There have been half a dozen official iterations of Smash Bros. over the years, but some folks just love the classics, as there’s a very dedicated community of players who still consider the original ...

Alright, let’s talk about something that can make or break a fighting game: netcode. We’ve all been there, right? You’re in a high-stakes match, your fingers are flying, you’ve perfectly timed your ...

Son Studios has released the EVO 2025 trailer for Netcode Warriors, its upcoming anime-inspired arena fighting game featuring character designs by Digimon illustrators Kenji Watanabe and Soh Morimiya.

Matt Karoglou is a freelance writer and musician who has been playing video games for 36 years and writing about them for almost as long. When he's not editorializing about the intricacies and ...

SNK is adding rollback netcode to much-loved brawler The King of Fighters XIII, which should make for a smoother online experience. The catch is that the developer is essentially charging it for it, ...

A year to the day since the announcement, and after several revisions and community backlash, Unity is ending its unpopular pricing scheme. A year to the day since the announcement, and after several ...

Unity, maker of a popular cross-platform engine and toolkit, will not pursue a broadly unpopular Runtime Fee that would have charged developers based on game installs rather than per-seat licenses.

The developers claim that MultiVersus netcode “has been rebuilt from the ground up” since the game went dark after the open beta period. During the beta, the netcode was server-based, meaning that ...

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Earlier this week, Riot Games and Project L lead Tom Cannon finally revealed the official name of the game. It’s 2XKO, but that wasn’t all that was shared. Cannon also spoke to the upcoming game’s ...

⁤Dive into the datascape of Netcode Warriors, an anime-style arena fighter designed from the ground up to take competitive play to its limits. Engage in intense one-on-one fights, master unique ...