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Rogue Point aims to prove old school is the new cool with a back-to-basics shooter

Rogue Point aims to prove old school is the new cool with a back-to-basics shooter The developers behind Black Mesa return with a retro-flavoured co-op shooter that thumbs its nose at the bloated complexity of modern online games "We wanted something that you could pick up and play with friends," says Brad Sheremeta, marketing and community manager for Crowbar Collective, when describing the studio's new game, Rogue Point. Out in Early Access today, the co-operative PvE (player versus environment) shooter is a response to the overly complicated, time-sink nature of modern titles in the genre. "Right now, you're seeing a lot of these games that are 'sweaty games' that you have to grind at, especially first person shooters," says Sheremeta. And beyond that, the retro, no-frills nature of Rogue Point fits a gap in the market for titles that echo the simpler times of old – like the hugely successful Warhammer Space Marine 2, which won players over with its unashamedly Xbox 360-era gameplay.