Category Archives: Fighter

Altered Beast 3D is getting the 3DS eShop treatment, courtesy of Sega. It’s the arcade version and it’ll come with those odd voice-overs intact when it launches on May 29. Altogether now, ‘Rise from your grave’.

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To coincide with e availability of Batgirl for Injustice: Gods Among Us, Warner has released a history trailer for the lovely lady. Hit up the break for a watch. The character will be made available as DLC later on the PS Store in the US once it updates, is out today on Xbox Live as well, and will hit PSN in Europe tomorrow.

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Killer is Dead developer Grasshopper Manufacture has released a huge gallery of new shots for its twisted action game, showing off four bosses, plenty of sword-play some bloke riding a tiger, obviously. The game’s out on PS3 and Xbox 360 in August.

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BlazBlue is being transformed into an anime series called ‘BlazBlue: Alter Memory’. It’ll begin in Autumn, although it’s not yet clear which networks will support it, or if it’ll purely be an online endeavour.

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Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance didn’t launch on Xbox 360 in Japan because of the console’s poor performance in the country, Kojima Productions producer Yuji Korekado has explained.

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Yakuza 1&2 HD has been confirmed for Wii U release in Japan by Sega, and the developer has released the bundle’s first trailer and screens into the wild.

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Nintendo has confirmed that it will hold a pre-E3 Nintendo Direct webstream, which will unveil the company’s next 3D Mario title, as well as the next instalments of Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros.

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As revealed in a bright and flashy new video, Arc System Works are hard at work developing Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-. With metal music a’rocking and pushing the power of the Unreal Engine, the game-play certainly looks to be an excellent continuation of their fighting classic.

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Remember Me has received a snazzy new story trailer courtesy of developer Dontnod Entertainment, along with new pieces of concept.

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Fans voted in Beowulf as the fifth and final DLC character to be added to Skullgirls following its tremendously successful crowdfunding campaign.

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The Red Son DLC which was a pre-order bonus for Injustice: Gods Among Us will be released as a purchasable pack through PSN and XBLA next week, according to the game’s Twitter account. The skins were also part of the special edition of the game released in the UK. No word on whether the skins will also come with the 20 bonus challenge missions or not, and a price wasn’t announced either. Check back for updates as more information becomes available. Thanks, Joystiq.

Deadpool develoepr High Moon Studios has unveiled the game’s box art, and you might notice a daft little fourth wall-breaking joke on the front.

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Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance publisher Konami has released a new trailer for the launch of Platinum’s DLC across Europe. It shows Blade Wolf hacking up enemies with his chainsaw tail, all to a kick-ass J-Rock soundtrack. Get on it.

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Modders have managed to create a fully-operational Mortal Kombat 2 arcade cab into a Doom multiplayer map. The cab runs the SNES version of Probe’s brawler, so if you just want to play that instead of shooting each other stupid then you can.

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Arc System Works, creators of such games as BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, Guilty Gear and Persona 4: Arena is holding a 25th anniversary bash called Arc System Works Festival – or ‘ArcFes’ – in Yokohama, Japan. The festivities kick off May 19.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows publisher Activision has released a new trailer that shows Raphael dishing out healthy dollops of attitude and pain.

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Skullgirls developer Lab Zero has discussed the likelihood of releasing its fighter on Nintendo’s Wii U eShop. Chances are looking slim at the moment, however.

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Critically-slated 16-bit fighter Shaq Fu – which starred basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal – could be getting a sequel called Shaqfighter, according to recently filed trademarks.

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As promised, the new CoroCoro has is chock full of new Pokémon X and Y information, and the information has leaked onto the net.

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Netherrealm Studios boss Ed Boon has posted a survey, asking fans which character they’d like to see as hypothetical DLC in Injustice: Gods Among Us. The choices are: Blue Beetle, Doctor Fate, Powergirl, Red Hood (Robin), Static Shock, Swamp Thing, or Zatanna. Vote for yourself through here – just keep in mind this is, again, hypothetical. Still, I think Swamp Thing would be rather awesome. Injustce: Gods Among Us is now available on PS3, Wii U and Xbox 360.