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Events, Fighting, News
Calling All Fighters: East Coast Throwdown Starts May 18th in New Jersey!

Can you hear that? It’s the sound of fighting games in the beautiful pre-summer air. From May 18th to 19th, East Coast more…

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Five O’Clock Fan Art: Ibuki

My limited experience with modern Street Fighter consists of me getting to my ass handed to me over and over again, but I dig more…

Art, Features
Five O’Clock Fan Art: Dudley

The best boxers have fancy mustaches. I bet KurkoBoltsi has the best mustache. Five O’Clock Fan Art is perfect for more…

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Five O’Clock Fan Art: The Brutal Legend of Chun Li

Brutal Legend has finally hit PC and to celebrate here’s a Brutal Legend/Chun Li mashup. Hey, don’t ask me. Ask more…

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Five O’Clock Fan Art: Chun-Li

I’m sure a lot of gamers are physically attracted to Chun-Li, but you should know that those thunder thighs will literally more…

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Five O’Clock Fan Art: Eat Your Heart Out, Mario

If Mario wants to keep bashing blocks with his head, hey, it’s his mental health at stake. Ryu is a more practical more…

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Five O’Clock Fan Art: Street Fighter 25th Anniversary

Happy belated birthday, Street Fighter! The original Street Fighter arcade turned 25 a little over a week ago. Where’s my more…

Art, Features
Five O’Clock Fan Art: Fantasy Street Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen, I bring you Fantasy Street Fighter! You know, because yoga flames and sonic booms and hadoukens aren’t more…

Features, Fighting, News
EVO 2012 Starts Today! Stream Schedule and Links to Watch Are Here!

Can you feel it? The beginning of EVO 2012 starts today! I’m always incredibly excited for the yearly fighting game more…

Fighting, News, Video
Street Fighter Documentary “More Than a Game” Follows the Road to Evo

Earlier this week, I came across a trailer for an upcoming documentary entitled More Than a Game. The film follows a few top more…

Editorials, Features, Fighting
RipTen Dojo: Overcoming the Plateau

Plateau. Few words are more frightening to a person in pursuit of a goal, and given that this is a series about improving at more…

Events, Fighting, News
Evolution 2012 Offering Over $100,000 in Prize Money

The fighting game community doesn’t cease to amaze me. It was just recently announced on Shoryuken that this years Evolution more…

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Five O’Clock Fan Art: Yoga Ear Lobe

Forget all the Yoga Fire and the Yoga Flame, Dhalsim’s real power resides in his ability to comfortably wear yo-yo-sized ear more…

Industry-News, News
Community Manager Seth Killian Leaving Capcom

Wow. In a blog post today over at Capcom Unity, Seth Killian, Capcom’s long time community manager, announced his departure more…

Editorials, Features, Fighting
RipTen Dojo: What Makes for a Good Crossover Fighting Game?

In last week’s installment of RipTen Dojo I talked about why a lot of crossover games imagined by fans are generally better more…