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Legendary Buys Street Fighter Movie Rights

AlexGherzo | Apr 4, 2023 | 0

Moviegoers better practice their hadoukens. Legendary has secured the film and TV rights to Street Fighter, the popular fighting game franchise that has been a gaming fixture since 1987. According to Deadline, plans are already underway for a movie. The video game series, which was created and is st...

Mortal Kombat Trailer Gets Over Here

AlexGherzo | Feb 18, 2021 | 3

Fatalities flew online today as Warner Bros. released the first trailer for their upcoming Mortal Kombat. Based on the popular fighting game franchise, Mortal Kombat will center on Cole Young, an original character who finds himself drawn into the mystical tournament that decides the fate of the wor...

Nintendo Direct – February 2021 Super Smash Bros. DLC Fighter Pyra/Mythra

andrewrodriguez | Feb 17, 2021 | 2

A new challenger has appeared! Each new fighter announcement for Super Smash Brothers Ultimate is always an event unto itself. The level of anticipation that leads up to the official announcement for the next addition to the party fighter’s roster cannot be overstated. And usually, so long as ...

REVIEW: Samurai Shodown NeoGeo Collection (2020)

Spike | Jul 9, 2020 | 4

The beginning of the 21st Century was hard for SNK, the company that became the Rolls Royce of console gaming during the early years of the ’90s with their NeoGeo AES. This system was the first one to bring the arcade experience into your living room by literally making game cartridges out of ...

Warner Bros. Dates Mortal Kombat with James Wan to Produce

brettstevens | May 22, 2019 | 0

Warner Bros. is finally ready to test their might. Deadline reports that the James Wan-produced Mortal Kombat movie now has a release date of March 5, 2021. This is news I’ve been hoping for since 2010 when the Kevin Tancharoen-directed Mortal Kombat: Rebirth short was released. Don’t get me wro...

REVIEW: Dead or Alive 6 (2019)

andrewrodriguez | Mar 18, 2019 | 2

“She kicks high” Full disclosure: I’ve been playing the Dead or Alive franchise since the first entry in arcades (for you munchkins that have no clue what one of those is, it’s a place where you go after school to burn through what little money you have from allowance or from savin...