King of Fighters Nests was originally scheduled to be released in June 2006, but SNK Playmore delayed the title until 2007. SNK Playmore just announced that King of Fighters Nests is coming out on April 19, 2007 for the Playstation 2. It is a compilation of four King of Fighters games:   The King of [...]

Usually there’s a new King of Fighters game released every year, but in 2007 we’re going to see at least three. King of Fighters XII is supposedly going to conclude the “Tales of Ash” arc and is going to be released on the Taito Type X2 arcade system instead of the Atomiswave arcade boards the [...]

Next week 2K Games brings Family Guy to retail shelves and these two clips show that the game has the same wacky humor as the cartoon show. While there are no gameplay videos yet, Destructoid has hands on impressions of the game. There is another bonus about the release of Family Guy, that has little [...]

The King of Fighters series is twelve years old. In video game years, that’s a long time. When it was introduced, the arcades were still lively, with a health market for 2D fighters. And that’s two console generations – we’ve seen the decline of 2D to make way for 3D, and the rise of the [...]

When it was released in 2005, King of Fighters Maximum Impact was something of a surprise. It was SNK’s first 3D fighting game since their obscure Hyper Neo Geo 64 titles, and nobody really expected anything good. In spite of all of the odds against it, Maximum Impact felt like an excellent example of a [...]

As much as E3 is hyped as being the biggest video game convention on the planet, it’s really a lousy place to play games. The flashing lights are distracting, the loud noises often make it impossible to hear any sound, and certain people don’t understand that you don’t sit and play a game for twenty [...]

Check past the jump for the North American cover art of Metal Slug (GBA), SNK vs. Capcom Card Fighters DS, and King of Fighters 2006 (PS2).  

SNK Playmore follows up their 3D King of Fighters game with a sequel. The game is set for a release on 04.27.06 in Japan. We’ve got some new screens showing off battle scenes with Iori, Terry, Kula, Mai and Mignon plus one screen that shows of a mini car smashing mini game.  

Think you know your 2D fighters? How many King of Fighters games were released on the Dreamcast? Mortal Kombat: Gold added in how many new characters? Which edition of Street Fighter introduced “parrying”? Racketboy has the answers to these questions and a look at the 2D fighting games that came to the Dreamcast.   Read [...]

Neo Geo Battle Coliseum is, for all intents and purposes, the sequel to SvC Chaos. It ditches all of the Capcom characters, but greatly expands the character selection and fine tunes the fighting, resulting in a far more complete experience. Neo Geo Battle Coliseum expands the concept behind King of Fighters and grabs nearly all [...]

Even after all of these years of sprite based battling there hasn’t ever been a 3D King of Fighters game. With so many other 3D fighters out there such as Virtual Fighter 4 Evolution, Soul Calibur 2, Tekken 4 and even Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance can a 3D King of Fighters stand out on its [...]

The Rumble Fish does come from companies with experience. Sammy has the already successful Guilty Gear series and Dimps designed the Dragon Ball Z Budokai games. Working together they managed to create one of the most tactical 2D combat systems to date. Read our playtest for more details on The Rumble Fish.