It’s been a long while since we’ve seen a mainline Street Fighter. After six years Capcom has officially announced Street Fighter 6. There’s only a small teaser trailer but Capcom will reveal more information in summer 2022. In the announcement, Capcom had this to say: “with the aim of elevating the fighting game genre to a new level in the …

The Wrestlemania of fighting games kicks off on July 31, as EVO 2020 has just announced which eight games will make the cut and see players battle it out for a massive pot of cash.

Las Vegas may have been home to thousands of fighting game hopefuls over the weekend, but only a handful of challengers would leave EVO 2019 as champions. Whether it was through the use of godlike reflexes, cunning zoning skill or a reversal that snatched victory from the jws of defeat, this year’s EVO came down to pure skill when the dust had finally settled from some truly tense competition.

As is the custom, EVO caters to a selection of game that each have their own prize pool of cold hard cash up for grabs, resulting in some games being more popular than the other. That’s not a definite rule though, as other games emerge as fan favourites thanks to their inherent charm and an ability to bring something different to the table when players enter the event.

Even if you don’t enjoy fighting games, there’s no denying that “Evo Moment 37” is one of the very best moments not just in fighting games, but in competitive video games as a whole

Esports in fighting games makes for huge business, with the likes of Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat and Smash Bros. hosting regular international tournaments where big prize money is at stake. One game that you seldom see reach the same highs? Dead or Alive, a franchise that has always had the potential to not only offer thumb-blistering competition, but spectacular matches for fans to watch as well. This year, Dead or Alive wants to get cereal.

SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy might rightly draw ire for its overt, unnecessary sexualisation of fighting games’ femme fatales, but its problems extend further than social problems. Its anaemic in content and the fighting itself lacks any real depth.

Getting into 2D fighting games is tough, especially if you’re trying to learn to play them properly. While most people would be happy to button-mash their way through a game (and there’s nothing wrong with that!), learning the intricacies of fighting game fundamentals is tricky. Playing fighting games, even at a beginner competitive level, is daunting because there’s so much to learn. It’s a bit like really, really, really fast-paced chess that requires lightning fast-reflexes and decision-making.