If you're even just a casual fan of fighting games, there's a pretty good chance you've heard of Evo. There's no lack of fighting game tournaments that happen every year, but Evo is by far the largest, pulling in tens of thousands of viewers from around and hosting brackets for multiple fighting games. Today, Sony announced that it has acquired Evo through a joint partnership with a new company called RTS.
The Fortnite Chapter 2 - Season 5 crossovers aren't over yet. Epic has just taken the wraps off its next hunters, two iconic characters from popular fighting game Street Fighter. The company revealed the Agent Jonesy audio transmission teaser, then almost immediately published the reveal trailer, giving players a look at both new skins.
It's been nearly four years since Street Fighter V first launched, and now it seems Capcom is finally ready to launch a definitive version of the game. Today Capcom announced Street Fighter V: Champion Edition, which is launching next year and comes with most of the content released thus far. If you're a fighting game fan who has somehow managed to avoid buying Street Fighter V up until this point, then it sounds like the Champion Edition is the game to get.
Street Fighter V has so far been a worthy successor of the most beloved fighting game franchise in history. Most of the new mechanics and new characters that Capcom has introduced have been warmly received by long-time fans and new players alike. But in a single move, the company managed become universally reviled. The good news? Capcom has now removed its sponsored content, a.k.a. ads, from character costumes, stages, and loading screens. The bad news? It might not be forever.
If there’s one thing that binds all digital media and channels together, it would probably be ads. Be it the Web, video streaming, mobile apps, or games, ads have become an unfortunate fact of modern life that very few really like. Especially when you’ve already paid full price for the product. So it’s really no surprise that no small number of fans were unamused when Capcom announced that in-game ads were coming to Street Fighter V. The details, however, are even odder.
Last night at Evo 2018, Capcom took the stage to make a surprise announcement: Street Fighter 5: Arcade Edition's season 3 character lineup is wrapping up with two new fighters. Many fans probably expected the season to end with the addition of just one character, making this a pleasant surprise for Street Fighter adherents and one that got the crowd at Evo amped up. Perhaps even more exciting is the fact that these two new characters are available beginning today.
Popular video game franchise Street Fighter will soon be a live action television series. A deal for the show was recently closed by Entertainment One, according to a new report, with eOne tapped for international sales. The same team behind the previously launched Street Fighter web series "Assassin's Fist" will be executive producing this new show, although many details are still missing.
The Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection announced in December 2017 now has an official release date. According to Capcom, the upcoming collection, which features several Street Fighter games, will be available to purchase on the three big gaming consoles starting May 29. When that date arrives, gamers will be able to buy the collection for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
The Street Fighter series has no lack of recognizable characters, but perhaps one of the most famous is Blanka. Sure, he might not have the followings that series regulars like Ryu and Chun-Li have, but you'd be hard pressed to find even a casual fighting game fan who can't identify Blanka on sight. With that kind of notoriety, it was only a matter of time before Blanka made his way to Street Fighter 5: Arcade Edition, and today Capcom revealed just when that will be.
Some games have almost become synonymous with the genres they represent. First person shooters have Doom, JRPGs have Final Fantasy, and MMOs have WoW. When it comes to arcade fighting games, there is probably no name that rings louder than Street Fighter. The franchise is celebrating 30 years of existence, and what better way to memorialize that than by gathering not just the games but also the memories and skills into one, single Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection. And that is exactly what fans can expect next year.
There’s only so much you can add to a fighting game after it has been released. Much of the genre’s value comes from its replayability and, in a sense, the randomness of fighting against human opponents. Of course, there are still some ways to extend the game’s content, like adding new characters and adding new moves. That is basically what CAPCOM is doing in the Arcade Edition, set to launch in two months, that will add, in addition to the arcade mode, new V-Triggers for all characters.
Street Fighter might seem to simply be a fighting game for many outsiders, but fans know that the franchise has a rich lore that goes beyond the flashy combos and button mashing. The game has dozens of characters that, naturally, stay only in the background, if even shown at all. Some, however, graduate to becoming a part of the main roster. That is exactly the case with the newest addition to Street Fighter’s stable of playable characters, Zeku, who first appeared a non-playable sparring partner.