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King of Fighters Allstar made a big splash last year, weeks after the mobile game’s global release with its KOF Allstar X Tekken collaboration event. The event featured a hardy collection of Tekken characters to collect and mash up with or against the KOF Allstar fighter roster. Today, Netmarble introduced another collaboration event with this […]
King of Fighters (KOF) is my all-time favorite fighting game franchise. I have played them all, from King of Fighters ’94 to King of Fighters XIV. I will jump to review KOF games whenever I get the chance, with only a short sample seen here. When it comes to mobile, I even dabbled in all […]
So, after years of looking for a solid fightpad for the current generation of systems, it has finally happened. I love fighting games and beat-em-ups, as it hopefully it shows with the bunch that I reviewed here on RFMAG. However, I’ve never been big on arcade fight sticks unless I used them while standing and […]
Granblue Fantasy: Versus was a popular attraction at Pax West 2019. Granblue Fantasy, the original mobile game by Cygames, is famous internationally for its successes on Android and iOS devices. The game, at its core, is a turn-based RPG where collecting characters via the games “gacha” system was huge draw for fans of the mobile […]
Booth Location: Washington State Convention Center – Booth 6802 on the 6th floor We’re no strangers to the OG side-scrolling beat-em-ups of yester-year. Double Dragon, River City Ransom, Guardian Heroes and many others took up a large chunk of my console-play childhood. All three parts of the Streets of Rage (aka Bare Knuckle) trilogy took […]
Fans of the KILL la KILL anime may be in for a treat if they game on the Nintendo Switch, PS4, or PC. A new 3D arena fighting game just launched today, called KILL la KILL the Game: IF. The game features the art style of the anime while being presented in 3D. The games […]
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is game by FromSoftware, creators of famously difficult Bloodborne and Dark Souls series. You play as Sekiro, the “One-Armed Wolf”, a seasoned shinobi with a unique prosthetic arm. This “ninja prosthetic” is a tool unique to Sekiro, giving him a wide assortment of ninja tools and abilities on top of a […]
Originating with Soul Edge in 1995, Bandai Namco’s Soulcalibur franchise has been riding along for over 20 years, releasing titles along the way. Now the iconic franchise, most famous for its 3D weapon-based fighting system, has released its latest installment on October 19. Soulcalibur VI brings a revisited fighting engine and new content to the […]
SoulCalibur VI, the latest entry from the iconic weapon-based 3D fighting game series, is only two days away and the hype is real. Souls were burning at the Ring Out NYC event for SoulCalibur VI, as fans got to both play the upcoming title as well as watch some professionals duke it out in person. […]
Dragon Ball FighterZ came out today and we got our hands on a copy beforehand to take the game through its paces. DRAGON BALL FIGHTERZ is the highly-anticipated fighting game starring characters from the iconic series bought to us by Arc System Works and Bandai Namco for the Xbox One, Playstation 4, and PC (Steam). […]
River City: Knights of Justice is a small digital title from the River City / Kunio series of games have been coming out as of late. It’s a straight-forward dive into the side scrolling brawler script that the series is known for. It’s chock full of the familiar pudgy character sprites that you’ve see in […]
Were you ever fortunate enough to play River City Ransom in the 80’s or 90’s? In case you haven’t, River City Ransom was one of the very first action RPG brawlers released for the NES in 1989. Before that time, its developer and publisher, Technos Japan, was busy making a splash with the infamous arcade […]