Tag Archives: Fighting

From crap to GOTY Tell me if this sounds familiar: you’ve just picked up a brand new console on launch day, you’ve read all the reviews, and despite all of your better instincts, you went ahead and grabbed Perfect Dark Zero anyway. Or how about this: it’s the dead of …

Quarter-circles to victory Playing fighting games with a controller isn’t exactly an ideal solution. Sure, you can do it, just like you can grab food out of a fryer with your bare hands, but you probably shouldn’t. Most fighting games have at least six buttons for attacking, and with only …

Taking ’em to school If you’ve ever poked around your trophy collection in the Super Smash Bros. games, you’ve probably noticed that they’re an absolute treasure trove of nostalgic knowledge. Because Nintendo’s premier fighting franchise is a mash-up of all its mascots, be they big or small, no reference is …

Avert your eyes, children Ah, that innocent ESRB rating known as “E for Everyone.” Parents can rest assured that any E-rated game they buy their kids will be free of adult situations like sex, drug use, or gratuitous violence. OR WILL THEY!? Turns out, some of the most beloved games …

Castle + Dracula + Whip = Box Art For more than 25 years, Castlevania has been the world’s premier Dracula-focused digital media. And while the series changed hands from Japanese to European developers a few years ago, Castlevania’s overall focus hasn’t veered from Konami’s original intent: whipping the living hell …

More teabagging, Vicar? When you stop and think about it, we behave very strangely in video games. As developers increasingly strive to imitate real life, it makes our virtual behaviour seem all the more bizarre; more detached from our everyday lives. Thats no bad thing–games are a brilliant form of …

Warner Bros. has officially confirmed a long-rumoured special edition of Injustice Gods Among Us. Set for release on November 12 in the US and November 29 in the UK, the Ultimate Edition will be available on original Injustice launch platforms Xbox 360 and PS3, but not on Wii U. The …

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle is about as Japanese a game as you could imagine, leading many to believe that it would never see a release outside of Japan. But after it launched to critical praise in late August, Namco Bandai confirmed that it will be coming to the …

A follow-up to 2011’s Mortal Kombat is in development, according to producer Lance Sloane. Sloane offhandedly mentioned a new game in the gorey fighter series when speaking with GamerHub about a new Mortal Kombat film. “We’ve been in greenlight committee for a little while at the studio, and we’ve got …

Steam gave its official seal of approval to Divekick, Deadly Premonition: Director’s Cut, and eight other plucky titles. The titles were voted into the top of Steam’s Greenlight service and will arrive on the digital distribution service in the weeks and months ahead. Divekick is a reductive take on fighting …