Muramasa: The Demon Blade continues Vanillaware’s mission to deliver gorgeous 2D gaming. After their PlayStation 2 action-RPG Odin Sphere, and now this, it’s clear Vanillaware gives all their attention to the beautiful, painterly visuals of their games. When it comes to the actual video game part of their games, well, things get iffy.

I have a love-hate relationship with the Marvel vs. Capcom series, especially the second iteration of the game. While I love Capcom’s mish-mashy blend of  of its own properties with Marvel’s, the over-the-top gameplay pretty much turned me off from any serious gameplay. The title has gobs of followers, so it would make sense that [...]

Fighter fans and SNK fanboys, this is the moment for which you’ve been waiting. Courtesy of the King of Fighters XII Twitter feed: …happy to announce that the official release date for KOF12 is July 28, 2009! Mark your calendars and get your pre-orders in now!!! Consider this mystery officially solved, Watson.

Today, Ignition unveiled new King of Fighters XII info that’s sure to please fighting fans that miss the arcade experience of days past. Although word of online play was previously announced, the depth of it was kept on the hush hush. But not anymore! KOF XII will feature global online play (no region restrictions!), and [...]