Tag Archives: Fighting

Good news, fellow Witcher (opens in new tab) addicts. While there’s no word on when we’ll get to roam the lands of the Continent again, we can at least be reunited with Geralt of Rivia in Soul Calibur 6 (opens in new tab). Namco and CD Projekt Red have confirmed …

For Honor (opens in new tab) centres around medieval melee combat between warriors harking from three different martial traditions: knights, samurai, and vikings. Its core combat system has the depth of a fighting game, allowing for free-roaming duels between characters whose approach to combat varies but whose approach is always …

For every Ken, Ryu, or Skullomania that makes it into a Street Fighter roster, many more potential characters don’t progress beyond their initial design stage. We sat down with game director Takayuki Nakayama to review some official concepts for Street Fighter 5 that didn’t make the cut… Elizabeth If a …

Hold on, before you start reading this story I kindly request you put on Guile’s Theme in the background. Ok, all set. Capcom has announced (opens in new tab) that Guile, the sonic-boom throwing, flat-top rocking, proud-to-serve United States Air Force major is the second DLC character for Street Fighter …

We already know Street Fighter 5 (opens in new tab) will get six DLC characters in its first year after release, but you can stop trying to identify those silhouettes now. Members of the Shoryuken (opens in new tab) forums have extracted a bounty of details from datamining the latest …

For the old school console fan, 2015 is a paradise of fresh delights. Axiom Verge oozes that classic console feeling when it starts up on PlayStation 4. The grinding wub-wub-wub of the distortion field weapon and its glitchy effects warping the blocky environment seem like they were lifted right out …

Street Fighter 4 may only be number 29 in our list of the best 100 games of all time (opens in new tab), but if this were a list of the greatest individual video game mechanics of all time it’d be jostling for top spot. To my mind, the best …

In with the New Now that the New 3DS (opens in new tab) is at hand, it’s time to think about what we’re actually going to play on the thing. The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D (opens in new tab) seems great, and Monster Hunter Ultimate 4 is definitely …

A new challenger approaches! There’s nothing better than adding a new face to your ranks. Whether you’ve recruited a new knight or unlocked some special character mode, it’s a great feeling knowing there’s more to a game than the starting roster. Nothing spices up a skating game like a Sith …

Wait dreaming no longer! Hallowe’en is a special time of year. So special, in fact, that we couldn’t let our celebratory Halloweek go by without making a very special effort to do a very special thing indeed. To that end, we’ve resurrected the ghost of H.P. Lovecraft, master of fevered …