When companies tout their game’s ability to display each individual blade of grass making  up the playing field, you know that the sports genre has lost touch with a small matter called fun. Downtown Smash Dodgeball did not. The product of Miracle Kidz (made of the creative team behind Technos’ Kunio family of games), Downtown [...]

An argument can be made that music games didn’t push the envelope in 2010 and I would not disagree. Still, Lego Rock Band dared to be slightly different by combing Harmonix’ familiar mechanics with TT Fusion’s whimsical aesthetic. Aimed at letting everyone from junior to grandpa get in on the virtual jam sessions, Lego Rock [...]

There aren’t that many 2D, sprite-based beat ‘em ups released nowadays, but Nexon America proved that the genre is still a terrifically viable one with Dungeon Fighter Online. A mash up of the traditional fist-to-face brawler with MMO and fantasy elements, Dungeon Fighter Online allows you to select one of five character archetypes (Gunner, Priest, [...]

BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger may have had more flash, and King of Fighters XII may have presented a more stunning visual overhaul, but Capcom’s Street Fighter IV put fighters back on the map in 2009. Featuring a roster comprised of the classic Street Fighter II characters blended with a few new faces, Focus Attacks, and Ultra [...]