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How To Play Street Fighter Online, Or The Ballad Of The Bitch-Ass Ho
Successfully competing in online Street Fighter tournaments takes nerves of steel, lightning-quick reflexes, and the ability to spew a constant stream of profanity for over two minutes. Warning: This clip features some very strong language. If ever a video clip needed to be set to music, this is it. Appearing on YouTube under the title…
By Mike Fahey Published August 4, 2010 -
Street Fighter Gets Its Face Punched Off By Tekken
Street Fighter and Tekken, together across two games. Sounds like a dream (or a nightmare!), but it’s real. So real, in fact, we’ve got ten more screens from the game to share. Capcom’s version of the game looks as you’d expect; like a Tekken-themed expansion pack for Street Fighter IV. If that’s something you feel…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 28, 2010 -
Capcom Is Going To Make Games *Quicker*
Capcom, fresh off months of sluggish sales, is keen to make more video games. More video games might mean more sales! According to an article on Nikkei.com, Capcom is speeding up the development cycle on its games from 4 years to 1 ~ 2 years faster. The company currently releases about 2 name Capcom franchise…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2010 -
Street Fighter and Tekken: Two Great Tastes That Kick A Lotta Ass Together
Street Fighter? Tekken. Tekken? Street Fighter. Chocolate? Peanut butter. Me? I’ll leave and let you enjoy this trailer and 33 screens, taken from the gameplay and cinematic of the newly revealed Street Fighter X Tekken and Tekken X Street Fighter.
By Owen Good Published July 24, 2010 -
What Is Daigo’s Day Job?
Daigo Umehara could very well be the greatest Street Fighter player on this spinning blue orb we call “Earth”. There must be more to the man than that. There is. In an interview with Japan’s Sankei newspaper, Daigo talks about signing autographs and his English-language nickname, “The Beast”. Besides the money he earns from tournaments,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 22, 2010 -
Capcom Does Not Learn, Promises More Street Fighter Movies
The first Street Fighter movie was so bad it was kind of good. The second? Plain old bad. That’s not dissuading Capcom, however, who say that further live-action Street Fighter projects are currently in the pipeline. “I think you’ll see some clever live-action stuff that will excite our fans at some point in the future,…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 20, 2010 -
Rumor: Namco vs Capcom, Capcom vs Namco In Development
Those aren’t two interpretations of the same piece of news; if Game Informer are to be believed, then two fighting games are currently in development, both pitting the stars of Namco against the stars of Capcom. Note these are fighting games, not a continuation of the old Namco x Cappcom RPG title that appeared on…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 20, 2010 -
Some of The Best Fights of EVO 2010
EVO, the annual fighting game world championships, draws thousands of players competing in six games. It has helped create gaming stars like 2010 Super Street Fighter IV champion Daigo Umehara, and a reputation for unbelievable game-play seen nowhere else. Here’s a look at some of our favorite videos from this year’s throw-down. This year’s EVO…
By Aulistar Mark Published July 14, 2010 -
It’s Fighting Game Madness With These Combo, Fireball Compilations
Maj showed these two awesome clips off at the EVO fighting game championships over the weekend. One is a massive compilation of fireballs and ranged attacks. The other? Combo madness The combos, up top, are just a sight to behold. The ranged attacks, in the clip below, aren’t quite as captivating, but they’re still a…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 14, 2010 -
This Chun-Li Has Tiny Thighs
My heart. It melts. As seen on Capcom
By Luke Plunkett Published July 13, 2010 -
My, M. Bison, What Big…Teeth You Have
This statue is 19 inches of M. Bison, complete with billowing cape and enormous feet. And gums. Designed by Pop Culture Shock Collectibles, he’s now available for preorder, and will ship to stores sometime in the Summer. There’ll be 700 made available – 500 in red, and 200 in the Sideshow-exclusive black – and all…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 9, 2010 -
Zangief Vs. The Universe
Zangief proves once and for all that even goat-horned, laser-shooting dinosaurs are no match for the Red Cyclone. A compilation video takes a look at Zangief pile-driving foes into submission over the years. The highlight reel contains footage from nearly every Street Fighter game Zangief has starred in, with a few omissions such as the…
By Aulistar Mark Published July 8, 2010 -
Street Fighter Sneakers Keep It Classy
Some sneakers based on video games can be tasteful! Others, less so. These Street Fighter Dunks, rumoured to be part of an official collaboration between Capcom and Nike, are thankfully the former. Resisting the urge to plaster the shoes with character likenesses and tacky logos, the two pairs – based on Chun-Li and Ryu –…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 2, 2010 -
Street Fighters Find Facebook
It’s taken them long enough, but the World Warriors of Street Fighter II have finally found their way onto Facebook. And what are they doing? What everyone else does: flirt and play Farmville. Dorkly have put together this highlight reel, showing what would happen were the likes of Ryu, Ken and Balrog to actually take…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2010 -
You’ll Never Want to Turn Off this Street Fighter HDTV
Now, I love Street Fighter, and I love big ass TVs, but when my friend calls and is all “LOL, turn on Judge Mathis!” I don’t want to wait eight seconds while the screen shows me a picture of Ryu. But that’s one of the core features of this Super Street Fighter IV-branded TV by…
By Owen Good Published May 25, 2010
