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SumoSlam just made part 2 in his "Why Fighting Game Stories Lack Substance" editorial series available. The answer may be obvious, but this interesting topic is certainly worth exploration.

"It’s safe to say that while Street ...

What a great day to be a fighting game fan. Legendary networking technology GGPO has been licensed by and will be used in the release version of upcoming 2D fighting game Skullgirls! While Capcom, SNK, and Namco continue to be stubborn, ...

Sumoslamman from I Speak Comics has released the first part of his "Why Fighting Game Stories Lack Substance" series and it's an interesting read. Here's a small excerpt from the article:



"I’m a sucker for ...

If you watch only one video this year, this should be the video you choose. Huge thanks to Cross Counter for putting this together.

"At Southern Impact in Laredo, TX, we met a talented SSF4 Chun-Li player named Mike Begum (aka "Broly" or "Legs") who has a condition called arthrogryposis. Despite his circumstances, he became one of the top Chun-Li players in Texas after playing the game for just 6 months, and is also one of the best Super Smash Bros. players in the country. In this interview with Gootecks, Brolly talks about how he plays without using his hands, why and how he uses Chun-Li, and his advice for others in similar situations." ...

According to a rumor report from Shacknews, Mortal Kombat 9 will use an Online Pass Code to prevent players who purchased a used copy of the game from playing over the internet. New copies of the game come with a code for free, but it is a ...

Capcom released the first Shadow Pack DLC for Marvel vs Capcom 3's Shadow Mode today. It costs 80 MS Points, or 1 dollar, which is a huge jump from the cost of the mode itself (zero). So, what do you get for your dollar? Three AI theme teams ...

Thanks to everyone who sent this in so quickly! The full character select screen for Mortal Kombat 9 appears to have leaked. It includes Quan Chi and Cyber Sub Zero. Looks pretty good! ...

As many of you know, there is an ongoing petition to have Capcom create a new Darkstalkers game. Many of us believe that this is all for publicity, but you still may be interested in knowing that the effort has reached 100,000 requests. ...

Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition is unlocking its first time release character today (or tomorrow, depending on where you live). The launch of Evil Ryu is accompanied by a handful of new screenshots and video of his ultra combo attacks ...

Carl "Perfect Legend" White, the Evolution DOA4 World Champion, sat down with Tecmo's Team Ninja for an interview with them about the upcoming Dead or Alive Dimensions game on the Nintendo 3DS. This contains a lot of gritty technical information ...

Finally, we get some official, high quality in-game footage of the Playstation 3 exclusive Mortal Kombat 9 character. Kratos is fitting right in with the rest of the MK characters. This video shows off a ton of special moves, including some ...

A small patch launched for Marvel vs Capcom 3 today that actually made some gameplay adjustments. According to many reports, Sentinel's Health total is down to 905,000, from 1,300,000. This is an insane drop and the reaction I'm getting ...

Based on the demo version.

So, you've been playing fighting games since Super Turbo. Maybe since Third Strike. Maybe you just started in 2009 with SF4. Whatever your situation is, you've only played Mortal Kombat when you were ...

According to an interview with Daisuke Ishiwatari and Toshimichi Mori, the men behind BlazBlue, a new Guilty Gear game isn't likely. Ishiwatari said to Eurogamer, "Guilty Gear got too hardcore for some people, so we wanted to reset the level ...

According to an article found over at Joystiq today, the Australian Goverment is pressing for an R18 game rating in response to the current Mortal Kombat controversy.

""We're becoming the laughing stock of the developed world," ...

Thanks to the amazing James Chen, the Marvel vs Capcom 3 Hyper Guide has been updated with attack data and tips for Jill Valentine and Shuma Gorath. Basics videos will be available for each character sometime next week, but apprentice combos ...