In a new trailer released today by Capcom, it has been announced that Street Fighter V will be receiving a cinematic story expansion in June 2016, which details the juicy story events which happen during this iteration of Street Fighter. SFV is placed between Street Fighter IV and 3rd Strike…

In the latest trailer for the Attack on Titan game being developed by Tecmo Koei and Omega Force, we've had a glimpse at not only some jet powered Titan slicing, but some actual footage of possible Titan versus Titan fighting. The actual gameplay seems a bit like if you got…

Gothic horror had quite the calendar year in 2015 with Bloodborne, Sunless Sea and the Order 1886 all taking elements from that particular genre of horror to make their game worlds seem that little bit more uncomfortable. Among the Gothic crowd was an Early Access title called Darkest Dungeon, a…

The people at NetherRealm have certainly been busy! To continue this slew of Mortal Kombat X content which is coming out in the early part of this year, a special Game of the Year edition of Mortal Kombat X, creatively titled Mortal Kombat XL is coming to consoles both digitally…

Ahead of the first DLC release for Ubisoft's tactical shooter, leaked screenshots on imgur have surfaced which reveal vital information about the first two new Operators for Rainbow Six Siege. These two new Operators, supposedly called Frost and Buck are part of the Canadian Task Force and bring two new…

If you saw our little news post about Slain earlier in the week, you would have seen that metal-inspired combat puzzle platformer was set to release early next week. Unfortunately for metal heads everywhere, Wolf Brew Games have announced that Slain has had to be delayed, on the count of…

The quirky, Earthbound-esque RPG has become its own genre as of late, with LISA and Undertale establishing a base for this burgeoning genre, with other titles like YiiK: A Post Modern RPG further cementing this style of RPG in the early part of this year. Another game that seeks to…

The revival of one of the greatest Smash Bros tournaments has just happened and my god, what a resurrection. We have upsets across the board, nail biting sets and Oddshots up the wazoo, as Smashers from all over the world clashed in 3 different games for the title of Genesis…

Have you ever wonder what would happen if old school Castlevania and an Iron Maiden album cover had a child? Well, look no further than Slain!, a new hardcore platformer from Wolf Brew Games that sees you hacking your way through fiery pits, boneyards and plenty of gnarly looking monsters,…

Mortal Kombat X is getting better and better this year. With the ESL Finals coming up at the end of this month, more characters on the way with the second Kombat Pack and now, a beta test for improved online matchmaking for NetherRealm's bloody brawler. While MKX works great offline,…

In the ongoing 20th anniversary celebration of the original Pokemon games, Nintendo have announced that Pokken Tournament will be ready to fight on the 18th of March. Pokken Tournament is a 1v1 fighting game, where many of your favourite Pokemon gear up to beat the ever-loving tar out of each…

AGDQ 2016 wrapped up over the weekend and it was a fantastic week of speedruns. You had the TASbot breaking games in ridiculous ways, people speedrunning certain games blindfolded as well as various runs of incredibly difficult titles. There were so many great runs from this year’s AGDQ and I…

As promised by Ed Boon on Twitter, the people over at NetherRealm Studios have released a gameplay trailer for Kombat Pack 2 for Mortal Kombat X, showing the Triborg, Leatherface, Bo Rai Cho and the Alien in action and my god, do they look brutal. Leatherface stands out as the…

After their success with their tough as nails roguelike, Risk of Rain, the team over at Hopoo Games have just announced their new game, titled Deadbolt. In this stealth action hybrid, you take control of a skull faced reaper of souls, tasked with following the orders of a talking fireplace…

For all you hardcore RPG fans, you can now preorder the sequel to Square Enix's old school RPG, Bravely Second: End Layer, on the UK Nintendo Store. Bravely Default was a love letter to old school JRPGs, in line with the original 6 Final Fantasies, with tons of jobs to…

Ubisoft are beginning to roll out their latest title update for Rainbow Six Siege, hoping to resolve the plethora of bugs and performance issues the shooter is still having post launch. Update 1.2 will be available on PC tomorrow, while consoles will receive this patch next Tuesday. The main aim…

Oh dear Sony, this is not the start you want to the year. After having limited problems over the Christmas period, Sony's Playstation Network is currently experiencing major problems, which according to their support site, is set to continue until 7am GMT on January 7th. At this moment in time,…

It's not even half way through January and we already have the game roster for one of the FGC's biggest events confirmed. Revealed in a tweet by Jebailey, CEO's main tournament organizer, the 8 games that have an official spot on the title card for CEO 2016 are Ultra Street…

At this time of year, when we all look back and celebrate the good stuff that has come our way this year, it is also important to remember some of the absolute Grade A cock ups that have happened in the games industry. Incredibly shoddy ports, unethical business practices and…

Deciding the winner of Best Indie was a tough one, seeing as there has been a fair number of great indies released this year. There’s been the beautiful Ori and the Blind Forest, the addicting Rocket League and the engaging Her Story, to name but a few of the many…

2015 has been a great year for Smash, with the ever-increasing popularity of Melee and the influx of new fans to the community with the release of Smash 4, resulting in a big tournament almost every month and the continued growth of the competitive scene. It's not even 2016 yet…