In today's contest, we're giving away Switch and PS4 copies of indie brawler Lost Castle! Why are castles always haunted? Or vexxed? Or otherwise just full of monsters and stuff? Seems odd. Someone should really consider that before bu...

As you may or may not know, I'm a huge fan of beat 'em ups/brawlers. It's a love which comes from a youth misspent in arcades, resulting in Capcom's Final Fight being, arguably, my favourite video game of all-time. However, ask me which is ...

Speaking on its official blog, developer The Behemoth has announced that the remastered edition of its popular 2008 beat 'em up Castle Crashers will be arriving on PS4 September 17, alongside the previously announced Nintendo Switch port.Ca...

Fans of the kaiju action seen in franchises such as Godzilla, Ultraman and Pacific Rim might want to keep an eye out for GigaBash, a fun-looking new brawler from indie studio Passion Republic Games.The colourful (and weirdly cute) new fight...

It's a good season for beat 'em up fans. This week saw the release of WayForward's radical brawler-cum-RPG River City Girls. There's an exciting looking return to the Streets of Rage on the horizon, and even Battletoads is getting a look-in...

A lot of things blew up big in the late '80s: Bermuda shorts, TMNT, those shirts that changed colour when you got hot, displaying your sweat stains to the world. Also popular, as far as video games were concerned, was the scrolling bea...

Kunio-kun fans hotly-anticipating WayForward's River City Girls received a little bit of bonus news this past weekend, as publisher Arc System Works revealed that River City Melee Mach!! will be heading digitally to PS4, PC and Nintendo Swi...

Dotemu has dropped a new trailer for Lizardcube's awesome looking brawler sequel Streets of Rage 4. For the first time, we get to catch a glimpse of one of the game's all-new stars in action, and it's a helluva motherfucker who goes by the ...

Last week, WayForward and Arc System Works released a new trailer for their upcoming River City Girls that introduced to its bob-cut brawler Misako. The developer has followed this up today with a fresh new video, which focuses on her BFF a...

If there's one title from 2019 that came out of nowhere, kicked down the front door, and immediately captured the attention of the video game community, it's WayForward's upcoming brawler River City Girls. With a reveal trailer dropped like...

WayForward Games and Arc System Works have released a short trailer, spotlighting one of the dual heroines from upcoming retro brawler River City Girls. Put up your dukes and prepare to get laid the fuck out, quite honestly. Misako's coming...

Colourful footage has surfaced for incoming brawler River City Girls, currently in development at Shantae-helmers WayForward. The gameplay video appeared as part of a live stream held by fighting game gods Arc System Works, who are also inv...

Taito has announced that their retro remake The Ninja Warriors: Once Again will be kicking ass worldwide on July 25, when the arcade reboot comes to PS4 and Nintendo Switch digitally as the pointlessly retitled The Ninja Saviors: Return of ...

Out of nowhere, Shantae developer WayForward has released, nay, unleashed the first trailer for the next game in the head-cracking River City/Kunio-kun series: River City Girls, coming to PC and consoles in September. The development is als...

Those of you ready to crack heads in Kamurocho (well, those of you who aren't currently doing it in Judgment), should mark down July 10 in your calendars, as Sega and Team Yakuza has announced that they have new information to reveal on tha...

Taito has announced that their recent Japanese release The Ninja Warriors: Once Again will be coming to North America and Europe courtesy of German publisher United Games. The old-school scrolling brawler will launch on PS4 and Nintendo Swi...

During their E3 presentation today, it was revealed that character from hit Cartoon Ntwork series Adventure Time are coming to dinky fighter Brawlhalla today. Finn, Jake and Princess Bubblegum all hit the roster later today.Not only that, b...

At today's E3 press event, Microsoft revealed the first gameplay footage for the new Battletoads title, first announced back in 2018. The Battletoads, for you younglings, were old-school video game heroes, stars of various Nintendo releases...

No pants required for today's contest; win an Xbox One copy of Brief Battles! Well lookie here -- another padawan from Getting Weird with Wes graduates to the spotlight for its own contest! This warms my heart. It means that people like wei...

Following on from the mysterious rating we reported last week, Shantae developer WayForward and anime game gods Arc System Works have officially confirmed they are working together on a new entry in the face-smashing River City series.Detai...

The arcade beat-em-up genre was very strong in the '80s and '90s. Enter any arcade and you were bound to find at least 10 machines from different developers all in a row. Golden Axe, Ninja Gaiden, Final Fight, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles...

Dotemu has dropped a short gameplay trailer for Lizardcube's upcoming brawler Streets of Rage 4. The clip features ex-cops Axel Stone and Blaze Fielding ripping through a selection of recognisable enemies, backed with a sweet remix of the f...

Some might say that there are already enough Yakuza titles in the world, especially counting spin-offs and re-releases. Fortunately, those people are wrong, and Sega intends to prove so with the continuation of their face-smashing action-RP...

Sega has halted shipments and digital sales of its high-kicking detective title Judgment, following the arrest of actor Pierre Taki, who features in the game as Tojo Clan subsidiary captain Kyohei Hamura.Taki was arrested for alleged cocain...

So, I've played thousands of video games across the past 30 odd years. Thousands. But it's still amazing to me that the medium attained perfection as far back as 1989, with the release of Capcom's grindhouse brawler, Final Fight.They say yo...