Category: Fighting

Title: Supremacy MMA: Unrestricted
Publisher: 505 Games
Platform: PS Vita
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 3/28/2012
Overview: If you thought mixed martial arts was intense inside the octagon, wait ’til you see what happens when you take the sport outside the guidelines. Supremacy MMA is mixed martial arts action at its fiercest level: unlicensed, unsanctioned, and totally raw. Fight unregulated brawls wherever there’s a ring, leaving a trail of bruised and bloodied opponents in your wake. Play as real MMA fighters schooled in a variety of styles including Muay Thay, kickboxing, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, wrestling, and more. Use classic or Touch Screen controls and jump right in to arcade-style action. Customize your game with images from the PS Vita camera, battle other fighters online, and more.

Title: Reality Fighters
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Platform: PS Vita
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 3/12/2012
Overview: NOTE: This game requires an Online Pass code to access online content. The Online Pass code is included with purchase, but not with rental of this title.

Put yourself in the fight then stage the fight anywhere you want with this brawler that provides the framework and lets you fill in the rest! Reality Fighters is all about customization. Snap a picture of yourself and start building your fighter. The 12 available fighting styles include traditional options like Wrestling or Muay Thai and less conventional combat strategies like ballet or rock n’ roll. Add on your choice of over 300 costume pieces and 200 weapons, then choose where to fight. The game uses augmented reality to bring in whatever backdrop your PS Vita has in its sights.

Title: Power Rangers Super Samurai
Publisher: Namco
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 12/3/2012
Overview: Wield all the power of the Super Samurai universe in this motion-control Power Rangers battle for Xbox Kinect! Experience what it’s like to be a Power Ranger as you Morph into the Red, Green, Blue, Gold, Yellow, or Pink Ranger and take on the Moogers and Nighlok. Learn how to control Fire, Water, Earth, Sky, and Light using the ancient Kanji symbols. Use awesome Power Ranger weapons like the Spin Sword. Unleash unstoppable attacks with Super Samurai power-ups including Mega Mode, Super Samurai Mode, and Super Mega Mode. You can pilot a Megazord in gigantic showdowns with Mega Monsters, team up with a friend in a co-op battle against the Nighlok, and more.

Title: Dragon Ball Z: Budokai HD Collection
Publisher: Namco
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 11/5/2012
Overview: Get a super-sized dose of Super Saiyan action with the Dragon Ball Z: Budokai HD Collection! DBZ: Budokai and DBZ Budokai 3 have been remastered with full trophy support, a new soundtrack, and the chance to experience each game in its original Japanese-language form. Play as and battle over 60 characters combined, with 23 warriors waiting in Budokai and over 40 ready to rumble in Budokai 3. Budokai features multiple fighting modes, including Story and Duel, with over 60 possible moves per character and a storyline that follows the DBZ anime from the Saiyan Saga to the Androids Saga. Budokai 3 adds a powerful Saiyan Overdrive battle system and characters from the DBZ movies and DBZ GT.

Title: Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth
Publisher: Ubisoft
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 10/29/2012
Overview: Who’s the most powerful character in the Marvel Universe? Take control of your favorite Superhero and find out in this epic brawler that lets Earth’s Mightiest Heroes battle it out and settle the argument once and for all! Feel what it’s like to have superpowers as you use Kinect motion control to command your favorite characters in explosive, action-packed brawls. Choose from 20 Marvel heroes and villains, including Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, and Captain America. Use their incredible powers to clobber your opponents with high-impact strikes and special attacks. Pick from a variety of battle types in single-player, or choose a co-op sidekick and take on opponents as a team.

Title: WWE 13
Publisher: THQ
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 10/29/2012
Overview: NOTE: This game requires a THQ Online Axxess code to access online content. The Online Axxess code is included with purchase, but not with rental of this title. A 7-day online trial is available via your Xbox LIVE gamertag while renting this title. For more information, please visit wwe.thq.com.

This is a revolution. But the king doesn’t wear a crown. He wears a belt. Gut your way to the top of the WWE in this 2013 edition that’s overflowing with attitude. Turn your living room into a rocking WWE Live showdown with enhanced presentation that brings better commentary, amped-up sound effects, more hyped-up fans, and jaw-dropping Spectacular Moments. Relive a WWE golden age, when Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, and Degeneration X battled to win the Monday Night Wars of the Attitude Era. Shape your character’s destiny and the destiny of the WWE itself in WWE Universe 3.0. Enhancements to the powerful Predator Technology game engine deliver smoother animations and the best wrestling action outside the square circle.

Title: Dead or Alive 5
Publisher: Koei
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 9/24/2012
Overview: NOTE: This game requires an Online Pass code to access online content. The Online Pass code is included with purchase, but not with rental of this title. A 2-day online trial is available via your Xbox LIVE gamertag or PSN ID while renting this title.

The warriors of Dead or Alive return for another round of hard-hitting, hand-to-hand combat in explosive stages that feel like scenes from a Hollywood movie. Weaken your opponent by hurling them into new cage Danger Zones then punish them with new moves including Critical Stuns, Combos, and Bursts. Check out the new Move List mid-fight to help decide how to finish off your opponent. Take a break and take in the action in Watch Mode, where you can view replays of your matches or watch fights featuring two computer controlled opponents. Use a fully-controllable camera to capture your favorite action shots and view them later in Album Mode.

Title: Tekken Tag Tournament 2
Publisher: Namco
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 9/10/2012
Overview: NOTE: This game requires an Online Pass code to access online content. The Online Pass code is included with purchase, but not with rental of this title.

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 brings a new tag team combo of customization. This time, you’ll be able to customize not just your fighter’s look, but your fighter’s moves as well! Up to four players can join forces in tag-team two-on-two, one-on-one, or one-on-two battles. Choose from the largest Tekken roster of playable characters, including legendary Tekken warriors and some interesting new additions like a boxing raptor and a disco destroyer. Visit the all-new Fight Lab where you’ll be able to alter your character’s look and hand-pick his trademark moves. You’ll fight in new locations, experience new online features, and flash back to your first crackback kick as you relive classic Tekken Arcade Mode.

Title: Persona 4 Arena
Publisher: Atlus
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 8/6/2012
Overview: The makers of Persona team up with the studio behind all-out action of fighting games like BlazBlue and Guilty Gear to create the franchise’s first-ever fighting game! A rumor ripples across town about a mysterious TV show where high school students battle in deathmatches. It can only be seen on rainy nights when your TV is off. When the Investigation Team peers into their screens, they see themselves being introduced as contestants. The team dives into the TV to solve the mystery…and to fight! Experience a hand-drawn 2D presentation and gameplay built with custom, hardcore fighting mechanics. Each character battles with special attacks based on the inner powers of their unique persona.

Title: Deadliest Warrior: Ancient Combat
Publisher: 345 Games
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 4/16/2012
Overview: The battle to crown history’s greatest tough guy comes to the Xbox 360! Each episode of Deadliest Warrior pits legendary heroes, soldiers, leaders, and villains against each other to determine who would win if the two met in battle. Join the fight with this game based on the TV series. Deadliest Warrior: Ancient Combat combines two Deadliest Warrior downloadable games – DW: The Game and DW: Legends – with six fulls episodes of the show and new gameplay features. Fight the most epic battles imaginable, pitting history’s greatest warriors like Sun Tzu, Shaka Zulu, and William Wallace against one another. Use 30 new weapons, fight in a new Graveyard arena, and more.

Title: Street Fighter X Tekken
Publisher: Capcom
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 3/5/2012
Overview: Fight an unforgettable crossover battle as the worlds of Street Fighter and Tekken collide in the ultimate melee mashup! Street Fighter X Tekken is built on the explosive, battle-tested Street Fighter IV engine and art style. Favorite Tekken characters slide into Street Fighter visuals but bring their trademark moves and elegant Tekken style. Win brawler bragging rights in Versus Mode, form a dream team and use special combos and knockout assists in Tag Team Mode, or master the moves in Training Mode. Make a furious push to finish a fight (or forfeit) in ten seconds or less by activating the new Pandora system and get a boost from new gem-based powerups.

Title: BlazBlue: Continuum Shift EXTEND
Publisher: Aksys
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 2/15/2012
Overview: Anime-style fighting saga BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger just keeps getting bigger! This extension of an expansion pack builds on the action, characters, and storylines of Calamity Trigger’s sequel/expansion, Continuum Shift. Head into the unknown with four new story scenarios or charge back into the events of Calamity Trigger. Familiar characters fight in new ways with a rebalanced combat system that’s stocked with new combos and calls for new strategies. Conquer any type of challenge as you navigate dungeons in Abyss Mode, command an army in Legion Mode, or face only the fiercest enemies in Unlimited Mars Mode. Online multiplayer has also been extended, with team battles playable for the first time.

Title: SoulCalibur V
Publisher: Namco
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 1/31/2012
Overview: Seventeen years after the last clash, the battle for the Soul Swords continues with a new generation leading the charge. Patroklos, son of Sophitia, takes up the quest to be proven history’s greatest warrior as the SoulCaliber franchise battles through the 16th century. Choose from a roster of powerful fighters, each with a unique skill set and desire to defeat anything that gets in their way. Choose from new and classic Soul Calibur characters, including returning favorites Raphael, Leixia, Ivy, Voldo, and Nightmare. The battle gets a boost from a supercharged cameo, as Assassin’s Creed star Enzio Auditore joins the roster.

Title: WWE 12
Publisher: THQ
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 11/21/2011
Overview: NOTE: This game requires a THQ Online Axxess code to access online content. The Online Axxess code is included with purchase of this title, but not with rental. A 7-day online trial is available via your Xbox LIVE gamertag while renting this title.

WWE 12 pulls a move that would make its champions proud, reinventing itself and returning bigger and badder than ever before. New Predator Technology has supercharged presentation. Matches unfold with smoother animations, wrestlers unleash more moves, and victories are won with an all-new Breaking Point submission system. The game builds on its customization system by not only adding the ability to create your wrestler’s entrance, but by letting you design the arena he’s walking into. Shape your story as you take your favorite stars on the Road to Wrestlemania. Share your creations with the WWE community, build your legend in the revamped WWE Universe 2.0, and more.

Title: King of Fighters XIII
Publisher: Atlus
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 11/21/2011
Overview: When the call goes out to assemble the greatest fighters in the world, the question is not who will answer, but who will answer most loudly! The best of the best meet in a King of Fighters tournament featuring 30 powerful hand-drawn characters. After some of the top fighters met with bad luck, some thought the tournament might not happen. But a mysterious organization has pulled it off, hyping it to a feverish pitch. Gameplay has been completely overhauled to make this a more successful tourney. Six modes offer more variety, fights unfold at a faster pace, visuals are sharper, and new combos offer more ways to pummel your opponent.

Title: Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
Publisher: Capcom
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 11/15/2011
Overview: Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 adds more fighters, more arenas, and more over-the-top action, reigniting the battle to be the best of the best. Fight as 12 new legends, including Dead Rising star Frank West, Ace Attorney Phoenix Wright, Guardian of the Galaxy Rocket Raccoon, and Marvel’s ultimate sharpshooter, Hawkeye. The battleground has been expanded with eight new stages and improvements that add new twists to existing arenas. Gameplay has been overhauled to make this the most competitive Marvel vs. Capcom battle yet. As if the roster of 48 characters didn’t pack enough punch, you can unlock Galactus Mode and wield the almost limitless power of the world-eater himself.

Title: Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth
Publisher: Ubisoft
Platform: Wii U
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 12/5/2012
Overview: Who’s the most powerful character in the Marvel Universe? Take control of your favorite superhero and find out in this epic brawler that lets Earth’s Mightiest Heroes battle it out and settle the argument once and for all! Feel what it’s like to have superpowers as you use motion control to command your favorite characters in explosive, action-packed brawls. Choose from 20 Marvel heroes and villains, including Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, and Captain America. Use their incredible powers to clobber your opponents with high-impact strikes and special attacks. Pick from a variety of battle types, including Co-Op, Campaign, Arcade, Challenge, Tournament, and Versus.

Title: Tekken Tag Tournament 2
Publisher: Namco
Platform: Wii U
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 11/17/2012
Overview: Tekken Tag Tournament makes its first appearance on a Nintendo console and invites some of the Big N’ biggest characters to be a part of the action. Choose from over 50 playable characters and customize your warrior with exclusive Nintendo crossover costumes, like Mario and Luigi. Master the moves in Fight Lab, then conquer the tournament. Play Wii U-exclusive battle modes, fight four-player team brawls, choose from three types of multiplayer matchups, or flash back in classic modes like Arcade, Time Attack, and more. Your fighter’s most powerful combos are at your fingertips with touch-screen GamePad controls. Replay matches on the Tekken Channel, create your own soundtrack with Tekken Tunes, and get in-fight power-ups from – you guessed it – mushrooms.

Title: WWE 13
Publisher: THQ
Platform: Wii
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 10/29/2012
Overview: This is a revolution. But the king doesn’t wear a crown. He wears a belt. Gut your way to the top of the WWE in this 2013 edition that’s overflowing with attitude. Turn your living room into a rocking WWE Live showdown with enhanced presentation that brings better commentary, amped-up sound effects, more hyped-up fans, and jaw-dropping Spectacular Moments. Relive a WWE golden age, when Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, and Degeneration X battled to win the Monday Night Wars of the Attitude Era. Shape your character’s destiny and the destiny of the WWE itself in WWE Universe 3.0. Enhancements to the powerful Predator Technology game engine deliver smoother animations and the best wrestling action outside the square circle.

Title: WWE 12
Publisher: THQ
Platform: Wii
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 11/21/2011
Overview: WWE 12 pulls a move that would make its champions proud, reinventing itself and returning bigger and badder than ever before. New Predator Technology has supercharged presentation. Matches unfold with smoother animations, wrestlers unleash more moves, and victories are won with an all-new Breaking Point submission system. The game builds on its customization system by not only adding the ability to create your wrestler’s entrance, but by letting you design the arena he’s walking into. Shape your story as you take your favorite stars on the Road to Wrestlemania. Share your creations with the WWE community, build your legend in the revamped WWE Universe 2.0, and more.