iiRcade is a home arcade cabinet for which users can legally buy and download a variety of classic arcade games and modern indie games. Some of these arcade classics are well-known, while others are more obscure. Today's release of Ninja Clowns definitely falls under the obscure category. Originally released to arcades by Strata (the Time ...
WayForward, the studio behind River City Girls and the Shantae series, is teaming up with fellow indie developer, 13AM Games (makers of Runbow), on a monster-themed beat 'em up. Dawn of the Monsters looks like a spiritual successor to the classic Neo Geo series, King of the Monsters, and will feature 2-player local co-op. Kaiju fans won't have much longer to wait, thankfully, because Dawn of the Monsters is due to release on consoles and PC next month.
For many the most important piece of news in January was the long-awaited announcement that Elden Ring has gone gold. It will hit store shelves on February 25 as planned (with a day one patch) and many will rejoice. There is of course a world beyond From Software games. Shocking, I know but it saw for example the Early Access release of The Anacrusis this month as well as the release of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction. Spelunky 2, on the other hand, finally hit Xbox consoles, while Deep Rock Galactic celebrated its PlayStation debut. PC gamers got the newly released Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem as well as the newest game from French strategy games developer Eugen Systems, called WARNO. Time for some good old comp-stomp action until the co-op campaign drops!
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Serious Sam 4 is a big game filled with lots of shooting mayhem (and, on console, bugs). Still, some people can never get enough mayhem. They crave it! For that bloodthirsty brand of gamer, Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem has just launched on Steam. The standalone expansion features five unique levels set in frosty Siberia, a substantial quantity of m...
The venerable River City Ransom/Kunio-kun series of beat ‘em ups continues to soldier on with new updates and spin-offs. One of those spin-offs is River City Girls, developed by the 2D wizards at WayForward and published by Arc System Works. While we’re still waiting on the previously announced River City Girls Zero and River City Girls 2, the original game has just received a PlayStation 5 upgrade. Who needs backward compatibility when you can get a shiny updated version with new features?
After last week's playthrough of Back 4 Blood, our appetites were whet for more co-op survival goodness. Next up on the list is the recently released early access version of The Anacrusis, a game from the same DNA though set in a distinctly different atmosphere.
Nearly four years after the release of Guacamelee 2, Drinkbox Studios is finally back with a new game. Nobody Saves the World is an action RPG in which players take on the role of a little guy named Nobody who can change into all kinds of different forms. The game immediately oozes charm and fun, plus it supports 2-player online co-op. Nobody Sa...
Near the end of last year, Strictly Limited Games announced that it would be distributing the Taito Egret II Mini arcade cabinet outside of Japan. Little else was revealed at the time, but that all changes today. Reservations are now open for the Egret II Mini (which comes with 40 classic arcade games) and its accessories, though a release date remains elusive.
Dying Light 2: Stay Human is about three weeks away from its release date, and Techland has been releasing a steady stream of information about the game. Most recently we learned that there are 500 hours worth of content. Umm, yay? But we've also learned today a bit about the game's four player online co-op mode thanks to Dying to Know Episode 6.
We continue our playthrough of Back 4 Blood. Making our way through the meaty campaign and Act 2 in some of the grossest looking set pieces we've seen to date. Counter balancing the guts and gore is a festive Christmas theme with sparkling lights, trees, outfits, and sprays. All of that topped off with what is quite possibly the best use of Christmas music in a game so far.
We just reviewed Serious Sam 4, a first-person shooter from Devolver Digital. While the recently released console ports suffer from major technical problems, the Steam version performs much better. Steam players will soon have more Sam on their plate with the impending arrival of Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem, a standalone expansion. Siberian Mayhem is due out on PC on January 25 and will support 4-player online co-op.
