fighting game

Fighting games are a tricky thing to get right. In many ways, the audience is well-served by the big guns. Indie efforts are there but, without the backing behind them, they can flounder a little. Pocket Bravery by Statera Studio is a retro-inspired fighting game that has been around for […]

Pocket Bravery – PS5 Review

April 19, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged arcade / brazilian / combos / fighting game / local multiplayer / online multiplayer / pocket bravery / statera studios / story mode / survival by Mike

Rage of the Dragons NEO is a tag-team fighting game port of an original 2002 SNK coin-op originally coded by Japanese devs Noise Factory who also put out other SNK hits such as Sengoku 3, King of Fighters: Maximum Impact and a couple of the later Metal Slug games. Originally intended as a sequel to Double […]

Rage of the Dragons NEO – PS5 Review

November 25, 2024 in PSVR tagged arcade / fighting game / neo geo / port / rage of the dragons / SNK by Richie

I see fighting games more as a spectator sport but that doesn’t stop me occasionally mashing my way into them. Tekken‘s probably the one of the big three I’ve got the least experience with but Tekken 8 has definitely won me over. My biggest barrier is usually execution but the […]

Tekken 8 – PS5 Review

February 4, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged absurd spectacle / bandai namco / devil gene / fighting game / mashima zaibatsu / online multiplayer / tekken 8 by Mike

Breakers Collection is a compilation of two Neo Geo fighting games, namely Breakers from 1996 and its follow-up Breakers Revenge in 1998. Excitingly, these games were never released outside of Japan so this is probably your first chance to get a hold of them (well, assuming you’ve not been dabbling with emulation for the last […]

Breakers Collection – PS5 Review

January 10, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 90s / breakers / breakers revenge / fighting game / neo geo by Richie

Of all genres that could do with more entries in this industry, fighting games is one of them. I blame Street Fighter II and Mortal Kombat for this of course, the big issue being that when those games came out, you were either one of those two or part of […]

Them’s Fighting Herds – PS5 Review

October 22, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged fighting game / Hasbro / indie / Mane6 / Them's Fighting Herds by Grizz

Mechs are awesome. Suiting up in a giant metal robot to stomp through the streets whilst battering monsters is an inherently fun idea. Modus Games and The Balance Inc. are combining to give their take on the mech brawler. Boasting a wide swath of characters, destructible environments and an interesting […]

Override: Mech City Brawl- PS4 Review

December 12, 2018 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 3d arena / brawler / co-op / fighting game / modus / override mech city brawl / robots / the balance inc. by Mike

A game with a much travelled history, Lethal League is now ready to step up to the plate on Playstation 4. Team Reptile’s flash prototype has now blossomed into a fully-fledged retail product. Is there much meat to the bones or does this baseball battler prove little more than a […]

Lethal League – PS4 Review

May 20, 2017 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2d / baseball / brawler / fighting game / lethal league / team reptile by Mike

If you were to play Chaos Code: New Sign of Catastrophe without any information, you’d be forgiven for assuming that it was a console port of an old arcade game. After all, there have been plenty of those over the last few years. Chaos Code seems to check all the […]

Code Chaos: New Sign of Catastrophe – PS4 Review

March 30, 2017 in PS4 tagged 1 on 1 / anime / Beat em up / code chaos / fighting game by Guest

The beginnings of BlazBlue is rooted in Guilty Gear. When Arc System Works lost the rights to Guilty Gear, they started work on a spiritual successor that would channel the same insane speed and deep fighting mechanics that had made Guilty Gear so beloved among fighting game fans. Now, with […]

BlazBlue: Central Fiction – PS4 Review

November 20, 2016 in PS4 tagged anime / Beat em up / Blazblue / central fiction / fighting game by Guest