River City Saga: Three Kingdoms Review
River City Saga: Three Kingdoms from developer Arc System Works is an interesting game. It’s a combination of a beat-em-up action title and a backend RPG to help keep it engaging. It has all the elements of the classic River City Ransom (1989) but with a tad bit of Dynasty Warriors conflict driving the entire story. The one thing it doesn’t have are controls that won’t frustrate the ever-loving (B...[Read More]
Shing! Review
Released by developer Mass Creation, Shing! Is a beat em’ up style, brawler side-scroller featuring ninjas versus orc-like “yokai”. As I loaded up the game, I was thrilled and extremely pleased with the exciting, hand-drawn animated sequence that served as an introduction to the world, your heroes, and your villains. It was just super cool and – to be frank – super badass. From the out...[Read More]
One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 (PS4)
One Piece fans rejoice! One Piece: Pirate Warriors is back with its fourth installment of the Pirate Warriors series and it offers a lot of additions that its predecessors didn’t have. One Piece Pirate Warriors 4 takes you on an adventure, which spans over 20+ years of lore from the One Piece series. You slash and fight hordes upon hordes of lackey marines. There’s something satisfying about killi...[Read More]
Tunche kickstarter funding continues
Looks fun. Check out the details below. Ever wondered noticed that beat’em up games aren’t as popular anymore as they used to be? Of course, you have. It might seem like there’s no more place for such games in the modern age. And yet, here we are, changing the rules of the game and the players’ perspective on the genre by delivering a well-known concept with a twist. Samurai Jack-inspired hand-dra...[Read More]
Streets of Rage 4 continues series 24 years later
After over two-decades, Streets of Rage 4 breathes new life into a classic beat-em-up. PARIS – Aug. 27, 2018 – Publisher Dotemu (Wonder Boy, Windjammers) and developers Lizardcube (Wonder Boy) and Guard Crush Games today revealed Streets of Rage 4, an all-new continuation of SEGA’s iconic arcade brawler series known for its radical fights, jammin’ ‘90s beats and dashing sparring gloves and bandana...[Read More]
ChronoBlade, a side scrolling beat em up, comes to mobile on March 2018
Hot off the success of Power Rangers: Legacy Wars, developer nWay just opened pre-registration sign-ups for side-scrolling beat ‘em up game ChronoBlade. Releasing March 2018 on iOS and Android, ChronoBlade is a throwback to classic 2-D fighting games, but modernizes the genre by introducing greater customization options, more in-depth fighting mechanics and console quality 3-D graphics. ChronoBlad...[Read More]
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Streets of Rage and Double Dragon were two beat ‘em up games that I grew up with in the arcades and on console (SoR was on the Genesis). They took a simple concept of walking to the right and fighting everything that appeared in front of you while only using a simple three-button combination (kick, jump, punch) to lead the way. After all the waves of simple bad guys on the journey to the end of a ...[Read More]