Street Fighter

The Story Behind Street Fighter‘s Greatest Moment

We probably all know the general story of Moment 37 and the famous Daigo Parry that displayed a serious talent for Street Fighter blocking. But for our second episode of Kotaku Compete, you can get a behind-the-scenes look at the feelings and the people behind the moment, and how it’s affected them since. This piece…

Street Fighter Mods Are Getting A Little Too Nude

Today on Highlight Reel we have good bones and calcium, Mei bullfights, gravity deflects, smooth operators, and more! Watch the video then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via the links below. Subscribe to Kotaku on YouTube for more! AC: Revelations…

Chun-Li, by JSG Cosplay. Photos by Photosnxs

Street Fighter V’s new story DLC is really ridiculous and silly. You can watch me fumble and laugh through the first 30 minutes or so below. (Worth noting: it’s free!)

Here’s a trailer for the “cinematic” story mode that’s being added to Street Fighter V tomorrow via a free update. More details on the update, including pricing if you want to play the game’s new characters right away ($6) is over at Capcom’s blog

Beautiful Portraits Of…Fighting Game Pros

Kotaku reader Bartosz Hołoszkiewicz—aka Renton Holmes—is also a professional photographer, and he recently took a series of terrific shots of some Street Fighter V players at a tournament. These images, of some of the players taking part in the Capcom Pro Tour Premier at DreamHack Summer 2016, are, well, beautiful. Unless you’re a proper fan,…

Street Fighter V’s June Story Update Arrives July 1 With Extra Balrog

Street Fighter V’s long-awaitedstory mode arrives this Friday on PlayStation 4 and PC. In case you need more incentive stay offline to play an extended single-player mode, Capcom’s releasing Balrog as well. As detailed in Patrick’s lovely what to expect when you’re expecting Street Fighter V story DLC article from earlier this month, all of…

Sounds like Daigo Umehara thinks Street Fighter V needs an arcade release in Japan. Event Hubs reported he wondered if the game will still be played next year. Umehara added that the lack of an arcade release was a problem for Japanese gamers.

Ash From Pokémon Isn’t Teaching Subway Manners In Taiwan 

Of course Ash is not. But this Taipei Metro announcement certainly looks like he is. The announcement gives tips on good manners while riding the subway as well as safety. Say, is that Sakura from Street Fighter? And Kyo Kusanagi from The King of Fighters? The announcement debuted a few years back, but it’s still…

Street Fighter Mod Lets You Play As Tracer From Overwatch 

PC gaming continues to bring us ridiculous crossovers, this time mixing a little Street Fighter V with Overwatch. As showcased by PC Best Mods, you’ll note that this version of Tracer drops her guns in favor of hand-to-hand combat. Really, the Tracer model is just skin over Cammy, so she can’t do any of her…

Cammy Can Pull Packages Out Of Her Butt

Uh. Well. Okay, then. Note: This article might contain spoilers as well as content some readers find objectionable. Previously, Kotaku reported what you could expect with the game’s upcoming story mode. Now, ten minutes of footage seems to have popped up online. The footage shown below looks totally bonkers. The first minute is, well, especially…

What To Expect From Street Fighter V‘s Upcoming Story Mode

Though multiplayer is the main draw for games like Street Fighter V, people have come to expect those games to have story modes for solo players. At the end of the month, Street Fighter V gets one for free. Capcom has been teasing Street Fighter V’s story mode for a while now, but as development…

Capcom USA and Capcom Japan Have Communication Problems

Street Fighter is owned by Capcom USA. It’s developed in Japan. Keep that in mind as we talk about what’s going on with Ibuki’s delayed release. Earlier this year, Capcom USA’s community blog published a road map for this year’s releases, which set expectations for Ibuki to be released in late May. That didn’t happen.…

Street Fighter cosplay is best when it goes beyond just looks.

The next DLC character for Street Fighter V, Ibuki, has been delayed until the end of June The character had been scheduled to hit pretty soon, but Capcom’s decided to push back the release until the game’s story mode is complete.

Ibuki’s Street Fighter V Trailer Interrupted By Mouse Cursor

It’s only a few seconds, but damn, it just hangs there. You can’t unsee it. Capcom recently announced that Ibuki was the latest fighter to join Street Fighter V. And, as pointed out by YouTube commenter Rey Robinson, it looks like whomever made the PlayStation trailer left their mouse icon in the frame. The full…

Xavier Woods Hadoukens Wrestler

WWE wrestler Xavier Woods, noted enthusiast of the video games, unleashed a Street Fighter-style Hadouken on Aiden English in a bout last night. Thankfully, English seems to have survived the attack. (via Fox Sports)

Fro Design Company have released a second series of old-timey travel posters based on Street Fighter II stages. They’re great!

Bring Me The Heads Of Street Fighter II’s Defeated Characters

Not the most obvious choice for some collectible statues, these, but then sometimes the best ideas are the ones that take 25 years to come about. These little toys come random-packed, so you don’t know who you’re getting, but when they look this good who cares which one you get. You can pick them up…

Never Change, Guile

When you’ve gotta write parking tickets at 12 but be Maverick’s wingman any time at 3. Guile is April’s DLC character for Street Fighter V