Matt Karoglou

Atlanta

Feature Writer at Game Rant

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Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound Devs Discuss Taking the Series Back to Its 2D Roots

1 week ago | gamerant.com | Matt Karoglou

For old-school action game fans, one of the most exciting reveals at The Game Awards 2024 was likely Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound. A brand-new 2D entry in the long-running Ninja Gaiden series being developed by The Game Kitchen, Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound is an exciting reinvention of the classic action platformer, complete with an original new story that runs concurrently to the events of the original NES Ninja Gaiden and introduces a new protagonist in Kenji, Ryu Hayabusa's protégé.
How Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound Compares to The Game Kitchen's Blasphemous Games

1 week ago | gamerant.com | Matt Karoglou

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Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound Balances Old-School Challenge With New-School Accessibility

1 week ago | gamerant.com | Matt Karoglou

The original trilogy of Ninja Gaiden games on the NES are perhaps some of the most notoriously difficult action platformers, both of the era and of all time. Unsurprisingly, one of the larger questions surrounding the upcoming Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound was how the title would handle its difficulty.
Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound Hands-On Preview

1 week ago | gamerant.com | Matt Karoglou

Fans of the Ninja Gaiden franchise have a lot to look forward to in 2025 between the releases of Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound and Ninja Gaiden 4. Team Ninja and PlatinumGames' collaboration on Ninja Gaiden 4 will bring the series' first new 3D game since 2012's Ninja Gaiden 3, but Dotemu and The Game Kitchen's Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound marks a triumphant return to the Ninja Gaiden franchise's 2D roots.
Capcom Fighting Collection 2 Hands-On Preview: Fighting Game Preservation Done Right

1 week ago | gamerant.com | Matt Karoglou

Capcom has a long history of putting together collections of some of its greatest franchises, and the latest entry in the Capcom Fighting Collection series sees the company once again making great strides towards preserving some of its most pivotal and beloved arcade classics. Hot on the heels of last year's Marvel vs.
Gigabyte Aorus Master 16 Review

2 weeks ago | gamerant.com | Matt Karoglou

The advent of the Nvidia 50 Series GPUs served to signal that a new generation of pre-built gaming PCs and laptops would shortly arrive, and the Gigabyte Aorus Master gaming laptops are some of the earliest high-end machines to boast Nvidia RTX 5080 and 5090 cards across their product line.
INAYAH - Life After Gods Review

2 weeks ago | gamerant.com | Matt Karoglou

As a lifelong fan of Metroid, Castlevania, and all things Metroidvania, it's hard not to feel like the runaway success of Hollow Knight has ushered in a proverbial "Golden Age" for the subgenre. The release cadence for promising-looking Metroidvanias is surprisingly frequent, with a new genre entry seemingly arriving about once a month. Of course, the consequence of the Metroidvania's ongoing heyday is that the genre is now as flooded as it's ever been.
How The First: Berserker Khazan Honors One of FromSoftware’s Most Controversial Traditions

2 weeks ago | gamerant.com | Matt Karoglou

Thanks to its central focus being its satisfying combat and high-spectacle boss encounters, The First Berserker: Khazan is a Soulslike that seems to really be resonating with fans of the genre and the FromSoftware classics that inspired them.
The First Berserker: Khazan Hides One of its Best Grinding Spots in Plain Sight

2 weeks ago | gamerant.com | Matt Karoglou

One of the core elements of any Soulslike is players obtaining a game-specific currency from defeating enemies, which they then spend on leveling up. In The First Berserker: Khazan, that currency is Lacrima. As is typically the case in most Soulslikes, players can commit to completing loops of certain areas to defeat enemies in a bit of light grinding, using the vast sums of currency gained to increase a handful of levels in a single go.
If The First Berserker: Khazan Gets a Sequel, its Path Forward is Already Clear

2 weeks ago | gamerant.com | Matt Karoglou

It's safe to say that The First Berserker: Khazan is a success for Neople, with the game garnering plenty of critical acclaim and what seems to be some promising sales figures. While official data on exactly how many units The First Berserker: Khazan has sold isn't currently available, using Steam metrics and looking at the game's launch on PSN paints a clear picture.