Hundreds of discounts and playable teasers in the chamber

Steams next week-long celebration will pay tribute to that most treasured of genres, thefirst-person shooter.

The PC marketplaces FPS Fest kicks off next Monday, letting loose a hail of discounts and playable demos for shooters that prefer things from the first-person perspective.

On that point, the events trailer whizzes through the likes of tactical team-based shooters likeSquad, nostalgic throwbacks to the 90s progenitors of the genre such as theQuake-likeUltrakill, shooters set against the ever-ubiquitous background of World War II includingVerdunandHell Let Loose(which only served to confim I would not last long in a war), and more fanciful spins on rippin and tearin, like recent FEAR love letterTrepang2.

Extremely cool murders in an Ultrakill screenshot.

The list includes plenty of familiar names in the likes ofFar Cry 6,System ShockandRust, as well as some lesser-known picks.

Given their appearance in the trailer, expect those to get some kind of a price cut during the celebration.

Steams FPS Fest kicks off on April 15th - next Monday - and will run for a week through to the 22nd.

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During the event, therell be various discounts on shooters to snap up, plus some new demos to check out -youll find the whole lot over here.