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 ...

Today's contest features Steam copies of creation game Trailmakers. Games where you can create your own fun sound great on paper, but whew I'm the least creative person on Earth. Arts and crafts were always a disaster for me, and without th...

Rockstar developed a few add-ons for the original Red Dead Redemption, but none were more ambitious than Undead Nightmare -- the zombie-themed DLC that contained a new campaign. Now, it seems as though the sequel might get its own Unde...

Activision's insistence on orchestrating timed-exclusive DLC seemed like one of those things that was bound to mildly annoy us until the end of time, but at least in the case of this year's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, there's some respite...

Welp, I guess it's time for me to get my copy of Overwatch up to date and head back in, if only for an evening. Blizzard has reimagined Bastion as a colorful Lego creation, and folks, I can't miss out. The new legendary-tier "Brick" skin is...

Sega has dropped a new trailer for upcoming Nintendo Switch sports compendium Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. The new video showcases the titles "Dream Events", competitions and sports that step away somewhat from the str...

Gears 5 is a big game in a few different ways. It's big in that it's robust, packed with more content and modes than ever before. It's big in that it's important, the latest entry in one of Xbox's flagship series. And, it's big in that it's...

It's been a good year since I last set foot inside a Call of Duty multiplayer mode. While I'm no stranger to Activision's immensely popular shooter series, a lot of my recent down-the-barrel action has been confined to Ubisoft's tactical sh...

It was the best of Gears, it was the worst of Gears. It was an amplification of everything every Gears before did well, and it was a maturation of everything those same games struggled with. It was an identity crisis, a dysmorphic preoccupa...

The Summer season may be coming to an end, but retro game enthusiasts Hamster are keeping the sports-day spirit riding high, having released Konami classic Track & Field on PS4 and Nintendo Switch, as part of the publisher's ongoing Arc...

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...

Today's contest is for a Switch copy of arcade soccer game Golazo! I like soccer as much as the next guy, but let's get one thing straight - it can be downright awful to sit through. When the action is up it's aces, but when a grown man is ...

The cult classic Killer Queen is breaking free from the arcades that it was restricted to. First revealed at E3 2018, multiplayer party game Killer Queen Black is headed to homes next month. Developer Liquid Bit has finally naile...

If there's one franchise that consistently rakes in the cash from players around the world, but particularly in the UK, it's Electronic Arts' football series FIFA. It seems like forever and an age ago since FIFA International Soccer launche...

What's the deal with Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville? Where do I begin! The follow-up to PopCap's kooky team-based shooter series Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare isn't fully out yet – the launch is set for October 18 &...

SNK has announced that free DLC character Shizumaru Hisame will come singin' in the rain (of blood) to their fantastic fighter Samurai Shodown next week. Best of all, Shizumaru will be a free download for all players.Shizumaru - who made th...

In today's contest, we've got copies of VR title Battlewake up for grabs -- as well as a PSVR unit! It's not often we get a prize as cool as a brand new PSVR unit. In fact, we've never gotten one. A real shame! VR has some really, really co...

Fighting game developer/publisher Arc System Works has announced that the remaining five mystery characters - headed to BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle Special Edition - will be revealed on September 22.First announced at the EVO 2019 fighting ga...

Activision's next big push for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is happening this week: it's beta time (for some players, anyway). There's a whole schedule to keep track of dependent on your platform of choice. Modern Warfare PS4 beta PlaySta...

We've got Steam copies of PixARK up for grabs in today's contest! Life is basically one big survival sim, isn't it? Like, you have to craft things to survive, avoid other people killing and looting you at every turn, and it's super voxelate...

Gears 5 takes risks, more than just dropping the "of War" from the title. There are structural changes so that developer The Coalition can sincerely call this the biggest Gears game ever. In service of that goal, it works. Gears 5...

In today's contest we're giving away Switch copies of Torchlight II! Normally I'd do some sort of intro here, but look, Torchlight II on Switch gives you a pet unicorn. That's my introduction to today's game and contest. You get a pet unico...

Publisher Arc System Works, alongside developer French Bread, have finally confirmed that the recently announced Under Night In-Birth: Exe:Late[cl-r] will be hitting PS4 and Nintendo Switch when t graces us with its presence sometime next y...

Fans eager to get their mitts on mech-fighter Daemon x Machina are able to get a taste of the action right now, as Nintendo has released a short demo for the upcoming Marvelous! title.The "Prologue" demo offers players a look at the beginni...