The free-to-play 2D platform fighter MultiVersus will get out of slumber soon after its 9-month hiatus since June 2023. MultiVersus will launch for PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series, and Xbox One on 28 May. No word on whether this is a worldwide release, or one strictly for USA and Europe. Last we checked, Asia couldn't get

Publisher Bushiroad Games and developer Eighting has announced the platforms of its upcoming anime-licensed fighting game. Hunter x Hunter: Nen x Impact, an upcoming 2D fighting game based on the Hunter x Hunter anime & manga series, will be out for PC, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch. If you want to have a g

Riot Games has announced that the League Of Legends spinoff fighting game, Project L, has received a new official title and name, 2XKO. The trailer also reveals our first look at a new playable character, Illaoi. 2XKO will be a 2v2 tag-based fighting game featuring playable characters such as Darius, Ekko, Ah

Maximum Entertainment has announced that they have entered into a partnership with Paramount Consumer Products to develop a competitive multiplayer fighting game set in the universe of Avatar The Last Airbender. It will launch in Early Access in 2025. However, specific platforms were not revealed during the announce

Nicalis and Nabi Studios have announced that Toribash Next, a free-to-play fighting game and sequel to the original Toribash, will launch for PC via Steam and Epic Games Store on 24 January 2024. Toribash Next is the sequel to Toribash, the award-winning turn-based sandbox fighting game. Toribash revolutionized the

Publisher Bushiroad Games and developer Eighting will be making a fighting game on a long-existing anime franchise: Hunter x Hunter. The title is billed as a"full-scale fighting game" (via Dengeki Online), but whether it's a 2D one or a 3D one (or a 3D arena type *shudder) remains to be seen. We will be getting more

Publisher and developer California-based indie studio, Punkzilla has announced Combo Devils, a new fighting game that bridges the gap between platform fighters and traditional fighting games, according to them. The game promises campaign and versus mode, minigames, rewards, cosmetics, and much more. Combo Devils

At The Game Awards 2023, Bandai Namco announced Dragon Ball Sparking! Zero. It's being developed for the PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC. However, no release windows were announced. Check out the trailer below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0aNYMv_mbI&ab_channel=BANDAINAMCOEurope

Ari Weintraub, better known as Floe to the USA fighting game community, has passed away. He was 39. He died on 16 October "peacefully surrounded by loved ones after a series of strokes took his life". He was a former member of Evil Geniuses in the fighting games division, while also being a renowned content creat

Riot Games has revealed more info about its upcoming 2D fighting game Project L via a new developer diary. In this new entry, Riot Games producer Tom Cannon introduces the duo play system. Basically, the game will have two players teaming up as a tag team to fight two other players. Don't worry, you can still play a

Thanks to the popularity of shonen anime Bleach's Thousand-Year Blood War arc in animated form, we're getting a new Bleach video game. Publisher Nuverse (of Marvel Snap) has announced a 3D fighting action game called Bleach: Soul Resonance. It features playable characters from the show like Ichigo, Orihime, Ishida,

Publisher and developer Two Lives Left announced that players can now register for the Punchimals Closed Beta prior to launch in 2024. However, there is no specific date given for when the closed beta will take place. Punchimals, a physics-based 2.5D fighting indie game lets players pilot giant mechs using cute chub

Community Effort Orlando Fighting Game Championships, or CEO for short, is a pretty big deal for many fighting game fans and tournament players. The massive fighting game tournament features not just esports mainstays like Tekken 7, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and Guilty Gear Strive, but also Street Fighter 6 which mad

It's been ages since we've had a fighting game with lane-switching ala Fatal Fury, or even the Bleach games on the Nintendo DS. That's making a comeback with this new indie fighter title. Diesel Legacy: The Brazen Age is a 2-versus-2 fighting game from Modus Games and Modus Studios where four players fight on the sa

Platforms: PC (version reviewed), PS5, PS4, Xbox Series, Xbox One Genre: 2D fighting game to end all 2D fighting games (at least for 2023) Video game company Capcom is clearly in a new golden age post-Keiji Inafune and Yoshinori Ono, what with its overhauling of its games, its many Resident Evil remakes for good an

Even after 7 years, the Killer Instinct reboot isn't going anywhere. While it's common to see a lot of online games getting shut down after more than 5 years, it's nice to report on something that's on the opposite tangent. Killer Instinct is responding to its current legacy server infrastructure issues by migrating

In a "no s***, Sherlock" moment in video games, a 2D fighting game with lush pixel art and features loveable VTubers duking it out has garnered critical acclaim within 24 hours of its release. Idol Showdown, the new PC 2D fighting game from Besto Games, has been downloaded 200,000+ and has over 10,000 concurrent pla

Platform: PC Genre: 2D fighting game with Vtubers and the nonsense/memes that follow Besto Games Team has created the perfect stopgap game before Street Fighter 6: a 2D fighting game called Idol Showdown. And it only costs you free-ninety-nine! The premise is simple: pick one VTuber from the eight-person roster

Star Wars week will be busy when it comes to the fangame vtuber community. Idol Showdown, a Hololive Fighting Game, will be out on 6th May GMT+8 on PC (via Steam), which is 11 days from now. Since it's a fangame that isn't profiting off of Cover and the Hololive brand, the game will be free. In addition, the game

New information about Riot's upcoming 2D fighting game Project L has surfaced, and it's all from One of the world's top Street Fighter players, Bruce "Gamerbee" Hsiang, was invited to attend a Project L banquet held by Riot Games. He was allowed to talk about several key points surrounding the game, including points