Soulcalibur VI is still doing its thing. While Bandai Namco's 3D weapons fighter doesn't quite make the same noise as some other games in the genre, it remains a popular title within the fighting game community at large, and a sharp test of...

SNK has announced that the next warrior headed to their steel-clashing fighter Samurai Shodown, Basara, will be made available for the game's roster next week, October 15 to be precise.First appearing in 1995's Samurai Shodown III, Basara h...

I couldn't be more excited for Terry Bogard's impending Smash debut. Although Street Fighter was where I really learned to be a fighting game player, Fatal Fury was the first fighter I ever played; and since then I've enjoyed...

Mobile game developer Netmarble has announced that The King of Fighters All Star will be getting its worldwide launch this month. The action-RPG, which has been available in Japan since summer last year, will be made available in the west o...

[Update: SNK has announced the Neo Geo Arcade Stick Pro will launch in Japan November 11 for ¥15,290 (or roughly $140) There is no new information pertaining to a western date/price.]SNK has released the list of titles that will come bu...

Publisher Mondo Books has partnered with UK publisher Bitmap Books to bring the latter's range of retrospective tomes to North America, following on from their previous success in Europe. Available to purchase now from the official MondoTee...

SNK has announced that free DLC character Shizumaru Hisame will come singin' in the rain (of blood) to their fantastic fighter Samurai Shodown next week. Best of all, Shizumaru will be a free download for all players.Shizumaru - who made th...

Publisher SNK has spilled the beans on its new arcade stick hardware, which it first revealed to the public last week. The Neo Geo Arcade Stick Pro is a multi-function device for use with PC, TV via HDMI, or SNK's own cutesy console, the Ne...

We certainly didn't have long to ruminate about that SNK rumor for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Along with the news of Banjo-Kazooie coming to the game, Fatal Fury poster boy Terry Bogard will be the fourth DLC fighter released for the game...

SNK continues to make the current generation of consoles one of its most productive in years. Alongside the release of great games such as King of Fighters XIV, SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy and Samurai Shodown, the long-time publisher has ...

With the news that the Switch port of Samurai Shodown would operate at 60 FPS, it was pretty obvious that there would be visual compromises. The Switch isn't exactly what you'd call powerful and while Samurai Shodown isn't as graphically d...

SNK's great feudal fighter Samurai Shodown will finally make its Nintendo Switch debut - in Japan at least - on December 12, as reported by yesterday by Weekly Famitsu.The article also confirmed that the Switch port will run at a full 60 fr...

In fantastic news I would never have imagined, publisher QUByte Interactive has announced than it will release a double pack of the weird and wonderful '90s fighters Breakers and Breaker's Revenge on consoles and PC sometime next year. Brea...

[Update: SNK has confirmed that Rimururu, the first DLC character for Samurai Shodown, will be available on August 7, 2019.] Samurai Shodown seems to be doing incredibly well for SNK. With the first game having a successful turnout at EVO ...

Just before the top eight of Tekken 7 got underway at today's Evo 2019 tournament, Bandai Namco revealed exciting news regarding new content headed to their steel-clashing fighter Soulcalibur VI.First up, Cassandra Alexandra will be made av...

For this week's retro release, Hamster has reached into its bag of '80s games and pulled out Victory Road - the sequel to classic scrolling shooter Ikari Warriors - now available on PS4 and Nintendo Switch.Released in arcades in 1986, befor...

Late last night, SNK sent out a Tweet teasing some brand new Neo Geo hardware. Said to be "next-gen" and have compatibility with the Neo Geo Mini, this could really be anything. Is it a hybrid similar to the Switch? Is it a brand new conso...

When the Neo Geo Mini launched last year, a lot was said about how poor the controls were. While the original Neo Geo hardware has some of the finest gamepads you'll ever experience – even if the button layout is a little odd – ...

It's been a few weeks now since Samurai Shodown released with a wicked vengeance. As I've been playing it and following tournament videos, even two weeks out, there's a lot of stuff to be discovered in a new entry to a series that hasn't be...

Here's a tale of a flex gone horribly wrong. At this weekend's VSFighting tournament in England, Joshua "Rycroft" Podesta had Yota "Pekos" Kachi on the ropes in Samurai Shodown. After absorbing a super, Pekos was left with just a ...

2018 manga The King of Fighters: A New Beginning has been picked up for localisation in North America by publisher Seven Seas. The manga, currently on its third volume in Japan, is expected to arrive on U.S. shores early next year.A New Beg...

Fighting games had mostly died off before Capcom resurrected the genre with Street Fighter IV in 2008. While there were plenty of niche titles to fill the void in between, nothing had grabbed the public's attention like what Capcom's reviva...

When writing about the upcoming characters for Samurai Shodown's season pass, I noticed something interesting. On PS4, you can actually add the season pass to your account regardless of owning the game. While my account has the game, I had ...

SNK has announced the full lineup of extra fighters for Samurai Shodown and it should be a treat for mega-fans. Consisting entirely of veteran characters, the four additional fighters will be released two months apart and look to flesh out ...

SNK is fully geared up for the release of its newest fighting title, Samurai Shodown, crow-barring in the last few character trailers ahead of the game's official launch this week. These two new videos feature classic character Kyoshiro and...