One of my favorite overlooked PlayStation 2 titles is a 2003 brawler called War of the Monsters. Inspired by B-movies of the 1950s, the game let you choose from a wide variety of Kaiju and giant robots, then battle it out in a 3D arena full...

The latest addition to Hamster's Arcade Archive collection features a brand that we all know very well indeed. Even if the original games are kind of a massive chore to play through today, (don't get mad at me unless you've played Double Dr...

This contest will help you feel heroic: Win a Switch or PS4 copy of I Am the Hero. If there's one thing I definitely am not, it's a hero. Whenever games present the choice I of a "good" and "bad" playthrough I always choose the good side --...

Sega has released a new demo of the next release from Team Yakuza, the action-packed detective adventure Project Judge. The succinctly titled Project Judge Chapter One Special Demo is available to download for PS4 from the Japanese PSN stor...

All the talking and speculation and hype of the past few months has reached fever pitch, and now Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has gone gold and is ready for its highly-anticipated release on Nintendo Switch in just a few weeks' tim...

One week after release, Square Enix has released a new update to their critically mauled brawler, The Quiet Man. This new update adds dialogue and sound to the game, and is expected to add some clarity to the PS4 and PC adventure's obscure ...

That leak from earlier in the month was correct! Yakuza Kiwami and Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition will be headling November's PlayStation Plus free games. Both are well worth checking out, especially at the low price of free. I'd suggest no...

Ys Net and Deep Silver have dropped a selection of new screenshots for Shenmue III, which is still a long way away from release. Still, nothing wrong with showing the people your current progress, right?The screens show off some of the loca...

A Kunio-kun compilation is going to be released in Japan this December. Coming to the PC, Xbox One, PS4, and Switch, it is set to include 18 games (19 with a pre-order) that span the entire legacy of Kunio-kun. If you aren't familiar with t...

Koei Tecmo has will be releasing another Dynasty Warriors title on the Nintendo Switch, with the announcement that the succinctly-titled Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends Complete Edition DX is coming to the hybrid console in December.The ...

For many western '80s kids, Akira was their first introduction to anime, with Katsuhiro Otomo's dystopian classic being one of the first anime movies to get a major push by the mainstream media. For me, however, my first anime encounter was...

Golden Axe, Sega's classic scrolling brawler from 1989, is to be immortalised on stage in the form a play, written and performed by Japanese collective Spiral Chariots.The old-school arcade classic, which sees three heroes on a quest to def...

Next month brings the launch of edgy underground hack 'n' slasher Darksiders III, which sees the flame-headed Fury take on an army of monstrosities in her quest to hunt down the Seven Deadly Sins.THQ Nordic has recently released details of ...

THQ Nordic has dropped another trailer for their hellish hack 'n' slash adventure title Darksiders III, helping players learn a little about the lore and backstory of the miserable den of sin and the denizens that reside within it.This shor...

THQ Nordic and Gunfire Games have dropped another cataclysmic trailer for underworld adventure sequel Darksiders III. In the new video, we get to see cyber-goth hero Fury adopt her "Force Hollow" form, giving her devastating new weapons and...

I cannot emphasise enough just how much of my young life was spent in the dingy, dark environment of the arcade. For the majority of my formative years, they were pretty dang cheap too, with most credits costing 10p/20p for many years. Whil...

Very few characters have made quite the list of video game guest appearances as Yacht Club Games' shiny hero Shovel Knight. The titular spade-wielding adventurer stars not only in his own title, but has also showed up in Azure Striker Gunvo...

Bandai Namco has announced another superstar coming to the crossover fighting game Jump Force. It's the amazing master of extreme hairstyles Yugi Muto, star player of trading card game Duel Monsters and its related anime series, Yu-Gi-Oh.Yu...

As part of today's Nintendo Direct presentation, Nintendo and Capcom announced that a selection of seven classic Capcom arcade brawlers are coming to Nintendo Switch as part of the Capcom Beat 'Em Up Bundle.Final Fight, King of Dragons, Kni...

Today sees another '90s SNK title return to enhance the video game history of a whole new generation, as Aggressors of Dark Kombat launches on PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.Shuffling into arcades and on the home Neo Geo platform in 1994...

SNK's roster of fighters have always been a stylish bunch. From Fatal Fury to King of Fighters and even Samurai Shodown, SNK's guys 'n' gals have always thrown down, and looked damn good doing it. This came to a head in the KoF games circa ...

The Quiet Man isn’t a game I’m supposed to preview at PAX. When my appointment was made for Square Enix, it was for Left Alive, a lackluster presentation I’ve already covered. I have no interest in playing The Quiet Man af...

PAX's Indie Megabooth is always worth checking out, and it's frequently one of the most crowded sections of the show floor. You never know exactly what to expect when you visit, but there's almost always something exciting and eye-catching ...

Have you had enough giveaways lately? Of course you haven't! What a crazy thing to even suggest. Let's keep the Summer of Giveaways rolling with some love for your Switch and give away 15 copies of Son of a Witch, available now on the Ninte...

Last year's sudden resurgence of Windjammers blew right over my head. I never owned a Neo Geo as a child, don't keep up with the crew at Giant Bomb, and am certainly not French. So when it reappeared in the spotlight last year, the new...