Man, it seems like Capcom is really milking this Street Fighter thing, aren’t they? It seems they’ve realised how much the world loves the game – even some gamers who aren’t all that into 2D fighters – and they’ve decided to sell us as much Street Fighter merchandise as they can manage. And I’m such [...]

Two more characters have been added to the lineup in Capcom’s upcoming Marvel vs Capcom 3. The first in on the Marvel side, and it’s none other than the Norse god, Thor. Yep, I guess we can expect a lot of hammer bashing and lightning bolts being thrown around in some crazy combos. The second [...]

We really have to thank Capcom for giving us match-ups we never could have dreamed of with their trademark “versus” series of fighting games, which let us experience battles between characters from different videogames and beyond. Well, that time has come again, and this time Capcom has decided to pluck a crew of characters from [...]

I’m willing to put my money where my mouth is and say that there was probably nobody in the country more excited about the news of The King of Fighters XII coming to PAL PS3. I also liked the game despite its shortcomings. To me, the lack of characters bothered me a whole lot less [...]

Over the years there have been numerous games that expand on the popular Naruto anime series, some good and some terrible. Naruto Shippuden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3 (CNR3) is the most recent of these and brings a competent fighter to the Wii. CNR3 features a host of characters from the show (including the more [...]

The release of UFC 2009 Undisputed was something of an event. I remember gamers walking into stores months in advance of the game’s arrival asking if the store had it in stock yet, and it sold like the clappers when it finally arrived. I don’t know much about the sport in reality, but I must [...]

Kotaku has the trailer up that you really, really want to see. Why should you care, when the previous Mortal Kombat games past 3 have been terrible? Because the new MK is basically a remake of 2 + 3, but with a proper combat system: counters, cross-ups, proper combos beyond the dial-a-combo the series has [...]

OK, let’s not get too smug about it – we all knew it was going to happen. After all, Capcom have proven themselves to be nothing if not masters of recycling over the years. Their re-releases with “Super”, “Plus”, “Max”, “EX” and so on in the titles and a sprinkle of new content have been [...]

Some recently released sales figures for Super Street Fighter IV’s first month show that the game is doing OK sales wise, pretty much as expected.  The grand total for its first month was 215 000 units across both platforms, 143 000 on the PS3 and 108 000 on the Xbox 360.  This is about 1/4 [...]

Although Capcom and SNK seem to have dominated the 2D fighting game market for years and shown us everything that was possible in the genre, when Arc System Works released Guilty Gear X back in 2000 it proved that there was still plenty of unexplored territory for 2D fighters. For starters, Guilty Gear X used [...]

OK, if there’s ever any news on Street Fighter, you can be sure that I’ll report on it. In this case, I’m particularly excited because three more characters have been revealed for the upcoming Super Street Fighter IV – the mandatory upgrade to long-awaited 2D versus fighter. Now, we’ve already had a bunch of new [...]

Over at the C&VG, a blog post from Capcom was recently quoted to say that the decision makers over at Capcom are toying with the idea of making Street Fighter IV on the PSP. According to Capcom project manager Natsuki Shiozawa, she and many of her colleagues believe that it is the perfect game for [...]

Namco’s reputation for working miracles with limited hardware is well deserved, especially when you look at what it’s pulled off in the past. Since the days of the original PlayStation, Namco has consistently created excellent home versions of their top fighting games, complete with amazing visuals and all kinds of cool extras. With this in [...]

I can quite clearly recall the last time I was this amazed by a Soul Calibur game, and that was when the first Soul Calibur was released on the Dreamcast, back in ’99, which was an unbelievable visual upgrade from the arcade version. Well, I felt a slight twinge of similar amazed excitement when I [...]

Capcom has recently released some shots and footage of more new characters for their upcoming Super Street Fighter IV versus fighter. Well, “new” isn’t exactly the right word to describe them. All three of them are from the Street Fighter Alpha series: Adon, a Muay Thay fighter with a grudge against Sagat, and Final Fight [...]

If you’re one of those gamers who can actually stomach playing versus fighters online, then you might find this interesting. Super Street Fighter IV’s technical director, Masahiro Taguchi, has recently revealed some of the upgrades Super Street Fighter IV will feature in its online play modes. The first is the option to create eight-player lobbies, [...]