Headshot

Headshot is a video game concept

A skillful maneuver, the headshot is often instantly and graphically lethal.

In the context of first person shooters, a headshot is a shot from a firearm or other weapon that impacts the head of an opponent. The head is the smallest target on a human-sized adversary, and often games will reward players for making such a shot, although this can vary according to the realism of the game itself. Most military simulation shooters will instantly kill the victim of a headshot, as will most other games with at least semi-realistic intentions, while other, more abstracted shooters may simply inflict more or standard damage. Headshots are often tied to specific effects in certain games, such as the announcement of it loudly to the player, or a small graphical reward akin to a medal. Another type of reward for the player achieving the headshot  is the destruction of the cranium being rendered in graphic detail, which can be seen prominently in games like Gears of War, the Soldier of Fortune franchise, or Conker's Bad Fur Day.

Headshot games Edit

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Name Platforms Developer
Section 8
PC, PS3, X360 TimeGate Studios, Inc.
Huxley
PC, X360 Webzen Games Inc.
Rogue Warrior
PC, PS3, X360 Zombie Inc.
The Hitman Collection
PC
1968 Tunnel Rats
PC, X360 Replay Studios
The Punisher: No Mercy
PSN Zen Studios
Bowmaster Prelude
PC, MAC
They
PC, PS3, X360 Metropolis Software House
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
PS3 Naughty Dog, Inc.
Metal Gear Solid Touch
IPHN Kojima Productions
Half-Life 2: Episode Three
PC, X360 Valve Corporation
Resistance: Retribution
PSP Sony Bend
Duke Nukem Forever
PC 3D Realms Entertainment
Halo 3: ODST
X360 Bungie Studios
Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising
PC, PS3, X360 Codemasters
Wanted: Weapons of Fate
PC, PS3, X360 GRIN
Torn City
PC, MAC
CellFactor: Psychokinetic Wars
PSN, XBLM
WarRock
PC
WET
PS3, X360 SEGA-AM2, Artificial Mind & Movement
Fallen Empire: Legions
PC GarageGames, Inc.
Wolfenstein
PC, PS3, X360 id Software, Nerve Software, LLC, Raven Software
Warhound
PC, X360 Techland Sp. z o.o.
Mass Effect 2
PC, X360 BioWare
Black Powder: Red Earth
PC Echelon Software
Dead Island
PC, X360 Techland Sp. z o.o.
MAG: Massive Action Game
PS3 Zipper Interactive
Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard
PS3, X360 Vicious Cycle Software, Inc.
Resident Evil 5
released on March 13, 2009
PS3, X360 Capcom
Killzone 2
released on Feb. 27, 2009
PS3 Guerrilla Games
Dead Rising: Chop Til' You Drop
released on Feb. 27, 2009
WII Capcom
50 Cent: Blood on the Sand
released on Feb. 19, 2009
PS3, X360 Swordfish Studios Limited
The House of the Dead: OVERKILL
released on Feb. 17, 2009
WII Headstrong Games
Red Faction: Guerrilla
PC, PS3, X360 Volition Incorporated, Reactor Zero
Left 4 Dead
released on Nov. 18, 2008
PC, X360 Valve Corporation, Turtle Rock Studios, Inc., Certain Affinity
Call of Duty: World at War
released on Nov. 11, 2008
PC, PS3, DS, WII, X360 n-Space, Inc., Treyarch
Gears of War 2
released on Nov. 7, 2008
X360 Epic Games
Secret Service
released on Nov. 4, 2008
PS2, PC, X360 Cauldron Ltd., Tigon Studios
Quantum of Solace
released on Nov. 4, 2008
PS2, PC, PS3, DS, WII, X360 Eurocom Entertainment Software, Vicarious Visions, Treyarch, Beenox Studios
Valkyria Chronicles
released on Nov. 4, 2008
PS3 Sega
To End All Wars
released on Oct. 31, 2008
PS3, X360 Kuju Sheffield
Fallout 3
released on Oct. 28, 2008
PC, PS3, X360 Bethesda Softworks
Fable II
released on Oct. 21, 2008
X360 Lionhead Studios Ltd.
SOCOM: U.S. Navy Seals: Confrontation
released on Oct. 14, 2008
PS3, PSN Slant Six Games
Dead Space
released on Oct. 14, 2008
PC, PS3, X360 EA Redwood Shores
Saints Row 2
released on Oct. 14, 2008
PC, PS3, X360 Volition Incorporated
Fracture
released on Oct. 7, 2008
PS3, X360 Day:1:Studios, LLC
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway
released on Sept. 23, 2008
PC, PS3, X360 Ubisoft Entertainment, Gearbox Software LLC
Armored Core: for Answer
released on Sept. 16, 2008
PS3, X360 FromSoftware, Inc.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky
released on Sept. 15, 2008
PC GSC Game World
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames
released on Aug. 31, 2008
PS2, PC, PS3, X360 Pandemic Studios, Pi Studios, LLC.
Combat Arms
released on July 11, 2008
PC Nexon Corporation
Battlefield: Bad Company
released on June 23, 2008
PS3, X360 DICE
Code of Honor: The French Foreign Legion
released on June 13, 2008
PC CITY interactive
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
released on June 12, 2008
PS3 Kojima Productions
Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Conspiracy
released on June 3, 2008
PS3, X360 High Moon Studios, Inc.
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition - Colonies Edition
released on May 27, 2008
PC, X360 Capcom
Grand Theft Auto IV
released on April 29, 2008
PC, PS3, X360 Rockstar North, Rockstar Toronto
Army of Two
released on March 4, 2008
PS3, X360 EA Montreal
The Club
released on Feb. 19, 2008
PC, PS3, X360 Bizarre Creations
Unreal Tournament 3
released on Dec. 10, 2007
PC, MAC, PS3, X360 Epic Games
Syphon Filter: Combat Ops
released on Nov. 20, 2007
PSP Sony Bend
Mass Effect
released on Nov. 20, 2007
PC, X360 BioWare
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
released on Nov. 20, 2007
PS3 Naughty Dog, Inc.
America's Army: True Soldiers
released on Nov. 15, 2007
X360 Red Storm Entertainment, Inc.
Soldier of Fortune: Payback
released on Nov. 13, 2007
PC, PS3, X360 Cauldron Ltd.
BlackSite: Area 51
released on Nov. 12, 2007
PC, PS3, X360 Midway Studios Austin
SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs - Tactical Strike
released on Nov. 6, 2007
PSP Slant Six Games
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
released on Nov. 5, 2007
PC, MAC, PS3, X360 Aspyr Media, Inc., Infinity Ward
Team Fortress 2
released on Oct. 10, 2007
PC Valve Corporation