Arcades are dead – but their spirit lives on in online fighting games
Online fighting games are the closest thing we have to the old arcade scene now.
Online fighting games are the closest thing we have to the old arcade scene now.
It's been nearly 25 years of fireballs, dragon punches and hurricane kicks. Street Fighter is about to celebrate its quarter centenary!
Capcom resurrected the Fighting genre with Street Fighter IV. Our opinionated Moose wishes they hadn't. Here's why.
Dead or Alive 5 - the first game in the series in sixx years - will push hardware boundaries, to give you better looking videogame breasts. Probably.
Capcom is aiming to truly make their iconic fighting game franchise, the ultimate - but you'll have to buy it all over again.
Yesterday we posted a rumour about an update to the 360 controller – quite possibly the most comfortable controller I’ve used, albeit with one of the worst d-pad’s I’ve ever experienced. According to the rumour, the updated design was primarily to rework the d-pad, and appease fighting game fans. Thanks to Major Nelson, we have confirmation that a new 360 …
[Updated] Major Nelson has posted a video which pretty much confirms this controller is coming to the US for $70. Video at the bottom The Xbox 360 controller is probably my favourite video game controller – barring the ridiculous legendary awesomeness of the Dreamcast’s, of course. Unlike Sony’s decades old dual-shock design,I’m not left with cramped hands after hours-long gaming …
This year’s EVO – A gaming tournament dedicated to PVP Beat ‘em ups – took place this weekend at Caeser’s Palace in Las Vegas. A host of fighting games were played – but the one that generally captures the public hearts, as usual, is Street Fighter IV. The competition was marred a little by the U-Stream broadcast going dead – …
In an industry often clouded by exclusivity and inflated price tags, Dossier Perfumes emerges …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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