Tag Archives: Arcade

War. War never changes. Well, that’s not quite true. We might be familiar with the concept of mass artillery and enemy warfare thanks to Call of Duty, Battlefield, Resistance (and way more games that we couldn’t possibly list in full here), yet each one tweaks the nature of war to …

Sure, Mario games are simple experiences. They can be enjoyed by players of all ages, and finished by almost everyone. However, core Mario games have always found space to include secrets, Easter eggs and other searched-for unlockables that pass most player completely by. Ever since we found our first Warp …

We don’t remember Mike Myers saying that… If there’s two things we’ve done all our lives, it’s watch movies and play video games. Sometimes, if you’ve been very, very good (or bad, depending), the season’s hottest flick gets a video game adaptation. Most of them are so-so, some are adequate, …

Shoot to (do anything other than) kill We’ve pretty much come to accept that video games have no problem giving players a firearm and letting them shoot anything that moves. Our gaming heroes have probably sent more bullets downrange than there are drops of rain during a thunderstorm. So when …

Calling FutureGrind a riff on the Trials series isn’t wrong, but it also doesn’t do justice to how absurdly good the upcoming indie game is. The core concept is the same, yes: you’re riding a bike through punishing 2.5D race tracks. But where Trials is all mechanical, feathering the throttle …

The years have been equally kind and cruel to The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. On the one hand, the artistry of its somber Hyrule has only become more beautiful over the past decade. On the other, irritating quests like having to gather a bunch of bug souls for no …

Castlevania 3: Dracula’s Curse is one of the best NES games ever made, a master class in action and style that continues to inform killer games today. No Castlevania 3? No Rogue Legacy, no Odallus, and many, many other killer games. But how do you make a game like Castlevania …

Street Fighter 5 is here, right in time for Street Fighter 2’s 25th anniversary! We’re celebrating by giving away a heaping pile of Street Fighter goodies. First up, is the Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Collector’s Edition for Xbox 360, including Street Fighter 2 HD Remix, Super Street Fighter 4, Street …

Street Fighter 5 is so close, you can almost taste it. Bearded Ryu! Old Man Dhalsim! It’s going to be brutal, brilliant, and invigorating for the Street Fighter faithful. Here’s the problem: it’s hard to break into Street Fighter if you’re not one of those faithful. Street Fighter 4 did …

Yharnam never lets go. The Old Hunters, Bloodborne’s first DLC expansion is out, and it’s every bit as mysterious, difficult, and excellent as the original release. What about those hunters that failed to conquer the game the first time around, though? Is this expansion enough to lure them back into …