Those are the two worst words for a fighting game player to hear. To plateau means virtual fighting death. It stands for stagnation, a halt in progress, or just plain stuck.

It’s not a new phenomenon for fighting games to allow players to be creative, but usually that creation is limited in a lot ...

Luke Esquivel explains how his indie fighter Senor Footsies is reimagining fighting games with minimalist design. By Maxwell McGee on November 5, 2012 at 1:53PM PST. Comments.

Story modes in fighting games have always been a tricky puzzle for developers to figure out. The origin of the fighting game genre has its roots in arcades, where the coin-operative design of ...