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That’s one hell of a Dhalsim. Cosplay by Michael Vincent, photo by WJS
By Luke Plunkett Published June 27, 2014 -
Poseable Street Fighter Plushies Have Some Epic Eyebrows
The lightest contact with Ryu’s eyebrows from Gaming Heads new line of poseable Street Fighter plushies can probably render a normal human unconscious. What hidden powers do Ken and Chun-Li possess? Rather than simply stuff some cloth with fluff, Gaming Heads fitted each of the new $19.99 plushies based on the legendary fighting game series…
By Mike Fahey Published June 25, 2014 -
Capcom has issued an official statement that the next Street Fighter will not be pay-to-win. They did this in response to an article by Japanese newspaper Sponichi Annex, in which a Capcom executive apparently mentioned plans of implementing a pay-for-advantage system in the next Street Fighter. [via EventHubs]
By András Neltz Published June 12, 2014 -
How Well Do You Know Your Street Fighter Butts? Let’s Find Out.
Poison’s ultra in in Ultra Street Fighter 4 gives us all a special opportunity to get up close and personal with some butts. But how good are you at recognizing who those butts belong to? That’s the real question here. nutsVSguts has made a compilation of Poison’s ultra, which gives us all a chance to…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 9, 2014 -
A Whole Bunch Of Classic Mega Man Games Are Bound For Wii U
Capcom’s releasing fifteen of its classic games on Nintendo’s 3DS and Wii U Virtual Consoles. That includes ten Mega Man games. Of the fifteen games, three—Gargoyle’s Quest II, Mighty Final Fight, and Street Fighter 2010—will be to be coming to the 3DS as well as the Wii U. In addition to those, the following nine…
By András Neltz Published June 9, 2014 -
Organizing A Real-Life Street Fighter Tournament Would Be Painful
M. Bison, the host of Street Fighter’s fighting tournament has to realize that destroying Mercedes S-Class cars and temples full of elephants would be a bit expensive, even for a would-be world dictator. Pete Holmes suggests Atlanta for the entire tournament. Well, I know someone here at Kotaku who’d be happy with that location. Street…
By Gergo Vas Published June 4, 2014 -
The Live-Action Street Fighter Series Is Out. Watch It Here.
It’s been almost two years since the live-action web series Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist was first announced. Today, you can watch all the episodes online. The whole thing is on Machinima‘s YouTube channel, or you can watch it all right here, if you’d prefer. Here are all the episodes, in order:
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 23, 2014 -
Preorder Bonus Ultra Street Fighter IV Costumes
Check out the five exclusive costumes available as an Ultra Street Fighter IV preorder bonus: Via SF Facebook You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published May 16, 2014 -
276-Hit Combo In Street Fighter IV
Above is the culmination of a 276-hit, 1076-damage combo in Street Fighter. Watch video of the combo below: Chun Li’s infinites are a perfect place to start but there’s one major problem. As they only work against crouching characters, after the opponent is stunned (and they reset into standing) you won’t be able to use…
By John Struan Published May 9, 2014 -
Spring Fighter Tournament Poster
Poster by RVSA for NYU Game Center’s upcoming Spring Fighter tournament. I posted the art without text below, as well as the poster for last year’s tournament. And here’s last year’s poster by the same artist: Previously: Poster for the Shadowloo Showdown Street Fighter Tournament You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated…
By John Struan Published May 6, 2014 -
Street Fighter‘s Guile Wasn’t Really In The Military
Pete Holmes has pointed out several issues with the tactics other Street Fighter characters use, but there was no need to even go that far with one look at Guile’s military qualifications. One might wonder what war Guile could have fought in, and the answer is apparently “he didn’t.” I went to double check this…
By Steve Marinconz Published May 2, 2014 -
Posters For The Shadowloo Showdown Street Fighter Tournament
Poster by BossLogic for the upcoming Shadowloo Showdown in Australia. See two more posters in the series below: Bonus, here’s BossLogic’s take on Karate Kid—”Perspective of a Villain” You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published April 30, 2014 -
A Street Fighter Series That Might Not Suck
Aside from a few decent anime movies, Street Fighter’s theatrical history is one to forget. Good thing this isn’t a movie, then. Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist is an upcoming webseries that’ll run on Machinima, which is a “coming of age” story about Ryu and Ken. Sure, there’s a certain degree of corny you can’t escape…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 24, 2014 -
Fight Amidst Dinosaurs In Ultra Street Fighter IV
Two new videos have been released for Ultra Street Fighter IV, which was just released in Japanese arcades, and will be available for home consoles this summer. See the opening cinematic and a lengthy gameplay video below. My favorite stage—the Jurassic Era Research Facility, is prominently featured. Opening Cinematic: Four and a half minutes of…
By John Struan Published April 19, 2014 -
Travel Posters Inspired By Street Fighter
Fro Design Company just unveiled a brand new series of travel posters inspired by the Street Fighter series. See all six below: The posters are on sale here Previously: Doom Myst 20 Years Later Poster Now On Sale You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and…
By John Struan Published April 15, 2014 -
Someone Wrote A Book About Street Fighter‘s Greatest Match
It’s been ten years since the greatest comeback in competitive video games happened. In the decade since Daigo Umehara and Justin Wong met in a fateful match of Street Fighter III: Third Strike, EVO Moment 37 has become the stuff of legend. Now there’s a book about it. The myriad low-res videos that capture their…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 14, 2014 -
A Game For Salty Fighters
Based on a recent act of fight stick destruction, Stick Chucker doesn’t care if you win or lose a game of Street Fighter. It only cares how far, and how hard, you can throw your stick once you lose. Come for the free game, stay for the awesome soundtrack, which for $1 is totally worth…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 8, 2014
