Marvel Vs Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Collection Reveals Release Date at Nintendo Direct

 

Capcom has finally revealed one of the most asked questions - the release date for the Marvel Vs Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics! At the recent Nintendo Direct showcase, the company showed off a new trailer for pre-orders - which reveals September 12 as the digital release and November 22 for physical editions of the game! 

Check out the trailer below! 

EVO 2024: Heihachi Mishima Returns From the Dead for Tekken 8!

 

OF COURSE HE IS NOT DEAD! 

Maintaining the lie that he was “certainly dead” since the end of Tekken 7, Katsuhiro Harada and Bandai Namco just revealed at EVO 2024 that Heihachi Mishima is back… And is the third DLC fighter for the Season 1 pass of Tekken 8!

Yup! You can’t keep an old man and the OG Iron Fist himself down! Heihachi for Tekken 8 arrives this Autumn! 

Tekken 8: Opening Cinematic and First DLC Character Revealed

We’re getting ready for the next battle in less than two weeks, as Bandai Namco is hyping up fans for the release of “Tekken 8” and continuing the events of the King of Iron Fist Tournament saga with Jin Kazama accepting his destiny and making it his mission to rid the world of his estranged father Kazuya Mishima once and for all!

Straight from the Tekken World Tour 2023 event, Katsuhiro Harada and Team Tekken just released the Opening Cinematic of the sequel - which feature a number of callbacks and nods to past entries and their cinematics, as well as appearances by some of the new characters including Azucena and Reina!

Also at the end of that cinematic is the reveal of who the first DLC character for Season Pass 1 will be - Eddy Gordo!

Tekken 8 hits PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S on January 26.

Street Fighter 6 Outfit 3 Trailer Released

 

Right on time for Dhalsim’s fictional birthday this November 22nd, Capcom has released a look at their upcoming new selections of alternate costumes aka the “Outfit 3” trailer for Street Fighter 6 - which you can check out below and see what kind of new looks the fighters will sport and players can choose from!

Check out the trailer below, and get these designs starting December 1!

Happy 35th Anniversary, Street Fighter!

 

35 years ago this day in Japanese arcades, the original Street Fighter was released and introduced the world to the franchise that would be synonymous with Capcom and the world of fighting games. It wouldn’t be until the release of its 1991 sequel Street Fighter II where the series’ popularity would boom and many characters like Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, Guile, Sagat, and M. Bison would become household names, but it got its start with that 1987 title and things would only grow bigger from there.

Following Street Fighter II’s success, more sequels, spin-offs, and other forms of media and merchandise would follow. Street Fighter would take the world by storm and would feature largely in the fighting game community, leading to the birth of events and tournaments where fans and fighters from around the world could gather and participate in. After a brief hiatus in the early 2000’s that saw the franchise all but gone, Street Fighter IV would be released and see a resurgence in interest for fighting games. Street Fighter V would eventually follow, and now that game is ready to give way to its successor in Street Fighter 6 - which is set for release some time next year.

Three and a half decades of FIGHT! Happy anniversary, Street Fighter!

EVO Moment #37 recreated in fan animated clip

 

One of the most iconic moments in competitive fighting game history just got made into a pretty looking fan animated clip, as an animator by the IG handle name sueng_cheng has recreated "Evo Moment #37" - the Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike match between Daigo Umehara and Justin Wong which literally took the FGC/ Fighting Game Community by storm and has since become legend.

For comparison's sake, here is the original clip of the moment that came to be known popularly as the "Daigo Parry"

And then here is the animated feature, which uses voice overs from Street Fighter IV.

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ICYMI: Longtime Street Fighter series producer Yoshinori Ono announces departure from Capcom

After almost 30 years working with Capcom and undeniably helping steer one of its biggest IPs into a new renaissance, longtime Street Fighter series producer Yoshinori announced on the eve of his birthday (which is today) that he is departing from the company and resigning from his post as Capcom Brand Manager.

Here's the man's official Tweet.

Without Ono-San, we wouldn't have seen a fighting game resurgence come forth - as he was among the figureheads behind the release of Street Fighter IV over a decade ago. Since then, the Street Fighter brand has been reinvigorated under his watch, and has seen projects like Street Fighter x Tekken (a crossover with Bandai Namco Games Tekken series) and Street Fighter V come to pass. He definitely has left an impression with fans - especially with carrying his signature Blanka toy and shouting "SHO-RYU-KEN" to hype up the community during events.

No matter the mixed opinions there are during his tenure, we owe Ono-San a debt of gratitude for his contributions to the Fighting Game scene and the community. I even recorded my own tribute to honor his career... And wish him a Happy Birthday!


Thank you for your contributions, Ono-San! Good luck in your future projects!

EVO Japan 2020: Samurai Showdown's Haohmaru shows his stuff in new Soul Calibur VI gameplay trailer

Showing off new gameplay in one of the biggest international fighting game tournaments of the year, Bandai Namco Games presents a new trailer for their weapon based fighting game "Soul Calibur VI" at this weekend's Evolution Championship Series Japan tournament - showing the new DLC fighter coming to the game - Samurai Showdown's very own lead swordsman Haohmaru - fighting against the SC's own Mitsurugi!


Soul Calibur VI - Haohmaru gameplay trailer
Stay tuned for Haohmaru's arrival in Soul Calibur VI soon!