Welcome to This Week in Gaming, where we take a look back at some of the most newsworthy events in gaming history from last year to even decades ago that happened this very week. Take a gander at some of the highlights and see which spark nostalgia and which may still be news to you. [...]

The director of the new Super Smash Bros. game, Masahiro Sakurai, already announced the game will be revealed at this year’s E3. He followed up the news with more updates. Sakurai said “Wii U and 3DS versions — I would like to show you both.” This means the new game will be available for both consoles [...]

Dead or Alive 5 is only two months away from release, yet we still have a lot to learn from this over-the-top fighter. With the entire roster nearly announced, the only thing left to talk about is the gameplay, and what Dead or Alive game would be complete without Tag Team? It’s wrong to say [...]

Capcom has announced that they will be bringing a compilation package of some of the most memorable arcade classics, Marvel Super Heroes and Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, to Xbox Live Arcade and Playstation Network. This pack will be dubbed Marvel vs. Capcom Origins and will come with a slew of new additions and [...]

The Naruto franchise has been popular for so long now, and even though the creator, Masashi Kishimoto, has announced that the series will be ending soon, it isn’t stopping developers CyberConnect2 and Namco Bandai from creating even more games. Introduced today is the first ever trailer for the sequel in the Ultimate Ninja Storm saga that [...]

Just as Famitsu briefly revealed a new character for Dead or Alive 5, Tecmo Koei has posted an English trailer for the reveal of both Rig and Bass. Of course we all knew Bass was going to make it in DOA5 as, if Tina was in it, so was he, but Rig on the other [...]

Coming up on its September release date, Dead or Alive 5 is slowly becoming more and more intriguing. Gamers were questioning whether or not they would be adding anyone new as the roster was looking mighty full with the new Virtua Fighter characters making an appearance. E3 sounded like the perfect time to make an announcement [...]

August is slowly approaching and while we were able to get a few minutes with the Persona 4 Arena at E3, it still is not enough. Atlus has released six videos of the game today, demonstrating some of the moves you are able to accomplish for specific characters. This is definitely not the entire cast, [...]

Our fighting game of E3 2012, Dead or Alive 5 is getting ready for its September 25, 2012 launch with the announcement of a collector’s edition. For an additional $20, fighting fans can snag a number of extras. Other than the actual game, you will receive a hardcover art book, a CD of the soundtrack, a [...]

Bodacious assassin Christie and cold mercenary Bayman are back in the upcoming Dead or Alive sequel. For a while now, there has been a strange silence regarding the upcoming roster with the exception of five of the series’ main characters: Hayate, Kasumi, Hayabusa, Hitomi and Ayane. Today, Tecmo Koei has announced Christie and Bayman will [...]