Distributed by VNGGames, the mobile game Metal Slug Awakening, licensed by SNK, developed & launched by Tencent will officially open beta on 22 August 2023. The latest Metal Slug Awakening also marked the comeback of the legendary arcade game which is widely known for its side-scrolling game style and is now rep

Jordan Vogt-Roberts' Metal Gear Solid movie adaptation has been gestating for several years now, but we finally have the actor who will bring the iconic Solid Snake to life and it's none other than Oscar Isaac. Isaac is best known for playing ace pilot Poe Dameron in the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy movies and other fi

Konami has announced that PC versions of Metal Gear, Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance, and Konami Collector’s Series: Castlevania and Contra are now available via GOG. After not being on PC for almost 20 years, gamers will finally have the chance to experience the first two M

Developer The Behemoth has announced a classic run-and-gun game, Alien Hominid HD is slated to launch for modern platforms later this year. Alien Hominid HD is an upcoming remake of the side-scrolling indie flash game that was originally released on the popular flash-based content website Newgrounds in 2002. The

Platform(s): PC (version reviewed), Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch Genre: 2D Run-And-Gun Shoot-em-Up; basically Contra If it weren't for Konami who has a tight rein on its Contra brand, you can mistaken WayForward's "new" 2D run-and-gun shooter game Spidersaurs as the next Contra entry. After all, the Shantae devel

WayForward just announced a pretty rad-looking 2D run-and-gun shoot-em-up featuring spiders and rock stars. It's called Spidersaurs and you play either officer-in-training Adrian or punk rocker Victoria as they run, jump, climb, and shoot their way out of many 2D levels filled with spiders, creatures spliced with sp

The classic 23-year-old Neo Geo Pocket game, SNK Vs Capcom Card Fighters’ Clash is now available for download on the Nintendo Switch. First released all the way back in 1999, the classic game SNK Vs Capcom Card Fighters’ Clash is making a return on the Nintendo Switch and is available for purchase righ

It's the new year, meaning a fresh crop of games to look forward to. Here are our top upcoming picks of 2022; hopefully they end up well-made. Horizon Forbidden West Platforms: PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 Release Date: 18th February 2022 2017's Horizon Zero Dawn remains one of the most popular PS4 exclusiv

Article originally posted on March 2020. Bumped up to October 2021 since it's the NA anniversary of the PS2 launch. Happy birthday week, PlayStation 2. You were quite a juggernaut during your heyday, slaying even the mighty Sega Dreamcast and Nintendo Gamecube with your plethora of games and exclusives. Heck, you

The last Nintendo Indie World Showcase live stream took place in April 2021, while the last full Nintendo Direct presentation was during E3 2021 in June 2021. The Nintendo World Showcase August 2021 live stream presented a lot of exciting new indie games for Nintendo Switch owners to look forward to. If you want mor

E3 2021, or the Summer Of Gaming 2021 online edition according to us at the KKP virtual offices, is not done yet pretty much done & dusted. But among all the 100 games we've seen and played, we already have our top picks and best of show. Here they are, based on our staff picks. And if you need the best E3 2021

Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest 2021 has kicked off with a two-hour live stream earlier today. The presentation featured more than 30 games, including new game announcements but primarily focused on updates from announced titles. Check them out below: Elden Ring It's the follow-up to From Softwa

Platform(s): PC (Version played), Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One Genre: 2D Shooter Tribute To Metal Slug, But With A Goose Sometimes, simplicity is the best policy. If you tell me that someone is making a 2D run-and-gun game in the veins of the classic Metal Slug series, but starring a cybernetic bounty hunter Goos

I do love me some Metal Slug action; the thrill of just casually running left to right mowing down not-Nazis, zombies, and aliens using Heavy Machine Guns and tanks called Metal Slugs just tickles my fancy so much. Which is why I'm happy to get a taste of the obvious SNK shooter tribute Mighty Goose. Published by Pl

Never thought we'd see a figurehead of a country take over one of the 90s most prominent arcade game-making companies. In recent news via Twitter's Gatoray_KOF, SNK's majority of shares has been purchased by the Saudi-based Electronic Gaming Development Company; about 33.3 percent. That's not all though: the Saudi C

First it was Untitled Goose Game that brought the limelight to these flightless birds in video game form. Now we can add another title into the mix: Mighty Goose. Made by Blastmode and MP2 Games & published by Playism, Mighty Goose is a 2D run and gun shooter with pixel graphics, tons of explosions, and a goose

With the Dragon Quest Hero already in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, many fans are speculating over who will be the next fighter in the game's Season Pass. So far, here are the current rumours. Tecmo's Ninja Gaiden A YouTuber named IAmShifty claims that he knows the identity of the next fighter after Banjo-Kazooie: Ryu Ha

It's the halfway point of 2019, and we've seen a whole slew of titles big and small already out on shelves and on the digital platforms of your choice. And because some of you want to find out what else is there to play apart from the first two games we're going to mention on this "Best Games Of 2019 So Far" List, we f

Platform: PC, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch Genre: 2D Run-And-Gun Shooter Welp, with Konami not giving much f***s about its IPs and repackaging games in retro bundles, it's really up to other developers to show its predecessors how it's done. And that's what the new 2D run-and-gun title Blazing Chrome is about: gunni

Between sound-deafening cheers as players mounted their comeback and the persistent clicking of buttons on an arcade stick, FV x SEA Major 2019 demonstrated some great levels of hype from some of the most avid fighting game fans in Malaysia. Taking place over last weekend from 23 - 24 March at Lightbox, we got to see