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Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound Unveils Second Playable Character

As a fan of the Ninja Gaiden series, I’m excited for Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound. The Game Kitchen worked on the Blasphemous series, which is one of my favorite Metroidvania franchises in recent years. So, this next adventure looks like a fun time,…

Dotemu Announces Action Beat’ Em Up Absolum

Dotemu has revitalized the Beat’ em up genre with the help of several solid studios. From revitalizing the Streets of Rage franchise to the success of Shredder’s Revenge, Dotemu and its partners are on a roll. Now, it seems as though a…

TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge Unveils New DLC

This week, the developers over at Tribute Games unveiled new details regarding the upcoming DLC for TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge in a gameplay showcase video. Dimension Shellshock will not only introduce the newest playable character Usagi Yojimbo but will also introduce a new…

Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap Is Free On Epic, Again

Monday, if you thought hell was bad, it turns out purgatory is worse in Chuhai Labs’ Cursed to Golf when it releases later this year. Meanwhile, Square Enix worked out how to overdesign characters for a tactical RPG. I’m glad they are stepping out…

TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge (PS4) Review

It’s been a strong few years for the revival of the beat-em-up genre. Streets of Rage got a long-awaited fourth entry, the previously-lost Scott Pilgrim beat-em-up got an anticipated re-release, and we’re now getting a sequel to the classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles beat-em-ups from three decades…

Streets of Rage 4 PC Review

Beat-em-ups were the bread and butter of the fourth generation of video games, particularly on the SNES and Genesis. The arcade would guzzle coins straight from the player with tough-as-nails bosses and, even though these games were short, the machines would get…