What Street Fighter Pros Think Of Ultra Street Fighter II For The Switch

This past weekend, Compete hosted several Street Fighter pros and commentators at our offices for a public event where fans could sign up to battle against top SFV players. Since we had this all-star roster of Street Fighter aficionados hanging out at our offices, the Compete staff pulled them aside to preview the Nintendo Switch…

Two Months In, I’ve Barely Taken My Nintendo Switch Off The Dock

The big concept behind the Nintendo Switch is that it can be enjoyed both on the TV, and in handheld mode. Instead, the Switch largely operates like any other console system in my household, and I like it that way. Oh, I’ve tried to take the Switch with me. I’ve braved the dangers of on-the-road…

Destiny Players Kill Every Raid Boss Without Using Guns (Or Dying)

We’re rapidly approaching the end of Destiny, a video game in which players must travel through space, finding dumb ways to entertain themselves. And now a team of raiders has done the dumbest, most impressive thing yet: beating every raid boss, challenge modes activated, without firing a single gun. Oh, and nobody died. To do this,…

People Are Reminiscing About A PS1 JRPG That Didn’t Exist

Two game devs made up a classic JRPG to help promote their new title, a twine game about fandom, nostalgia and Usenet boards. What they didn’t count on was people believing the fake game was real. Sophia Park and Penelope Evans initially gave out jewel cases for Arc Symphony, a “classic” JRPG that they made…

Quake Champion‘s Beta Is A Bloody Disaster

Quake Champions is an upcoming free to play arena shooter that revives the beloved franchise. It is currently running a closed beta. It’s bloody and fun in short bursts but it is also amazingly frustrating. I wanted to enjoy my time with Quake Champions. Old school shooters formed a cornerstone of my time as a…

Dota 2 Patch Makes Death More Punishing

The next mainline Dota 2 patch hit the game’s servers today, and with it came a litany of balance changes meant to address the most pressing concerns in the wake of the Kiev Major. With The International 7 looming on the horizon, it’s time to fine-tune the game that will be played for millions in…

Project Rap Rabbit Is A Rhythm Game With RPG-Style Rap Battles

Traditional rhythm games give players a series of set songs to tap along to. In Project Rap Rabbit, the newly-announced collaboration between Parappa the Rapper’s Masaya Matsuura and Gitaroo Man’s Keiichi Yano, players participate in rap battles powered by RPG-style dialogue trees. According to the Kickstarter video for Project Rap Rabbit, the battle system in…

Smash Champion Loses First Tournament This Year In Wild Match Against Top Player

Super Smash Bros. Melee champion Adam “Armada” Lindgren lost his first tournament this year against crowd favorite Joseph “Mango” Marquez at yesterday’s Royal Flush tournament in Atlantic City, New Jersey. After it looked like Lindgren would take home #1, Marquez made an adrenaline-fueled comeback that made the audience go wild. Leaving few openings for Marquez’s…

Elgato’s Stream Deck Is Fancy Tool For Fancy Streamers

Streamers seeking more control over their broadcasts often use external keypads to do things like switching scenes and controlling chat. Elgato’s $150 Stream Deckaims to replace those makeshift solutions with 15 dedicated LCD buttons capable of handling up to 210 different actions. It’s quite fancy. The Stream Deck, launched today and available at Elgato’s website,…

Japanese Game Companies That Won’t Allow YouTube Comments 

Nintendo America, for example, allows comments on its YouTube videos. The company’s Japanese headquarters does not, and some people online in Japan don’t sound too happy. This has been going on for a while now, but a recent 2ch thread shined a light on the discrepancy. It’s kind of strange that Nintendo doesn’t allow comments…

Tokyo Ghoul Gets An Official Cafe With Disgusting-Looking Food

That seems to be the point! An official Tokyo Ghoul eatery is opening in Tokyo later this month features freaky food inspired by the manga. As Japan Trends points out, meals have names like Kaneki’s One-Eyed Curry and Tsukiyama’s Eyeball Cheese Mousse. Surely they taste better than they look! The Tokyo Ghoul Cafe runs from May…

Insane Yakuza Character Gets Cute Birthday Greetings

In the Yakuza games, psychotic Goro Majima is known as “Mad Dog of Shimano” for good reason: He’s violent and bonkers. He’s also a fan favorite, which might explain the adorable birthday messages for the character.  It’s not uncommon for artists to create fan art to celebrate a character’s birthday. Majima’s b-day is May 14,…

Report: Nintendo Is Bringing The Legend of Zelda To Smartphones

Nintendo’s beloved Zelda series is headed to smartphones, states The Wall Street Journal in an unconfirmed report. It’s somewhat unclear if this is a port or an entirely new game like Super Mario Run. If true, that seems most likely. According to The Wall Street Journal, sources say this is Nintendo’s latest effort to expand…

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Here Come The Buffs

While we’ve seen a ton of Japanese Persona 5 cosplay, the game has been out long enough in the West now for a fresh wave to come rolling in. This is Sea Of Rabbitz as P5’s Futaba, with photos by The Will Box The costume and room decor are perfect! But that meal looks way…

Stick To Cammy, Cammy

Dylan Ekren is an artist based in LA who has worked for Disney on movies like Frozen, Big Hero 6 and Zootopia We’re here, though, for his series of Street Fighter sketches, in which he’s drawing a different Chun-Li for every day in May. You’ll find his progress so far below, but for a similar…

Half-Life 2: VR Lets You Get A Little Closer To City 17

Here’s a Steam Greenlight campaign, run by fans, featuring a virtual reality mod for a game made by the guys who own Steam. Playing a proper VR version of Half-Life 2 seems like a no-brainer for anyone with a VR headset. It also seems like something Valve would have made and released for free with…

Paradox Publishing A “Hardcore” Strategy Game About Mars

Surviving Mars is a strategy game coming to the PC, Xbox One and PS4 courtesy of Paradox, the publishers of games like Crusader Kings and Hearts of Iron. It’s all about building cities from Mars, and trying to avoid getting everyone inside them killed in the process. Developed by Haemimont Games, Surviving Mars is described…

Dota 2 Commentator Reveals She’s Been Diagnosed With Cancer 

Jorien “Sheever” van der Heijden, one of Dota 2‘s most prominent casters and streaming personalities, revealed earlier today on her Twitch channel that she has cancer and will start undergoing treatment for it later this week. “Well I have breast cancer,” she told her viewers during her daily Dota 2 stream. “It hasn’t spread. It’ll…