Street Fighter

Happy 51st Birthday, Blanka

Look at Blanka out here, still biting faces and electrocuting folks at an age others are getting ready to settle in for some golf and orthopedic shoes Seeing as Blanka isn’t in Street Fighter V (yet), if you want to imagine what he’s up to these days at the age of 51, this is probably…

Remember Gill’s faithful companion from Street Fighter III? She’s Street Fighter V’s second season two character Kolin wields the power of ice in concert with the Russian martial art Systema. Also, her hair looks like Cheez Whiz. You can play her on February 28.

Fighting Game Characters Recreated With Micro-Sized Blocks

It’s not size that counts, but how awesome you can make tiny block sculptures. Nanoblock are much smaller than your typical blocks or bricks, with the tiniest Nanoblock measuring 4mm x 4mm. Japanese Twitter user Seibu_lina0505 has been creating Nanoblock sculptures of iconic fighting game and anime characters. Know that Nanoblock has released official Street…

Nazi Gets Punched In The Face, Internet Celebrates

Punching Nazis is something of a time honored tradition in the United States. So is making memes. It seems natural then that the Internet wouldn’t waste any time in making a video of white supremacist and neo-Nazi Richard Spencer getting punched in the face go viral. While the United States was late getting into WWII,…

These very cool Street Fighter x M.U.S.C.L.E. figures are $6 a pack, or $24 for the whole set of 12.

Unlikely Street Fighter III Character Wins First Major Tournament

Cooperation Cup, a long-running Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike tournament, returned to Japan this past weekend. Now in its 15th year, the event again provided the world with some of the best 3rd Strike competition around. This time, Alex player Genki’s winning performance was more than just a personal victory: it was a landmark for…

This Is A Pretty Good Street Fighter II Impression

Japanese comedy group No Motion has an interesting speciality. The duo likes to imitate anime and video games. In the above clip, they do their impression of Ryu fighting E. Honda in Street Fighter II. No Motion isn’t that famous yet (though, this clip is getting traction online in Japan). What they really nail isn’t…

Street Fighter V Winter Update Makes Rage Quitters Play Together

Street Fighter V’s holiday update is here, bringing with it festive holiday costumes, the debut of Akuma and tons of tweaks and balance changes, but the most entertaining change of them all is tweaking matchmaking to ensure frequent rage quitters wind up playing each other. Docking League Points and temporary bans have gone a long…

Street Fighter V‘s Rollercoaster Year

It’s funny to think of a fighting game having responsibilities, but that’s exactly where Street Fighter V found itself on the verge of its mid-February release date earlier this year. As the follow-up to what was arguably the genre’s most important release in decades, there was a lot riding on Street Fighter V’s success. Would…

MMA Champion Uses Video Games And Cosplay To Deal With The Stress Of Fighting

Angela “Overkill” Hill is the strawweight champion of the world’s most prominent women’s MMA organization, Invicta. She’s on the verge of a second crack at UFC glory. Last time around, though, she found herself too bogged down by the pressures of fight life to compete as well as she could. These days, she’s using cosplay…

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Via Attract Mode

Hope you like Street Fighter V! Capcom producer Yoshinori Ono told Famitsu (via Event Hubs) that they’ve planned the game’s roadmap “ up to around 2020.” Capcom wants to make sure the game is a solid esports title.

Street Fighter Juri Statue Looks Very Uncomfortable

As a big fan of Street Fighter’s South Korean monster, I was initially quite pleased with the latest statue from Pop Culture Shock Collectibles. Then I took a moment to really look at the straps on the side of her battle bib. Ouchie. For the most part it’s a very nice statue, as it should…

Fighting Game Locations in Real-Life

Many fighting games take place all over the world. So, to bring those locations to life, game developers often stick pretty close to reality. If you’ve ever played a fighting game, this is no surprise whatsoever. As pointed out a ways back by fighting game historian Crayfis on the Shoryuken forums (via website SebastianMihai.com) here…

Street Fighter V Update Makes Losing Matches More Embarrassing

Losing in Street Fighter V is now very, very embarrassing. Last night’s Street Fighter V update added Street Fighter III’s suit-clad human-muscle Urien and a Versus CPU mode, but the game’s new environmental stage KOs are the real… kicker. SFV patch 1.06’s new stage KOs are just vicious. Your limp, defeated corpse no longer just…

Someone Put Harambe In Street Fighter, Because Why Not

Harambe vs Capcom is a real video game that you can play. Not only does HvC bizarrely place everyone’s favorite gorilla (RIP) in a fighting game, it also gives the crossover a story to go along with it. In this rendition of reality, a shadow agency wants to kill Harambe because he has psychic powers.…

The Reason Behind Street Fighter‘s Iconic Button Layout

This week twenty-nine years ago, the first Street Fighter was released in arcades. There was Ken, Ryu, and some very different buttons. As pointed out on Event Hubs, the first cabinets had giant pressure-sensitive pads that you were supposed to POUND WITH YOUR FIST. Which is nuts. Problems arose from players punching the buttons, such…

Sesame Street Fighter Kicks Your As, Bs & Cs

Sesame Street Fighter is a basic little fighting game for browsers that, instead of asking for combos and special moves, is asking you to type stuff really really fast. Characters have different knowledge bases (Cookie Monster is animals, Grover is weather, Oscar is Russian cities, etc), and depending on who you select you’ll face a…

Custom Model Kits Bring Classic Games To Life

16 bit Models was an exhibition held in Akihabara over the weekend. It brought model makers together to pay homage to some of the great games from the 16-bit era (and beyond), and included everything from Street Fighter II to Crazy Taxi to Outrun A ton of great photos were taken of the event’s highlights…

FGC Raw is a new documentary series focusing on “the top players in the fighting game community”. First up is Long Island Joe, who made one hell of a run at this year’s EVO.