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Taking Issue With The Ten Most Important Video Game List

In 1998, Stanford University’s Henry Lowood began preserving video games and video game artifacts. Lowood, along with a four member committee, has announced a game canon, for the Library of Congress. Japan begs to differ. According to the New York Times, the canon is: Spacewar! (1962), Star Raiders (1979), Zork (1980), Tetris (1985), SimCity (1989),…

By Brian Ashcraft Published May 17, 2010

The Best Gaming Mixtape You’ll Ever Hear

Akira the Don, rapper, producer, hip-hop musician and gamer, dropped nearly an hours worth of amazing Street Fighter-themed music on his site this week. The 51-minute Street Fighter Mixtape may start out a bit slow, but once it gets rolling you’re not going to want to stop listening. Akira says the album, A Tribute to…

By Brian Crecente Published May 13, 2010

Street Fighter Makers Charting Decline Of Japanese Arcades

The company that used to pack gamers into arcades with Street Fighter cabinets shut down two of its Capcom arcades in Japan last year. It opened none, and predicts more decline in the year to come. This is not a sign of Japanese arcade health: That “2011/3Plan”? That started April 1, 2010. One more arcade…

By Stephen Totilo Published May 11, 2010

Dragon Punch Chun-Li Where It Counts With This Male Supplement

This is Stree Overlord. It’s a supplement for men aimed at helping with…yeah. And to help sell it, we have two of Street Fighter’s most famous characters going at it hammer and tongs on the front of the box. Sorry it’s been censored, but what’s going on under that fish should stay under that fish.…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 10, 2010

Watch The Best Three-Minute Live-Action Street Fighter Movie Now

Remember those nice trailers of the live-action Street Fighter Legacy movie? Now you can watch the whole movie. Right here.

By Stephen Totilo Published May 6, 2010

Another High Quality Street Fighter Fan Film? Awkward…

Street Fighter: Beginning’s End is a fan film with amazing fight choreography, some tight special effects, better than normal Ken hair, and a terrifically bad sense of timing, releasing the same week as the Capcom-sanctioned Street Fighter Legacy. Street Fighter: Beginning’s End is the work of Los Angeles filmmaker Chris Cowan, whose Thousand Pounds Fight…

By Mike Fahey Published May 4, 2010

Capcom’s Founder Would Like You To Guzzle This

Osaka-based game developer Capcom is known for…developing games. The company’s boss now has a side business, though. Let’s drink to that. No, literally. Last weekend, Capcom CEO Kenzo Tsujimoto opened a new US$100 million winery in Napa, California that boasts two fermenting rooms and a cave to age barrels of wine. As Kotaku previously pointed…

By Brian Ashcraft Published May 4, 2010

Ryu Stands A Mighty 18 Inches Tall

SOTA Toys, specialists in the world of Street Fighter collectibles, will for their 10th birthday be releasing something extra special. Something large. Large like a statue of Ryu that’s a whopping 18″ tall. Due out by the end of the year, there’s no word yet on price or availability, but you can presume “expensive”, and…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 1, 2010

This Was Your Captivate 2010

Earlier this month we flew ourselves out to Hawaii to soak in half a week’s worth of news, hands-on time with games and interview opportunities with Capcom’s top developers. Here’s a look at what came out of the event that included news of a new Marvel Vs. Capcom title. Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 Bionic Commando…

By Brian Crecente Published April 27, 2010

Hey Look, More Fancy Street Fighter Shirts!

Launching yet another line of Street Fighter clothing, label Triumvir is about to release a new range of t-shirts inspired by Capcom’s World Warriors. The shirts, following on from the line released earlier this year, depict some of the series’ characters with images based on their original concept art. Chun Li, Ryu and Cammy will…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 27, 2010

Why Can’t A Street Fighter Movie Look Like This?

We went fifteen years between Street Fighter movies, and what do we have at the end of it? Two awful flicks, one so awful it’s great, one so awful it’s just awful. Why can’t we get one that’s just great? Great like these pics from Australian artist Kode Abdo, which show what must surely be…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 27, 2010

The Histories Of Fighting Games

Last week’s unveiling of Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 came with an interesting walk-through by Capcom of their take on the history of fighting games. While Capcom’s Seth Killian allowed that one could argue that 1985’s Yie Ar Kung Fu was the proto-fighting game, providing a template to Street Fighter, it was his company’s Street Fighter…

By Brian Crecente Published April 23, 2010

Street Fighter: The Early Years

Ryu has a crush on Chun-Li, Sakura has a crush on Ryu, Cammy can’t seem to keep her clothes on, and Crimson Viper hasn’t had her period in eight months. Welcome to Street Fighter High. What if the characters from Capcom’s popular fighting franchise were given the Dawson’s Creek/Smallville treatment? It would probably go something…

By Mike Fahey Published April 23, 2010

His Traveling Companion is 3-Inches Tall

Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono tells Kotaku he takes mini-Blanka with him whenever he travels, snapping pics of the plastic pugilist everywhere he goes.

By Brian Crecente Published April 22, 2010

This Week In Comics

As is so often the case, the press I’m reading about comics is about crossovers. Blackest Night. Siege. They are, despite the hate they get — the suspect claims of “event fatigue” — the most popular thing in comics. Technically, we’re at something of a lull in crossover comics. DC just finished their Blackest Night…

By Stephen Totilo Published April 22, 2010

Super Street Fighter IV Confirmed for Arcade Release

Although unlikely to get an official release in North America, Super Street Fighter IV will get a cabinet in Japan, Capcom said at the recently concluded Japanese championships. Producer Yoshinori Ono confirmed the arcade release after presenting console copies of the game to the winners of 3-vs-3 tournament for original Street Fighter IV. You can…

By Owen Good Published April 4, 2010

Everything You’ve Ever Wanted To Know About Street Fighters

UDON Entertainment gets down and dirty with every Street Fighter character to ever go a round this June, with the release of the Street Fighter: World Warrior Encyclopedia, with information ranging from fighting styles to favorite foods. Did you know high school ninja Ibuki loves roasted sweet potatoes and is an extremely fast eater, or…

By Mike Fahey Published March 30, 2010

Street Fighter? Zombies? Zombie Street Fighters!

Zombies don’t just bite regular people. They bite World Warriors as well, meaning not only do these zombies know all kinds of crazy martial arts moves, they also know how to eat your face off. Formidable! And no, it’s not wrong to think Cammy is still easy on the eyes. It would be wrong to…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2010

The Moves of Super Street Fighter IV’s Hakan and Juri

Super Street Fighter IV will have plenty of great additions to warrant the $40 purchase. For me, the most important is the ability to play matches online in a virtual room that allows you to hang out with up to seven other people, chatting and watching the current fight. But a lot of people are…

By Brian Crecente Published March 24, 2010

Why You’re Going To Buy Super Street Fighter IV

I’ve been playing an early build of Super Street Fighter IV for a week or so now, and it’s convinced me of one thing: Picking up this latest Capcom fighter is a must for any fan of the genre. Why? There are the two new fighters: Korea’s first fighter Juri and Turkish oil wrestler Hakan.…

By Brian Crecente Published March 23, 2010