Over the weekend, an entire venue of Super Smash Bros. competitors and spectators lost their collective minds over…
PlayStation Japan recently invited two high-level fighting game competitors to showcase a special Ryu-on-Ryu mirror…
During Smash regional Collision 2019 in New Jersey last weekend, a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate match came to a halt…
It feels like only yesterday that the fighting game community watched surprise South Korean competitor Hyeon-ho…
This past weekend, a group of Tekken 7 players from South Korea traveled east to take on their Japanese counterparts…
Making a living in competitive gaming is difficult, but it’s even harder for folks living in Japan. The island…
Despite only having happened twice so far, Evo Japan has already become a prestigious stop on the fighting game…
There are some things folks have come to expect from fighting game tournaments. Organizers always provide the…
Evo Japan 2019 kicked off festivities last night in Fukuoka, ushering in a second year of the Evolution Championship…
Last week, the Super Smash Bros. Melee community in Tennessee fired the first shot in the modern wobbling war when…
A player at last weekend’s national Hokuto no Ken tournament in Japan had time to finish his drink while waiting for his opponent’s lengthy combo to end. The niche fighting game, developed by Arc System Works in 2005, has become known for its over-the-top and infinite combo-heavy competition.
Tekken player Kazuaki “BKC” Tsukagoshi passed away over the weekend, according to a recent announcement from the Namco Sugamo game center. A eulogy on community hub Avoiding the Puddle describes BKC as a pillar of Japan’s competitive Tekken scene. He was just 30 years old.
Despite being old enough to get a driver’s license in much of the United States, the undying Super Smash Bros. Melee…
Last year, Capcom made changes to their official Street Fighter V competition, the Capcom Pro Tour, that hurt the…
Late last month, Dragon Ball FighterZ received its first new characters since September 2018: fan favorites Videl…
SoCal Regionals, the largest fighting game event in Southern California, will be skipping 2019. The tournament’s organizers announced the news yesterday, citing their busy schedule with other projects as the key motivation behind taking the year off. They plan to return in 2020.
Last weekend’s Dragon Ball FighterZ World Tour finale in Los Angeles, California, was punctuated with surprises and…
This weekend, the official Dragon Ball FighterZ World Tour will culminate at a grand finals event in Los Angeles,…
Over the weekend, a monthly Capcom vs. SNK 2 tournament at Japan’s Club Sega Shinjuku held a special exhibition…