Square Enix loves announcing new games years before release. So much so that it's gotten to the point where if I hear about a new game from the company, it's usually in one ear and out the other. As such, it was a pleasant surprise to log i...

During today's Nintendo Direct presentation, we learned some more info about the upcoming mech-fighting title Daemon X Machina, at first look as such since its initial reveal at E3.Players will control a state-of-the-art mech suit known as ...

A new launch trailer for the Zone of the Enders 2 remaster was released yesterday and it reminded me that the remaster was even a thing. Konami has done virtually nothing to promote this and didn't even upload the trailer on the game's laun...

Marvelous and Nintendo are making a mech action game that lets you zip around on the ground and in the air to dismantle giant killing machines, robbing them of their weaponry. It's coming to Switch next year with involvement from Kenichiro ...

Muv-Luv Alternative is the culmination of everything that’s come before it. Muv-Luv, the collection of the first two games, built up a fascinatingly rich sci-fi world which has clearly saved the best for last. This is the big payoff, ...

Muv-Luv is a collection of the first two entries in a trilogy of visual novels. The first part, Muv-Luv Extra, is basically a slice of life harem anime on the surface. The sequel, Muv-Luv Unlimited, is an epic, mech-filled sci-fi story. Mak...

Love it or hate it, Blizzard's Hearthstone has become the premier digital collectible card game around, and it's still going strong five years after the initial release. Part of keeping a CCG from becoming stale is a regular influ...

In the upcoming multiplayer 3D brawler Override: Mech City Brawl, there's a co-op party mode in which you and up to three friends can all pilot the same giant robot, with each player in charge of a specific part of the mech. That's not even...

It seems like eons since we last heard anything about MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries. The game was originally on track for a December 2018 release but appears to have hit a bump in the road. Russ Bullock, president of Piranha Games Inc. (the st...

From Software showed off two new games at E3 this year. One of them was Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, a grappling-hook samurai action-adventure title I'm absurdly jealous Brett ended up seeing because his schedule worked out that way. The othe...

After a relatively successful Kickstarter campaign that brought in $2.7 million dollars to Harebrained Schemes to boost features, the latest BattleTech/MechWarrior video game, BattleTech, goes live today on the PC. For fans of the universe ...

If you thought that you had heard of Project Nimbus before, that wouldn't be wrong. The title was funded via Kickstarter, and prior to its final release was in Early Access on Steam. Last November the game launched in Japan for the PlayStat...

The original Pacific Rim was an absurd, goofy and dumb action movie about robots punching monsters in the face. Despite this ridiculous premise, the movie turned out to be a cut-above your standard blockbuster trash. The spectacle of huge m...

Jakub Różalski captured our imaginations with his anachronistic, mech-filled artwork. In the world of 1920+, the machines that fought in the Great War have since become "part of everyday life." Iron Harvest leverages Ró&#...

Pizza Titan Ultra is a frantic video game about piloting a mech to deliver pizzas and oh my goodness, how has this not been done before? It's just one of those ideas; I immediately understand the appeal. This is in production at Breakfall,...

You'd be forgiven if the name Assault Gunners doesn't ring a bell. It's a mech battler that released for the Vita in 2012 and it was only available in Japan. Saying it had limited exposure would be an understatement. Assault Gunners i...

The minds behind FTL: Faster Than Light are back with a tactical turn-based game in which you'll dispatch mechs to fend off giant monsters. If and when you lose, you'll "send help back through time to save another timeline." I don't need to...

During its previously announced stream this morning, Bandai Namco announced the newest entry into the Super Robot Wars franchise. Titled Super Robot Wars X, the mecha crossover will be releasing on March 29, 2018 in Japan, while a version w...

Last year at MechCon 2016, the teaser announcement trailer for MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries debuted to a hardcore crowd of fans. The announcement brought the house down and damn near ruptured my ear drums. This year at MechCon ...

Sitting down to demo MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries, the first thing that struck me was the scale of what I was seeing. The demo I played didn’t start at the helm of a mech, it started in a garage. A hanger bay I explored on foot as a tin...

Free-to-play mech shooter Hawken is calling it a day, at least as far as the PC version goes. Developer Reloaded Games is pulling it from Steam early next year. The announcement was made on the Hawken Facebook page. On January 2, ...

Vanillaware and Atlus have teamed up for 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, "a departure from the studio's traditional fantasy style." While I still can't pin this one down after watching the TGS 2017 trailer -- more gameplay would've helped! -- it h...

Voltron: Legendary Defender is currently tied with The Expanse for my favorite active television series. I grew up watching the original show, but it’s got a lot more than just nostalgia going for it. The reboot is, legitima...

The news keeps getting better for Gundam Versus. Hot off the North American release date announcement just a few days ago, Bandai Namco has confirmed that the game will launch simultaneously in Europe on September 29. Bandai Namco has also ...

When it comes to competitive multiplayer games, we all have our favorite characters and classes. In this series, I'm putting some of mine under the microscope to see what makes them tick, how they fit into their games, and ultimately why I ...