Did you watch the intriguing teaser reveal for Mega Man Universe, the XBLA and PSN bound return of the blue bomber? Did it have you slightly confused, wondering just what sort of game Universe would be? You’re not alone! As an ardent fan of series, it left me excited, intrigued, somewhat bewildered, and plenty confused. Yesterday at comic-con, Mega Man …
The first Street Fighter was terrible – but it was terrible in a fun, campy way that makes it kinda cool. This is largely a result of the late Raul Julia’s comically overzealous portrayal of M. Bison, and yet another assault of Jean Claude’s ham-fisted acting chops. “I ham going to keeek that sunofabeesh Bye Sun’s ass so damn hordt, …
Heyyyyyy. Looks like those Street Fighter vs Tekken rumours may actually be partially correct! They were given further credence when the respective producers of each series – Namco Bandai’s Katsuhiro Harada and Capcom’s Yoshinori Ono – teamed up to give a speech, and tease the crowd at EVO, the premier fighting game championships. New rumours have surfaced – and I …
Vimeo user Richhhard has shot and edited a gorgeous looking video from the footage that was taken at this year’s EVO 2010 fighting game tournament. With over 2000 competitors and a huge love for the games and the tournament, it was a pretty grand affair with over 30 000 people watching from live streams on the internet as well. This …
Today’s actually a pretty important day in South Africa’s history. 100 years ago today the separate Cape, Natal, Transvaal and the Orange Free State colonies united to form the Union of South Africa, a dominion under British sovereignty. 51 years later – on the same day – it broke free from the empire, becoming the Republic of South Africa, making …
Today is Tuesday. Tuesday is named from the Olde English God Tiw -Â an anglicised Tyr; the Norse God of War, Victory and Law. Today is also Tina Fey’s Birthday. She’s the geek goddess of smart, sexy and funny. Here’s the stuff we too busy staring a pictures of naked people on chessboards to post. News John Romero regrets Daikatana …
The folks over at Gamespot have decided that May is officially Video Game History Month. In honour of this spectacular occassion, they are taking in-depth looks back at video gaming history, because you don’t know where you’re going if you don’t know where you’ve been, right? One of the most influential video games of all time is Capcom’s Street Fighter …
The only thing that could possibly make Team Fortress 2 any better was if all of the characters were gorgeous ladies, so thanks to Nemesis on Deviant Art for the image in the header. Here’s more news, videos and games for the day: Last Updated: May 6, 2010
City life is a game of optimality. In the small studio apartments of Vancouver …
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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