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Yatagarasu Enter the Eastward Announced During CES 2024
The Yatagarasu Development Team is pleased to announce the release of “Yatagarasu Enter the Eastward”, a 2D fighting game, which is coming to Steam worldwide in Q1 2024 and on NESiCAxLive platform in Japanese arcades in collaboration with hardware maker MadCatz Global Limited during the CES 2024.
Granblue Fantasy: Versus (PS4) Review
Granblue Fantasy is apparently a super popular gacha game that released in 2014 and has since spun off into an anime and now a fighter made by the renowned Arc System Works. I’ll fully admit that I don’t know anything about Granblue Fantasy at all, but I play a lot of Dragalia Lost, which is an action RPG on my iPhone, and from what I’ve been told Cygames included a lot of Granbl...[Read More]
Power Rangers Battle for the Grid (PS4) Review
At one time, Power Rangers was the most successful television brand that Fox had ever produced. Working in tandem with Saban Entertainment, the show caused an almost instant cultural phenomenon by using Japanese Super Sentai footage and injecting it with an American narrative where actors were brought in and voices were dubbed over ranger scenes. Throughout the 90s, Power Rangers was unstoppable b...[Read More]
Giveaway – Power Rangers Battle for the Grid
Most writers here at Marooners’ Rock grew up with the Power Rangers, an American adaptation of a Japanese TV show that skyrocketed into pop-culture iconography in the early 90s. Even now, the tradition continues with Power Rangers Beast Morphers. For games, this year saw the release of a 3v3 fighter known as Battle for the Grid, a game that taps into nostalgia and new-age comic stories for a...[Read More]
Power Rangers Battle for the Grid Update adds PS4 Crossplay and Lobbies
Usually, Power Rangers games do not get continued support, often being developed and released quickly. Yet, that trend has appeared to die out as more focus is being given to recent games. This is the case with Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, a 3v3 fighter similar to Marvel vs Capcom. Battle for the Grid recently launched a new patch, adding PS4 to the crossplay pool, online lobbies, and spect...[Read More]
Roman Reigns is the Featured Superstar in WWE 2K20 Towers Mode
Take-Two Interactive has announced details about upcoming WWE 2K20 and its Towers game mode. This is the second year that WWE and 2K have included a behind the scenes look at one of WWE’s more prominent superstars. Last year WWE 2K19′s Towers Mode focused on the 10-year journey of the underdog Daniel Bryan. However, this year’s Towers Mode will focus on the career of “The B...[Read More]
My Hero: One’s Justice (Xbox One) Review
I had only played a handful of arena fighters before this year. I do enjoy 3D fighters like Soul Calibur (I recently reviewed Soul Calibur VI) and Tekken, but arena fighters never quite clicked with me.Fast forward to the release of My Hero: One’s Justice, which is a 3D arena fighter based on the popular manga and anime series and I may have found one that I truly connect with. Does this title hit...[Read More]
Fighting Game Brawlout is Announced for Nintendo Switch
Who isn’t a fan of fighting games, right? Well today the team at Angry Mob Games announced that the game Brawlout is coming to the Nintendo Switch. If you’re like me and it’s your first time hearing of the game it’s hard not to see what’s going on with it. What is Brawlout you ask? Following a successful launch on Steam Early Access in April 2017, platform fighting ga...[Read More]
ARMS (Nintendo Switch) Review
Nintendo has been criticized in the past about their reluctance to change. We’ve seen countless franchises stuck in similar designs, all for the sake of consistency and the rejection of trying something new. In contrast to this idea though, Nintendo has recently been putting out incredibly unique games, expanding their cast of colorful characters and creations. While we got the excellent Spl...[Read More]
Dragon Ball FighterZ Revealed at E3
A couple days ago, we got news that Arc System Works, the developers of Guilty Gear and BlazBlue, were working on a Dragon Ball Z game. Well, the footage has been revealed at Microsoft’s E3 press conference and it could be the fighting game fans have always wanted. Dragon Ball FighterZ looks to be a dream come true for fighting game enthusiasts and fans of the anime alike.
ARMS (Switch) Preview + Video and Commentary
When the Switch was announced we got to see just a few games that were coming to it. Shortly after its announcement there was an official Nintendo Direct that detailed even more games. One of the most unique titles out of that was ARMS, a fighting game featuring characters with springs for arms. Later on, we were treated to a full video sharing what could be expected of ARMS and recently players w...[Read More]
ARMS – The Many Ways to Play
The big Global Test Punch has been active at various times this weekend, giving players a pretty solid look into what they can expect from ARMS. ARMS is the latest new intellectual property from Nintendo, a company that is pretty well known for sticking to its guns with its major franchises. While ARMS has a focus on using the Switch’s motion controls, there are plenty of ways to play and I&...[Read More]
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