Th Asahi Shimbun newspaper in Tokyo has reported that the Japanese game publisher will not to continue with plans to develop “Six Days in Fallujah,” a shooter title based on intense street fighting in that Iraqi city in November 2004.

Konami, together…

Expecting too much from a first-person shooter title makes it easy to miss the obvious.

And as the observant folks at IGN.com note, there’s plenty in shooter games that’s obvious.

You see, we all try so hard to pick out what’s good and…

“F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin”
Genre: First-person shooter
Developer: Monolith Productions
Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC
ESRB rating: “M” for mature
Price: $59.99
Grade: B+

Creepy must be the new black.

If you doubt it, consider the wave of games that include “Alone in the Dark,” “BioShock,” “Left 4 Dead” and “F.E.A.R”…

“Killzone 2″
Genre: First-person shooter
Developer: Guerrilla Games
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Platform: PlayStation 3
ESRB rating: “M” for mature
Price: $59.99
Grade: A

Despite the paucity of shooter titles on Game Guy’s review list, the truth is, I like the genre probably about as much as anyone. These kinds of games cater to my…

Up to now, Game Guy never thought Secret Service work seemed like a party. Agents dress like narcs most of the time, don facial expressions that suggests chronic constipation, stand in stifling heat or bitter cold trying to pick out…