Street Fighter

In Real Life

Float Like A Fireball, Sting Like A Dragon Punch

1:30PM February 7, 2012 | Pierre Bienaimé

Take a look at this awesome graffiti found in the streets of Paris. A down and out Ryu from Street Fighter is added to that empowering image of Muhammad Ali’s quickly-won 1965 heavyweight championship rematch against Sonny Liston, which these days you may see more often on the walls of college students than of boxing aficionados. More »


In Real Life

The Cast Of Community Goes All Street Fighter

7:15AM February 7, 2012 | Kirk Hamilton

It seems like the character archetypes in every successful TV ensemble show are a bit interchangable — there’s the Rachel, the Ross, the Joey and the Chandler. Or the Samantha, the Carrie and the Miranda. Or, if you watch NBC’s Community, there’s the Troy, the Abed, the Pierce and the Britta. More »


PC

Leak Reveals Another Five Street Fighter X Tekken Characters, Including Akuma, Jin And Ogre

5:00PM February 5, 2012 | Owen Good

A Taiwanese gaming site has posted cards detailing the move sets for characters Street Fighter X Tekken, due for release in March. The big news here is that the movesets confirm M Bison, Xiaoyu, Akuma, Jin and Ogre for the game’s lineup. More »


In Real Life

Little Kids Make The Best Street Fighters

3:00AM January 31, 2012 | Brian Ashcraft

Ah, what a little PhotoShop and some Street Fighter outfits can do. More »


In Real Life

This Reenactment Won’t Win Any Awards, But Neither Did Street Fighter

10:00AM January 30, 2012 | Owen Good

Bravo to 1Up for getting Capcom’s Yoshinori Ono, producer of the Street Fighter series, to reenact this gem from M. Bison’s hilariously awful dialogue in 1994′s Street Fighter: The Movie. He dropped by their offices last week to talk Street Fighter X Tekken. More »


In Real Life

To-Do In Washington, DC: See Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter And GI Joe Invade In The Mushroom Kingdom In A CGI Art Exhibit

4:30AM January 28, 2012 | Evan Narcisse

What happens someone who grew up on the N64 makes art? You get Cammy, Sub-Zero and GI Joe rolling up on Mario’s stomping grounds in tanks. That’s part of what you’ll see in the premise of Jonathan Monaghan’s The Sacrifice of the Mushroom Kings, which is currently showing at the Curator’s Office gallery in Washington DC. More »


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See Mecha Pac-Man And Fat Mega Man Beat Ass In Street Fighter X Tekken

5:30PM January 27, 2012 | Owen Good

We’ve known for a while that Kuro and Toro, the Sony cat mascots, would find their way into Street Fighter X Tekken. Also, Cole McGrath from inFamous. The inclusion of classic (i.e. shitty) box art Mega Man and Pac-Man also weren’t much of a mystery, but their appearance is confirmed in this video, along with the full terms of their inclusion in the Capcom/Namco fighting team-up. More »


In Real Life

Crazy Man Plays Street Fighter Against Himself

4:30PM January 26, 2012 | Luke Plunkett

Watch, as Street Fighter player Desk grabs two arcade sticks, sits down and proceeds to kick his own arse at Street Fighter III: Third Strike. More »


In Real Life

How Tales Of Symphonia Created A Rabid Fighting Game Fan

8:40AM January 26, 2012 | Mike Fahey

Has one genre ever made you change your opinion of another? Commenter File2ish explains how Namco’s Tales of Symphonia made him a fighting game fan in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. More »


News

Street Fighter X Tekken Spawns The World’s First Fighting Game-Centric Reality Show

9:30AM January 24, 2012 | Mike Fahey

Not content with merely streaming live matches leading up to the March release of the Street Fighter X Tekken fighting game crossover, Capcom has teamed with iPlayWinner and Team Spooky to create Cross Assault, a live week-long $US25,000 tournament masquerading as an internet reality show. More »