If you want to bring you game to the next level, there’s nothing like a turbo button. This fossil from the days of the NES allows the controller to register a single button press as multiple presses, giving the player a huge advantage in contests of speed. The turbo button hasn’t been used in nearly [...]
Fighting game tournaments are always pretty intense. You get a bunch of competitive, button-mashing gamers together in one venue and sic them all on each other, dangling prizes and swag in front of their oh-so-determined faces. The tourney that accompanies the launch of Tekken 6, however, promises to be even more off the chain, since [...]
If you’re a fighting game fan, chances are there’s only one game on your mind these days: Super Street Fighter IV. After a series of vague suggestions, Capcom has unleashed the eagerly awaited sequel to the button-mashing public. Fans have been scrutinizing the game’s Japanese web site for endless hours, and one astute enthusiast has [...]
As a kid, I was a die-hard subscriber to Nintendo Power. It was simply the best resource out there for the SNES, and eventually, the N64. As a subscriber, I got a number of other benefits, including VHS tapes hosted by super-energetic game testers who gave sneak peeks at games like Donkey Kong Country and [...]
There was a time, during freshman year of high school, when I tried my best to make ‘two great tastes that taste great together’ into my personal catch-phrase. It didn’t apply to quite as many situations as I first hoped, so I shelved it right next to ‘boo-yeah!’ and ‘the bomb diggity.’ I haven’t had [...]
Remember Gladiator? When it was first released, I was a little too young to appreciate its gory, macho aesthetic. But a couple years later, when I watched it with my dad as a rite of passage, I had to give some props to Ridley Scott’s sword-swinging epic. The story of a gladiator is a truly [...]
Gamers, time to stand up for what you believe in! Those of you who’ve played the Smash Bros. games or the Marvel vs. Capcom series know that a crossover game can be ridiculously fun. (Anyone who’s played Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe…hear me out, OK?) But imagine how much more fun it could be if [...]
There’s a point at which you can’t get any better at a 2D fighter. You know the moves. You know the combos. You can pick any character in the game and run the table with any two-bit chump who dares to venture online. What do you do now? You go out and look for your [...]
WB Games’ Chicago team, the group tasked with developing the ninth entry in the legendary Mortal Kombat series, is looking for a senior network software engineer. A job posting to their website informs potential applicants:
You will work closely with architects and designers on both the Mortal Kombat team and the advanced technology group to help [...]
