Category Archives: Fighter

Team Ninja boss Yosuke Hayashi believes the Dead or Alive fanbase has grown past bouncing breasts and wants real female fighters.

More »

Executive producer Microprose and developer Kung Fu Factory have announced Girl Fight will be published on PSN and XBL by Majesco Entertainment.

More »

The Indie Royale Valentine’s Bundle has gone live, and it’s time to throw open your wallet, let the bats fly out, and drop at minimum $4.51.

More »

The Vita launch line-up is a treasure chest of goodies, and Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 is one of the brightest gems therein. We went straight to the source – Capcom’s Seth Killian – for the lowdown on this system-seller.

More »

There’s reasoning behind the over the top reactions of Virtua Fighter characters.

More »

The version of Dead or Alive 2 Tecmo published for PS2 was incomplete, driving franchise creator Tomonobu Itagaki to found an independent studio.

More »

It looks as though last month’s rumor was true: 7sixty is bringing HurricaneX2, a 3D Kung Fu fighting game developed by a Chinese Kung Fu practitioner, westward as Kung Fu Strike: The Warrior’s Rise.

More »

All fighting games should have a portable release to sit alongside big console brothers, Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 producer Ryota Niitsuma has told VG247.

More »

Reverge actually has an explanation for why its hardcore 2D fighter features women with things growing out of their heads.

More »

The latest Street Fighter x Tekken roster additions are “devilishly” good, oh ho ho ho ho ho.

More »

Namco has sent out a sizeable batch of launch day screens for Soul Calibur V, and while hardly any contain up-skirt shots, there’s still plenty of pixelated flesh for you to ogle. DLC for the game will be dropping soon, and you can have a look at the content through a batch of screens here. Click the page break to get your jollies.

More »

Capcom’s announced it’ll release the Ver 2012 update for Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition from February 21 on PS3 and 360. The free update will balance gameplay and remove any bugs and glitches. The arcade version wil get the update on February 14. Once more, producer Tomoaki Ayano has said on Unity that Street Fighter x Tekken has now gone Gold. He celebrated the news by teasing a new character, showing a screen featuring the outline of what appears to Bison. SFxTK launches in March for PS3 and 360.

The bang you just heard? That’s the starting gun to the 2012 release calendar going off, with Final Fantasy XIII-2 and Soul Calibur out today.

More »

The US PS Blog has posted a video featuring near two minutes of gameplay of Mortal Kombat for Vita, the first showing its gotten since it was announced. Proper button-bashing at its finest, but also wiping the obscuring blood with the touch-screen. That’s your £230 put to work right there. Get the video below the break.

Thanks, FeaturePreacher.

More »

Andriasang‘s posted a 15 minute video of Street Fighter x Tekken being played for the first time by Daigo ‘The Beast’ Umehara. The multiple-times EVO champ on Street Fighter IV and subsequent versions has a look at the menus and a few matches in the clip, which is the first of four to come. Get it below.

The Capcom fighter’s out March 6 in the US and March 9 in Europe for PS3 and 360.

More »

This really needs to be seen to be believed. It’s after the break. P4: The Ultimate launches next month in Japanese arcades and on PS3 and 360 this summer. No western release as yet, though.

Thanks, Erren.

More »

Valve has announced the Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection for PC is now available on Steam, and it is 15% off until February 9t. Developed by Other Ocean and NetherRealm Studios, the collection comes packed with Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat 2 and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3. Go add it to your queue.

Ahead of tomorrow’s launch of SoulCalibur V, Namco Bandai has said the resurgence of the fighting genre spurred by the return of Street Fighter will continue to improve over a “period of time.”

More »

Capcom has released a large set of assets and a few bits of art for Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 for Vita. The artwork provides a look at the exclusive Gold Herald color options available for all characters and players can obtain these through costume sharing on Vita’s NEAR function. The screens and gameplay video detail what players can expect when firing the game up. UMvC3 will release on Vita February 22, and is also included in the First Edition Vita bundle which arrives in mailboxes February 15.

More »

Series fans are going to get a lot out of Soul Calibur 5, as the fighter’s storyline advances further than ever before.

More »