Fight Sessions

Written by Nicoma ‘Melchiorus’ Christian, guest writer

A look at the importance of personality in a developing scene

The fighting game community has more colorful personalities than any other eSport that I’ve watched.

There are, of course, people who come to mind outside the FGC, (IdrA back in the Starcraft days, and Doublelift in League of Legends) and these are people we love to root for and…

Written by SuperFX

As three Monster Hunter, Black Panther and Sigma come to Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite on Oct. 17, Capcom will also introduce 18 new premium costumes that players can use to alter their favorite character’s image in MvCI.

Many of the new costumes represent important history of the character, like Warbird for Captain Marvel or Joe Fixit for Hulk, while other represent different…

Written by Zavian “mushin_Z” Sildra

Sadly, saving the world doesn’t do much to help your credit rating.

In the first episode of the fan series Saikyo Ryu Online, Dan Hibiki returned from his Street Fighter hiatus just in time to save the world from a cosmic threat (at least, that’s the story as he tells it). But he came home to find his dojo taken from him, and he…

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Written by SuperFX

Dragon Ball FighterZ will release in Japan on Feb. 1, 2018, according to a new issue of V-Jump.

The game has also added two more characters to the roster in the forms of Nappa and Captain Ginyu. Nappa is a slow but powerful fighter who can plant Saibamen to attack his opponent and uses the destructive break cannon technique.

Captain Ginyu, meanwhile, can summon all the…

Written by Crow_Spaceboy

When you enter any multi-tournament event at Japan’s Mikado Arcade, you have to expect the strangest games may show up. And you have to be ready to play your best, because even in something as niche as SNK’s Fight Fever, the Mikado patrons won’t hold back.

Fight Fever is very much a product of its time. Developed in 1994 by South Korean based Viccom, this SNK-published…

Zeku is essentially two different characters, here’s what we’ve learned about Street Fighter 5’s upcoming contender

Written by John ‘Velociraptor’ Guerrero

The Bushinryu master has the potential to be one of Street Fighter 5’s most well rounded characters

Capcom came forth today with not one, but two showcase streams for Street Fighter 5’s upcoming DLC character, Zeku.

As we saw Zeku showcased on both Capcom Unity and Capcom Fighters, one thing became immediately apparent: he’s basically two completely…

Written by SuperFX

Arc System Works has revealed the next three characters joining the upcoming crossover game.

Noel Vermillion from BlazBlue, Chie Satonaka from Persona 4 and Waldstein from Under Night In-Birth will all be part of the game that releases in early 2018.

According to the trailer, the next character reveals for the game will be coming in late November. BlazBlue…

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Written by SuperFX

New outfits for Zangief, Kolin and Karin will be available when Zeku joins the SFV cast at the end of October.

These new sports costumes reimagine Karin as a jockey, Kolin as an ice skater and Zangief gets another pro wrestling variant.

Prices were not revealed…

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Flowtron, predictor of Street Fighter 5 Season 2’s cast, details homage costumes that some characters will be getting

Written by Justin ‘AdaptiveTrigger’ Gordon

Karin with an Ingrid costume, Ryu with Mega Man and Jin Saotome costumes, Menat with a Felicia costume, and more

Normally, we wouldn’t really pay too much attention to a commenter claiming that they know about some upcoming content for Street Fighter 5. There’s really no way to validate what they are saying until it actually happens.

Flowtron,…

Written by SuperFX

Bandai Namco has announced new content in its ongoing collaboration with New Japan Pro Wrestling for Tekken 7.

Along with new character and account customizations featuring the Bullet Club, Taguchi Japan and King’s Rainmaker shirt, Tekken 7 will also be getting a new outfit and rage art for Lars Alexandersson. Both the outfit and special “sling blade” rage art come from popular…

Written by Justin ‘AdaptiveTrigger’ Gordon

Arcade mode, alternate V-Triggers, Extra Battle mode, new costumes, and new interface

The Street Fighter 5 Arcade Edition update will bring a number of changes to the game. For current owners, it will be a free update while new players can purchase it for…

Read the rest at: Street Fighter News on EventHubs.com

Written by strumslinger

The first 18 Premium Costumes are now available for Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite with the remaining 12 coming later in the year. One of the options to obtain these stylish costumes is by purchasing the three themed packs: Avenging Army, World Warriors, and Mystic Masters. Take a look at each of the Premium …

Read the rest at: Capcom : Official Blog

Written by Justin ‘AdaptiveTrigger’ Gordon

Android 21 has some tie to Dr. Gero

GameInformer recently compiled a list of everything that we know about Android 21 of Dragon Ball FighterZ. Information has been somewhat scarce regarding this character, but there are some concrete facts that we are aware of.

For one, we know that she has some association with the Red Ribbon Army. This is a group that…

Written by Matt Taylor

Dillian Whyte says he’s going to make life hell for Robert Helenius when they clash for the WBC Silver Heavyweight title at Principality Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday night, live on Sky Sports Box Office.

Whyte wants to secure a showdown with WBC king Deontay Wilder in 2018 and knows that an impressive win over Helenius will take him a giant step towards that goal.

‘The…

Written by strumslinger

Pre-order Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition to receive the 30th Anniversary Costumes for M. Bison, Guile, Ibuki, and Karin, along with the Nostalgia Costumes for Alex, Ibuki, Juri, Kolin, and Akuma! Continue reading for important details on this bonus.

STREET FIGHTER V: ARCADE EDITION – PRE-ORDER BONUS

As we announced a few weeks ago,…

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