Worth Playing: "Developed by the same group of people responsible for the TrackMania franchise, ShootMania Storm promises to bring back the glory days of online fragging. While current-gen gamers are focused on things like Call of Duty: Black Ops II and Halo 4 for their multiplayer fix, older PC gamers will remember the original Quake with great fondness. Doom may have been where the deathmatch craze was born, but Quake was where it first hit maturity. Matches were characterized by fast movement, map domination and, after the first CTF mod, mastery of the grappling hook. Quake may not have been a direct influence for the ShootMania Storm team, but after sitting down to play a few rounds, it sure feels like it."
One Angry Gamer "Now here’s a bit of news you probably didn’t see coming: Nadeo has announced that you can gain free access to their ManiaPlanet games right now, no strings attached. You download the free demo and for 48 hours straight you can play the ManiaPlanet titles for free."
Shootmania Platform, developed by Nadeo, will be free in its current beta form for the whole summer.
The Trackmania games rarely go on sale, so getting any and/or all of them is a recommendation.
