How's that for not spoiling the outcome? The EVO King of Fighters XIII finals came down to a riveting battle between Japan's Hajime "Tokido" Taniguchi and China's Zhuojun "Xiaohai" Zeng. The one I was rooting for did not win.
We're coming up on Evo, the biggest fighting game tournament in America. It will run Friday to Sunday from Las Vegas and be streamed online for the world to see. It'll be the biggest Evo yet. But maybe you aren't prepared—there are eight completely different games at this one event, after all, and what makes them…
Even if you're not a fighting game fan, it's difficult to watch this video and not be struck by how complex, if not beautiful, these combos by COMBONAUTS are. It's not just about racking up the hits and landing a ton of damage, either: some of these are choreographed to have no damage. It's amazing.
SNK Playmore is hiring up for, as the Osaka-based studio's help wanted page reads, "the strongest 3D King of Fighters and Samurai Shodown". Guess they're going to work on new games...
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Cyborgs in fiction are always associated with free will, morality, the importance of being human or the limits of the human body.
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The color schemes and the attention to the tiniest details of the backgrounds in classic 2D fighters always fascinated me. Dodgy streets, abandoned buildings, mystical Far Eastern temples: all important elements of these games, just as important as the gameplay mechanics or the featured characters.
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Fighting games thrive on competition. And trash talk. Especially trash talk. For fans of video game brawling, the biggest—yet most respectful—competition is the annual EVO series, which brings fight-stick masters from around the world to fireball their way to ultimate supremacy.
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There's a charm to fighting games that's irresistible. I mean, aside from all the face-punching, the character rosters are usually insane, and there's a tongue-in-cheek vibe that runs deep through most titles in the genre.
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SNK Playmore's latest entry in the long-running King of Fighters series won't make its previously scheduled October release. Publisher Atlus, no stranger to minor delays, has pushed The King of Fighters XIII to November 22.
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Stanley Lau has been asked by Capcom to provide the official artwork for the upcoming Street Fighter III 3rd Strike Online Edition. Being both an accomplished comic artist and a Street Fighter nerd, his work does not disappoint.
If you thought the recent Street Fighter movie was bad, spare a thought for the King of Fighters movie, which is even worse.
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On July 1, 1867, two British colonies and a province of the British Empire merged together to form Canada. Today we celebrate our neighbors to the north with a look at the Canadian video game characters we love.
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Last week's unveiling of Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 came with an interesting walk-through by Capcom of their take on the history of fighting games.
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Need something to wash the taste of that movie trailer out of your mouths, KoF fans? How about this new Vanessa figure. Yes, Vanessa. Not Mai. Vanessa. Who seems to have lost all her buttons.
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As seen on Masao, via Tiny Cartridge.
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The King of Fighters movie sounds silly. Want to see how silly? Let's meet the cast and crew behind the project to find out!
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Street Fighter IV's able to whip up an internet shitstorm every time it announces one character. King of Fighters XII, meanwhile, likes to be a little more subtle, announcing its full, seemingly final roster quietly.
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It doesn't look like The King of Fighters' jiggly ninja Mai Shiranui will be returning for The King of Fighters XII, but that won't stop SNK from pumping out another plastic knock-up of the girl.
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To refresh: Gordon Chan is directing a King of Fighters movie. Previously, details were scant, but today, details on the flick have surfaced. We wish they'd remained scant.
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