The RetroBeat: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate gives neglected characters life
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is not a retro game. It’s the opposite. We’re months away from its December 7 release for the Switch. But Nintendo’s...
The RetroBeat: For the love of Rocket Knight
When talking about the best platformers of the 16-bit era, you probably hear the same names over and over again: Sonic the Hedgehog, Yoshi’s...
Konami’s cult mech classic Zone of the Enders 2 goes VR and 4K on September 4
With one of the games industry’s best catalogs of memorable IPs, Japanese developer Konami picked the cult classic Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner...
Ex-Castlevania boss launches 8-bit Bloodstained precursor
While Konami is making a Castlevania for mobile, one of the company’s former producers is resurrecting the spirit of the Dracula-killing franchise in a...
Konami ends partnership with UEFA as Pro Evolution Soccer’s future becomes unclear
UEFA (Union of European Football Association) announced today that Konami is ending its 10-year partnership with the organization. Konami publishes the yearly Pro Evolution...
Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls brings the vampire-hunting series back to iOS
Konami announced Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls, a new iOS entry for the series of whip-slinging side-scrollers, via Gematsu (a Western blog that covers games from Japan). This...
Here’s what Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner MARS looks like in 4K
Konami is still releasing video games, and it is going to keep that trend up at least through September when it launches the updated...
Metal Gear Survive — watch me puke and punch animals
The new Metal Gear game is out from publisher and global pachinko-gambling syndicate Konami, and as far as I can tell, it’s about drinking...
This imitation Kojima Metal Gear Survive meat tastes just like the real thing* (*it doesn’t)
Hideo Kojima doesn’t work at Konami anymore, but the publisher is still making Metal Gear games. And that unprecedented dynamic has led to a...
Steamed Hams from ‘The Simpsons’ is better with Metal Gear Solid
“The Simpsons” has had a lot of great moments, but my favorite came when Principal Skinner hosted Superintendent Chalmers for lunch and hell broke...