Hamster continue their wave of classic Neo Geo goodness with the return of one the more controversial titles of the SamSho series, 1995's Samurai Shodown IV, available now on PS4 and Xbox One.After SNK made efforts to darken the tone and ap...

Way back in March, Vayne Carudas Solidor from Final Fantasy XII was announced as the first of six DLC characters that would be coming to Dissidia NT. Despite arriving in the March update for the arcade counterpart, Square revealed the conso...

SNK's domineering obsession with re-releasing their back catalogue continues unabated this week, with classic arcade fighter Real Bout Fatal Fury Special hits Nintendo Switch today.Originally launching on the arcade and Neo Geo platform in ...

Long time developer/publisher SNK are celebrating 40 years in the business this year. The  former arcade giant has teased that they will be releasing new hardware as a thank you to gamers for decades of faithful fandom.Although there i...

Wild Guns Reloaded is finally available on Nintendo Switch today. Coming in at $29.99, you'll be able to download the game from the eShop or grab a physical edition to put on your shelf. The Switch version comes with a new "Beginner" mode d...

Psyvariar has been around for a long while. Originally it debuted in Japanese arcades in 2000 from developer Success Corporation, but it's since gone on to develop an audience on PS2, spawn several upgraded iterations, and a sequel. It was ...

'80s gaming rockstar Billy Mitchell has recorded a short statement regarding the controversies of recent days, whereby his high score records on a selection of games were removed from Twin Galaxies, after assertion of his falsifying multipl...

A lot of people were surprised when allegations came out that Billy Mitchell's high scores in the arcade classic Donkey Kong may have been faked. This was the man featured in a famous documentary The King of Kong and who was notorious for b...

While most of Hamster's Neo Geo releases consist of SNK's flagship titles - or at least franchises that may jump-start your nostalgia cells - today's release, coming to PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch, is a little more left-field.Develope...

Sony will be shutting down the servers for ModNation Racers and LittleBigPlanet Karting on the PS3 this July. The former game will run its final lap on July 10 while the latter will hit pole position on July 2. Not only that, but Gravity Ru...

One of my last stops at PAX East 2018 was to check out Steel Rats. The project from Tate Multimedia is being handled by a small team of no more than thirty Polish developers.  The game puts you in control of the Steel Rats biker gang m...

At PAX East this weekend, SNK announced that their 2009 PSP shooter, Metal Slug XX, will be making its lead-slinging way to the PS4 sometime this Summer.Metal Slug XX is a revamped version of Nintendo DS title, Metal Slug 7. XX was tweaked ...

Hamster continue to roll out classic Neo Geo titles on modern platforms, with this week seeing the return of King of Fighters '99 to PS4 and Xbox One.KoF '99 was SNK's attempt to take the fighting franchise in a new direction, following the...

SNK is dipping back into its '80s arcade catalog for its 40th anniversary. The Nintendo Switch is getting Crystalis, Ikari Warriors, and numerous other titles in a compilation dubbed SNK 40th Anniversary Collection. Here's the running list ...

Courtesy of the fine folk at Hamster, SNK's 1995 release Samurai Shodown III will making it's artery-slashing debut on the Nintendo Switch, with the classic fighter being made available for download today.Samurai Shodown III was a reboot of...

Hamster have dropped another classic SNK arcade title onto modern-day platform as part of their ever-expanding Neo Geo ACA range. This time, however, we've gone beyond the 1990s, with scrolling brawler Sengoku 3.Originally released in 2001,...

Justin was like any other kid growing up in the '90s; he idolized the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He spent his Saturday mornings watching the latest episodes before running outside to reenact his favorite scenes. He recalls fond memories ...

[Remember Bubble Bobble? Cornerstone of modern gaming, Bubble Bobble? Well Goemar is here to remind us of the pain he personally underwent, regardless of your opinion of Bubble Bobble. Now be reminded of Bubble Bobble! ~Marcel] First things...

Ikaruga is one of those games that can't be ported enough. The vertical shoot-'em-up is a bona fide gem, the kind of shmup that even people who "don't really mess with shmups" can learn to love. A recent listing with Germany's ratings board...

Hamster have dropped another classic Neo Geo fighter onto the Nintendo Switch, with the oddly belated arrival of revamped sequel World Heroes 2 Jet.Originally hitting arcades and the Neo Geo format in 1994, World Heroes 2 Jet is essentially...

I came of age during the arcade scene resurgence of the early 90s brought on by the likes of Street Fighter II, Mortal Kombat, and the other games that helped birth the fighting game genre we all love today. For many years, I didn’t h...

At the succinctly titled "NESiCAxLive Presents The King of Fighters XIV Arcade Ver. Burn Two Fight 2018" tournament, held in Japan this weekend. SNK announced that their upcoming SNK Heroines tag-fighting title will receive an arcade releas...

Hamster are at it again, and have dropped another classic from their Neo Geo ACA range. Left-field fighting game Waku Waku 7 is available to purchase on PS4 and Xbox One.Created by Sunsoft for arcades and the Neo Geo platform, Waku Waku 7 r...

Despite some initial mixed reactions to Dissida Final Fantasy NT, Square Enix is still delivering a smattering of free and premium content, and I'm still playing it. The newest 1.06 update adds in myriad balance changes for most of the cast...

The ACA Neo Geo range, brought to us by the good people at Hamster, continues this week with the release of '90s shmup sequel, Aero Fighters 3.Originally blasting into arcades in 1995, Aero Fighters 3 was developed by Video System for SNK's...