While the beat-’em-up genre grew to epic proportions in the 1990s, it began in the late 1980s with some exceptional titles that introduced the concept to a generation of gamers. They were relatively ...

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 ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from QUByte Classics: Beat ‘Em Up Collection A collection of seven retro beat ’em ups with enhanced features like rewind, cheats, screen filters, and more! Games ...

Beat 'Em Up Collection (QUByte Classics) brings together seven intense side-scrolling action games in a retro-fueled compilation. From ancient legends to dystopian futures, punch, kick, and slash your ...

Oh, to be a fly on the wall at Guard Crush Games as it was applying the finishing touches to Absolum and out of nowhere came Hades 2's release date. Here, after all, is a run-based game in which the ...

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 ...