ‘n’ roll! Shred your guitar and bang your drums to survive a zombie attack in this game that mixes the fun of a shooter with the awesomeness of rock music. Play a story-based campaign as you rip off riffs or blast out beats to defeat oncoming zombies. Fight as a co-op duo with two guitars, two drum sets, or one of each. The soundtrack combines hits from hard-rock heroes and metal versions of classical pieces. And, to top it all off, you can geek out with the voice talents of Rob Zombie, Felica Day, and Neil Patrick Harris.

Title: Call of Duty: Black Ops
Publisher: Activision
Platform: PS3
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 11/8/2010
Overview:
Fight in the shadows cast by two global superpowers in a new type of Call of Duty experience. Black Ops mines decades of Cold War tensions to create riveting covert missions inspired by actual historical scenarios. Infiltrate fortresses high atop snow-covered Soviet mountains, strike your enemy deep in the jungles of Southeast Asia, and more. Use authentic Cold War-era vehicles and weapons on missions that combine stealth with full-blown combat. COD’s traditional tactical-shooter style has been expanded with new types of first-person scenarios, and plenty of new multiplayer options. And thanks to input from Black Ops vets, you’ll feel the full intensity of critical flashpoints that threaten a world’s uneasy balance of power.

Title: Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
Publisher: Eidos
Platform: PS3
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 8/16/2010
Overview:
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days uses a gritty handheld documentary style that makes the game look like it was shot by cell-phone cameras, personal camcorders, and film crews ducking for cover. The end result is as raw and unnerving as Kane and Lynch themselves. Dog Days finds Lynch, the mercenary, living in Shanghai. When he needs help closing an arms deal, he calls in his old partner Kane – and everything goes horribly wrong. This time, play as the psychopath Kane as the duo tries to survive the Shanghai underworld. With every criminal in the city out for blood, the tension is constant and the experience is designed to be shockingly real.

Title: Cabela’s North American Adventures 2011
Publisher: Activision
Platform: PS3
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 9/14/2010
Overview:
Packed with a host of new features, this North American Adventure may be Cabela’s best hunting trek yet! You’ll not only track the biggest game in the best hunting spots, but you can use a custom rifle and become a TV star while you do it! Use the new custom gun builder to create a rifle built to your exact specs, with your choice of stocks, barrels, receivers, and scopes. This time, a cameraman will accompany your trek, ready to turn you into the star of your own hunting show. Compete for bragging rights in head-to-head arcade-style multiplayer, or, in another first, join three friends for a multiplayer hunt online.

Title: Quantum Theory
Publisher: Koei
Platform: PS3
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 9/27/2010
Overview:
The human race, already ravaged by war, is pushed to the brink of oblivion in this third-person shooter where humanity’s last hope sits at the top of a dark tower. Following a devastating conflict, the last human survivors have banded together in a community called Cocoon. When a deadly black material known as Erosion threatens to destroy what’s left, a soldier sets out to destroy the source of the Erosion, a mysterious Living Tower. Team with an unlikely ally and explore a world teetering on the brink of apocalypse. You’re not only up against your enemy, but a shape-shifting battlefield that throws new obstacles at you in real-time.

Title: Front Mission Evolved
Publisher: Square Enix
Platform: PS3
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 9/27/2010
Overview:
War evolves and a classic Square Enix franchise evolves along with it as the Front Mission strategy franchise morphs into a futuristic third-person action saga. Far in the future, mechanized battle suits called Wanzers are the weapon of choice. When New York City is attacked, a Wanzer engineer named Dylan jumps into his newly finished prototype and goes to battle to save his father. The battle soon evolves into something more sinister than it first appeared. You’ll load your mech with up to four weapons and blow away everything in sight. You’ll also be forced to leave your mech behind and try to survive in your own skin.

Title: Medal of Honor
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: PS3
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 10/11/2010
Overview:
The war in Afghanistan called for a new kind of soldier to fight a new kind of enemy. The Medal of Honor franchise adapts to that new reality by leaving the World War II era behind and creating the first MOH game set in the modern age. Experience the Afghan war zone through the eyes of Tier 1 Operators. The ultra-elite squad of highly skilled operatives takes orders directly from the National Command Authority, and is not allowed to fail. Carry out critical missions in the fight for freedom in gripping, cinematic gameplay developed with help from real-life Tier 1 operatives who were on the ground in Afghanistan.

Title: The Shoot
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Platform: PS3
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 10/16/2010
Overview:

NOTE: This title requires the PlayStation Move controller and the PlayStation Eye camera for gameplay. The controller and camera are not included with rental or purchase of this title.
It is lights, camera, and non-stop action in this PlayStation Move shooter that lets you blast your way through one movie after another. The Shoot sends you to Hollywood where you have a chance to play an action hero, and all you need to land the role is a healthy trigger finger. Aim at oncoming enemies as you roll through “takes” and shoot five different movies including the creepy Haunted House Party, the sci-fi Robot Rebellion, and the Western-themed Outlaws. Unleash extra destruction with Rampage, Showtime, Shockwave, and other special attacks. Blast away buildings to reveal power ups, deleted scenes, and other bonus items.

Title: Vanquish
Publisher: Sega
Platform: PS3
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 10/18/2010
Overview:
The battle for Earth will be fought in space in this futuristic showdown between two global superpowers. In the not-too-distant future, the United States and Russia compete for a dwindling energy supply. When the U.S. builds a space station to harness the sun’s energy, Russian forces capture the orbiting energy harvester and use it to destroy San Francisco. But that’s just a warning shot. Unless the U.S. agrees to total surrender, New York is next to go in this robot-blasting, third-person shooter. Don a special combat suit and lead a strike team on a mission to take back the station before the Russians take out the Big Apple. 

Title: Time Crisis Razing Storm
Publisher: Namco
Platform: PS3
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 10/19/2010
Overview:
The key to saving the world is blasting everything in sight in this shooter that lets you take aim with PlayStation Move. So grab your M-16 and soldier up! You’ll fight futuristic terrorists with sniper rifles, rocket launchers, and other weapons. Roam freely and fire away in Story Mode, team up in Arcade Mode, hunt an escaped prisoner in Sentry Mode, or join up to eight friends in Online Battle Mode.  Fully destructible environments give you the perfect opportunity to put your limitless bullet supply to good use. As an added bonus, you’ll get two additional games, the swashbuckling shooter Deadstorm Pirates and the arcade version of Time Crisis 4.

Title: Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts 2011
Publisher: Activision
Platform: PS3
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 10/26/2010
Overview:
Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts 2011 sends you on a trek that is truly unlike anything Cabela’s has ever undertaken. Journey to the wilds of Africa on a story-based safari where you will not just be hunting game, you will be fighting for your survival. American marksman Cole Rainsford joins his estranged father in Africa to hunt animals that have been terrorizing villages. But when their safari goes horribly wrong, they find themselves stuck in the wilderness, stalked by the world’s deadliest animals. Survive intense kill-or-be-killed scenarios in a dramatic single-player storyline or in simultaneous co-op or versus two-player that won’t limit your view of the stunning environments with a splitscreen.

Title: Borderlands
Publisher: Take Two
Platform: PS3
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 10/20/2009
Overview:
Blending first-person sci-fi action with elements of RPGs, Borderlands delivers a combat experience unlike anything you’ve ever seen. Gameplay is powered by a groundbreaking new content generator, giving you an almost inexhaustible supply of missions, environments, enemies, item drops, character customizations, and weapons. And that’s no exaggeration. There are literally hundreds of thousands of different weapons to find. Complete missions in a bombed-out wasteland that makes the Wild West look like Sunday school. Level up your character in a massive single-player campaign or drop in and out of other games at will in online co-op play.

Title: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Publisher: Activision
Platform: PS3
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 11/9/2009
Overview:
You’d better catch your breath. Modern Warfare 2 picks up right where the original left off and doesn’t stop. Once again, you’re part of an elite strike team charged with taking down a rogue ultranationalist faction. You’ll face smarter enemies that attack as soon as you respawn, and, since cutscenes have been eliminated, you’d better find some cover if you want to get a breather. Play a new Special Ops Co-op Mode, blow up walls and doors with a new Breach Mechanic, and more. New weapons keep the arsenal on the cutting edge, enhancements keep the Multiplayer modes among the best out there, and truly amazing visuals must be seen to be believed.

Title: Rogue Warrior
Publisher: Bethesda
Platform: PS3
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 12/2/2009
Overview:
The unthinkable has happened. War has erupted between North and South Korea. And you’re caught behind enemy lines. You’re outgunned, outnumbered, and completely cut off from friendly forces. Lead your team back over the South Korean border without alerting your North Korean enemy in team-based tactical combat. Whether you’re playing the single-player campaign, four-soldier co-op, or 24-person online multiplayer, you’ll enjoy complete freedom to take on objectives as battle demands. Maneuver through prison camps, shipyards, submarine depots, and other never-before-seen North Korean environments. The tactics and weapons have been developed and chosen in conjunction with real Navy SEALs, so the action is as real as it gets.

Title: Army of Two: The 40th Day
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: PS3
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 1/11/2010
Overview:
Co-op is once again king as the Army of Two returns to take on a whole new enemy. When Shanghai is hit by an epic disaster, some might call it a case of “wrong place, wrong time.” For Salem and Rios, the Army of Two, it’s a case of “right place, wrong time” for whoever is responsible. Fight your way through a city under siege with a constant AI or co-op partner as you pursue the truth behind the disaster. New moves have been added to your co-op repertoire, giving you more ways to collaborate as you battle enemies and work to keep each other alive.

Title: MAG
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Platform: PS3
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 1/26/2010
Overview:

NOTE: MAG is only playable as a multiplayer game online.
Online isn’t just an option, it is the only option in this game that offers the biggest battlefields the PS3 has ever seen. MAG makes history with combat that features 256 soldiers fighting at once. In a futuristic world where corporations fight shadow wars outside the public eye, there are no lofty freedoms at stake. The only thing that matters is winning. Enlist in one of three factions. Work together, follow orders, and contribute to victories to earn experience and decide what kind of soldier you want to be. Use new abilities and become an indispensable asset. Or, choose to lead, and eventually you could command a force 128 soldiers strong.

Title: BioShock 2
Publisher: Take Two
Platform: PS3
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 2/8/2010
Overview:
Ten years after the original descent to Rapture, BioShock 2 takes you back to the underwater city as a Big Daddy. Rapture has a terrifying new ruler who’s grown from a forgotten Little Sister into the city’s most powerful being. Fight through dark city hallways as a Big Daddy, an armor-suited protector of the Little Sisters. You’ll have the option to harvest their genetic modifications or keep them safe. Experience a haunting new storyline with flashback missions, new weapons and plasmids, new multiplayer modes, and more. This time, you’ll be able to use weapons and plasmids simultaneously, and even create plasmid combinations.

Title: Aliens vs. Predator
Publisher: Sega
Platform: PS3
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 2/16/2010
Overview:
No matter what side you choose, any action fan comes out a winner in this battle to determine the deadliest species in the galaxy. Alien vs. Predator begins when a distant mining colony finds a mysterious pyramid containing a deadly secret. As Predators rally from across the galaxy to defend the pyramid, Aliens awaken within. The Predators are angry. The Aliens are hungry. And the Colonial Marines are stuck in the middle. Choose your side in three distinct single-player campaigns or fight furious online battles. Score trophy kills as a Predator, tear enemies apart as an Alien, or make a harrowing last stand as a Marine.