Category: Fighting

Title: WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011
Publisher: THQ
Platform: PS3
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 10/25/2010
Overview:
NOTE: This game requires a THQ Online Axxess code to access online content. The Online Axxess code is included with the purchase of this title, but not with rental. A 7-day online trial is available via your PSN ID while renting this title.

Outshine the superstars, carve out your own place, and make your mark on the WWE in SmackDown vs. Raw 2011. The 2011 edition gives you more ways to shape your own destiny and define your own WWE legacy. Once you start the game, you’ll find yourself immersed in a fluid, personalized WWE Universe. Your experience – both in the ring and beyond – evolves based on the decisions you make. Go deeper with more immersive Road to Wrestlemania storylines. Go bigger with a maxed-out roster of over 70 Superstars and Divas. And go public with the Superstar, storylines, and finishing moves you make using the even deeper Community Creation tools.

Title: WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2010
Publisher: THQ
Platform: PS3
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 10/19/2009
Overview:
It’s your show in Smackdown vs. Raw 2010, which puts you in charge of almost every aspect of the WWE empire. An updated Road to Wrestlemania features the first-ever Divas and Create-a-Superstar storylines. The Create-A-Superstar design tool has been recharged with new options, including the ability to tattoo your fighter. The WWE story designer lets you put together an entire night at the arena, setting match cards, talent, rules, storylines, creating cutscenes, and more. In a franchise first, you can even give your favorite WWE superstars a whole new look. Upload all your creations, from superstars to storylines, to share your vision with the entire WWE universe.

Title: Tekken 6
Publisher: Namco
Platform: PS3
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 10/26/2009
Overview:
You can’t stop the action in Tekken 6. You can only hope to contain it. And with action that crashes through walls into new battlegrounds, good luck doing that! Tekken rallies its largest roster of fighters yet for the franchise’s sixth edition. Battle as 40 martial arts warriors in matches that explode through walls and floors. On top of versus and co-op matches, you can break new ground in the Scenario Campaign Mode, where you’ll fight large-scale single-player or co-op battles. A new character customizer lets you create characters with incredible detail. Pick your fighter’s outfit, hairstyle, accessories, even ink them with tattoos to make them your own.

Title: Dragon Ball Raging Blast
Publisher: Namco
Platform: PS3
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 11/10/2009
Overview:
Forget the stories. Forget the characters. Dragon Ball Raging Blast is all about the battles. Relive the biggest brawls and fiercest fights from the series as you experience over 100 epic DBZ showdowns. Battle as more than 70 DBZ characters and their transformations on ten sprawling battlefields just waiting to get blown apart. Use signature moves and customizable Super Attacks to obliterate your opponents, send them smashing into buildings and mountains, or crush them with debris. Train in the Dojo, survive a Super Battle Trial or the Dragon Battle Collection, switch freely between characters in team battles, and challenge friends in on and offline multiplayer modes.

Title: Super Street Fighter IV
Publisher: Capcom
Platform: PS3
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 4/27/2010
Overview:
Super Street Fighter IV is packed with better graphics, better gameplay, and more high-impact action than ever! Nine new warriors join a roster of hall of fame Street Fighters that cover the franchise’s entire history. Crush opponents with new ultra combos, survive a new Challenge Mode, and break barrels or crush cars in the long-awaited return of two classic bonus rounds. It gets even better online, where an improved experience includes team battles, endless battles, a tournament mode, and a replay channel devoted to nothing but SSFIV’s greatest hits.

Title: WWE: Legends of Wrestlemania
Publisher: THQ
Platform: PS3
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 3/23/2009
Overview:
The legacies of WWE’s legends were forged in the fires of the Wrestlemania ring. WWE Legends lets you re-enter sports entertainment’s most prominent square circle to relive Wrestlemania’s greatest moments. Part flashback, part crackback, you’ll experience the biggest hits, harshest feuds, and most intense rivalries of the ’80s and ’90s. Pick from 40 larger-than-life WWE Legends, including managers, as you choose to relive or rewrite history. Vintage footage sets the stage for each showdown. You’ll use each Legend’s individual arsenal of attacks, reversals, and taunts in a new grapple-based fighting system. Once you’ve blasted the past, create a custom legend of the future or go online to conquer the world.

Title: UFC 2009 Undisputed
Publisher: THQ
Platform: PS3
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 5/18/2009
Overview:
Enter the Octagon and see if you’ve got what it takes to survive the king of all contact sports in UFC 2009 Undisputed. Choose from 80 UFC fighters who fight with photo-realistic detail. You’ll feel the buzz as you soak in the surroundings you see on TV, including the announcers, refs, and Octagon girls. You’ll also feel the impact as each blow sends devastating ripple effects across your opponents’ bodies. Highly responsive and accessible controls means it doesn’t take long to master championship-caliber combos. Punish your opponents with a mix of martial arts disciplines that covers Kickboxing, Judo, Wrestling, Muay Thai, Boxing, and Brazilian Ju-Jitsu.

Title: Fight Night Round 4
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: PS3
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 6/25/2009
Overview:
Fight Night comes out swinging for Round 4 with its hardest-hitting edition yet! Use a full arsenal of blocks, dodges, and knee-buckling punches. Hang tough in the face of jarring true-to-life impacts. They’re delivered by an all-new physics-based game engine that also clears the way for glancing blows, missed punches, and, for the first time, real rough-and-tumble inside fighting. Find out who’s the best ever with a roster of 40 all-time greats, including Muhammad Ali, Joe Frasier, Manny Pacquaio, and the return of Iron Mike Tyson. Take your fighter from unknown to champion in new Legacy Mode or step into the ring against a friend for head-to-head action.

Title: BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger
Publisher: Aksys
Platform: PS3
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 7/2/2009
Overview:
The creators of Guilty Gear fire off their first hi-res 2D fighter with BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger. Travel to the mythical 13th century city of Kagutsuchi, where the chosen few who make up the Librarium regulate a mysterious power known as the Armagus. Fusing magic and technology, the Armagus is capable of amazing things. Evil mastermind Ragna the Bloodedge hopes to use a form of Armagus to destroy the Librarium, setting the stage for an explosive showdown. Choose from ten fighters, each with their own style, from top speed to unstoppable power. Master all the right moves in Arcade, Vs., Mission, Survival, Practice, and Story Modes.

Title: King of Fighters XII
Publisher: Ignition Entertainment
Platform: PS3
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 7/29/2009
Overview:
King of Fighters celebrates its 15th Anniversary by hitting harder than ever! The world’s greatest fighting tournament returns with new moves, new features, and an unforgettable new look. Master new moves like critical counter attacks, deadlock counters, and air guarding. Gather a group of warriors in your own clan, create a custom clan emblem, then take on other clans online. And just to make sure everyone knows who’s the real king, you can even record your matches and upload them to the Web. But the real crowning achievement is the game’s unique visual style, with every one of the backgrounds and each of the 22 characters completely hand-drawn.

Title: WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009
Publisher: THQ
Platform: PS3
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 11/8/2008
Overview:
Getting to the top of the WWE mountain isn’t easy. Now, you don’t have to go it alone thanks to the franchise’s first ever co-op storyline in SmackDown vs. Raw 2009. The all-new Road to Wrestlemania co-op Story Mode highlights the additions to the definitive WWE gaming experience. Partner up again in new Tag Team Explosion matches where you’ll build momentum as a team, finish opponents with devastating combos, then take your act online and fight for supremacy against anyone in the country. Customizable Superstars get even better with the new Create-A-Finisher, which lets you concoct your own way to close out your opponent. There are also new stars, added realism, and much more.

Title: Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
Publisher: Midway
Platform: PS3
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 11/15/2008
Overview:
When two worlds collide and powerful forces meet, Kombat is inevitable! A shift in the universe has brought Scorpion, Sub-Zero, and the others from the Mortal Kombat world face to face with Superman, Batman, and the rest of the DC Universe. All must fight to eventually destroy the evil threatening to end the world. Each character has their own unique moves and combos, making for matchups never before seen in the world of Mortal Kombat. Try your hand at Freefall Kombat or Klose Kombat, or uncover the whole story from the perspective of each of the characters in Story Mode. Finally, we get to find out: what would happen if Sub-Zero fought Batman?

Title: Afro Samurai
Publisher: Namco
Platform: PS3
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 1/28/2009
Overview:
Some games claim to be cutting edge. With a sword-wielding hero dripping in hip-hop style, this one really means it. In a saga based on the Afro Samurai TV series – and featuring the voice of Samuel L. Jackson – “Afro” hunts for his father’s killer. The game’s striking art style is the perfect showcase for combat that’s part slasher flick, part ballet. As a samurai, your kills may end up as elegant as they are ruthless. And the hip-hop style doesn’t end with the soundtrack produced in collaboration with the Wu-Tang’s RZA. RZA’s beats seep into the game itself, with the music affecting enemy AI and altering the gameplay’s tone.

Title: Street Fighter IV
Publisher: Capcom
Platform: PS3
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 2/18/2009
Overview:
Combining updated visuals with classic, familiar gameplay, Street Fighter IV has all the makings of an instant hit. This fourth installment of the fabled fighting franchise returns to the style that made Street Fighter II a smash, bringing back the moves, techniques, characters, and even the six-button control system. A roster of classic Street Fighter warriors returns for classic battles in stylized “2.5D” environments. Choose from favorite characters like Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, and Guile, or fight as new arrivals like MMA fighter Abel, female super-spy Crimson Viper, or lucha libre wrestler El Fuerte.

Title: Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit
Publisher: Atari
Platform: PS3
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 6/12/2008
Overview:
Goku, Piccolo, and Krillin get a major upgrade as they prepare to battle it out, next-gen style! Play as one of more than 20 different unlockable characters as you fight computer opponents or battle your friends. Need some tips? Pit the computer against itself and watch the battle unfold. Play through the story beginning at the start of the series and taking you through the end of the Cell Saga. One main storyline even allows your character to be determined by how the story progresses. And the new drama piece system lets you choose three helpers before entering a battle, giving you the advantage you need to achieve victory!

Title: SoulCalibur IV
Publisher: Namco
Platform: PS3
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 7/28/2008
Overview:
The search for two mythical swords continues in glorious, next-gen style! Play as all your favorite Soulcalibur characters, each with his or her own abilities, weapons, and style. Revisit classic locations and battle in new ones, including the Ostrheinsburg Castle Throne Room and the Phantom Pavilion. Smash through walls and avoid environmental adversaries. Up against a really defensive opponent? Wear down their defense, then mash all four face buttons for a critical strike, one of many new additions to the deep combat system. Take the game online and challenge anyone, anywhere, in ranked and unranked battles. And hold on to your lightsaber – Darth Vader joins the lineup as the PS3-exclusive fighter!

Title: TNA Impact!
Publisher: Midway
Platform: PS3
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 9/11/2008
Overview:
Now the action never has to stop as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling comes into your living room with this game based on TNA Impact! Step into TNA’s trademark six-sided ring and get ready to experience all the bone-crushing wrestling action seen each week on the popular TV show. Choose your warrior from a roster of more than 20 top TNA stars, including Kurt Angle, A.J. Styles, Jeff Jarrett, Christopher Daniels, Rhino, and Christian Cage. But if you’d rather carve out your own legacy, you can create your own wrestler with a custom look and customized moves to match.

Title: TNA Impact: Cross the Line
Publisher: South Peak Interactive
Platform: PSP
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 7/1/2010
Overview:
There is nowhere left to hide as TNA Wrestling goes portable! But this is more than just a re-creation of the bone-crushing action from the popular TV show. Wake up in a run-down Mexican hospital with no idea who you are or how you got there. You need to get back to the States, and it soon becomes clear you’ll need to fight your way back across the border. Before, you were Suicide, a wrestler who stood at the top of the TNA world before a conspiracy took everything you had. Battle a roster of 25 favorite TNA stars, fighting across international lines on a journey to reclaim the title that’s rightfully yours.

Title: UFC Undisputed 2010
Publisher: THQ
Platform: PSP
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 9/4/2010
Overview:
So you want to be a fighter? Then prepare to step into the Octagon for the fight of your life. Go up against the best UFC fighters in the world in the biggest, most ferocious UFC experience yet. Customize your fighter with skills from your choice of martial arts disciplines, including new options like karate, Sambo, and Greco-Roman wrestling. Dodge attacks with the new Sway System that opens up full head and upper-body movement, and use the new Posture System for better finishers. You can also use new strikes, new submissions, new transitions, and use the Southpaw stance for the first time.

Title: Gladiator Begins
Publisher: Aksys
Platform: PSP
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 9/16/2010
Overview:
A gladiator must fight for honor and freedom or die trying. Customize your own warrior and begin your quest for freedom as you engage in ferocious battles for the entertainment of the Romans. Choose your weapons wisely with over 500 swords, shields, and other tools of torture. Improve your skills and weaponry at the blacksmith to gain a sharper edge in the next fight. Learn signature techniques to add a personal flair to pleasing the crowd. Devote your allegiance to one of five different patrons to experience a unique story path. Fight for glory, fight for freedom!