Video Game Review: Jitsu Squad (Switch)
An arcade style, beautifully animated beat ’em up, Jitsu Squad throws itself at you in a riot of colour and glorious sound. Starring a diverse cast of anthropomorphic, playable characters, […]
News: Colourful Cartoon Brawler Jitsu Squad Releasing for Switch, PS4 and PS5 on 9th December 2022
Arriving in 2022, retro-inspired 2D beat ’em up Jitsu Squad is looking incredibly promising. Up to four players can simultaneously take on hordes of bad guys using massive combos and […]
News: New Trailer and Collector’s Edition Details for Colourful Cartoon Brawler Jitsu Squad
Beautifully animated, four player brawler Jitsu Squad – heading to Switch, PS4 and PS5 this winter, with Xbox versions to follow – has wowed the crowds at Gamescom – and […]
News: Bud Spencer & Terrence Hill Return in 2023 – in Slaps and Beans 2!
The slapstick-and-action B-movies starring duo Bud Spencer and Terrence Hill will be pretty familiar to lots of people who grew up in the 70s and 80s. From Westerns to contemporary […]
News: Colourful Cartoon Brawler Jitsu Squad Announced for Switch, PS4 and PS5
Arriving in 2022, retro-inspired 2D beat ’em up Jitsu Squad is looking incredibly promising. Up to four players can simultaneously take on hordes of bad guys using massive combos and […]
Hardware Review: Capcom Home Arcade
Though it came out in 2019, we’re only just getting around to reviewing this thing. First things first – what is the Capcom Home Arcade? Well, I’m glad you asked. […]
Video Game Review: Final Vendetta (Xbox Series X)
Bitmap Bureau have carved themselves out a great niche over the last few years, having been responsible for some fantastic homages to classic 16-bit titles. Games such as the Smash […]
Review: Piko Interactive Collection 1 (Evercade Cartridge 09)
One of the best things about the Evercade is that the collections – even when they’re from companies who have constantly re-released their back catalogue games over the years – […]
Video Game Review: Taito Milestones (Switch)
There aren’t many video games companies who have left such an indelible mark on the industry at the level that Taito have; Space Invaders alone is a title that, to […]
Review: Mega Cat Studios Collection 1 (Evercade Cartridge 08)
When the Evercade was first announced, it was assumed that we’d basically see old games being made available again – which is great, but it was a very pleasant surprise […]
Comic Book Review: Battletoads #3
Though the Battletoads saw a sort of revival with the 2020 Xbox reboot, any excitement about their return died down extremely quickly, with the game itself being met with a […]
Review: WWE 2K Battlegrounds (Xbox Series X)
The last ‘proper’ WWE game was the much maligned WWE 2K20, which released in 2019, spawning thousands of meme-worthy videos and GIFs of hilarious bugs and glitches. It was clearly […]
Review: Interplay Collection 2 (Evercade Cartridge 07)
Though there’s a sense of repetition in the first half dozen or so Evercade cartridges, especially in terms of the companies featured, the game collections mostly featured enough games that […]
Review: Data East Collection 1 (Evercade Cartridge 03)
When I hear the Data East name, I tend to think of beat ’em ups like Bad Dudes vs DragonNinja (which, for the longest time, I thought was just called […]
Review: Battletoads (2020)
The original Battletoads – which was released on Nintendo’s 8-bit console the NES back in 1991 – is infamously challenging, with a number of levels that are so tough that they can feel incredibly unfair at times – it’s a game that’s often fondly remembered until you try it again, at which point you realise how frustratingly difficult it is […]
Kickstarter: Fallen City Brawl
With games such as Streets of Rage 4 bringing the classic, arcade style scrolling beat ’em up back into our living rooms – not to mention countless other examples in recent years, such as Double Dragon Neon and reissues such as the incredible Capcom Beat ‘Em Up Bundle – it seems that the love and nostalgia for the genre is […]
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