Those noses have never looked sharper. When Virtua Fighter smashed its way onto the arcade scene in 1993, it caused a helluva ruckus. Sega’s one-on-one fighter launched slap-bang in the middle of the fighting game explosion, with titles such as Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, and Fatal Fury already gobbling up the quarters in arcade centres…
Persona 5 was so damn successful, it’s unsurprising that Atlus has spent the years since A) milking the hell out of it and B) using its incredibly stylish visuals as a template to remake the other two games in its modern trilogy. Persona 3 Reload was the first utilisation of that template, and now we’re…
I have high expectations for Zach Cregger’s upcoming Resident Evil film. As a superb director and seemingly a genuine fan of the games it really feels as if he’s got the vibe of Resident Evil down, demonstrated by his inclusion of little easter eggs, choice of location, and now choice to highlight a staple of…
It’s often said that good artists borrow, and great artists steal. And given Doug Cockle, the voice actor for Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher 3, has been in the rare position of getting to see a character he’s played for years in videogames debut on streamed TV, portrayed for a stint by Henry Cavill…
It’s nearly time to rise from the crypt and build your kingdom! Our upcoming cozy puzzle game Fangtopia has been lurking in the shadows and is ready to creepy-crawl onto PlayStation 5 on October 26 – just in time for Halloween! Fangtopia is a world filled with merry monsters and goofy ghouls, crafted by your…
Misty-eyed. Y’know, given the fact that the first Pokémon movie was quite literally called Pokémon: The First Movie, we perhaps should have known that more would be on the way. But there are 24 now. 24. With a 25th on the way very soon, in fact. And so if you fancy playing catch up and…
Summary For the first time in history, a RuneScape game is coming to XBOX! Level skills from 1-99, wield powerful Skill Spells to master the wilds and bring down the Dragon Queen, Kuldra. Welcome to RuneScape: Dragonwilds, a survival game set in the RuneScape universe for 1-4 players solo or in Co-op. 1.0 releases on September…
Mini Massacres and Micro Motors. Nintendo has revealed three new releases joining the Nintendo Classics range today. Ikari Warriors, R.C. Pro-AM II, and Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom will be available to download for all Nintendo Switch Online subscribers. Developed by SNK and released in 1986, Ikari Warriors is a vertically scrolling…
When it comes to the fighting genre of video games, no other platform’s total library is more dense in said category than that of the Neo Geo AES home console. Of the 118 officially-licensed games released for the AES, a whopping 51 fall under the category of fighting games. Essentially, that means that just over…
It makes so much sense I can’t believe it didn’t happen years ago: as revealed at Gamescom last week, Lego is finally fulfilling its destiny by making a city builder. And I’m happy to say I got my eager hands on an early build of Lego Skylines for a little preview. I do want to…