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 ...

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

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 ...

Okay, so Streets of Rage 4 is technically a PS4 game, but when it comes to beat ’em ups, it’s undoubtedly the best there is ...

For my money, Streets of Rage 4 is the best beat-em-up of the modern era – and honestly might give the retro classics that inspired it a run for their money. While one of the three studios involved in ...

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In the golden era of indie games and smaller projects flourishing on digital platforms, Castle Crashers was one of the biggest games of its time. First released in the summer of 2008, the hand-drawn ...

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 ...

This should come as no surprise to anyone who played Shredder’s Revenge, but Marvel Cosmic Invasion is a fantastic retro adventure that feels like it belongs on an arcade machine in a pizza bar; one ...

While the genre isn't as prolific as it once was, beat-'em-ups still tend to follow in the mold of Final Fight and Streets of Rage: You're a muscle-bound mayor or a martial arts expert or occasionally ...

Nintendo’s unofficial farewell Direct dedicated to the original Switch delivered a ton of surprises this week. From unlikely ports from PlayStation’s catalog to cult-classic RPGs and new cozy games, ...

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 ...