Evo’s Smash Bros. Final Came Down To An Elite Fox Vs. Jigglypuff Battle

The Super Smash Bros. Melee grand finals at this weekends huge Evo fighting game tournament culminated with a match between reputedly the world’s best Fox McCloud player against the world’s best Jigglypuff player. The guy playing Fox won the tournament last year. Could he repeat? You can watch the final round of the final match…

The Week In Games: Nap Time

*soft snoring* Tuesday, July 15 One Piece Unlimited World Red (Vita) Abyss Odyssey (PS3 – PC) Wednesday, July 16 Abyss Odyssey (XBLA) Magic 2015: Duels of the Planeswalkers (PC) Thursday, July 17 Strike Force Foxx (3DS eShop) Coming Soon: Tuesday, July 22: OlliOlli (PC, PS3, PS4), Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty (PS4 – PSN) Thursday, July…

Everything Is Better With Dinosaurs, Especially Deer Hunter 2014

Damn, Glu Mobile — just damn. You took my favorite mobile guilty pleasure — Deer Hunter 2014 — replaced the animals with prehistoric creatures, juggled some textures, added some new weapons and bam, I’m hooked all over again. Well played, Dino Hunter: Deadly Shores. When I say this is pretty much the exact same game…

Tekken 7 Announced Today, Eventually

According to an AOL posting of anIGN video that’s not currently available on IGN proper, Namco Bandai just announced Tekken 7, powered by Unreal Engine 4 — only they haven’t. At least, not yet. According to the video, producer and Tekken creator Katsuhiro Harada chose Unreal Engine 4 as it can easily deliver the visual…

Track: Eye of the Tiger Artist: Survivor Album: Eye of the Tiger Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

I Really Wanted The Other Guy To Win EVO’s King Of Fighters Tournament

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. Despite some excellent Iori dueling and excellent use of the annoying-as-hell Chin, in the end what…

Batgirl Sweeps The Evo Injustice Grand Finals

Sonic Fox Vs. Pig of the Hut, General Zod Vs. Batgirl — who won? The viewing public. Also, Batgirl. Update: Now with smooth video of the entire finals. Though Pig of the Hut managed to squeak by Sonic Fox in the winner’s finals of Evo’s Injustice: Gods Among Us tournament, Sonic Fox battled his way…

Sources: Crytek Still Facing Issues As Homefront Director Resigns

As Crytek continues to face financial difficulties, we’re hearing of more departures at the troubled company. This week, Homefront: The Revolution game director Hasit Zala resigned from his position at Crytek UK, according to three people familiar with goings-on at the studio. Zala was also franchise director for the free-to-play shooter Warface Crytek UK development…

Tired of watching fighting games live? Watch StarCraft II live instead! We’re on Day Two of Red Bull Battle Grounds Atlanta, a StarCraft II event I was planning on attending back before I took over weekends. Let’s hope the competitors are better at planning than I am.