Video Games | The King of Fighters Online | Debut Trailer XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii I’ve been harping on the need for a company to take the Beat ‘Em Up genre by the hand and modernize it for quite some time now, so when the further details of King of Fighters [...]

A while back, I turned an accusing eye toward beat ‘em ups, but let it be known that I’m still a devoted fan of the genre, despite its repetitive nature and numerous flaws. Although there are plenty of gameplay tweaks that can be done to breathe new life into the category, I’m going to focus on the positive by highlighting the best BEUs of all time.

A few weeks ago, my friend Gabriel stopped by to take in a couple of rounds of Hokuto no Ken for the PlayStation 2, as he’s a huge fan of the American Fist of the Northstar movie, hilariously bad Streamline dub and all. After several minutes of being dazzled by the sexy visuals and fun [...]