UFC Undisputed 2010 (PSP)

UFC Undisputed 2010 on PSP is going to be an interesting case study. Here, you have a portable port of a big budget PlayStation 3/Xbox 360 game. The fighters, modes, and options you’d expect from those versions have been carried over to the PSP, and from a broad perspective the transition went smoothly. Still, this [...]

Samurai Shodown III

Go, fire claw! Samurai Shodown III: Blades of Blood first appeared in American arcades back in 1995, when interest in the fighting craze most characterized by the Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat franchises was beginning to wane. SNK’s Samurai Shodown series had found its own following in that era, though, thanks to its unique focus [...]

Meow Meow Happy Fight (iPhone)

Twin-stick shooters are plentiful in the App Store, but few have the charm of Meow Meow Happy Fight, a ridiculous romp through the city streets of Japan. You pick a silly hero from a roster of goofs like a bowl of ramen or a six-legged cat ball, and then roll around arenas, blasting enemies for points [...]

Kung-Fu Live Preview

Earlier this year, Nintendo released Photo Dojo on DSi. The $2 game lets you take a few photos of yourself, record a couple sound effects, and insert your body and voice into a rudimentary little side-scrolling brawler. It was a great laugh, but pretty limited. This fall, Kung-Fu Live will take this idea to the next [...]

Street Fighter IV On Facebook?

What do you do when you are a major Japanese video game maker who faces a shrinking home market and sees the social games sector virtually explode at the same time? You make the jump, just like Capcom, the brand behind such hit games like Street Fighter, Resident Evil, or Mega Man. According to Japanese business [...]

New EA Sports MMA Online Features Revealed

We’ve been covering EA Sports MMA for some time now. Well, it seems that this long, hard road is about to come to an end when the game finally ships later this year. I’m excited to see what the finished product will hold for fight fans, but before the game hits stores, EA Sports has seen fit [...]

Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World Game ( PS3 )

Scott Pilgrim has given his 8-bit heart to Ramona Flowers. Only problem is that in order to be with Ramona, Scott must defeat her seven evil exes. Guess he didn’t read eHarmony’s fine print. No problem for Scott though, as he and a group of friends are all set to kick, punch, throw, pummel, and [...]