Viva Las Vegas! It’s The SHOT Show 2019 Next Week!

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The first big trade event that the airsoft industry will be showcasing its products will be in Las Vegas, at the annual SHOT Show hosted by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF). Whilst it’s mainly known as a show for the real steel industry, over the years, Airsoft has built a sizeable presence, albeit their mainly spreadout in the sprawling Sands Convention Center, rather than in one location.

U.S. Army Forming An eSports Team To Help In Recruitment

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In 2018, the U.S. Army has missed its annual recruitment target of 6,500 for the for the first time. With low employment in the overall U.S. economy, the attraction of the service is not compelling as potential recruits have more options in the job market. The Army decided to tweak its recruitment process and implementing new approaches.

One such approach that may help meet recruitment goals is eSports.

Is Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Going To Be Released This Year?

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Of all the Call of Duty titles, for me, the Modern Warfare series is the most epic given the scale, story, and characters. It is the series where we saw airsofters and gamers immersed themselves, bringing the characters’ loadouts to the airsoft field and the callsigns Soap and Ghost  were popular in airsoft forums. But the most compelling character is Captain Price who has survived through all the titles, watching Soap die in his arms in Modern Warfare 3.

Watch Out Iron Man! These Kantanka Group “Exoskeletons” Are After Your Throne

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The race of the first combat-ready exoskeletons just got a bit more crowded. Whilst we expect such developments from developed countries and the big three (U.S., Russia, and China), sometimes we get surprised by developments from where we least expect it. In this case, from the country of Ghana a middle income country in Africa, also a football powerhouse in the continent.

Philippine Election Gun (& Airsoft) Ban To Take Effect January 13

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For the airsoft community in the Philippines, it’s time to stow their airsoft guns away as they will be in for a period of an election gun ban in preparation for the National and Local elections that will take place on the May 13. The gun ban, which will also cover airsoft as defined by the Philippine Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Resolution No. 10446, will take effect on January 13 and ends on June 12, 2019. That’s five months of no airsoft for players in the country.

What A Cutie! SIG Sauer Unveil The Ultra-Compact MPX Copperhead

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With SBRs and compact AR-style guns being the rage nowadays in real steel and airsoft, SIG Sauer just went even more ultra-compact. Their MPX line, which they revealed a few years ago, already feature compact versions, but with the announcement of the MPX Copperhead, they have a very compact 9mm that we sure would like to see an airsoft version.

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