| SBO 2012 Lineup Announced |
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The official six game lineup for SBO 2012 was announced today. Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition is making a return, and Tekken is put back in the lineup with Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Unlimited. Aquapazza is also coming back but, in a big surprise, ST is nowhere to be found! Instead we have Third [...] |
| Back to Basics, Getting Beyond the Drama |
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Capcom wanted a reality show, and boy did they get one. There was plenty of drama in Cross Assault, but the real surprise for me was how quickly the show bled outside of Capcom’s offices and into the general fabric of the Internet. Streamers like Arturo Sanchez and LI Joe picked up on the [...] |
| UPDATE: Cross Assault Day 7 Streams, Results |
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IGN posted a partial schedule for today’s continuation of Cross Assault. There will be three different streams to watch. The main stream starts at 10am PST and ends at 8pm. The other two streams are dedicated to Team Street Fighter and Team Tekken and stay live until after elimination. If you don’t want to spend [...] |
| Capcom-Unity Unveils Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Plans – $500,000 Worth of Tournament Prizes |
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Brett Elston over at Capcom-Unity unveiled some of Capcom’s plans for Street Fighter’s 25th anniversary this year. He reports that Capcom is working on a tournament series that will span all of 2012, with the grand finals being held in December. Capcom will be giving out $500,000 in prizes during this series, which will feature [...] |
| PSVita Street Fighter X Tekken Due in the Fall, Will Have More Characters |
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Andriasang is reporting that the PlayStation Vita version of Street Fighter X Tekken will not be out anytime near the release of the home console versions, and will instead be released this fall. In addition to this, the site reports that the PSVita version will have 12 additional characters. This information is also being reported by [...] |
| Interview with YHCmochi – Dhalsim Tips |
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Last Sunday I had an interview over skype with YHCmochi, the number one Dhalsim player on Xbox live and one of the best Dhalsims in the world. We talked about the v2012 changes, the meaning behind his Gamertag and general Dhalsim strategies. Aparently, Dhalsim is now top tier! Read the interview below. YHCmochi Interview DD: [...] |
| Road to EVO 2012: Winter Brawl 6 Results |
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The Road to EVO 2012′s Winter Brawl 6 in Philadelphia is now under way, broadcasting through two excellent streams. Team Spooky will be handling streaming duties for the top Capcom games, such as Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Super Street Fighter: Arcade Edition ver. 2012, and 8WayRun will be in charge of 3D fighters [...] |
| Road to EVO 2012: OzHadou Nationals 10 Results |
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OzHadou Nationals 10, one of the stops on the Evo 2012 Tournament Season, is live right now from Sydney, Australia. The premier event is the Arcade Edition tournament, as it features Singapore’s Xian, Melbourne’s ToXY, and all of New South Wales’ best. Check out the stream right here, and you can find some results and [...] |
| Cross Assault: Introducing Team Tekken |
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Capcom’s Cross Assault reality show starts in just under a week. Yesterday I took a good hard look at the contestants from Team Street Fighter. Today it’s Team Tekken’s turn. Let’s do this! Bronson What the Audition Video Doesn’t Tell You Let’s get this out of the way: Bronson is the #1 tournament player in the [...] |
| Cross Assault: Introducing Team Street Fighter |
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Today Iplaywinner announced the Cross Assault contestants who will compete for Team Street Fighter and Team Tekken! Cross Assault is a web reality show that airs starting February 22nd. The winner takes home a cool $25,000. The roster is a pretty interesting mix of familiar and lesser known faces. In this post I take a closer [...] |
| Inside Gaming’s Coverage of SFxT, “The Best Fighting Game Since Third Strike.” |
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It seems everyone is getting their hands on Street Fighter x Tekken these days! Inside Gaming takes a break from their Skullgirls coverage to to dive into this upcoming release, running through a few matches to show off some of the game’s mechanics. One of them even goes as far as to say this is [...] |
| Dead Or Alive 5 Demo Control Scheme Hints at Gameplay Changes |
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FreeStepDodge has just found a photo showing the control scheme for the upcoming demo of Dead Or Alive 5 (packaged with Ninga Gaiden 3). What’s interesting is that the control scheme hints at some of the gameplay changes that we can expect to see in Team NINJA’s upcoming fighter. Mr. Wah of FSD has noted the [...] |
| Tokido Joins Daigo For Some SFxT Training |
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After learning the Street Fighter x Tekken ropes in a previous episode, Daigo is joined by Mad Catz teammate Tokido in this new Capcom feature. He puts Tokido through a quick crash course on the game’s mechanics before throwing him into a short exhibition match. Seeing top players acclimate to a foreign system is interesting, [...] |
| In Defense of Gems – A Gamespot Interview With Seth Killian |
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In this interview with Gamespot, Seth Killian talks about the gem system yet again. He goes over how the system grants players options they wouldn’t normally have and how it really increases the depth of the game overall. He said that his point of view very much mirrors the fighting game community’s point of view. [...] |
| Filipino Champ, Shady K, Ricky Ortiz, PR Balrog Announce FGTV, Player House |
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Twitter’s made it apparent for some time that four individuals in the fighting game community have had something hidden up their sleeves as of late. And now, thanks to Andre Butler of Evil Geniuses, the curtain has been raised on Fighting Game TV. Ryan “Filipino Champ” Ramirez, Long “Shady K” Tran, Ricky Ortiz, and Eduardo [...] |
