WWE All Stars: Hype Begin OK!

Although far less vocal than fighting and sports game players, wrestling game enthusiasts are intensely particular about their genre; they more often than not, tend to go far lengths to experience new titles or support established franchises. This kind of genre-specific dedication is truly fascinating to me, but comes as no surprise, considering the huge impact professional wrestling has on different cultures. THQ, no stranger to the wresting game genre, is set to release WWE All Stars on March 29^th. Although wrestling games seem to come out at a somewhat consistent clip, All Stars looks to set itself apart from the pack by approaching the genre not from the traditional wresting simulation angle, but as a wrestling/competitive fighting game hybrid.

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Street Fighter Legacy

A couple of days ago news was released about actor/director/stuntman-turned-Fighting Game enthusiast heartthrob Joey Ansah’s new project “Street Fighter Legacy”.  Two teaser trailers were released showing a very believable Ryu and Ken in the moments leading up to a little sparring session.   Needless to say, live action and Street Fighter have never worked well together, and low budget independent shorts would be the last place that I thought the awesomeness of Street Fighter could ever be sufficiently captured.  Today, Joey released the 3 minute short on his Youtube page and I have to admit I am pretty impressed.  It was good enough to leave me wanting more, and that is a damn good start. Continue reading…

Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: Updated!

After a period of whispering on various fighting game/video game forums, Capcom has finally released the long awaited announcement trailer for Marvel Vs. Capcom 3.  Rumored to have been in the works for quite some time now, the trailer shows some cool cell-shaded Tatsunoko VS Capcom style cut-scenes with returning characters like Ryu, Hulk, Iron Man, Morrigan and some new stuff…  Mainly Chris Redfield(!).  As more is announced, I hope to see some more awesome Capcom and Marvel characters and ideally, this time around, the Capcom characters will be able to hang at high level play…

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Super Street Fighter IV: Hakan is here…

As is typical of the internet, Hakan, the tenth and final (?) character to be added to the cast of Super Street Fighter IV, was debuted a couple days earlier than expected.  IGN’s Daily Fix posted the debut trailer earlier this evening and all I can say is wow. I don’t think that now is the best time to get into what I think about Capcom’s design philosophy for this title, but I am interested to see what you folks think.

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SSFIV: Boxing Brits

Over the past week Capcom has been kicking the Super Street Fighter IV final push into gear. Various news outlets have been receiving packages from Capcom with mysteriously cryptic messages like this nifty blue Everlast glove clenching a rose. Continue reading…

Super Street Fighter IV: New Character Info Rumors

Street Fighter news/ community blog Event Hubs updated last night with some exciting news concerning the existence of 4 extra characters yet to be revealed for Capcom’s update to Street Fighter IV. As many of you know, Event Hubs was one of the first sites to reveal the leak for the character list/ change details late last year for Super Street Fighter IV, and so far that rumor list has been spot on. Continue reading…

Puzzle Bobble: Love, You Don’t Get Enough.

In the event that you didn’t know, you really should have circled July 29^th on your game calendar, Space Bust a Move for the Nintendo DS (That is Space Puzzle Bobble for you “cool” people) is going to rock your puzzle game playing ass off. I thought I would give you a friendly reminder and take a look at why Bub, Bob, and that crazy bubble launching arrow thingie kick so much ass. Continue reading…