(AfroGamers.com) Double Dragon is an OG of beat ‘em up games. Developed by Technos, the first game dropped in 1987 and was supposed to be a sequel of the Kunio-kun franchise, one of my favorite beat ‘em up franchises of all time. Four years later, Rare developed Battletoads. Then someone ...
(AfroGamers.com) The Super Mario franchise has a number of spin-offs in its over 40-year run. We touched on two spinoffs in our “Here Are 5 of the Best Video Game Spinoffs” piece. Now we’re focusing just on Super Mario and ranking the spinoffs from strongest to pretty damn strong. Will ...
(AfroGamers.com) Roughly three years ago, our own Joe D wrote a tribute to the late Stan Lee in the form of his favorite Marvel games. Number three on that list was a favorite of mine: Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage. Spider-Man and Venom Team Up This game takes the 1993 ...
(AfroGamers.com) Super Street Fighter II was a landmark in the Street Fighter franchise. It featured the best roster of fighters, a graphical improvement, and was just tons of fun to play and sh** talk with friends. The Super Nintendo version was the one I regularly brought to school during the ...
(AfroGamers.com) Bandai Namco’s Pac-Man is one of the legendary franchises in video game history. It’s one of the franchises that put Namco on the map in gaming while eating up high score-chasing arcade goers’ quarters for decades. If you can find an arcade, there’s likely to be a Pac-Man or ...
(AfroGamers.com) With a couple of classics getting HD remakes in recent years, it wouldn’t be surprising to see plenty of them coming down the pike going forward. There was a time when there wasn’t a big deal around remakes but that’s definitely changing. The best thing about these HD remakes ...
(AfroGamers.com) Recently, we got another “State of Play” for the PlayStation family of consoles. Most of it was geared towards the PlayStation 5 which is still not in the greatest supply. What games stood out? Let’s take a look! Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (2023) For me, this was the standout from ...
(AfroGamers.com) In 2017, Studio Wildcard released Ark: Survival Evolved, an open-world survival game. When it first came out, it was one of several sensations in live streaming and with good reason. Before diving into this title, it’s important to note that there have definitely been survivor games before Ark and ...
(AfroGamers.com) Late-2020 was dominated by the social deduction Among Us. Actually, social and multiplayer titles such as Animal Crossing: New Horizons. After garnering media coverage and racking up several awards, people wanted to know what was next for the title and the developers. Would they capitalize on the momentum and ...
(AfroGamers.com) The year 2021 will continue to bring a mix of games, some great old titles that may have been forgotten and others that are still quite new. Add to the mix a new console and you have a completely different time for gaming. A few of the games on ...