Jump Force will power up on February 15, and it's adding even more faces to its roster in the form of City Hunter's Ryo and Fist of the North Star's Kenshiro. You're already dead.

Let’s cut to the chase: October is the month wherein Red Dead Redemption 2 releases, and everyone else is just along for the ride…right? Nope! In a month where you’d have to have some serious chutzpah to take on a game whose marketing budget can easily topple a small nation, the month ahead isn’t giving Rockstar Games and Red Dead Redemption 2 an easy path to ride on.

Hokuto Shinken is like a reverse Contra cheat code in every finger-strike as it kills not only you but also several generations of your family. It’s the best thing ever, is what I’m saying. If you don’t believe me, then take a gander below at the new combat trailer for the upcoming Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise. NANI?!

If your bank account had a working selection of orifices, now would be the right time to pass it a tub of KY Jelly. January is done, its two biggest releases in the bag and the month of love ain’t bothering with any foreplay before it gets down to business. From giant-slaying action to ports aplenty and a few remakes of the most classic JRPGs around, here’s what you can expect to spend a romantic evening on in February.

Much like bad taste and Debonairs then, pairing up the development team behind the Yakuza series from Sega with the Fist of the North Star, is a match made in heaven. Here’s the first trailer for Hokuto Ga Gotoku.

Screenshots, videos and er, condoms, of the upcoming Fist of the North Star 2: Ken's Rage. No really, condoms.

Kicking ass has been around since the dawn of movies. From the slapstick slaps of Laurel Hardy, through to awkwardly choreographed attacks from the seventies Kung Fu boom, culminating with Tony Jaa destroying and remaking the universe every time he throws a flaming leg kick, violence has always played a crucial, if exaggerated role in the movies. Here’s a look …

  It’s hard to not love both gaming and Japanese animation. It’s a part of the gaming culture, something that has found widespread appeal in recent years. Which meant that a crossover of media was inevitable. Anime and games don’t always make for great experiences, but when they do, fans really benefit. So today, we’re taking a look at five …