Fighting (Page 8)

Victor Chevalier in Tekken 8 holding a pistol stares moodily at the camera in front of the Eiffel Tower. He is dressed is a silvery/grey suit with a tie and sunglasses completing the look.

News

Tekken 8 reveals brand new character promising French charm and style to match

Ooh la la.

Nov. 2, 2023 Victoria Kennedy

Artwork of Mafia 2 with main male character aiming a pistol over a city and other characters

News

PlayStation Plus Monthly offers Mafia 2 and Aliens Fireteam Elite for November

Plus Dragon Ball and "exclusive access" to Silent Hill: Ascension's weekly episodes.

Nov. 1, 2023 Liv Ngan

News

Shenmue creator has considered Yakuza 0-style prequel to continue series

"I want Shenmue 4 to be enjoyable for newcomers."

Nov. 1, 2023 Ed Nightingale

A close-up of an old computer monitor showing a sequence from 1984 classic martial arts game Karateka, with two fighters battling in front of a distant snow-capped mountain.

News

Atari acquiring The Making of Karateka and Atari 50 studio Digital Eclipse

Will "still have the freedom to seek out projects with other parties".

Oct. 31, 2023 Matt Wales

Thirsty Suitors main character Jala stirring a pot in one of the game's fantastical cooking sequences.

News

Xbox Game Pass announces November additions, starting with Jusant out today

Plus Thirsty Suitors! Like a Dragon Gaiden! Wild Hearts!

Oct. 31, 2023 Liv Ngan

A screenshot of Mortal Kombat 1's Halloween Fatality.

News

Mortal Kombat 1 players hit back at "freemium model" DLC pricing

"This is spitting in the face of your fanbase, nothing less."

Oct. 28, 2023 Vikki Blake

News

"I put Freddy Fazbear in Mortal Kombat 1"

Freddy or not, he's coming.

Oct. 22, 2023 Vikki Blake

Link and his boat on the ocean in Wind Waker

Feature

Lost | The day of landing: why video games and islands belong together

Shore thing.

Oct. 22, 2023 Christian Donlan

A woman dressed in white, with a white hairband and gloves holds out her hand as a small white dove is perched on her fingers

News

Tekken 8 closed beta access offered to Virgin Media O2 customers

Codes given out on a first come, first served basis.

Oct. 20, 2023 Liv Ngan

Three people in Just Stop Oil t-shirts stand on stage at EGX, in front of a pair of players in a Tekken tournament.

News

Just Stop Oil protestors arrested after interrupting EGX tournament

Tekken match later resumed.

Oct. 16, 2023 Tom Phillips

News

Mortal Kombat 1 gives us our first look at the upcoming DLC character Omni-Man

Be afraid, omni very afraid.

Oct. 15, 2023 Vikki Blake

Star Trek Infinite official artwork showing several well-known characters in a montage such as Captain Picard and Gowron.

Review

Star Trek: Infinite review - it's a good day to wait for mods

Captain's slog.

Oct. 12, 2023 Alexis Ong

Tekken 8 King - a man wearing a lion mask, a cape, and fingerless gloves holding a microphone in one hand and pointing to the crowd with the other. He is stood inside a wrestling cage

News

Players gain access to Tekken 8 beta on PC early

Crack on.

Oct. 12, 2023 Liv Ngan

News

Mortal Kombat 1 on Switch receives new update promising performance improvements

No longer Barakan.

Oct. 12, 2023 Ed Nightingale

Key artwork for Slay the Spire, showing two of the characters in the games facing the infamous spire itself, which pierces the clouds above it. There's an orange glow coming from the centre of the storm. Cards fly around in the rest of the image.

Feature

Supporters | Five of the Best: Towers

The non-faulty kind.

Oct. 11, 2023 Robert Purchese

Mortal Kombat 1 first patch is here, but not for Nintendo Switch

News

Mortal Kombat 1 latest patch is here, but not for Nintendo Switch

As next four seasons of invasions leak.

Oct. 3, 2023 Victoria Kennedy

Batman: Arkham Trilogy has been delayed on Switch

News

Batman: Arkham Trilogy on Nintendo Switch delayed until December

Wingers and losers.

Oct. 3, 2023 Victoria Kennedy

Trek to Yomi and more leave Game Pass later this month.

News

Trek to Yomi and more leave Xbox Game Pass later this month

Cutting edge news.

Oct. 2, 2023 Victoria Kennedy

A first-person view of a dark dungeon, lit sporadically by gouts of flame from braziers or torches in sconces on the walls. I wouldn't live there.

News

Dark and Darker sets Wardens running with this one-day-only anniversary event

Exclamation Dark.

Oct. 1, 2023 Vikki Blake

Lords of the Fallen promotional image showing a bedraggled main character looking out over a burnt orange and brown landscape witha giant five-fingered hand in the far distance jutting out from the horizon

Feature

What to Play This October

Our recurring series curating the month ahead.

Oct. 1, 2023 Chris Tapsell

The Snake-like game Qrth-Phyl, which is of course based on the game Blockade. We see a blueish 3D room filled by a gigantic, luminous yellow 'snake', which is wrapping around itself as it tries not to bump into itself.

Feature

Qrth-Phyl and rethinking how we remember video games

Mental blockade.

Sept. 30, 2023 Christian Donlan

Ghostface teased for Mortal Kombat 1 (Image from film Scream 2)

News

Ed Boon gets tongues wagging with Ghostface and Jigsaw tease for Mortal Kombat 1

Scream if you want to go faster.

Sept. 29, 2023 Victoria Kennedy

Widowmaker in an Overwatch 2 cut-scene, peering down slightly at the camera with her gun held up beside her.

Feature

What we've been playing

A few of the games that have us hooked at the moment.

Sept. 29, 2023 Robert Purchese

News

Mortal Kombat 1 plagued by player one advantage bug

In-komplete kombos.

Sept. 27, 2023 Ed Nightingale

Face-off

Digital Foundry | It's true: Mortal Kombat 1 on Switch is just too big an ask for the hardware

But the game truly shines on PS5 and Xbox Series hardware.

Sept. 24, 2023 Thomas Morgan