Flashback Friday: Ghosts 'N Goblins (NES)(Post)
Welcome to our first Flashback Friday post. Every Friday we will be taking a look back at a classic retro-game that holds a special place in our hearts. We will be sharing our memories and thoughts on
Import Review: Grand Knights History (PSP)(Post)
Grand Knights History is the latest game from VanillaWare, beloved creators of such games as Odin Sphere and Muramasa, and until a few months ago, I thought it had a snowball’s chance in hell of comin
The Games Of January(Post)
Week of 1/1Fitness Boxing (Switch): Get off the couch and get moving with fun, boxing-based rhythmic exercises set to the instrumental beats of songs by popular artists. You can personalize your worko
The Games Of March(Post)
Week of 3/1Granblue Fantasy - Versus (PS4): Fight your friends in Granblue Fantasy: Versus for PlayStation 4. The intuitive controls and deceptively simple mechanics are easy to pick up but hard to ma
The Games Of April(Post)
Week of 4/1Borderlands Game of the Year (PS4/XB1): Discover the co-op shooter-looter that started it all, crammed with content and enhancements! Equip bazillions of guns as one of 4 trigger-happy merc
The Games Of September(Post)
Week Of 9/2
God Wars - The Complete Legend (Switch): The Switch version contains over 100 hours of new content in the Legend of Yomi, as well as the complete story from GOD WARS Future Past, i
The Games Of June(Post)
Week of 6/3Elder Scrolls Online - Summerset (PS4/XB1/PC):The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset is the next Chapter of ZeniMax Online Studios' award-winning online RPG, The Elder Scrolls Online (ESO). Th
Level Up’s Most Anticipated Games Of 2018(Post)
With 2017 almost behind us, it’s time to look ahead to some of the great games that are currently scheduled to be released in 2018 that we are excited for! What are you looking forward to?Monster Hunt
The Games Of June(Post)
Week of 6/2Warhammer - Chaosbane (PS4/XB1): Role-playing game set in the Warhammer Fantasy universe. Roam the Old World in a universe of heroic fantasy with millions of fans, solo or in co-op, and fig
The Games Of March(Post)
Week of 3/3RBI Baseball 19 (PS4/XB1/Switch): R.B.I. Baseball 19 takes the field with new additions and improvements across all aspects of the game. Arcade baseball action to the core meets incredible
The Games Of December(Post)
Week Of 12/2Just Cause 4 (PS4/XB1): Rogue agent Rico Rodriguez journeys to Solis, a huge South American world home of conflict, oppression and extreme weather conditions. Strap into your wingsuit, equ
Couldn't Find A NES Classic? There Are Some Great Alternatives Available(Post)
Last week, much to the dismay of frustrated consumers that were unable to find a console in the wild, Nintendo announced that they would be discontinuing the wildly popular NES Classic. Now this week,
The Microsoft Booth At TGS (360)(Post)
You may remember in our post about the Xbox One games we mentioned that some of the games playable at the Microsoft booth were closed off in a separate section, due to Japan's very strict age restrict
GameCenter CX's Budokan Challenge(Post)
Even though this event took place back in the beginning of November, everyone was kindly asked not to reveal the details of the show until it aired on New Year's Day. As a fan of the show I tried to h
The Games Of January(Post)
Week of 1/5Terminator Resistance (PS4/XB1): Terminator: Resistance is an officially licensed, first-person shooter set during the ‘Future War’ scenario that was only glimpsed at in the iconic films fr
The Games Of November(Post)
Week of 11/3Close To The Sun (PS4): It’s 1897. Deep in international waters, the Helios stands still. An unbound utopia for scientific research, born of Nikola Tesla’s vision. Journalist Rose Archer s
What We've Been Playing(Post)
We've decided to start up a new column on our website, solely based on the conversations we usually have in the store with all of you. Instead of asking for outright recommendations, most of us gamers
We Take A Trip To The Tokyo Pokemon Center(Post)
We've done this before, but part of what we try to do here at Level Up is occasionally share with you something that is in our power to give: an intimate glimpse into gaming in Japan. Of course, not e
An Interview with the "Metalized" Video Game Music Maker, Viking Guitar(Post)
As many of you are aware, video game music is big business; 8-bit themed chiptune music has been becoming very popular as of late, along with groups that take classic video game tracks and remix them.
If You're Going to an Arcade in Tokyo, Why Not Go to This One?(Post)
Being a gamer that spent their youth in arcades, living in Japan is like taking a trip back in time. You see, unlike back in America, the arcade (or Game Center as it is known here) is still going str