Party like it's 1991.

The Cutting Edges of Art meets Japanese Lore.

It's been fifteen years since SNK broke out The King of Fighters series, but only now does their star franchise come to the Xbox 360 and PS3 via King of Fighters XII. King of Fighters XII includes online play, twenty-two hand drawn characters, and new additions to the core gameplay, but does it deserve your hard earned gaming dollar? Let's take a closer look, shall we?

What's worse than a worm in an apple?...

This Mushroom’s one pretty fungi.

SNK Playmore and Ignition have a lot of fighter fans buzzing about their upcoming King of Fighters XII release, due sometime this summer. To help hold over fans of the fifteen year old series, King of Fighters 98 Ultimate Match was recently released on the PS2.

Brownie Brown takes another crack at real-time strategy on the DS, this time with even more of an RPG twist.

SNK's Metal Slug series has seen years of successful sequels and releases on platforms ranging from Arcade to Wii. Now, SNK is bringing Metal Slug to the Nintendo DS in the form of Metal Slug 7. Not available on any other platform at this time, Metal Slug 7 offers players more of the intense platforming action we've come to know and love from the series.

Systems as successful as the DS, GBA, Wii, or PS2 don’t necessarily require developers to create unique games in order to be profitable. If people are buying the system (which is/was the case with these systems), chances are there’s some group of people that will buy your game, regardless of its quality or distinctiveness. Thus, over the years, core gamers have had to sift through a large amount of subpar games to find the real gems of these systems (or nowadays, the internet has been the greatest educator in grading games). However, every now and then, a diamond in the rough can be found amongst the less advertised titles and delightfully surprises us all.

It's been over a year now since Vampire Rain was released for the Xbox 360 to a battery of dismal reviews with issues noted such as laughable AI, terrible story, weak presentation, a ludicrously linear 'stealth' experience – the list goes on. Now the 'experience' comes to PS3 in the form of Vampire Rain: Altered Species. Altered Species is still the same (bad) game with just a handful of additional features that do nothing to improve the game.