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This Game Lets You Show Cammy Your Thailand
Did you know that, over the weekend, there was an indie game get-together called Jean Claude Van Jam? And that it was all about making games based on Jean-Claude Van Damme? And that it happened only a few days after Van Damme gave perhaps the greatest Street Fighter-related interview of all time? What an amazing…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 21, 2012 -
Cute Hoodie Turns You Into a Subtle Ryu From Street Fighter
The biggest problem most video game-inspired outfits run into is subtlety. Or, their lack of it. Something emblazoned with logos and character art might be fine for a LAN party or trade show, but on the street, it can often be a little much. So I like this hoodie. I wouldn’t buy it, but I…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 17, 2012 -
Van Damme “Showed Cammy His Thailand” While Filming The Terrible 90s Street Fighter Movie
Just in case you needed a little more background to the relationship between Jean-Claude Van Damme (Guile) and Kylie Minogue (Cammy) in the 1994 Street Fighter movie, know that according to the Belgian brawler/breakdancer the pair enjoyed a real-life “affair” behind the scenes. So, um, who gives a shit? I do, because he describes it…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 13, 2012 -
57 Street Fighters, All in the One Place
How many Street Fighters are there? There’s loads. Unless you’re a hardcore fan, likely way more than you thought there were. Considering Street Fighter II started with only eight playable characters, you can blame the later games, when Capcom went a little crazy This awesome poster by artist Ken Wong puts 57 of them in…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 8, 2012 -
To-Do in Los Angeles: Go and Punch a Car Pinata to Celebrate 25 Years of Street Fighter
We’ve already shown you a sneak peek at the awesome art being created to celebrate the quarter-century birthday of Capcom’s legendary fighting game series. And you can drool over a few more pieces in the gallery above. If you go to the Combo Attack Art Show at the IAm8-Bit gallery space, you’ll see all of…
By Evan Narcisse Published August 3, 2012 -
M. Bison Wants to Take Over the (Art) World
There’s an art show opening next Friday in LA called Combo Attack. It’s a celebration of all things Street Fighter, and will include the work of over fifty artists. One of them is Aled Lewis, whose series of Street Fighter pixel art images are just wonderful. You can see them below, on the internet, or…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 27, 2012 -
Street Fighter LEGO so Good You’ll Think it’s Official
Custom LEGO builder Julian Fong has, after over a year of hard work, put together a set of Street Fighter LEGO minifigs that look for all the world like actual, official pieces. They’re not, of course, he’s painted and customised themselves, but the level of detail, craftsmanship and adherence to LEGO’s own style is remarkable.…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 24, 2012 -
Game of Thrones vs Street Fighter vs Dr. Who, the Great Art Showdown
We’ve seen some of Roberto Flores’ art on Kotaku before. He’s the guy who did those amazing Game of Thrones fighting game illustrations. We’re not looking at (many of) those tonight, though. Tonight, we’re looking at his other awesome pics, video game-related or otherwise. In addition to a bonus Game of Thrones image, he’s also…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 17, 2012 -
Holy Crap, Is There a Lot of Stuff in Street Fighter‘s $150 Anniversary Edition—for PS3
The Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Collector’s Set releases on Sept. 18, and both its Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions are a deluxe-o package featuring four full Street Fighter games and a slew of other goodies. The PlayStation 3 version, however, packs in four more games (all three Street Fighter Alpha games as PSOne Classics,…
By Owen Good Published July 13, 2012 -
Official Live-Action Street Fighter Series Coming From Some Very Talented People
The fans who made the terrific live-action Street Fighter: Legacy short film (see above!) have been tapped by Capcom to make an official live-action series called Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist. The series will debut next year. Here are some official details from a press release that hit as this was announced at Comic-Con: “this thrilling,…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 12, 2012 -
This Year’s San Diego Comic-Con Exclusives Are Gonna Break Me
Now that my wallet has finally recovered from Comic-Con 2009, it’s time to venture forth once more into the land of must-buy exclusive toys and shame. Rather than surprise my bank account this year, I’ve compiled a shopping list containing the logical, illogical and not-embarrassing-at-all items I’ll be bringing home this weekend. And then I…
By Mike Fahey Published July 10, 2012 -
Street Fighter X Tekken Puts Its On-Disc DLC on Sale at the End of July
A dozen new fighters in Street Fighter X Tekken will go on sale July 31, Capcom said yesterday at EVO 2012. It’ll cost 1,600 Microsoft Points/$19.99 to unlock them from the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 disc where they reside. Now, those with a PS Vita may still wish to wait, as its version of…
By Owen Good Published July 7, 2012 -
These Street Fighter Shirts Aren’t Exactly Intimidating
Clothing company Kineda is the latest in a long line of outlets to try their hand at some trendy Street Fighter t-shirts, their collaboration with Capcom resulting in this sickeningly adorable line. While it’s not for me – my Street Fighter tastes lie somewhere between Triumvir and Meat Bun – it’ll be for someone out…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 4, 2012 -
CultureTotal Recall
Dragon Ball’s Creator Takes on Street Fighter
Akira Toriyama is famous as being the creator of Dragonball, though he’s also worked on video games, most notably doing character design for the Dragon Quest series of RPGs (as well as Xbox 360 RPG Blue Dragon). This antique image, from what looks like an old Japanese magazine, has the legend giving his take on…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 3, 2012 -
Who Knew Turning People Into Squares Made Them So Cute?
I wouldn’t have guessed it, but deviantART artist Theresa Cartwright has a whole gallery dedicated to proving the naysayers otherwise. They don’t just include video game characters, either. Everyone from The Last Airbender’s Aang to Breaking Bad’s Jessie appears in that gallery. Even Jessie’s meth head makeup is somehow, slightly, oddly charming in the squarified…
By Tina Amini Published July 2, 2012 -
You Know What? Ryu Kind Of Sucks.
In today’s Speak Up, Daemon_Gildas confesses that Ryu just flat out sucks. Especially compared to his rivals. Dear Capcom, Listen, I know it’s been a while since we talked. I maybe said some things, and you maybe locked me out of some on-disc content. But I like to think we’ve really grown since then. So…
Featuring Daemon_Gildas Published July 2, 2012 -
Kotaku East
The Feel Good Fighting Game Story of the Summer
The fighting game community gets a bum rap. Sometimes it’s deserved. Often it’s not. There are good people in the fighting game community. People like Daigo Umehara. People like Osamu Ichikawa. And people like the folks at Shoryuken. Osamu has cerebral palsy, a condition he was diagnosed with when he was one. For his whole…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 28, 2012 -
An Advocate Who Believed in His Community, not Just the Games They Bought
Seth Killian’s last day at Capcom was Friday. Community managers and PR types become well known to our readers because they’re so frequently quoted, but their departures typically don’t rate a news item because it usually amounts to no more than insider talk. Seth, whose title was “Strategic Marketing Director, Online & Community” wasn’t really…
By Owen Good Published June 24, 2012 -
Ever Wonder What Happened to all the Street Fighters?
We’ve got one interpretation. And it’s a funny one. But it’s not terribly realistic. Which is why, in some ways, I like this version of “what happened after” for the Street Fighter series a little more. Canadian artist Arman Akopian has done these great images of some of the central characters in the franchise, depicting…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2012 -
Street Fighter X Tekken Coming to iPhones This Summer, Probably Won’t Have On-Disc DLC
That tech demo we saw of the Street Fighter X Tekken crossover running on an iPad earlier this month becomes a real boy, as Capcom shrinks Ryu, Nina, Chun-Li and Kazuya down until they fit inside iOS devices. Street Fighter X Tekken Mobile features the same great fighting action of the console version, only without…
By Mike Fahey Published June 14, 2012