- Tripwire CEO steps down after supporting Texas anti-abortion law - 7 September 2021
The CEO of Tripwire Interactive has stepped down following a tweet supporting Texas's new anti-abortion law, remarks which caused one of the studios they work with to publicly announce they were cutting ties. With John Gibson vacating the chair, vice president Alan Wilson is stepping up as interim CEO. Tripwire made shark game Maneater as well as the Red Orchestra and Killing Floor shooter series, and have published games including Chivalry 2. Read more
- The best FPS games on PC - 1 November 2019
The best shooters endure. While other genres warp beyond recognition, there is something solid about the first-person shooter that makes it as dependable as a nice big AK-47. Maybe it s the gung-ho simplicity – look down a barrel and pull the trigger. It’s as fun to fire a double-barrelled shotgun from an early 90s FPS as the slick shotties of today. For that reason, this list runs the gamut from genre classics to those released in the last year. There’s bound to be something for you in this, our list of the best 50 FPS games on PC. Let s lock and/or load. (more…)
- Tripwire Publisher Midweek, Save 50% to 75%! - 14 May 2019
In celebration of Killing Floor's 10th Anniversary, save up to 75% on Tripwire games titles during the Tripwire Interactive Publisher Week *! *Offer ends May 20th at 10AM Pacific Time
- Killing Floor 2, Rising Storm, Road Redemption going cheap in Tripwire sale - 30 August 2018
Tripwire Interactive are the Roswell-based studio known for developing the Killing Floor series and the Rising Storm series. It also published Road Rash successor Road Redemption. And from now through Friday at 6pm BST / 10am PST, games from the above and more are on sale.  With savings ranging from 50 to 85 percent, the Steam sale can be viewed in full this-a-way . For my money, highlights include Killing Floor 2 and Rising Storm. Tyler liked the former , which also made its way onto our list of the best grenades in PC gaming . With 67 percent off, it's going for £6.59/$9.89 .  The latter, on the other hand, was thoroughly enjoyed by Evan —which we latterly awarded multiplayer game of the year in 2013. With 75 percent off, it's now just £3.74/$4.99 till the end of the week. Things have moved on some since, but Evan's enthusiasm for Rising Storm…
- Tripwire Publisher Midweek, 50 - 85% off% Off - 28 August 2018
Save 50 to 85% off on Tripware Interactive titles during their publisher Midweek*! *Offer ends Friday at 10am Pacific Time
- The 50 best FPS on PC - 21 May 2018
The best shooters endure. While the state of the art moves on in other genres and leaves old designs in the dust, it’s as fun to fire a well-made shotgun from an early 90s FPS as from one released today. For that reason, this list runs the gamut from genre classics to those released in the last year. There’s bound to be something for you inside. (more…)
- How Unreal Tournament mods created a wave of successful indie studios - 14 November 2017
Alan Wilson, vice president of Tripwire Interactive, tells me his studio probably wouldn’t exist without the Make Something Unreal Tournament that Nvidia and Epic Games hosted in the early 2000s. "I’d say it’s 99 percent certain," he says. In 2003 he and his roughly 60-person team were the rock stars of the Unreal Tournament modding scene, having successfully and breathtakingly transformed sci-fi arena shooter Unreal Tournament 2003 into Red Orchestra, the brutally realistic shooter set in World War II’s Eastern Front. Is it possible everyone involved could have used the experience to launch individual careers at big game studios? Of course. It happens with mods all the time. But only Epic Games’ support—and the award of a then-outrageously expensive Unreal game engine license—could have transformed the whole team into the studio we now k…
- Rising Storm is free for keepsies right now - 26 May 2017
The WW2 Pacific Theater FPS action of Red Orchestra spin-off Rising Storm is yours to grab for free right now. The Humble Store are giving the game away to celebrate the impending end of their spring sale. Tim Stone will tell you that Rising Storm is one of the best simulation games and Alec will add that it’s one of the best FPSs , which seems a strong pair of endorsements for a free game. Rising Storm 2 will launch in only a few days, on the 30th, so do come see what the series is about. …
- The most obscure Steam achievements - 19 May 2017
Achievement hunting on Steam is serious business. While Valve's storefront might not have Xbox's Gamerscore or PlayStation's Trophies, there are still plenty of PC gamers who appreciate the way Steam achievements challenge them to play games in new and interesting ways. Then there's the satisfaction of knowing you're one of just a small percentage of players who've explored every nook and cranny, maxed out every stat, or earned every gold medal a game has to offer.  The thing is, a lot of Steam achievements are kind of boring. Kill 10,000 enemies, hit level 99 in every class, finish the game on Ultra Nightmare Hardcore difficulty—most of the objectives feel like they've fallen straight out of a free-to-play MMO's quest log. Even the rarest achievements are often little more than tedious grind fests, requiring you to play 500 online mat…
- Crouch-Run Through The Jungle: Rising Storm 2 Vietnam - 17 June 2015
We’re still combing through the assorted reveals from last night’s PC Gaming Show By PC Gamers For PC Gamers Master Race Master Race No Normals Allowed Alright, but one immediate attention-grabber is the follow up to brutalist WW2 multiplayer shooter Rising Storm (n e Red Orchestra). It’s left me all nostalgic – not because the trailer for Rising Storm 2: Vietnam has a Creedence soundtrack and a style lifted from the only bits dudebros remember from Apocalypse Now, Full Metal Jacket, Platoon et al, but because this used to be how it went before Modern Warfare was a twinkle in an executive’s eye. There’d be a popular World War 2 shooter, and then once its devs got the itch for something a bit less fusty, they’d excitedly go do Vietnam next. …
- The 25 Best Simulation Games Ever Made - 15 May 2015
Ready to discover once-and-for-all whether X-Plane is better than FSX? Whether Falcon 4.0 is better than Milk Float Simulator 2012? Ready to read the word ‘realism’ 46 times in a single hour, and spit feathers on discovering that the sim that caused got you through your divorce has been cruelly cold-shouldered by an idiot with a bus fetish and a sci-fi blindspot the size of the Crab Nebula? You are? Splendid. You’re in the right place. …
- The 50 Best FPS Ever Made - 13 May 2015
Gathering together the best shooters is no easy task, but if you’re looking for a new PC FPS to play, look no further. Your favourite game is at number 51. …
- Rising Storm gets free Armored Assault content update - 23 September 2014
Our 2013 multiplayer game of the year just got a little better. Tripwire Interactive has been great about adding content to Rising Storm for free after release, and today it did again with the Armored Assault: Free Content Pack. To celebrate, the game is only $5 until September 26. The Armored Assault updated applies to both Rising Storm and Red Orchestra 2. It adds a new weapon, the German MG 42 light machine gun, which is a veteran unlock for the Axis MG class, and two new tanks. The first is the Russian T-70, a small, fast tank that can carry two players and a 45mm cannon. The second is the German Panzer III, which is a smaller version of the Panzer IV, armed with a 50mm cannon. There also two new maps: the jungle-themed Kobura where the Japanese team attacks US defensive positions, and Tula Outskirts, a remake of a map from the original Red Orchestra. The Arad 2 map has also been up…
- Midweek Madness - Rising Storm Game of the Year Edition, 75% Off - 23 September 2014
Save 75% on Rising Storm Game of the Year Edition during this week's Midweek Madness*! Rising Storm has been updated with new content in the "Armored Assault" update. The update includes new Tanks, Maps, new MG42 Weapon and Community-Made Alpha and Beta Maps. *Offer ends Friday at 10AM Pacific Time
- Rising Storm & Company of Heroes 2 Free Trial Weekends - 25 April 2014
“Doing anything nice this weekend?” the hairdresser asks, running their hands through your luxuriant quiff. “I’m actually heading out on a whistle-stop tour of battlefields on World War 2′s Eastern and Pacific fronts,” you reply, leaning back to press your scalp into their supple fingers as they gasp in respect and admiration, “and I’ll have the cyber razor cut thanks.” Ho ho but while your haircare specialist now believes you’re a big-shot billionaire history expert, you’re merely planning to take advantage of the Company of Heroes 2 and Rising Storm free weekends on Steam. All and sundry can play Relic’s RTS and Tripwire’s FPS for two days, and they’re on sale too. Later today a familiar voice will respond to your cry for reinforcements, as confident as mousse and warm as curling tongs, and you’l…
- Free Weekend - Rising Storm Game of the Year Edition, 75% Off - 24 April 2014
In celebration of the Game of the Year update, play Rising Storm for FREE starting now through Sunday at 1PM Pacific Time. Plus, save 75% as part of this week's Weekend Deal*! To celebrate the win of PC Gamer's "Multiplayer Game of the Year 2013", Rising Storm has been updated with new content in the Game of the Year edition. The update includes * 2 transport vehicles for the RO2 factions - Universal Carrier for the Russians and SdKfz-251 halftrack for the Germans ;* 3 existing maps updated for the transports (Arad 2, Barashka and Rakowice ;* New map - Maggot Hill, featuring Merrill's Marauders at Nhpum Ga, April 1944 ;* New Search & Destroy gameplay mode - a single life game-type in which teams take turns attempting to destroy one of multiple objectives by planting an explosive. A full set of 10 maps configured for this new game mode ;* 3 new community maps now official - Phosphate Pla…
- You Have 9 Hours To Get Red Orchestra 2 Free - 24 April 2014
“Some days war takes patience, but other days it demands action,” the sergeant barks, I write, lazily imagining how sergeants may speak in all those WW2 films from the 1960s that I haven’t watched. “Today is a day for action,” I hint to lead into the crux of this video game news post for Rock, Paper, Shotgun. “… you maggot,” the sergeant adds then immediately regrets and blushes, fearing he’s perhaps a major conflict or two ahead of language like that. It is a day for action, mind. Until 6pm today, Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad is free on Steam . Not just free to play for one day, oh no. If you grab it in time, it’s yours to keep forever. If you don’t, I guess you would need to pay money to own and play it, and make a decision about whether that’s something you’d like to do or not. …
- PSA: Download Red Orchestra 2 from Steam for free today only - 23 April 2014
Tripwire Interactive is feeling generous today, in the wake of this week's Game of the Year update for multiplayer standalone expansion Rising Storm . To celebrate this release, the publisher is offering the full Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad game on Steam for free for today only.
- Rising Storm: Game of the Year Edition adds new mode and maps - 21 April 2014
Rising Storm , the standalone expansion for Red Orchestra 2 , has done very well for itself since it released nearly a year ago . The multiplayer shooter has collected a number of accolades and Tripwire Interactive is celebrating by releasing a new Game of the Year Edition, which compiles all of the game's previous updates and adds a handful of new content.
- Free Weekend - Rising Storm, plus Red Orchestra Franchise Weekend Deal! - 26 September 2013
Play Rising Storm for FREE starting now through Sunday at 1PM Pacific Time. You can also pickup Rising Storm at 50% off the regular price!* Pick up the whole Red Orchestra series or the entire Tripwire Collection for 75% off! Plus, brand new content, "Island Assault", is Now Available and has new Multiplayer Campaign Mode, an all new level: Betio, two new weapons, and Classic Mode Refinements. If you already have Steam installed, click here to install or play Rising Storm. If you don't have Steam, you can download it here .
