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5:00 PM on 06.19.2013

Microsoft, please stop desecrating Killer Instinct

Dear Microsoft, Please stop making Killer Instinct look like, as our own Jonathan Holmes put it, “a mash-to-win, noob-friendly combo fest.” I've played your game -- even had a proper lesson from Double Helix to he...

Wesley Ruscher

2:00 PM on 06.18.2013

Smash Bros. director talks stress of character selection

Speaking to Polygon about what it's like to choose which characters make the cut for Nintendo's popular fighting franchise, Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai said that "The amount of stress I feel, it's almost to th...

Jordan Devore

5:30 PM on 06.15.2013

Killer Instinct is a mash-to-win noob-friendly combo fest

The best thing about E3 this year was the constant loitering of awesome developers at the Sony booth. It was like a Sup Holmes reunion special. That's where I bumped into Adam Heart, creator of the PS3/PS Vita/PC fighter Div...

Jonathan Holmes

7:52 PM on 06.12.2013

EA Sports UFC features sexy, soft, squishy bodies

EA wrangled glistening, sweaty hold of the UFC license in a closeted deal with defunct THQ and have a game, EA Sports UFC, in the works for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One slated for spring 2014. Here at E3, we were shown a presen...

Steven Hansen

4:40 PM on 06.11.2013

Killer Instinct may not be 'free-to-play' in a bad way

Earlier today, it was reported that Killer Instinct for the Xbox One would be completely free-to-play, thus putting a rather large, nasty elephant in the room of an otherwise positive prospect. But it appears as if Doubl...

Chris Carter

2:09 PM on 06.11.2013

The Wii Fit Trainer joins the next Smash Bros. roster

[Update: watch the above video starting at 6:00! This is crazy!] Live from the E3 showfloor, Nintendo has revealed a third new Smash Bros. character in addition to the Animal Crossing villager and Mega Man -- the Wii Fit tra...

Chris Carter

10:36 AM on 06.11.2013

BlazBlue Chronophantasma to be localized in 2014

[Update: Aksys Games has confirmed at E3 that BlazBlue Chronophantasma will be released in the US next year.] BlazBlue Chronophantasma is coming to the PS3 later this year in Japan, and Arc System Works has another trailer t...

Chris Carter

4:00 AM on 06.11.2013

Killer Instinct is combo-tastic... and it's free-to-play

This is damn ridiculous. When does it all end, Microsoft? When does it all end? I've just returned from a special Microsoft event where select members of the press could sample Xbox One titles before the E3 show floor opens. ...

Tony Ponce

2:18 PM on 06.10.2013

Killer Instinct being developed by Double Helix Studios

It's been a long time coming, but Killer Instinct has finally risen from extinction. Along with its revival comes news that its developer is none other than Double Helix Games. You might remember them from such amazing title...

Wesley Ruscher

12:05 PM on 06.10.2013

Killer Instinct is coming back on Xbox One

You asked for it and now it's really happening!

Alasdair Duncan

11:29 AM on 06.10.2013

JoJo All Star Battle is the most fabulous game not at E3

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle is heading to the PS3, one of the "old" consoles. But I'd bet good money that even after E3 is over, after Microsoft and Sony have blown their game loads all over the internet, ...

Josh Tolentino

3:00 PM on 06.04.2013

Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate is going free-to-play

Though it is a perfectly functional and fun fighting game, Dead or Alive 5 didn't exactly set the fighting game scene ablaze. It sold well enough at least, but Team Ninja plans to breathe new life into the game by making Dead...

Abel Girmay

3:00 AM on 05.24.2013

Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate gets another Virtua Fighter

Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate expands its fighting roster with the addition of Virtua Fighter's Jacky Bryant. Fan favorite Ein will be also making his first return to the franchise since Dead or Alive 2. Plus there will be two ne...

Hamza CTZ Aziz

10:00 PM on 05.23.2013

Two whole screenshots of Mortal Kombat on PC

It exists. Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition for PC exists. To accompany the recent confirmation that this port is in production at High Voltage Software, Warner Bros. sent out two screenshots. A couple more wouldn't have hurt, ...

Jordan Devore

8:00 PM on 05.23.2013

Seth Killian is a playable character in Divekick

That's right! Seth Killian is a playable character in Divekick, the unique fighting game slated to hit the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, and PC later this spring. S-Kill, as he's called in the game, is one of the harder ch...

Hamza CTZ Aziz

11:45 AM on 05.23.2013

Rock out to this BlazBlue Chronophantasma trailer

BlazBlue Chronophantasma, the next entry in the BlazBlue franchise, is hitting Japan later this year. In order to get people sufficiently pumped, a new gameplay trailer has surfaced with that classic rock feel we'd expect fr...

Chris Carter