15 years ago today, Square Enix released Final Fantasy XI for the PlayStation 2 in North America. It was quite the unorthodox release for its time. In order to play FFXI on the PS2 (before the PS2 servers shut down), you had to connect a ne...

Boy howdy, Rainbow Six Siege is an unforgiving game... and I'm not just talking in its twitchy, insta-death gameplay. When playing the tactical shooter, especially "with randoms" (to use the kidz' vernacular), you're basically at the mercy ...

D3 Publisher has dropped its latest Japanese trailer for Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain. The 10-minute clip lets us catch a glimpse at some of the bug-stomping that awaits in this latest entry to the tongue-in-cheek action series.Alongside ...

Last month saw the launch of BioWare's big-budget sci-fi shooter Anthem. Unfortunately, after years of hype and no doubt a helluva lot of money, Anthem's initial release did not go down well with the general populace. Complaints ranging fro...

Bandai Namco Entertainment has announced that it will soon be releasing a free "lite" version of Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 for PS4 and Xbox One. Releasing on March 20, players will get a taste of the full game with a bunch of compromises. Thi...

Over the last few days, the Splatoon 2 community has been battling it out in another global splatfest. This time around, it was a question fantasy favourites as Pearl and Marina tasked players with deciding whether they preferred Knights or...

According to this week's issue of Japanese magazine V-Jump, Bandai Namco's great tag fighter Dragon Ball FighterZ has another warrior headed to its roster as DLC. You guessed it, it's another frikkin' Goku variant.This time around, it looks...

From tonight, the Splatoon 2 global community rides into battle once again, fighting it out in another splatfest on the Nintendo Switch shooter. The topic of discussion is a pretty cool one this time, although I feel its result is a bit of ...

Messers Pearl and Marina have clued us in on the details of the next splatfest, to take place on Nintendo Switch multiplayer shooter Splatoon 2. The new splatfest, which takes place in all territories next weekend, concerns the mystic tales...

NetherRealm Studios has announced the date for their closed beta on upcoming fighting sequel Mortal Kombat 11. Open to players who have pre-ordered the game on PS4 and Xbox One, the beta will take place over the weekend of March 28 to March...

Koei Tecmo has noted that online lobbies, originally planned to arrive as part of a Day One patch, will not be coming to to new fighter Dead or Alive 6 until later in March.Currently, Ranked Mode is the only way to fight other players onlin...

During this week's Kombat Kast live stream, NetherRealm Studios announced that they are planning a online stress test for the PS4 and Xbox One editions of their upcoming fighting title, Mortal Kombat 11.Set to take place on the weekend of M...

In a new video release by Treyarch Studios, the developer announced that they are planning to implement a new "Barebones" playlist in their military shooter sequel Call of Duty: Black Ops 4.The Barebones mode will remove the class-based Spe...

Yesterday, in what was genuinely considered a surprise to the fighting game community, it was announced that SNK's upcoming release Samurai Shodown will see the main stage at the king of fighting game tournaments, EVO 2019.Samurai Shodown, ...

Square Enix has announced they are featuring a Final Fantasy XIV Online float in next month's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade, which takes place in Sydney, Australia early next month.The float has been made in partnership with the group S...

As a part of this weekend's Rainbow Six Siege Six Invitational festivities, Ubisoft finally officially revealed what fans have known for quite some time now. Soon, our favourite counter-terrorist crew will be headed Down Under, when the "Op...

Alright, keep this on the downlow and the hush-hush, but the word on the street with all the cool kids is that Microsoft are planning to launch Xbox Live on Nintendo Switch, alongside iOS and Android mobile platforms.The news comes after th...

PlanetSide Arena was revealed last month for a release at the end of January 2019. While everything seemed to be moving along nicely, developer Daybreak Games has now announced that its massive scale battle royale title will be delayed unti...

Battle Royale is the newest craze sweeping the games industry. If you don't have the mode in your game, you might as well not even bother with online. While I'm obviously being facetious with that statement, it seems a lot of developers are...

Overwatch has a wonderfully deep lore behind its payload-moving gameplay. Whilst you wouldn't necessarily know this from watching the chaotic online shooter in action, Blizzard fill out its massive roster of characters' histories via mini-m...

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 recently added its new Specialist, Zero, to the fold. Zero is a hacker - and she's all badass and punky because all proficient hackers are Lisbeth Salander now. In fact, Zero is proving to be a little too proficien...

XSEED Games has announced a string of release dates for upcoming gal fighter Senran Kagura Burst Re:Newal. The kunoichi-packed punch-fest will launch in Europe and North America in January.Senran Kagura Burst Re:Newal, a remake of the 2012 ...

Fallout 76 is a comedy of errors, but one thing that seemed to be getting corrected was the snafu with the duffle bag included in the collector's edition. After advertising it as a canvas bag, buyers were greeted with an incredibly cheap ny...

Developer Arika has announced that there will be three more characters headed to their fighting game Fighting EX Layer in the first part of 2019. Two of these three characters will be added to the roster free-of-charge, whereas the third ch...

After our glowing review of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate from Chris Carter -- which primarily focused on the single-player components -- I decided in today's episode of Impulse we'd discuss our impressions from the online multiplayer! So, I ...