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If you thought you were done with Sloclap's awesome beat-em-up Sifu, you're dead wrong. The developer has announced that their Kung Fu action game, Sifu will receive the final update in early September 2023. Most of the new content involves Sifu's Arenas mode, adding six new dynamic Arenas and 75 new challenges to the game. There will also b...
Platform(s): PC (version reviewed), Xbox Series, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch Genre: 2D beat-em-up roguelike using the Double Dragon name If there's a video game series that is usually mishandled, you can put Double Dragon atop that list. For how revolutionary the original arcade beat-em-up was back in the 80s, its se...
Probably the most-requested mode for beat-em-ups in 2020 onward is Survival Mode with roguelike capabilities, where you fight through endless waves of foes until you're done. The upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge DLC, "Dimension Shellshock", is adding just that: a new Survival Mode. You team up, fight through dimensions a...
The upcoming entry to the beloved Double Dragon series of 2D beat-em-ups will be out in a few months. Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons will be out on 27 July for PC, PlayStation 4 & 5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. The game is published by Modus Games and developed by Singaporean developer Secret Base. The game fea...
Troublemaker is one of the hottest games coming out of Indonesia right now, following new kid Budi, and his fight to the top of the high school food chain. The game has a distinct spirit of nostalgia, and has a fun setting and characters. You can find our review of the game here. We had the opportunity to do a quick interview with Budi’s Indon...
Developed by Indonesian Indie developer Gamecom Team, the 3D beat 'em up game Troublemaker: Raise Your Gang is all set to launch for PC on 31 March, and it's available on PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG. The publisher, Freedom Games, and developer, Gamecom Team, have announced the price of the game to be US$19.99, and it will support Eng...
Dotemu and Guard Crush Games just announced a brand-new update for its hit 2D beat-em-up title Streets of Rage 4. The action game's biggest update features new co-op moves between characters (throw your partner, partner does co-op move using the special button ala Streets of Rage 1), 300+ in-game improvements, and a new custom survival mode if y...
Ra Ra Boom makes its official debut today as Cincinnati-based Gylee Games released the game’s official announcement trailer ahead of its first showcase at this year’s upcoming Game Developer Conference in San Francisco. Ra Ra Boom is an eye-catching, distinctive fast-paced four-player co-op beat ‘em up driven by a meaningful and emotional com...
For the rest of the list, head here. For #6, head here. #5: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Shredder's Revenge After numerous crappy and subpar license action games, it’s high time the original mutant animal ninja brothers -Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Donatello- get back their honour with a beat-em-up title worthy of their legacy. A...
Platform(s): PC(version reviewed), Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One Genre: 2D beat-em-up RPG hybrid with Technos throwbacks aplenty 2019's River City Girls surprised everyone with its brand of humour, fun 2D beat-em-up action, lush pixel artwork, catchy music, and nods to the Kunio-kun and Double Dragon franchise. A couple more years later, we're...
Platform(s): PC (version played), PS5, Xbox Series Genre: Scifi horror game, except with more jumpscares, wallpaper tunnels, and a ton of melee fighting It's really hard to get away from the comparisons between The Callisto Protocol and Dead Space, seeing that the latter is from the same team (mostly) back in the Xbox 360 era of gaming. It's al...
Platform(s): PC (version played), Xbox One, Xbox Series Genre: Isometric 3D beat-em-up with grain filter & hardcore synth soundtrack If there's one noticeable flaw in Midnight Fight Express, the new 3D isometric beat-em-up action title from one Jacob Dzwinel, it's the story. It's essentially focused on an amnesiac named Babyface who is give...
Konami and developer Digital Eclipse have announced the release date of its Ninja Turtles classic games collection, not wanting to be left out of the collection jamboree that Capcom started. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection will be out for PC (Steam), Xbox Series, Xbox One, PS4, PS5, and Nintendo Switch this 30th August...
Platform(s): PC (version played), PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch Genre: 80s license cartoon beat-em-up with 6-player co-op and lovely fan service The late 80s and 90s Konami licensed beat-em-ups, particular the ones with the iconic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon series, rely on fast-paced offensive gameplay, simple controls, and relentles...
The pretty sweet-looking spin-off to the River City series of games will be out in English in a few months. Publisher Arc System Works and developer APlus Games will release River City Saga: Three Kingdoms for PS4, Nintendo Switch, and PC on 21 July for US$29.99. River City Saga: Three Kingdoms will have our beat-em-up heroes Kunio and Riki f...
Platform(s): PC (Steam), Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PS4 Genre: 2D beat-em-up featuring isekai-like elements In Young Souls, a new entry in the 2D beat-em-up genre, you play a pair of rambunctious foul-mouthed twins who have to play the isekai protagonists role of delving in an underground fantasy goblin-filled world and save your previous town ...
Update: Sifu's latest post-game updates and content additions have made us re-evaluate the game after the review on February. We've changed the game's score to reflect that. Platform(s): PC, PS5, PS4 Genre: Third-person kung-fu action with a revenge plot & some "roguelike" When Sifu gets slick with its presentation, it sticks the landing...
Publisher Arc System Works and developer WayForward are delaying its upcoming port of Shin Nekketsu Kouha: Kunio-tachi no Banka -or River City Girls Zero- to next year. Originally scheduled for late 2021, both companies said they will release the game in early 2022 so that they have more time to "achieve the most accurate port and best experienc...
There's going to be another kaiju fisticuffs game that's coming out alongside Gigabash, though this one's a tad different genre-wise. Publisher WayForward and developer 13AM Games announced a new upcoming 2D beat-em-up title called Dawn of the Monsters. It's a co-op beat-em-up featuring mechas beating up kaijus and vice versa in a huge cityscape...
Need to sate that beat-em-up craving after Streets of Rage 4's awesome DLC? Why not give this upcoming game a look? Young Souls is an upcoming 2D beat-em-up RPG hybrid from 1p2p Studio and The Arcade Crew, featuring twin siblings Jenn and Tristan who have to save their scientist foster dad from goblins big and small in a parallel world just unde...
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