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Street Fighter X Tekken Spawns the World’s First Fighting Game-Centric Reality Show

Not content with merely streaming live matches leading up to the March release of the Street Fighter X Tekken fighting game crossover, Capcom has teamed with iPlayWinner and Team Spooky to create Cross Assault, a live week-long $25,000 tournament masquerading as an internet reality show. Cross Assault will see two fighting game veterans attempting to…

By Mike Fahey Published January 23, 2012

Six New Challengers Appear for Street Fighter X Tekken, Plus a Vita Version Surprise

With Street Fighter X Tekken due out in early March, now is not the time for a tight trickle of new character reveals. That’s why Capcom has dropped six new fighters on us today, three from their team and three from the opposition. Has your favorite character been confirmed? Well that all depends, now doesn’t…

By Mike Fahey Published January 17, 2012

I Should Be Much More Excited By a Live-Action Chun-Li Versus Cammy Battle

Dominique “Chun-Li” Vance and Lane “Cammy” Kwederis do a fine just looking and acting their roles in Eddie Lebron’s live-action ode to Capcom’s Street Fighter franchise. Unfortunately they battle like a couple of actresses brand new to fight choreography. For all I know they are just that, and that’s not their fault whatsoever. Like I…

By Mike Fahey Published January 13, 2012

Capcom Bar Serves Resident Evil “Brains”. You Can Eat Them.

On Jan. 25, Capcom, the game company behind Resident Evil and Street Fighter, will open…a bar. It’s called Capcom Bar. Clever. As previously posted, the bar will have booze and food, and it will play host to Capcom promotional events. Wonder what to expect? Monster Hunter meat (fitting), Ace Attorney seafood pasta (oh), and Resident…

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 13, 2012

Capcom Celebrates 25 Years of Street Fighter

We can’t believe it’s been two-and-a-half decades since Ryu first roundhouse kicked himself into our hearts. Capcom has big plans to celebrate 25 years of Street Fighter this year, starting with the official 25th Anniversary logo. [Capcom]

By Mike Fahey Published January 11, 2012

It’ll Be Mortal Kombat vs. Street Fighter x Tekken vs. King of Fighters XIII (and More) for EVO 2012’s Tournament Season

Fighting games thrive on competition. And trash talk. Especially trash talk. For fans of video game brawling, the biggest—yet most respectful—competition is the annual EVO series, which brings fight-stick masters from around the world to fireball their way to ultimate supremacy. The promotion’s organizers have just announced the games that’ll be featured in this year’s…

By Evan Narcisse Published January 4, 2012

Bison, Ling Xiaoyu Are In Street Fighter x Tekken

This screenshot, posted on Street Fighter x Tekken’s Xbox Marketplace website, accidentally (?) reveals two new characters for the crossover title. You won’t see them punching; you’ll find them in the character section up the top of the screen. They’re Tekken’s Ling Xiaoyu and Street Fighter’s M. Bison. For Tekken, the day Bison graced this…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 2, 2012

Asuka Leads a Girls’ Fight Out in This Street Fighter X Tekken Trailer

What do you get when you mix Chun-Li and Cammy of Street Fighter with Lili and Asuka of Tekken? I don’t know, some sort of giant woman creature with eight arms and legs? Spider-Woman? Forget it; it was a stupid question. Just watch the video. I’m not really sure what’s up with all of the…

By Mike Fahey Published December 22, 2011

Super Meat Boy Blowing a Hadoken Through a Saxophone!

Did that headline get your attention? Good, because you should go and read this super-cool piece by Kill Screen‘s Lana Polansky about mechanics, practice, saxophone, jazz, and Street Fighter. (It also features the amazing illustration above, drawn by Daniel Purvis.) “Hey,” you may be thinking. “Doesn’t Kirk write about that sort of thing too, sometimes…

By Kirk Hamilton Published December 20, 2011

Pepper Spray Cop is an Ass-Kicking Street Fighter

Pepper Spray Cop will be one of the enduring images of 2011. While most tributes to the man have been simple PhotoShops, though, this piece by Pazero goes to the trouble of being an all-original illustration. Ken VS Lt John [DeviantArt, via Gamefreaks]

By Luke Plunkett Published December 13, 2011

Bet You Couldn’t Play Street Fighter with Your Feet

AJ loves arcade games, and he’s not going to let his disability get in the way of that! In the above video, AJ plays everything from fighters to shooters to classic arcade games—with his feet. Check out his YouTube Channel, appropriately titled OnlyUseMyFeet. How I play Arcade Games with my FEET! [YouTube]

By Brian Ashcraft Published December 12, 2011

Ryu, Stop Humping the Car

In Street Fighter‘s famous bonus stage, the goal is to smash cars. That’s the same goal in Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition Ver. 2012—even if it looks like the goal of SF character is something else entirely. The glitch appears to happen after Ryu unleashes a shoryuken on the car. Even when time runs…

By Brian Ashcraft Published December 7, 2011

Watch Tekken’s Warriors Fight It Out in 2D in This New Street Fighter x Tekken Video

So, fighting game fans everywhere know that Namco and Capcom will be pitting their marquee martial arts franchises against each other. Each company’s making one game and Capcom’s first out the gate with Street Fighter x Tekken. This new video shows how the Street Fighter publisher will be implementing the recurring characters from the King…

By Evan Narcisse Published December 2, 2011

CultureTotal Recall

The Best Part of Fighting Games? The Stupid Quotes.

There’s a charm to fighting games that’s irresistible. I mean, aside from all the face-punching, the character rosters are usually insane, and there’s a tongue-in-cheek vibe that runs deep through most titles in the genre. Nowhere is this more evident than in the stupid little quotes you get after a match in most games. To…

By Luke Plunkett Published December 2, 2011

Japan’s Most Talented Pro-Gamer on Television. Set to Music.

As far as Street Fighter gamers get, they don’t come much bigger than Daigo Umehara. He endorses fight sticks and has his own t-shirts. And here, he’s profiled on Japanese TV. This is a best-of collection, with Daigo footage you’ve probably seen before. There’s also a page from a Famitsu article from 1998 with a…

By Brian Ashcraft Published December 1, 2011

Reviews

Reviewing Chun-Li’s Giant Plastic Thighs (and Ryu’s Giant Veiny Feet)

Square Enix’s first two Street Fighter IV figures, based on series “heroes” Ryu and Chun-Li, have just hit shelves. Part of the company’s Play Arts line, they’re big, they’re detailed and they’re a little on the expensive side. But are they any good? They’re certainly heavy, that’s for sure. Standing just over 20cm each, these…

By Luke Plunkett Published December 1, 2011

Street Fighter‘s Bosses Are Much More Menacing in Mecha Form

Artists BossLogic and Reza have teamed up to give the big baddies of Street Fighter a mecha makeover, creating a set of characters I’d gladly purchase another version of Street Fighter IV to play. While the sinister hunch of Mecha-Sagat brings chills and the sleek lines of Mega-Vega hint at a deadly efficiency, it’s Mecha-Bison,…

By Mike Fahey Published November 29, 2011

“Fighting Game Characters Are Racist”

That’s not a view I hold, mind you. It’s just the name of this great piece by artist Sachin Teng! I don’t think it’s a grand political gesture on his part. Just the kind of observation we’ve all made once or twice, with a chuckle and a shake of the head. Only he made a…

By Luke Plunkett Published November 21, 2011

Passing the Buck in a Culture of Dismissal

This weekend I had the good fortune to attend NYU Practice, a fantastic in-depth conference on game design. I was repeatedly surprised at how clever the solutions were to the presented challenges. The lessons were both insightful and, more importantly, applicable as a game designer working for a social games startup. The NYU Game Center…

Nicole Leffel Published November 3, 2011

Culture

Bengus’ Capcom Game Art Will Knock Your Teeth Out

Since I’ve started a thing lately with Capcom artists, I may as well finish it by spending a morning showing off the work of Bengus. A bit of an enigma, Bengus’ art has been a big part of Capcom’s fighting games since 1987, with almost every title and series from the original Street Fighter through…

By Luke Plunkett Published November 2, 2011