When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works.

From Marvel Rivals to Valve’s worst-kept secret, the hero shooter revival is truly underway - but why?

A Team Fortress 2 player uses a machine gun against foes

Deadlock

Jeff the Land Shark as he appears in Marvel Rivals

Screenshots of Overwatch 2 showing teams battling it out along with new perks and a Stadium game mode in action

Cropped key art for PUBG: Blindspot, showing several characters holding weapons.

Colorful key art for Wildgate showing spaceships flying towards one another at speed while exchanging laser fire, smaller crew members circling around them - in the background, purple-tinged space warps and distorts

Overwatch 2 sombra emp animation blizzard image

Days Gone Remastered protagonist Deacon running from hundreds of zombies in the rain

Three players on a desert planet shooting bug aliens during one of the best games like Borderlands, Helldivers 2.

Marvel Rivals Spider-Man

Marvel Rivals Hawkeye

Marvel Rivals costume customization Psylocke wearing Phantom Purple recolor for Vengeance costume

Helldivers 2

A screenshot shows three Elden Ring Nightreign characters wearing Dark Souls armor sets

Hollow Knight

Lewis Pullman as "Bob" in Thunderbolts*

Hawkeye

GTA 6 trailer screenshots

GTA 6

Articulate box, cards, board, and tokens on a wooden table

The cast of Thunderbolts standing in an elevator during the trailer for the upcoming Marvel Phase 5 movie.

Logan Kim as Hershel and Lauren Cohan as Maggie in The Walking Dead: Dead City season 2