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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

Rumor: Street Fighter IV Characters Get New Costumes

These apparently leaked shots of a Super Street Fighter IV theme for the 360 are a bit more interesting than they ought to be, showing off a new range of alternate costumes for the game’s fighters. If legit, they’re certainly interesting. M. Bison’s new mecha suit looks great, as does Jamaican fighter Dee Jay, who…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 16, 2010

Hakan Oils Up For Super Street Fighter IV

While everyone pretty much knew he was coming, it’s still nice to see Capcom take the wraps off Super Street Fighter IV’s final new character Hakan with a couple of trailers. Click to view There’s a gameplay trailer, above, and a character trailer below. Amazing how, even in these lo-fi web clips, he’s already so…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 10, 2010

From Street Fighter To Reality Television

What is it about Survivor and video games? First we get a Ghost Recon designer applying for a spot on the show, now we have a fighting game expert. Ivan Kim, otherwise known as Kryojenix, is a member over on fighting mecca Shoryuken, and has competed in EVO tournaments (probably the biggest fighting game showdowns…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 2, 2010

Super Street Fighter IV Goes All Gonzo

Super Street Fighter IV is a 2D fighting game. And what’s the best way to promote a 2D fighting game? With some classy 2D animation, of course. This trailer for the game was whipped up by GONZO, the Japanese animation studio behind stuff like Afro Samurai. And, yeah, it’s pretty great. Take that, Chun-Li. Click…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 26, 2010

Lightning Blanka Aids Haiti

SOTA Toys is giving Street Fighter fans a chance to snag a gorgeous, one-of-a-kind Blanka statue, while providing much-needed relief to the earthquake-ravaged country of Haiti. Behold Lightning Blanka, one of the most attractive renditions of the electrified mutant Street Fighter ever created. SOTA Toys made one of these while working on the more traditional…

By Mike Fahey Published January 21, 2010

Capcom To Adopt 2.5D For Future Fighters

Capcom made quite a splash in 2008 when their near reboot of Street Fighter IV combined the depth and detail of 3D graphics placed over the traditional controls and mechanics of a 2D fighting game. The developers liked the 2.5D effect so much they decided to apply it to upcoming Wii fighter Tatsunoko vs. Capcom:…

By Brian Crecente Published January 21, 2010

Hands-On With Street Fighter’s Juri Or: How I Stopped Playing Ken and Learned to Love Da Bomb

I get a lot of grief whenever I join Capcom to play a little Street Fighter IV or Super Street Fighter IV. I play Ken.. sometimes Ryu, and Capcom’s Seth Killian and our own Mike McWhertor can’t help but mock me about it. But I’ve played other characters before. There was a time when I…

By Brian Crecente Published January 10, 2010

Toobin’ Controller? Super Hang-On Motorcyle? What isn’t Mad Catz Working On

Mad Catz, once known for concentrating more on quantity than quality, is turning over a new leaf, the company’s president told Kotaku. “Mad Catz used to do high-end quality, all of the controllers had rubber grips and all of those kinds of things and then in the early 2000s we became kind of became the…

By Brian Crecente Published January 8, 2010

Get Your Fists On Super Street Fighter IV At Vegas Preview Event

Those with a need/desire to get their hands on Super Street Fighter IV should pack their bags and head for Vegas, as Capcom will soon be hosting a public event/fight club for the game. The event will take place on January 7, at Planet Hollywood. All the game’s new characters will be playable, the catch…

By Luke Plunkett Published December 30, 2009

More Fancy Street Fighter Clothing

Triumvir, who last year brought us a range of snazzy Street Fighter clothing, are back for 2010 with a whole new line, again going with the “dress like a Shadaloo foot soldier” theme. In theory, you could outfit yourself head-to-toe in a Shadaloo uniform, as there are caps, beanies, shirts, jackets and even jeans on…

By Luke Plunkett Published December 24, 2009

Rumor: Four More Characters Coming to SSFIV [Updated]

Street Fighter enthusiasts began immediately picking through Famitsu’s live streaming demo of Super Street Fighter IV last week, and one site believes it’s found a bombshell: Four additional, unnanounced characters will be coming to the game. Update: But it is and it isn’t. Way back in September, a longtime Shoryuken forums contributor posted the names…

By Owen Good Published December 20, 2009

This Week In Video Game Comics

Street Fighter. WoW. In Comics form this week in the U.S. Click the thumbnails for more info on the new issues. World of Warcraft Special #1 (of 12) Written by Mike Costa. Drawn by Pop Mhan. Summary Via Publisher Wildstorm Entertainment: Kicking off a bold new direction for World of Warcraft comics! Algalon will be…

By Stephen Totilo Published December 16, 2009

The Many (Ultra-Close) Faces Of Video Games

Britain’s Ashley Browning is the man to thank for this series of minimalist, zoomed-in “portraits” of some of video gaming’s most recognisable faces. Some of them, you’ll just be looking at, but others, you can buy from Ashley’s online store, then wear them on your chest. [infinitecontinues, via Etsi]

By Luke Plunkett Published December 15, 2009

The Street Fighter Movie We Wish They’d Made

Here’s Street Fighter Alpha 2, as you’ve never seen it before: with actors (from a Japanese TV show), wires, obsessive attention to detail and an intro song they really needed to vet before letting the whole thing air. [via Capcom]

By Luke Plunkett Published December 2, 2009

Mommy, Where Do Video Game Toys Come From?

There are a lot of video game toys out there. We should know. But did you ever stop to wonder, amidst all the yearning and admiration for a hunk of painted vinyl, just where it came from? Toy importer Pop Culture Shock do, as they’ve published a gallery on Capcom’s site showing the factory in…

By Luke Plunkett Published November 18, 2009

And Now … the ‘NEStickle’

Reader Osama D’s French friend built him this fighting stick out of a Nintendo Entertainment System, before leaving for his home country for good. You know, when I say goodbye to folks, I usually just buy a card or something. Osama calls it The NEStickle (not to be confused with the NES emulator) because, well,…

By Owen Good Published November 8, 2009