Newer beat ‘em ups, besides actually being completable, know how to up the ante, give you a little extra value, a little more ...

Brawlers are the heavy hitters in fighting games, and every title in the genre has at least a few. Here are some that stand out above the rest. Progression systems in beat 'em ups can be an unwelcome ...

Outside of series built entirely around the premise like Battletoads or Final Fight, beat ‘em ups became the ultimate way to bring popular IP to gaming; basically, any cartoon or comic that had a core ...

Matt Karoglou is a freelance writer and musician who has been playing video games for 36 years and writing about them for almost as long. When he's not editorializing about the intricacies and ...

The latest Humble Bundle gets you seven iconic beat 'em ups for just $20 (£15.93) or just $2.87 (£2.28) each. This is a gold mine for fans of the genre, as it features a delightful mixture of old and ...

QUByte Interactive has announced fantasy beat 'em up game, Blades & Battles, for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam. View the announcement ...

At release, Towerborne will feature a variety of different weapons to equip your heroes (called Aces here) with. I had the chance to try out two of those weapons: the Warclub and Dual Daggers. That ...

The team crafted an excellent adventure inspired by Konami’s “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” adventures on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and arcades, and now, its follow-up echoes another ...

I grew up with arcade beat-em-ups like Konami’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time and X-Men. It was a genre I loved, so I was sad to see it diminish in relevance. Thankfully, beat-em-ups ...

"Marvel Cosmic Invasion finally gives the comic icons the beat 'em up they've so-long deserved. The Marvel Vs Capcom-inspired tag-team combat makes comboing hordes of villains ultra satisfying, but a ...

Development studios Guard Crush and Supamonks have partnered with Gamera Games and Dotemu to announce a brand-new game called Absolum. This is an action RPG meshed with the genre these folks know best ...

Some things are just meant to be. Peanut butter and chocolate. Movie theaters and popcorn. The Cleveland Browns and failure. By all rights, Power Rangers and a mid-90s arcade beat ‘em up should also ...