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The manga series Baki the Grappler will be getting a Super Punch-Out!! style 2D action game for Switch this September. This particular entry, officially known as Baki Hanma: Blood Arena, is based on the Netflix anime and is published by Purple Play and developed by Purple Tree, who also worked on the Punch-Out!! style game Thunder Ray. Here’s a bit about what you can expect: “Enter the brutal world of Baki Hanma: Blood Arena, a thrilling 2D action game inspired by the Netflix anime phenomenon Baki. With gameplay reminiscent of the classic Super Punch-Out!!, this game blends precision, timing, and shonen-style flair to deliver a high-energy combat experience. “Are you…
This week sees the arrival of Suikoden I & II HD Remaster: Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars on the Switch and multiple other platforms. The reviews are now rolling in for this two-in-one Konami offering, and if you are still not sure if this collection is right for you as a returning fan or newcomer, this round up might help you decide. Starting with our review here on Nintendo Life, we think these RPGs have largely stood the test of time (even with some issues) awarding this package 8/10 stars: “What impressed us most about revisiting these games isn’t just how well they’ve…
It appears Assassin’s Creed Shadows will demand roughly 107GB of SSD space when the time comes to install the new Ubisoft open worlder on PS5. The game is available for preload on Xbox Series X|S and is taking up the aforementioned amount of space, so it’s expected the PS5 version will be similar in size. The PS5 preload for Assassin’s Creed Shadows goes live much closer to launch, on 18th March 2025. Once you’ve got the title pre-installed, Assassin’s Creed Shadows will be available to play at midnight local time on 20th March 2025 worldwide. The graph below shares more details along…
Legendary (and often legendarily weird) manga Baki the Grappler is getting a video game adaptation… but it’s not what you might have expected. Taking clear inspiration from the classic Punch-Out!!! titles, Baki Hanma: Blood Arena is a 2D, over-the-shoulder beat-’em-up where you’ll need to get a read on your opponent’s moves and act accordingly. Unsurprisingly, the reveal has divided opinion. Some fans are just happy to see Baki get some recognition, while others have been left disappointed by the game’s simplistic visual style and supposed lack of gameplay depth. Baki Hanma: Blood Arena’s coming to PS5 and PS4 at some point in September —…
Ballistic Moon, the developer that worked with Sony on its PS5, PC remake of Until Dawn, has “effectively closed” down, according to a new report from Insider Gaming. The outlet suggests, after speaking to sources “with knowledge of the situation”, that the studio is down to its bare bones following a quiet round of layoffs in December for staff working on post-launch support for the game. Now, it’s said only the founders remain and “possibly” a handful of workers “at most”. While the team did work with Sony on the Until Dawn remake, Ballistic Moon remains an independent developer. It’s reported leads…
One of the highlights of March 2025’s Xbox Game Pass lineup is Mullet MadJack, which is a “high-octane action shooter” that’s been on PC for a while now, and it has an “Overwhelmingly Positive” rating over on Steam. This has never released on Xbox before, but it’s definitely coming on March 13th, and it brings with it a wild gameplay experience that’s apparently “90% arcade fun, 10% roguelite”. It’s not just the Steam rating that’s good either, as the Metacritic rating stands at a very impressive 88 – here are just a couple of reviews we’ve spotted: Destructoid (9/10) “Mullet MadJack is a lot of dumb fun, but…
February 2025 was an especially busy month for new PS5 releases — and it would have been even busier had Assassin’s Creed Shadows not been delayed into March! Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 kicked off last month in a big way, with the hardcore RPG racking up seriously impressive review scores before wowing players both new and old. Meanwhile, the mental Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii offered something familiar but fresh, and of course, February was closed out by the seemingly almighty Monster Hunter Wilds. That’s a lot of game! But let’s not overlook the likes of Civilization 7 and Trails through Daybreak 2. Those two titles couldn’t…
Naughty Dog studio head Neil Druckmann has warned in a new interview that you should not expect The Last of Us 3 to be a surefire bet that actually gets made in the future. Despite the open-ended conclusion of the second game and his claim there’s “probably one more chapter to the story”, Druckmann suggests there aren’t any guarantees around a third game. The comment comes from a new interview with Variety discussing HBO’s second season of its TV adaptation of The Last of Us. Towards the end of the piece, Druckmann is asked about The Last of Us 3. He responds: “I was…
Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra, the superhero action game featuring Black Panther and Captain America, has been an elusive game since its initial reveal, but thanks to a loose-lipped voice actor, it seems we now know when it’s due out. In an interview with The Direct, voice actor Khary Payton — who plays Black Panther in the game — says the game is “still planning on 2025” for launch, narrowing that down to “a Christmas situation”. First revealed in 2022 without a title, the game got its first proper unveiling at last year’s GDC. As the name suggests, the game has a historic…
It feels like there’s not really been much hype around Age of Mythology: Retold over the past however many months, even despite the fact we really like the game itself, but perhaps its new expansion will help to change all that. Yes, Age of Mythology: Retold – Immortal Pillars is now available across Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and PC, serving as the game’s first expansion that’s both included in the Premium Edition and available separately for £14.99 / $17.99. In Immortal Pillars, you’ll be able to experience a new “legendary journey” featuring “a new pantheon of gods, legendary myth units, and awe-inspiring…