Category Archives: News

FilthieRich Announces Multiple Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Location Tests for US
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Rich “FilthieRich” Bantegui of Namco Bandai Games just announced the arcades that will host Tekken Tag Tournament 2 locations tests on Team Spooky’s NEC stream. While dates and other information is forthcoming, these are sure to be huge events. Everyone should try to make it out to at least one of these locations to show [...]

Hidden Changes in AE 2012?
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Are there hidden changes in Super SFIV AE 2012 Edition? According to top M. Bison/Dictator player Kim1234, there might be some hidden changes in the game that we haven’t been informed about. Kim1234 (who plays for eLive Pro) has just tweeted that he’s found what seems to be a hidden nerf to M. Bison/Dictator’s EX [...]

BlazBlue Continuum Shift: Extend Is Coming to Europe
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Good news for all the fighting game fans over in Europe today. You guys are going to see a local release of BlazBlue Continuum Shift: Extend after all. The game will be releasing for the PS3, PS Vita, and Xbox 360, and will include the following feature set. All previously DLC-only characters included on disc [...]

BBFC Outs Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition, Dated for February 17
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It was bound to happen sooner or later. The British Board of Film Classification, which oddly enough also rates video games, recently posted  a listing for a release titled Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition. This is more than likely a special game of the year edition that packages the original game and all its subsequent DLC [...]

Under Night In-Birth Site Updated With Two Additional Characters
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Game developers French Bread, of Melty Blood fame, have left us hanging for quite some time when it comes to their upcoming game Under Night In-Birth. Fortunately, the game’s official website was recently updated, revealing two new characters. The first, Merkava, is a rather alien-looking figure, with tentacle arms that may signify a use of [...]

Get a Clearer Look at China’s Xuan Dou Zhi Wang
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Better footage has surfaced of Xuan Dou Zhi Wang, an oddly recognizable fighting game coming out of China that we previously reported on. Created by the online game company Tencent, the game and its characters initially look like King of Fighters rip-offs. But as soon as the matches start, it seems be a bit more [...]

Square-Enix Releases Ryu and Chun-Li Figures
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Square-Enix recently made these rather snazzy looking (and rather expensive) Ryu and Chun Li figures available on their webstore. Part of Square-Enix’s “Play Arts -Kai-” series, the figures stand at 20cm tall, are fully articulated and come with a fireball, two different faces and two sets of hands. If you’re interested, these babies will set [...]

Seth Killian Offers New Insight on Street Fighter x Tekken’s Gem System
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Capcom-Unity member GarudaSmash posted a lengthy message earlier on their official forums, detailing his personal history with the Street Fighter series as well as his thoughts on what he sees as shortcomings in Street Fighter x Tekken’s character selection and gameplay mechanics, most notably the oft-mentioned gem system. He made many of the same arguments [...]

GamePro Goes Out of Business
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After twenty-two years of publication, GamePro magazine will be closing their doors next week. They released this statement on their website: “Thank you for your loyalty, support, and participation in the GamePro.com community. At noon on December 5, 2011, the U.S. version of GamePro online will shut down as an independent site. GamePro will become [...]

Unconfirmed: Custom Combo Macros in Street Fighter X Tekken?
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Some intrepid Shoryuken forum goers have found some interesting details in a recent screenshot from Street Fighter X Tekken that seems to hint at the game having a built in custom programmable macro system for combos. The screenshot comes from our article on the game’s menus. The Chinese text in the screenshot has been translated by [...]

Capcom Releases Buff Heavy Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition Ver. 2012 Trailer
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As if we weren’t all excited enough, Capcom just released a new trailer for Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition’s upcoming ver. 2012 update. Included in the trailer are visual representations of some of the biggest changes and how their counterparts in the original Arcade Edition compare, as well as a playful Yun and Ryu [...]

First SSFIV: AE Version 2012 Tournament This Weekend
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Earlier this week, Capcom released the final change log for SSFIV AE version 2012. Reading about it is nice and all but I’m sure everyone wants to actually see the changes in action. The good news is that you’ll be able to do just that this weekend. iPlayWinner is hosting a special AE ver. 2012 [...]