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Nicki Minaj Seems Confused About Chun Li In Her New Track
Nicki Minaj just dropped her new track “Chun-Li,” during an interview with Zane Lowe on Beats 1. It’s not bad, although I am concerned that she thinks Chun-Li is the villain. Nicki hasn’t recorded much solo music recently, and a lot of her features on other people’s tracks have sounded like she’s been asleep. While…
By Gita Jackson Published April 12, 2018 -
New Street Fighter Board Game Looks Really Cool
There’s a new, official Street Fighter board gameon the way, and it’s a lot more ambitious than I was expecting given the subject matter. Using big and detailed miniatures, Street Fighter takes place on large, expansive maps, where players can either fight 1v1 or—and this is where it gets interesting—as teams, including a boss fight…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 4, 2018 -
CultureTotal RecallStreet Fighter II Sure Looks Inspired By This 1975 Charles Bronson Movie
Here’s something I’d never noticed before: two of the most memorable stages from Street Fighter II are likely a tribute to Hard Times, a 1975 Charles Bronson movie about…street fighting. There are multiple fights in the movie, but as Guerilla’s Dennis Zopfi pointed out in the tweet below, two in particular influenced the design of…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 18, 2018 -
Street Fighter Gets Unofficially Ported To The Real World
Abhishek Singh, creator of that very cool first-person Mario experience for the HoloLens, is back with a home-made version of Street Fighter that projects the action to anywhere you can point your phone screen at. He calls it the Real World Warrior Edition, and yes, it’s choppy. But like…the point here isn’t the speed or…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 14, 2018 -
Esports
Fighting Game Pros Gaming At Their Weddings Appears To Be A Thing
Ryo “Dogura” Nozaki is a well-known player from Japan, who placed 7th in the Capcom Pro Tour global rankings in 2017 and took first place at Canada Cup 2017. He was also getting married last weekend, and during the wedding party, the happy couple set up a PlayStation and the groom took on a few…
By Eric Van Allen Published March 5, 2018 -
Monster Hunter: World’s Ryu Costume Is The Right Kind Of Absurd
Monster Hunter: World’s crossover events bring over instantly recognizable characters to join in on the slicing and dicing. Fresh off the heels of a Horizon: Zero Dawn event, certain players can now unlock Street Fighter’s Ryu for some of the most absurd and monster hunting imaginable. Players with Street Fighter V save can now play…
By Heather Alexandra Published February 17, 2018 -
Esports
Street Fighter‘s Best Character Continues To Look Beautiful
Blanka will come to Street Fighter V on February 20 with all his classic obnoxious moves, plus a flummoxing Gumby-like costume. Even without an embarrassing outfit, Blanka has his share of detractors because he’s a reactive character with “troll” moves that work best as punishments for an opponent’s mistakes. Blanka’s haters will doubtless feel all…
By Maddy Myers Published February 12, 2018 -
Esports
Street Fighter Player Forced To Commentate His Own Match
At last night’s Next Level Battle Circuit, the mic was somehow unoccupied right before Arturo “Sabin” Sanchez’s match against a player who goes by SonicSol, as all the other commentators had seemingly vacated the stream at the same time. Rather than play in silence, Sanchez decided to call his own match. Sanchez is an experienced…
By Eric Van Allen Published February 8, 2018 -
Capcom’s Fighting Game Design Is Just Beautiful
For his contributions to series like Street Fighter, artist Akira “Akiman” Yasuda is responsible for some of the most iconic images in all of video games. In this video, we get a chance to see him at work. It’s the latest episode in the always-excellent Toco Toco TV, a series dedicated to intimate interviews with…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 1, 2018 -
EsportsA Haywire Street Fighter V Character Could Run Amok At Evo Japan
Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition players recently discovered a serious bug that makes one of the game’s most powerful characters almost unstoppable, which could have serious consequences with the inaugural Evo Japan on the horizon. The bug’s simplicity belies its severity. By combining his V-Skill armor, which gives him the ability to shrug off one…
By Ian Walker Published January 25, 2018 -
Why People Are Freaking Out About Street Fighter‘s Ryu And Sakura
In the Street Fighter series, Sakura has always wanted to prove herself to her hero Ryu. In Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, the bar appears to have been raised. Note: If you haven’t played through Sakura’s story mode, beware because there are spoilers below! By Street Fighter IV, Sakura had a crush on Ryu, but…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 17, 2018 -
EsportsFighting Game Legend Plays Street Fighter And Vampire Savior At His Wedding
The people who actually get married at a wedding have so much to do—write the vows, master the cadence of the walk to the altar, personally greet everyone in attendance—that it leaves a miniscule amount of time to really take in the whole affair. One iconic fighting game competitor, however, felt it was important to…
By Ian Walker Published January 10, 2018 -
‘Suckin Dick While My Man Plays 2K‘: When Video Games Meet Sex
Back in September 2017, one Twitter user informed the world that she was “suckin dick while my man plays 2K.” At first glance, it seemed like she was boasting about some video game foreplay, but no. She later clarified, “LMAO y’all thought i meant my mans dick?😂 fohhh.” Months later, I can’t stop thinking about…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 10, 2018 -
Esports
3rd Strike Is Alive And Well This Weekend At Cooperation Cup
While the biggest events host the latest games, it’s always nice to revisit classics. In Japan, love for Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike never waned, thanks to a vibrant arcade scene. This weekend’s Cooperation Cup highlights the best of the best, in a game almost 20 years old. Cooperation Cup pits teams of Street Fighter…
By Eric Van Allen Published January 6, 2018 -
Esports
Tier Lists Are Full Of Shit
Almost no one played as Blanka in Street Fighter IV. This is because the low-tier green Brazilian is weird, doesn’t play like any other character in the game, and is widely considered not to be very powerful. Nonetheless, Street Fighter V is adding Blanka into the game this January after two years without him. I…
By Maddy Myers Published December 20, 2017 -
Esports
10-Year-Old Street Fighter Prodigy Pops Off On Daigo’s Show
The future of Street Fighter depends on its newcomers, many of whom come up as children that simply play fighting games for fun. One such kid, a 10-year-old named Asuna, made an appearance on Daigo Umehara’s live stream last week to test her burgeoning Street Fighter V skills. During her visit to the BeasTV set,…
By Ian Walker Published December 19, 2017 -
The New Ready Player One Trailer Is Filled With Video Game, Anime, And Comic Book Characters
The first Ready Player One preview had loads of cameos and pop culture references, so it’s no surprise that the latest one does, too. As previously pointed out, the new trailer features Chun-Li and Overwatch’s Tracer. There are also other cameos, with characters from games, anime, comics and more showing up. Let’s have a look!…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 11, 2017 -
Street Fighter Collection Bundles 12 Games In One Release
It’s Street Fighter’s 30th anniversary, and to mark the occasion Capcom is grabbing a large hairy armful of old games and releasing them all in the one package. The bundle contains almost everything coming before Street Fighter IV (with the exception of the 3D EX games), from the 1987 originalthrough to 3rd Strike Street Fighter…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 10, 2017 -
Esports
Snake Eyez Stands By Street Fighter‘s Massive Bear Hug Man
Darryl “Snake Eyez” Lewis is one of the best Street Fighter players in the country. But he barely cracked the top-64 at last month’s North American Regional Finals Last Chance Qualifier, and he’s only ranked 20th on the Pro Tour headed into this weekend’s Capcom Cup. Why is the 2017 CEO champion going to have…
By Maddy Myers Published December 8, 2017 -
Esports
Street Fighter V Champion NuckleDu Pulls Out Of Capcom Cup A Week Before Annual Event
As the Capcom Cup 2016 champion, Du “NuckleDu” Dang was automatically granted a spot at the 2017 event to defend his Street Fighter V title. But a recent announcement has thrown a wrench in that storyline, shaking up the established competitor lineup for the most important Street Fighter event of the year. Dang took to…
By Ian Walker Published November 28, 2017