The wildly successful reboot of the legendary Mortal Kombat franchise was initially refused classification in Australia. Too violent and all that. So, believe it or not, this release of the Komplete edition is the first opportunity that many Australians have had to play the game. Sadly, a release date just…
Read MoreWarner Bros. clearly had this game in mind when it acquired Ed Boon’s team at NetherRealm Studios. It must have been a moment of celebration at the publisher’s headquarters when a premier fighting game developer went on the open market; here was after all an opportunity to bring in-house the…
Read MoreEvery so often I have to admit that I get a review wrong. When I reviewed Dead or Alive 5 on the PlayStation 3, I’d plugged about 30 hours into it, and while I enjoyed it, it didn’t quite hook into me like I wanted it to. But this was…
Read MoreI’ve never quite ‘understood’ Tekken, so if you are a big fan of the series, please look away now. Where I can understand the controls and structures of most fighting games, Tekken’s complexities have always felt a little alien to me. Where I can decimate opponents through a combo string…
Read MoreSmash Brothers clone? Smash Brothers beater? Work of genius, or just plain hack job? PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale has been a controversial game since it was first announced, as for many it represented a very cynical ploy by Sony to capitalise on a multi-million dollar franchise. As far as I’m…
Read MoreWhat happens when you take the casual fighting, jiggle-fest, that is Dead or Alive and turn into a more serious fighting game with a deeper combat system? Dead or Alive 5. In a surprise move, this game dials back the sex a little to focus more on tight combat mechanics…
Read MoreThere’s two game genres that are always going to be a challenge to recreate without physical buttons: the FPS and the fighting game. There’s been a couple of good examples of each (see Soul Calibur as a prime example of a good fighting game on the iPad), but unfortunately despite an…
Read MoreThere’s two game genres that are always going to be a challenge to recreate without physical buttons: the FPS and the fighting game. There’s been a couple of good examples of each (see Soul Calibur as a prime example of a good fighting game on the iPad), but unfortunately despite an…
Read MoreWhen it comes to 2D fighters I’m an absolute dunce. I have no problems admitting this; I suck at these games and because I suck at them, I very rarely play them. I haven’t played a Street Fighter game in some 10 years and my tastes very much lie in…
Read MoreWhen it comes to 2D fighters I’m an absolute dunce. I have no problems admitting this; I suck at these games and because I suck at them, I very rarely play them. I haven’t played a Street Fighter game in some 10 years and my tastes very much lie in…
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