This week sees the Western launch of Sega's Yakuza 6: The Song of Life. For over ten years we have watched protagonist Kazuma Kiryu defend the weak and the innocent with little more than a stoic demeanor, a sharp suit and a nearby bicycle o...

For me, the hook about Kazuma Kiryu, protagonist of Sega's long-running Yakuza series, is that once he shows up to a scene, you know everything's going to be alright. There could be damsels in distress, kids in danger, a buddy at death's do...

Saber Interactive's Shaq-Fu: A Legend Reborn has been given a release date of June 5. The tongue-in-cheek fighting sequel is coming to PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC.A Legend Reborn is the two-decades-later follow-up to Shaq-Fu, whic...

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,...

Last generation's iterations of fantasy RPG-brawler Dragon's Crown are to receive a new update. This patch will not only prepare both the PS3 and PS Vita editions for cross-play with upcoming PS4 remake Dragon's Crown Pro, but they will als...

It isn’t often that you see a comfortable, workmanlike series like Yakuza do a complete overhaul in game mechanics or engine. The last time a dramatic shift like this happened was after Yakuza 2 to the Japan-only Ryu Ga Gotoku: Kenzan...

Data East's Bad Dudes vs. DragonNinja, (or as everyone actually called it, DragonNinja) was a brawler that hit the arcades back in 1988, before being ported to every home computer under the sun. Now it will see its true calling, as it heads...

Square Enix have proudly announced, on the anniversary month of its Western release, that NieR: Automata has topped 2.5 million shipments and digital sales since launching in 2017.PlatinumGames' stark-but-chaotic hack 'n' slash title launch...

The best party games are the ones you're able to pick-up quickly. It's what makes Mario Party or Towerfall or WarioWare: Smooth Moves the go-to games for get-togethers with friends and drinking buddies. These are the types of games anyone c...

Cool-as-fuck gaming rockstar Travis Touchdown is gearing for action, as Nintendo announced, during today's Direct presentation, that Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes will bring its unique brand of mayhem to the Switch later this year.Th...

Although the remastered version of Vanillaware's brawler-RPG, Dragon's Crown Pro, has been available on Japanese PS4 for a few weeks, Western fans are still eagerly await the localisation of the sword-and-sorcery adventure.To help pass the ...

This week in the Neo Geo ACA range, SNK's scrolling brawler Sengoku 2 has been re-released for Nintendo Switch, courtesy of the fine folks at Hamster.Originally appearing in arcades back in 1993, before being ported to the Neo Geo home cons...

Blue Mammoth Games, the indie-studio behind free-to-play fighter Brawlhalla, are an indie no more. The 21-strong team have announced that they have been acquired by big-time publisher Ubisoft.Matt Woomer, head honcho of the Georgia-based st...

PlayStation Japan's spokesdude Takayuki Yamada is back being a loon in another TV commercial. This time, Yamada-san is channeling his inner-Kenshiro in preparation for the release of Team Yakuza's Hokuto Ga Gotoku.I'm not gonna do the tired...

Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn, a second crack at what's infamously considered one of the worst games ever, is probably going to be better than its predecessor. It's not a high bar to clear, and it'd take a staggering lack of self-awareness to re...

Vanillaware's remaster of RPG brawler Dragon's Crown Pro is finally available on PS4 in Japan. Those of us in the West won't have too much longer to wait, as Atlus have announced that the epic adventure title will be hitting Europe and Amer...

Koei Tecmo have released a lengthy video featuring a selection of stylish outfits for upcoming hack 'n' slah adventure, Dynasty Warriors 9. The DLC is available to purchasers of the Japanese physical edition of the game, and is irritatingly...

Angry Mob Games' party-based fighting title, Brawlout, is to get a physical release on Nintendo Switch, the developer announced. The retail release will be published by Merge Games.Brawlout is a manic slapfest in the style of the super-popu...

Nintendo have released a "short trailer" (it's actually called that) to whet appetites for the upcoming Switch port of Platinum Games' S&M-em-up, Bayonetta 2. The re-release of the button-mashing title was first announced at The Game Aw...

Atlus have released a new trailer for the upcoming re-release of Vanillaware's RPG-brawler, Dragon's Crown Pro, which coming to PS4 this Spring.The game will feature multiplayer co-op both locally and online. Players will choose their favou...

The first of wave new DLC, announced earlier this month as part of Nintendo Direct, launches today on Pokkén Tournament DX for Nintendo Switch.Aegislash is a technical, stance-based fighter who can adjust their strategy on the fly, s...

HAMSTER take another step toward their goal of releasing 800 classic arcade games with one of the most recognisable names of all-time: Double Dragon, which launched this week on Nintendo Switch.Released by Technos in 1987, the scrolling bra...

Bandai Namco have announced the Western release date for anime adventure Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time, and it's pretty much a month away, as the game will hit Europe and America as soon as February 20.The game, based on the popula...

While there is no confirmed release date just yet, this year will see the return of the beast-punching, head-ripping Kratos, who will return, along with his impressionable young son, to lay waste to mythological creatures of legend in Sony'...

Yakuza 6 is only a few short months away from us, so Sega is ramping up the hype train with some trailers. In this first one, we get a look at some of the various mini-games that will populate Kamurocho and Hiroshima. I'm particularly in lo...