If you’re a fighting game fan, chances are there’s only one game on your mind these days: Super Street Fighter IV. After a series of vague suggestions, Capcom has unleashed the eagerly awaited sequel to the button-mashing public. Fans have been scrutinizing the game’s Japanese web site for endless hours, and one astute enthusiast has [...]
Capcom’s Keiji Inafune is one of the veterans of the game industry. His name might not be as recognizable as Sid Meier or Shigeru Miyamoto, but Inafune has essentially been there since the beginning. His career with Capcom goes as far back as Mega Man, and he’s been a key member of the team ever [...]
Video games are a battleground for legendary rivals. Pokemon Red vs Pokemon Blue. SNES versus Genesis. PC versus console gamers. These are conflicts that have shaped systems, games, and entire generations. One of the genres most familiar with this kind of rivalry is the 2D fighting game. In the heyday of the arcade, these games [...]
Gamers, time to stand up for what you believe in! Those of you who’ve played the Smash Bros. games or the Marvel vs. Capcom series know that a crossover game can be ridiculously fun. (Anyone who’s played Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe…hear me out, OK?) But imagine how much more fun it could be if [...]
You gotta love Street Fighter IV–it’s a game that caters to pretty much everyone. Even if you’re not a twitchy, Ultra-Combo-slinging master, you can always have fun jamming on as many buttons as you can and hoping for the best. The formula is classic and the delivery is solid–so a possible sequel, especially in such [...]
Team-ups are quickly becoming a theme of the day, so I figured I’d throw this juicy glimpse of the future your way and see what you thought. Check it out:
Bungie.net reports that Mega Man creator and Capcom R&D head, Keiji Inafune, stopped by the developer’s office in the wake of PAX. Apart from getting his [...]
There’s a point at which you can’t get any better at a 2D fighter. You know the moves. You know the combos. You can pick any character in the game and run the table with any two-bit chump who dares to venture online. What do you do now? You go out and look for your [...]
This video was only sent out to a select few gamers (as the annoying 90s host will tell you more than once), in an effort for them to spread the good news about the game to their friends. I have to hand it to the host, as he maintains his faux attitude even during [...]
If people like my buddy John at 61 Frames Per Second are to be believed, then Christ shall not return on a chariot from the sky, but swing forth from a robotic arm clamp, 5 o’clock shadow glistening in the midday sun, olive green wifebeater stained with the blood and sweat of the enemies he [...]
…is this.
Ye Gods, I want to take that song for a ride off a high cliff.
