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The long and storied Fire Pro Wrestling series has had a slow time making it to the west. There’s been recent attempts to bring it across but Fire Pro Wrestling World looks to finally bring this esteemed grappler to the masses. Timing seems right with WWE games waning in popularity […]

Fire Pro Wrestling World – PS4 Review

October 10, 2018 in PS4 / Reviews tagged fighting / fire pro wrestling world / spike chunsoft / sports entertainment / visual novel / wrestling by Mike

Cruz Brothers is a one on one fighting game from Brazilian indie Studio, DCF, and is a baffling game for so many reasons that I almost don’t know where to start when it comes to reviewing it although on the face of it, you would expect it to do anything […]

Cruz Brothers – PS4 Review

March 22, 2018 in PS4 tagged bad / boxing / cruz brothers / fighting / very bad by Richie

After the quarter that EA have just had, what better way to let off steam than with a game where you punch people in the face? That’s right, EA’s UFC series is back. And if you think EA had a rough 2017, the Ultimate Fighting Championship had a worse one. […]

EA Sports UFC 3 – PS4 Review

January 30, 2018 in PS4 tagged EA / fighting / mma / simulation / sports / ufc / UFC3 by Richie

The long-running one-man Touhou Project has been delivering games for over 20 years. Fluctuating between bullet hell shooters and fighters, Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle arrives on the PS4 to give fans in the west another look at the long-running series. The bullet hell aspect translates surprisingly well to battle. […]

Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle – PS4 Review

October 29, 2017 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arena battle / bullet-hell / fighting / japanese / team shanghai alice / touhou kobuto v: burst battle / touhou project by Mike

From Sloclap and Devolver Digital comes Absolver, a combat focused action game which has similar mechanics and features to other games but as a whole is pretty unique. You play as a Prospect, a mask wearing individual who is tasked with defeating enemies on the way to the Tower of […]

Absolver – PS4 Review

September 4, 2017 in PS4 tagged absolver / customisation / dark souls / fighting / mmo / online by Gareth

Around eight years ago, a game called Wartech: Senko no Ronde was released in arcades and on the Xbox 360 and offered gamers a very strange mix of genres. Essentially a bullet hell shoot ’em up but in a very arcadey one-on-one fighting game format, the game had its fans, […]

Touhou Genso Rondo: Bullet Ballet – PS4 Review

September 12, 2016 in PS4 tagged 1v1 / dead online / fighting / shoot em up / touhou genso rondo: bullet ballet by Richie

When EA finally snared the UFC license, there was a feeling that their first effort was really just laying the groundwork for the series. Where previous license-holders, THQ, had turned their UFC games into a detailed simulation of the sport which might be listed on platforms such as the Coral […]

EA Sports UFC 2 – PS4 Review

March 23, 2016 in PS4 tagged dana fucking white / EA / fighting / martial arts / mma / ufc 2 by Richie

Last year’s entry into the Mortal Kombat series missed our review team at the time but I picked it up a little while after it came out and it was a real surprise. In all honestly, I hadn’t really liked any Mortal Kombat since Trilogy on the PS1 and the original […]

Mortal Kombat XL – PS4 Review

March 9, 2016 in PS4 / Reviews tagged Beat em up / fighting / get over here / mortal kombat xl by Richie

If I could liken the Street Fighter franchise to any fairy tale prop I would compare it directly to the poison apple. On the surface you have the juicy succulence of superb generational leaps in graphics, a memorable roster of larger than life characters and the best and most fluent […]

Street Fighter V – PS4 Review

February 21, 2016 in PS4 / Reviews tagged fighting / mess / street fighter v / Unfinished by Grizz

Back in the previous generation there was somewhat of a renaissance of the fighting game genre. Street Fighter IV launched and reinvigorated the game, bringing the competitive scene, awesome net code and gameplay in spades. Many other franchises have come along riding the coattails of this revolution, old classics came […]

Blazblue: Chrono Phantasma Extend – PS4 Review

October 25, 2015 in PS4 / Reviews tagged Blazblue / fighting / long name / ps4 / review by Grizz