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Leak Reveals Another Five Street Fighter X Tekken Characters, Including Akuma, Jin and Ogre
A Taiwanese gaming site has posted cards detailing the movesets for characters Street Fighter X Tekken, due for release in March. The big news here is that the movesets confirm M. Bison, Xiaoyu, Akuma, Jin and Ogre for the game’s lineup. Bison and Xiaoyu were leaked out already, but not officially confirmed. Neither are any…
By Owen Good Published February 4, 2012 -
Street Fighter X Tekken Spawns the World’s First Fighting Game-Centric Reality Show
Not content with merely streaming live matches leading up to the March release of the Street Fighter X Tekken fighting game crossover, Capcom has teamed with iPlayWinner and Team Spooky to create Cross Assault, a live week-long $25,000 tournament masquerading as an internet reality show. Cross Assault will see two fighting game veterans attempting to…
By Mike Fahey Published January 23, 2012 -
Six New Challengers Appear for Street Fighter X Tekken, Plus a Vita Version Surprise
With Street Fighter X Tekken due out in early March, now is not the time for a tight trickle of new character reveals. That’s why Capcom has dropped six new fighters on us today, three from their team and three from the opposition. Has your favorite character been confirmed? Well that all depends, now doesn’t…
By Mike Fahey Published January 17, 2012 -
The Tekken Figure of Your Pink-Haired Dreams
Tekken character Alisa Bosconovitch is getting the bishojo (“beautiful young girl”) treatment from famed Japanese figure maker Kotobukiya. Priced at ¥7,140 (US$90), the PVC figure is 1/7 scale and will go on sale next May in Japan. Alisa will appear in Tekken Tag Tournament 2, which is slated to be out holiday 2012. 「鉄拳タッグトーナメント２ TEKKEN美少女 アリサ・ボスコノビッチ」展示サンプル…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 26, 2011 -
Asuka Leads a Girls’ Fight Out in This Street Fighter X Tekken Trailer
What do you get when you mix Chun-Li and Cammy of Street Fighter with Lili and Asuka of Tekken? I don’t know, some sort of giant woman creature with eight arms and legs? Spider-Woman? Forget it; it was a stupid question. Just watch the video. I’m not really sure what’s up with all of the…
By Mike Fahey Published December 22, 2011 -
Tekken 3D Prime Edition Comes to the Nintendo 3DS in February
Think for a moment about fighting games and portable gaming systems. Compared to genres like first-person shooter or action/adventure, fighting games make a great fit for handheld play because they don’t need a second analog stick. D-pad input and face buttons let you pull off most of the moves you need to compete and have…
By Evan Narcisse Published December 21, 2011 -
Check out the Variety of the Tekken Hybrid Bundle
I have always been a huge Tekken fan. Eyes bloodshot, fingers cramped and snacks demolished, the Tekken series was always a big part of my gaming nights. When I heard about Tekken Hybrid I was super excited. Well…excited about the HD remake of Tekken Tag. I can’t say I care much for the movie or…
By Chris Carolan Published November 23, 2011 -
Tekken’s Yoshimitsu is Cutting Heads and Taking Names
Yoshimitsu may be one of the stars of Tekken (and Soulcalibur!), but he’s not exactly a household name. Which should make Kotobukiya’s decision to make a big, expensive statue of him seem silly. That is, until you see it. Wearing his Tekken Tag Tournament 2 outfit, the detail in the figure and “gore” on the…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 13, 2011 -
Tekken Hybrid Bulks Up Even More With Limited Edition Goodies
The tasty blend of Tekken Tag Tournament HD, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Prologue and Tekken Blood Vengeance 3D—we call it Tekken Hybrid—is getting its own limited edition on the PlayStation 3. What might convince you to drop sixty bucks on a handful of old and new Tekken games? The limited edition version of Tekken Hybrid…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 4, 2011 -
In Japan, Wrestling Masks Aren’t Just for Half-Naked Dudes in Boots
It began, as so many things do, with sweaty men in tight underpants. And they wore masks. Let’s not forget the masks. Lucha Libre masks. Those masks might have started in Mexican professional wrestling, but they live on in Japan, whether that be in fashion, manga, pornos and, yes, video games. “You want to know…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 29, 2011 -
Street Fighter X Tekken Opens Up ‘Pandora Mode,’ Adds Online ‘Scramble’ for 4 Fighters
The battle between Capcom and Namco Bandai’s most famous fighters in Street Fighter X Tekken just got a little more interesting, thanks to some new modes revealed in time with the Tokyo Game Show. Just what are Pandora and Scramble modes? The former lets fighters sacrifice their tag team partners for a “short, but powerful,…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 13, 2011 -
Familiar Challengers Enter the Street Fighter X Tekken Ring
Capcom’s Street Fighter meets Tekken title is getting a couple new brawlers: Rolento, Zangief, Heihachi, and Lili. Street Fighter X Tekken takes Tekken characters like Heihachi and throws them into the world of Street Fighter An upcoming Tekken X Street Fighter from Namco Bandai plans to do the inverse. Street Fighter X Tekken is headed…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 13, 2011 -
The Street Fighter X Tekken Battle We’ve All Been Waiting For
It’s a battle so titanic that only Tokyo, birthplace of giant mutated monsters, could possibly hope to contain it! This isn’t about Street Fighter X Tekken anymore. It’s all about Rufus X Bob Seriously, they could have just released Rufus X Bob and I would have gladly paid $60 for it. Just look at how…
By Mike Fahey Published September 12, 2011 -
This Basket Case Named Himself After Tekken
With so many comedians competing for air time, it’s important that they stand out. Thus, Japanese comedians, compared to their Western counterparts, can look unique—extreme, even. When Takefumi Kurashina decided to leave behind his pro wrestling dreams, he shaved his head and wore Road Warriors inspired make-up. He named himself “Tekken’s Old Man.” The look…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 25, 2011 -
Bear Down for More Street Fighter x Tekken Screens
I can! Complementing the Gamescom Street Fighter x Tekken trailer is this batch of new Street Fighter x Tekken screens. I love compliments. I hope you do, too. (Did I tell you what a nice reader you are?) Street Fighter x Tekken is slated for a 2012 release on the PS3, the Xbox 360, and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 18, 2011 -
It’s a Tekken Three-for-One!
Tekken Hybrid is not an eco-friendly battery powered version of the Iron Fist Tournament. No, it’s Tekken: Blood Vengeance, the new CG movie, Tekken Tag Tournament HD, and Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Prologue for the PS3. That’s a lot of content. That’s a lot of Tekken You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author of this…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 17, 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 -
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
