ANNOUNCEMENT 23 Dec 2016­ by Sawyer Scherbenske

Civilization VI: Poland and Viking DLC Packs Available

The pious and educated, Queen Jadwiga of Poland, is joining the Civilization VI’s cast of theocrats and conquerors. Expect to expand and spread your faith with the Poland Civilization and Scenario Pack DLC. For $5/£3.99, you can rule Poland and expand your empire across the world through uniquely useful builders. By building forts, Poland instantly claims…
ANNOUNCEMENT 14 Dec 2016­ by Sawyer Scherbenske

Tekken 7 Kuma and Panda Trailer Showcase

The latest Tekken 7 trailer shows off some positively beastly gameplay and bearing some more of the series’s grizzly combos. Puns aside, signature characters Kuma and Panda are coming to Tekken 7 looking better than ever. Kuma has super armor to power through hits, while Panda is faster and has more juggles, highs, and lows than her…
ANNOUNCEMENT 09 Dec 2016­ by Sawyer Scherbenske

Nitroplus Blasterz Is Now Available on Steam

Nitroplus Blasterz, one of the Smash Bros. or PlayStation All-Stars of anime, has just been ported from the PlayStation 4 to PC, and is now available for $30 on Steam. Examu and XSEED’s Nitroplus Blasterz is a 2D anime fighter featuring characters like Saber, Super Sonico, Ein, Mora, Ruili, and others for a roster of…
ANNOUNCEMENT 07 Dec 2016­ by Sawyer Scherbenske

Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 Coming to PC… And Consoles

Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite is the big news this week for fighting game fans, but in case you can’t wait for a year, Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 is out on PlayStation 4 right now, and will be coming to PC and Xbox One in March, 2017. This port will have 1080p HD graphics, 60fps gameplay,…
NEWS 05 Dec 2016­ by Sawyer Scherbenske

Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite Announced at PSX

The PlayStation Experience was glorious this year, but Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite (MvCI) being announced was the stuff of dreams. It’s been over five years since Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 (UMvC3) blew people’s minds, and MvCI seems to be refreshing that same feeling. People seem especially excited for the Street Fighter x Tekken style…
ANNOUNCEMENT 05 Dec 2016­ by Sawyer Scherbenske

Street Fighter V’s Akuma Is Back, and He Brought Some …

It’s official! The demon Akuma is the next character to be included in Street Fighter V's roster, and this time he’s sporting an even uglier mug. He looks like a good balance between old and new. His traditional air projectiles, dive kick, shoryu, and demon flip are all still there but his V-skill and trigger is…
ANNOUNCEMENT 01 Dec 2016­ by Sawyer Scherbenske

Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- Coming to Steam

Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR-, while originally planned to be a PlayStation 4 exclusive fighting game title, is coming to PC this December 14th. The Steam version will release initially for $49.99 with a 10% discount at launch, and will release with an option to add on the 'One Dawn Bundle' which includes all of the…
ANNOUNCEMENT 28 Nov 2016­ by Sawyer Scherbenske

Capcom Will Continue to Focus on Street Fighter V

Yoshinori Ono and Tomoaki Ayano, two big-wigs behind Capcom and Street Fighter V, said in a recent interview that Capcom is planning to support Street Fighter V and strengthen it as an Esports title until 2020. Here’s a short translated excerpt from their interview: Famitsu: Are we going to see other titles than Street Fighter…
ANNOUNCEMENT 08 Nov 2016­ by Sawyer Scherbenske

Street Fighter V – New Stage and New Akuma

That’s right boys and girls, the dive-kicking, fireball chucking, rush-down demon Akuma is coming to Street Fighter V. All we have so far is just a sneak peak of his signature raging demon above, but that’s not all. In addition to the new character, Rashid is finally getting his own stage. “Skies of Honor” has…
ANNOUNCEMENT 26 Oct 2016­ by Sawyer Scherbenske

Dark Souls III: Ashes of Ariandel Launch Trailer

The beautiful, painted world of Ariandel is easily one of the most beautiful places in Dark Souls III, so it’s only natural that it would make for a good trailer too, although “Lake of Fire” being played over the frigid deathscape is a bit on the nose. Yes, that’s right, the DLC is finally out…
ANNOUNCEMENT 22 Oct 2016­ by Sawyer Scherbenske

Civilization VI “How to” YouTube Series

Civilization VI is officially out, and leave it to Firaxis Games to make a great, complex turn-based strategy game. Who knew that ruling over empires would be so hard? To help you get over that complex part, 2K and Firaxis, Civilization VI’s developers, have released a short, six-part video series about "how to" play their…
ARTICLES 19 Oct 2016­ by Sawyer Scherbenske

Street Fighter from East to West

Happy birthday Street Fighter! To celebrate your 29th birthday and Street Fighter V’s full character roster, let’s go down memory lane. Let’s talk about the past and present of Capcom’s premier series, how it’s traveled from Japan to the west, and how a small, pixelated, redheaded Japanese man became the beefy warrior we know as…
ANNOUNCEMENT 18 Oct 2016­ by Sawyer Scherbenske

Civilization VI Launch Trailer

Civilization VI’s full release is nigh, the 19 starter civs have been revealed, gameplay has been explained, and now the launch trailer has dropped. It’s no Baba Yetu, but Civilization’s VI’s cinematic trailer is up there with Blizzard’s recent Overwatch and WoW trailers with all the inspirational jargon of a Pixar film. If you like what you…
ANNOUNCEMENT 15 Oct 2016­ by Sawyer Scherbenske

SF V’s Halloween Costumes, Stage and Secret Alterations

In the same way that you can hold buttons to burn off Urien’s clothes to get classic Urien, you’re now able to hold K + LP + MP + HP and UP on the control stick while the match loads to alter devil Juri, frankenstein Nash, samurai Ryu, and the other character-specific Halloween costumes in…