The objective of this genre of game is easy enough for anyone to understand. How titles in the beat ‘em up genre distinguish themselves, however, is through their unique integration of other concepts into the move forward and beat the heck out of everything formula. Whether it is a fantasy theme, a popular IP from [...]
It’s been a busy week, especially for new arcade releases. As you’ll gather from today’s Newsbytes, there’s even more of that action going on, but we’ll cover some other quick pieces of news. Let’s get to it! The Forums Are Back After some of you readers got into a discussion about the state of modern [...]
We love a good brawler, so are loving the announcement that one of our favourite retro brawler series is making a come back with Streets of Rage 4 slated for release this year. So, to get you (and ourselves) into the mood, we’ve looked back over the classics of the genre and pulled together our [...]
A staple of the 1990s arcade scene, side-scrolling beat ‘em ups are simple enough in nature for anyone to grasp and compelling such that anyone can enjoy them. Though it started on its path to popularity in the arcades, beat ‘em up games are actually one of the older genres in the industry. Whether it [...]