The latest trailer for Dead or Alive 5 has just been posted over at GameSpot (opens in new tab), and it seems like it may be a veiled call-to-action to the fighting game community to adopt DoA 5 as a new event. One of the trailer’s narrators shouts, “Are you …
Read More »Interview: Katsuhiro Harada talks Tekken
Katsuhiro Harada, director and chief producer of Tekken, has been talking about Tekken Tag Tournament 2 non-stop since E3. Lucky for us we were able to catch up with Mr. Tekken himself to talk about it some more. It has been thirteen years since Tekken Tag Tournament. What challenges did …
Read More »Capcom launches Street Fighter fan art contest
The Street Fighter franchise is turning 25 on August 30, and to celebrate, Capcom is giving its more creative fans a crack at Street Fighter infamy. On now until May 4, 2012, artists are invited to submit their original pieces to the Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Art Tribute page. Fans …
Read More »Street Fighter X Tekken review
Street Fighter X Tekken is the latest game in Capcom’s 21st-century fighter renaissance, and it looks set to continue the winning streak started by Street Fighter IV (opens in new tab). Ever since SFxT’s first announcement we’ve had one burning question: How can Capcom integrate Tekken’s cast of 3D brawlers …
Read More »UFC Undisputed 3 review
There’s something about MMA games that makes them easier to wrap our heads around than games like Street Fighter. Don’t get us wrong, we love shooting fireballs and doing triple-flips as much as the next journalists, but it’s just more relatable to watch about two fighters punch and kick until …
Read More »Soulcalibur V review
Soulcalibur V isn’t a reboot in name, but as we spent hours diving into its intricate system, it sure feels like one. If Soulcalibur III was a largely-forgotten misstep, and Soulcalibur IV was a good sequel for its time, Soulcalibur V marks a solid improvement. It has some questionable moments …
Read More »Street Fighter X Tekken teases new characters, most of whom are fairly obvious
There have been so many character reveals for Street Fighter X Tekken, and the game is coming out soon enough that you might think the devs are out of characters to tease, right? Then Capcom surprises you by dropping three new teaser trailers for multiple fighters in the crossover battler. …
Read More »Street Fighter X Tekken: Ono and Harada face-off at Gamescom
Perhaps sensing that no videogame can answer once and for all the question of “who would win in a fight out of Street Fighter and Tekken?”, the respective franchise heads, Katsuhiro Harada and Yoshinoru Ono, seem bent on settling the matter one-on-one. Of course, an all-out brawl would be far …
Read More »How to get Payday: The Heist for free!
We like free stuff. And we like good stuff. So when someone offers us free stuff and good stuff, we can’t help but be excited. Such is the case with the “First Annual PlayStation Network PLAY” initiative announced by SCEA today. It’s a bit confusing for simpler folk like us, …
Read More »TalkRadar 170 – Under the wire
Your Hosts The Topics (opens in new tab) New modes, new maps and revamped everything should make stabbing friends in the back even more fun (opens in new tab) Capcom HD remixes one of their finest moments (opens in new tab) Arguably Mario’s finest title and a pretty good Kirby …
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