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GameSpot’s “Year of the Combo” Takes a Look Back at the Fighting Games of 2012 21 Dec 2012
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GameSpot’s Maxwell McGee recently wrote an article looking back at the year 2012 and what it meant for fighting games. Titled “The Year of the Combo,” this piece talks about how longer combos were a recurring theme among this year’s crop of fighting games. McGee particularly makes mention of games like Tekken Tag Tournament 2, [...]
“A Stage Is Worth a Thousand Words,” Gamespot’s Look at Fighting Game Arenas 7 Dec 2012
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Gamespot recently posted an interesting article examining fighting game stages, in particular character-specific ones. Editor Maxwell McGee talks about how successfully designed stages can say a lot about a character’s personality. Fighting games aren’t usually known for their story, and even story modes themselves can be lacking. Stages provide much needed characterization that the story [...]
Slasher Talks to IPL Fighting Game Community Liaison Mike Ross About Their Plans for the Future, EG|Justin Wong Shares His Thoughts on the Partnership and SF25′s Grand Finals 6 Dec 2012
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Continuing his coverage of IPL 5 in Las Vegas, Gamespot’s Rod “Slasher” Breslau took the time to talk to both Mike Ross and Evil Geniuses’ Justin Wong about a variety of topics, with an obvious emphasis on the recent news of IGN Pro League’s partnership with Capcom and the upcoming Street Fighter 25th Anniversary grand [...]
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Interview with Katsuhiro Harada by Gamespot AU 2 Aug 2012
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Gamespot’s newest interview with Katsuhiro Harada primarily covers TTT2′s roster. Harada comments on which characters fans wanted the most and why they were included. For example, Harada said that Gon, everyone favorite farting dinosaur, wasn’t included because of a lack of fan support. Meanwhile, Kunimitsu had strong fan support so she made the cut. Harada also says [...]
Gamespot’s Maxwell McGee Details His EVO 2012 Experience 17 Jul 2012
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This year’s EVO held a strong significance to the many who chose to enter the Augustus Ballroom on that July 6th weekend, perhaps most of all to those who were attending EVO for the first time. Maxwell McGee from Gamespot was one such person, and he’s written a great piece detailing his experiences throughout all [...]
Gamespot Interviews Keits About Divekick at EVO 2012 14 Jul 2012
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Gamespot’s Maxwell McGee got a chance to talk to Shoryuken Editor-in-Chief Adam “Keits” Heart at EVO 2012 on his “late night joke” turned “one true game” – DIVEKICK! In the interview, Keits talks about how the project suddenly grew into something bigger due to the overwhelming response from the players who went crazy for it [...]
Gamespot’s Look at the Arcade Sticks of EVO 2012 13 Jul 2012
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Arcade sticks are probably a competitive fighting game player’s best friend. They are our weapons of choice in this never ending quest to be the best. Gamespot’s Maxwell McGee spent some time at EVO checking out some of the varied arcade sticks that players were using. Aside from the usual Mad Catz sticks (including the [...]
MCZ|Daigo Umehara Believes the United States Has Caught Up with Japan in AE 2012 13 Jul 2012
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After making top eight in Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition ver. 2012 at EVO 2012 this past weekend, Daigo Umehara of Team Mad Catz took the time to speak with Rod “Slasher” Breslau about the tournament and the overall level of skill exhibited thus far. While he wasn’t able to take home top honors, [...]