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.

Serious Sam is a long-running series of fast-paced, old-school first-person shooters from Croatian developer Croteam. Nearly ten years after the first release of Serious Sam 3, Croteam and Devolver Digital finally released Serious Sam 4 on PC in 2020. One year later, an Xbox Series S|X version suddenly launched on Xbox Game Pass alongside PlayStati...

Xbox has always been a great platform, and many gamers favor the Xbox Series X in this console generation. That said, Xbox consoles have always suffered from weaker support from Japanese developers when compared to PlayStation and Nintendo systems. That's one reason that ININ Games' upcoming Xbox and Steam port of Clockwork Aquario is so exciting. The classic-style arcade platformer features 2-player local co-op and will be ININ's first Xbox release on Xbox.

iiRcade recently implemented huge end-of-year discounts on its entire line of home arcade cabinets. Savvy observers guessed that the manufacturer might be clearing out stock before announcing new hardware, and that brings us to today. At CES 2022, iiRcade announced its new Premium Arcade Console line. The new first premium machine will feature Dead Cells artwork and several enhancements over previous models.

...and that's a wrap on 2021. It was a bit rough around the edges but I'm sure we'll be able to fix that in post-production. So thanks everyone for the good work and we see you in 2022! Sorry? We've missed something? Surely you must be mistaken, Sir! The Monthly Round-Up for December? Mmmh... didn't we do that one back in January? No? Damn. Well, I guess we celebrated prematurely and need to put in some overtime. Unpack everything and back on position. Ready? Lights! Camera! Action!

Created in 1959, Asterix is a beloved French comic book character who has seen numerous movie and video game adaptations. While most of the recent games have been 3D affairs, Microids’ newly released Asterix and Obelix: Slap Them All is a side-scrolling 2D beat ‘em up. Even if you’ve never read an Asterix comic or seen one of the ...