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Who Needs Tekken? Capcom Announces Street Fighter VS. Hello Kitty
We thought we had seen the ultimate street brawling crossover when Street Fighter X Tekken hit the scene. We were wrong. In fall 2012, Street Fighter and Hello Kitty will finally be one, at least from a merchandising perspective. Hello Kitty parent company Sanrio and Capcom are teaming up to mash-up Street Fighter and Japan’s…
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Poison Highlights the Latest Character Reveal for Street Fighter X Tekken
Poison, the dominatrix hotty from Final Fight headlined another four-character reveal for Street Fighter X Tekken at Comic-Con 2011. She will be joined by Dhalsim and, from Tekken, Steve Fox and Yoshimitsu. During a panel defined by teases, in more ways than one, the audience briefly believed Darkstalkers characters would be confirmed for the game.…
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Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition Arrives Aug. 23
At Comic-Con 2011, Capcom revealed the launch dates for Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition. The game comes to PlayStation Network on Aug. 23, and to Xbox Live Arcade on Aug. 24. Price is $14.99 or 1200 Microsoft Points. Producer Yoshinori Ono introduced the game with a trailer promising three different visual modes: classic,…
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Lend a Helping Hadouken
Can’t get enough Street Fighter? Love making a positive impact in the world? Then today’s your lucky day. To celebrate the release of Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition, Capcom commissioned a group of artists to create these one of a kind, Street Fighter skate decks. Now, Music for Relief is auctioning off these beautiful boards…
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Yoshi Armor and Other Products of a Downloadable Content Plagued Past
Who’d pass up a chance to own a full set of Yoshi Armor in Super Mario World for a mere 200 SNES points? Copious amounts of downloadable content might be the norm these days, but then we’ve grown used to it, having lived through Oblivion‘s horse armor and Capcom’s continuous costume packs. Taking a step…
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Capcom: ‘We Got it Wrong’ on PC Super Street Fighter DRM
Capcom will remove the “limited offline” restrictions DRM places on the PC versions of Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition, saying its community convinced it that such measures meant legitimate users would have a worse experience than the pirates the DRM means to thwart. “We’ve heard you loud and clear and here’s what we’re going…
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He Has Only Four Lives To Save the Princess, And Now He’s Down to Three
YouTube filmmaking duo The Country Club have struck again with another inventive, video game-inspired short film. In December, the pair gave us a trailer for a grittier, sleazier incarnation of the Super Mario Bros. set in the universe of Grand Theft Auto IV Titled “REPEAT,” their newest video is yet another spin on the Mario…
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DRM Means Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition Will Have ‘Limited Offline’ Functionality
Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition will use Games For Windows Live to administer the game’s DRM, says Capcom’s Christian Svensson, and while the game will not require an always-on Internet connection to be played, it’ll have a “limited offline” mode for those with no uplink. That means those who live in regions that aren’t…
By Owen Good
