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An Amazing Documentary About the Street Fighter Who Can’t Kick
This clip, which debuted over the weekend at fighting tournament EVO 2011, isn’t one of those joke documentaries, with crummy acting and a couple of cheap gags. It is, in all seriousness, a serious documentary. About Street Fighter‘s Balrog. When I say serious, it’s serious! This is a look at the life and times of…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 2, 2011 -
2012 Will Get a New Super Street Fighter IV Version
Street Fighter IV was released in 2010. This year, in 2011, Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition was released. What about next year? 2012 is getting Super Street Fighter IV. At the EVO fighting game championship, Capcom revealed that it was working on Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition Ver. 2012 Details about this updated…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 1, 2011 -
When Two Fighting Game Producers Go To War, Asses Get Punctured
Yesterday Owen teased us with tales of the series of bizarre challenges that led up to the epic Street Fighter X Tekken battle between Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono and Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada at Comic-Con 2011. Turns out it’s even stranger than he made it sound. Remember, this may seem odd to video game…
By Mike Fahey Published July 28, 2011 -
This Video Game Documentary Looks Gorgeous
The team at Animatronic Ackbar is putting together a documentary on video game culture. It’s looking good! This trailer was minted with the upcoming EVO 2011 in mind. I’m not the biggest fan of most kinds of competitive gaming, but there’s something about fighting game fans that’s just so damn entertaining. It’s extremely competitive yet…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 28, 2011 -
Street Fighter‘s Ono vs. Tekken‘s Harada: Round One—Fight!
Context is key. While this video shows Tekken prevailing over Street Fighter in a series of challenges at Comic-Con 2011, what you don’t see is what led up to it. Earlier, at the Street Fighter X Tekken panel on Thursday, Yoshinori Ono, producer of the Street Fighter series, played a video in which Tekken counterpart…
By Owen Good Published July 27, 2011 -
Esports
Watch EVO 2011 Go Down from the Comfort of Your Couch
The world’s biggest, baddest fighting game tournament, EVO 2011, is fast approaching (it’s this weekend!), and if you can get there and see it in person, that’s awesome. If you can’t, that’s OK! You can still watch it from home. First things first, if you’re at a PC or are packing a laptop, you can…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 26, 2011 -
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…
By Mike Fahey Published July 22, 2011 -
Batman, Master Chief, Solid Snake & Sam Gideon are Square Enix’s Newest, Most Beautiful Action Figures
Square Enix does way more than just FInal Fantasy figures. They’ve got fantastic looking toys from other games—Metal Gear Solid, Street Fighter, Batman: Arkham City, Vanquish, Halo, God of War…—coming to their Play Arts Kai line. They brought ’em all to Comic-Con. Some of them look finished. Plenty don’t. They all look sharp, especially Sam…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 21, 2011 -
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.…
By Owen Good Published July 21, 2011 -
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,…
By Owen Good Published July 21, 2011 -
It’s Nearly Time for EVO 2011, Fighting Game Fans
EVO 2010 was a blast. So EVO 2011, the world’s biggest fighting game tournament, should also be a…blast? Kicking off on July 29, EVO 2011 is a three-day celebration of all things fighting, with the tournaments just one part of the draw. For those who just want to check out the latest games, there’ll be…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 19, 2011 -
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…
By Max Abrams Published July 11, 2011 -
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…
By Mike Fahey Published July 8, 2011 -
Street Fighter Champ Shows Off Her Childhood Photo
Besides being a model and a TV personality, Kayo Satoh is one of Japan’s top Street Fighter players, more than holding her own against the likes of legendary player Daigo Umehara. According to Satoh, she hasn’t had any plastic surgery to her face, but she does take hormones. Last year, Satoh revealed that she was…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 5, 2011 -
Who Would Win: Darth Vader or Ryu?
With top-shelf cameras and editing software now in the hands of the masses, all it takes is a little vision to make it big on the internet. That said, it’s sometimes refreshing to see people dial it back on the special effects, and do things the old-fashioned way. If this battle between Ryu and Darth…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 27, 2011 -
Culture
The Beautiful Fighting Game Art of Stanley Lau
Stanley Lau has been asked by Capcom to provide the official artwork for the upcoming Street Fighter III 3rd Strike Online Edition. Being both an accomplished comic artist and a Street Fighter nerd, his work does not disappoint. In addition to the stuff he’s done for the game’s upcoming re-release, Lau is something of a…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 16, 2011 -
If Pokémon Was Street Fighter, the World Would be a Better Place
Turn-based battles and tiny sprites are for children. Those who grew up on Pokémon and are now a little more, well, grown up, deserve something more violent This custom fan-made game may not have the world’s slickest front-end, but those character animations are to die for. Well. Faint for. If you want to play it…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 15, 2011 -
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…
By Owen Good Published June 2, 2011 -
Culture
These Fighting Game Ladies Will Kick Your Face In [NSFW]
Dan Howard is an artist who has worked with both role-playing game companies and, a little closer to home, Udon Entertainment, they who turn Capcom artworks into coffee table books. While he does all kinds of work on all kinds of subjects, today I’m only interested in one thing: Dan’s amazing paintings of video game…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 1, 2011