One of the oldest staples in any arcade is the Beat ‘Em Up game. From Final Fight to The Simpsons Arcade Game many gamers, myself included, have some fond memories of the genre. Now fast forward to 2018, and Capcom releases a bundle full of their classics from the genre called the Capcom Beat ‘Em Up Bundle. The
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Games are no stranger to odd marketing stunts, but none Activision Blizzard is pulling off one of the weirdest in recent memory in order to promote the Spyro Reignited Trilogy, which launches on November 13. The publisher has created a Spyro drone that breathes fire and talks, and are flying it across America to deliver
The darkness is coming. She’s coming…this is was what my subconscious was telling me as I paced anxiously through the chilling, pitch-black corridors in Visage — one of this year’s most horrifying games, and currently in Early Access on Steam. The hand over my mouse perspired with sweat and my heart frantically raced as dread
Licensed games have been making a comeback recently, with several of them being spearheaded by British publisher Outright Games. Following their work on licensed games like Ben 10, Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion, Hotel Transylvania 3: Monsters Overboard, and Paw Patrol: On a Roll, Outright Games and Climax Studios announced today that they are
Square Enix released new screenshots and information for World of Final Fantasy Maxima, revealing new mirages, and a new bonus boss battle with Enna Kros. World of Final Fantasy is a spinoff of the Final Fantasy RPG series, featuring its iconic characters and monsters represented in an SD style. The monsters and summons specifically are called
On Saturday, Bandai Namco revealed that 2B from NieR: Automata would be making an appearance in their weapons-based fighting game, Soul Calibur VI. Today, the publisher released so many screenshots of the character in action. You can check them out for yourself down below. 2B is an android and the protagonist of NieR: Automata, she wields two swords as her primary
A new update for The Evil Within 2 adds a new difficulty level named Akuma as well as unlocks cheats for the player to utilize if you sign up for Bethesda’s website. You see, these two additions are only available if you link your copy of The Evil Within 2 to your Bethesda.net account, which
A new trailer for Dontnod’s psychological thriller game Twin Mirror premiered at Paris Games Week that walks you through the first puzzle of the game. Protagonist Sam Hayes returns to his hometown of Basswood in the American rust belt to attend the funeral of his best friend. The Double accompanies him on his journey. This
We are just days away from the launch of Diablo III: Eternal Collection for Nintendo Switch, but there may still be more to expect from this collaboration between Nintendo and Blizzard. Reddit user JustMaku was able to datamine the game just before launch and took to the Diablo subreddit after they seemed to find information
Following our character creation of a charismatic mafiosa dictator with a love of Wes Anderson-esque pastels, it was time to jump into the first mission of the Tropico 6 campaign — starting off in the spot where you first meet series favorite sycophant, Penultimo! To check out what exactly happened (and how we stumbled through the game’s control scheme),
Following her surprise reveal in Dead or Alive 6 at Paris Games Week, Team Ninja and Koei Tecmo have a brand new gameplay trailer featuring series veteran Christie. You can check it out down below. This is the first time we’ve had the chance to check out Christie in action. The trailer is pretty typical fighting game affair, showing
SuperData Research has unveiled the top grossing games for the month of September in terms of digital sales only, with Bungie and Activision’s Destiny 2 leading the way on consoles. The launch of Destiny 2’s new expansion Forsaken was enough to place it in the top spot for the month of September surpassing the release of Marvel’s Spider-Man, which came in at second
Sure, Tropico 6 may have nothing on the broad character customization within SoulCalibur VI. But you have to appreciate any level of character customization within a game. Before starting our hand at a full-on Tropico dictatorship. As you will note in the gameplay video below, I opted for a charismatic mafia-esque ruler. However, there are still some amazing
Just ahead of Halloween, developer Elastic Games has announced that the asymmetrical multiplayer horror title Last Year: The Nightmare will be holding a closed beta period this upcoming weekend. The closed beta will kick off on Friday, November 2 at 5:00 PM EST and will last until Sunday, November 4 at 3:01 AM EST. This will be
As Halloween approaches it seems like more creepy titles are coming out of the woodworks. Maid of Sker is one that will be heading to various platforms next year. From developer Wales Interactive, Maid of Sker is to be a first-person survival horror with stealth gameplay and no weapons. It’s set in a remote hotel with a macabre history
The 43rd week of the year has come and gone and surprising absolutely no one, Red Dead Redemption 2 has taken hold of the top spot on the UK sales chart for the week. Red Dead Redemption 2 hasn’t just now surpassed Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 for the number one position, it also debuts as Rockstar’s strongest release of
The past three years have been pretty significant for the WWE. Since I rekindled this odd love with pro wrestling, I have only seen it improve since WrestleMania 31. The current roster, in terms of their performance, is the best it has ever been. This notion is doubly true with the current women’s roster who
It’s no surprise Capcom’s upcoming demon-slaying sequel Devil May Cry 5 is getting a lot of fan’s attention ahead of its release next Spring. From the return of loved characters to beautiful graphics and gameplay intended for this generation, Devil May Cry 5 is sure to set a good mark in the already stacked line up of
Like all Shounen Jump-inspired games, Jump Force piqued the interest of many fans of anime and manga, and it’s continuing to make the news with frequent announcements of new characters for its crazy battle royale. While it’s not the ultra-popular kind of battle royale that everyone is talking about nowadays, there’s always something fascinating about a
Reddit User soja92 posted on Reddit about Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s multiplayer mode running at a smooth 62 Hz refresh rate on both PC and PS4, in the United States at least. This comes after Treyarch faced criticism for servers running with rather poor refresh rates in order to compensate for Blackout. These numbers seem
After nearly a month of competition, the Finals for the League of Legends World Championship 2018 have at long last been set. This weekend’s Semifinal round was thought to be intense coming in, but instead turned out to be perhaps the least-exciting round of the tournament so far. Both games these weekend ended up series
Most digital marketplaces are currently flooded with horror titles to coincide with the spookiest season of the year. Blood-splattered franchises like Resident Evil, Amnesia, Friday the 13th, and an entire catalog of games with the word “Dead” in their titles are all supplying scares for discounted prices. However, there’s no denying that a horror-based haul
One Piece: World Seeker is set to usher in a brand new direction for the games dedicated to the popular anime and manga franchise, replacing the traditionally closed stages with a wide open world. While the game has recently been delayed to next year, the development team at Ganbarion and Bandai Namco is hard at work to
Canada Cup 2018 starts today, which marks the last open bracket premier event for the Capcom Pro Tour before The Capcom Cup. This event is one of the last chance opportunities for players to be qualified for this year’s Capcom Cup on December 14. However, this tournament might be one of the most stacked tournaments
On the one year anniversary of CyberConnect2’s .hack//G.U. Last Recode collection, the developer has announced that the game sold over 300,000 copies worldwide both digitally and physically. Additionally, the team released two new illustrations to thank fans for their continued support of the .hack series. [“.hack//G.U. Last Recode” 1st Anniversary] Celebrating 300k copies shipped worldwide (including digital distribution)!
Yesterday, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 was officially two weeks old, and it’s had a relatively smooth launch, at least compared to other Call of Duty games in the past. It’s not all peaches and cream, however, as many fans, including myself, have found themselves annoyed with two features found within both the game’s multiplayer and Blackout modes: Ajax
Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe has released a new trailer for Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown that features a wide arrangement of aircraft customization options. To start the video, we get a glimpse at the aircraft tree, which seems to imitate a typical skill tree you would find in many games today. The video showcased an F-140 fighter jet being
In a recent trailer from Bandai Namco Entertainment, it was revealed that 2B from NieR: Automata is coming to SoulCalibur VI. And no this isn’t another fan-made create-a-character version of 2B, this is an official collaboration between the two games. The trailer features 2B’s move set carried over from her game including her interchangeable swords,
Earlier today, Sony Interactive Entertainment revealed the charming new indie title, Storm Boy by Australian developer Blowfish Studios. The game is based on a 1960’s children book of the same name featuring a story revolving around a boy and his relationship with his pet pelican named Mr. Percival. The game takes place on the beaches of
Milestone has released a new trailer for Ride 3 that shows of all of the extreme customization options players will be able to take advantage of. There will be more than 500 mechanical and aesthetic parts that can be modified to change a bike’s behavior on the track. On top of the new trailer, Milestone has also