Tag Archives: Fighting

We’ve written about Absolver before on GR+, but I was kinda “sleeping on it” as the kids say until I watched this trailer. My love for cinematic kung fu action alone couldn’t explain the stirrings of hype I felt within my bosom. I searched for answers in our Absolver preview …

Get ready for broken barrels, teleporting rocks and every national stereotype you can fit on to a 2D background. We present 14 perfect, far-flung locations from the Street Fighter series – it’s called World Warrior for a reason. Las Vegas, USA – Street Fighter 2: The World Warrior Balrog’s Las …

With a misuse of facial sliders and a careful application of wholesale moral deficiency, I’ve created a roster of the ugliest fighters to ever stumble into an Octagon. It’s a case of either cranking everything up to 11 or reverse-cranking it down to -1 and then marvelling/recoiling at whatever monstrosity …

Street Fighter 5 (opens in new tab), while fundamentally amazing, has been rightfully criticized for either lacking substantial features, or half-assing others. One such feature is its quote-unquote “Story” mode, which strings together three or four one-round fights unique to each fighter. They’re worth finishing because they’ll grant you some …

A sexy witch and a dragon-person are about to enter a melee with Mario, Samus, Kirby, and a whole bunch of other Nintendo characters. Bayonetta and Corrin, the next two characters to be added to Super Smash Bros. (opens in new tab) for Wii U and 3DS, will be available …

In creating amiibo (opens in new tab), Nintendo hit the emphatic fan (emfantic?) jackpot, with Nintendo devotees going to sometimes extreme lengths (opens in new tab) to to get their twitchy, grabby hands on these plastic idols to their favorite classic characters. But in addition to looking great and being …

If you want to play every Mortal Kombat X character (opens in new tab) but would rather not futz around with all that DLC business, Mortal Kombat XL is X-actly what you need. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and NetherRealm Studios today announced they will release an all-in-one edition of their …

It was quite the surprise when Nintendo secured exclusive rights to Bayonetta 2 (opens in new tab) – a violent action game starring a beautiful witch with long legs and a love of lollipops seen as a bit more … adult than the usual company faire. Well, prepare to feel …

There are but a few scant months between now and the February 16 release date for Street Fighter 5 (opens in new tab), so if you want to enter the ring with Capcom’s upcoming fighter, I’d suggest using that time to prepare. But where do you start, especially if Street …

It used to be that you couldn’t make a living playing video games, and Lord, did a certain generation of gamers hear that point emphasised a lot, as they (we) frittered away yet another afternoon in the Green Hill Zone. But times have changed. Sonic’s most successful work today involves …