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Monday8th May 2017
News Street Fighter V's New Challenger Is an Ed-case
M. Bison and Balrog have a baby
Street Fighter V’s new combatant may have leaked eons ago, but Capcom’s finally got around to confirming that newcomer Ed will be joining the stage of history [Wrong series – Ed] in the near future. The character – a clone of M. Bison in the story timeline – looks to fuse the moves of Shadaloo’s leader...
Tuesday25th Apr 2017
News Street Fighter V Scores Capcom Cup 2017 Content As Single Player Wilts
Revenue to go towards tournament prize fund
Can we safely say that Capcom is all in on e-sports at this point, and won't be responding to the complaints that single player fans had with Street Fighter V? Probably, because the game continues to bloat in content, but virtually all of it seems aimed at the more competitive players enjoying it online...
Monday27th Feb 2017
News Street Fighter V Still Kinda Sucks, But Capcom Pro Tour's Back
Yay?
A year later, Street Fighter V is still very much a shadow of the game that it should be. That's not stopping its maker from forging ahead with Capcom Pro Tour 2017, though – the Champions League of fighting game competitions. Or something. We were going to explain the qualification process here, but it's so complicated that we're just going...
Thursday9th Feb 2017
News Kolin Plays it Cool in Street Fighter V Later This Month
Chill
Street Fighter V's next additional character has been revealed, proving that the recent leaks - and copious amounts of speculation - were right. Kolin, who appears in Street Fighter III and in Street Fighter V's downloadable story mode, uses fast jabs, kicks, and, er, icicles to overcome her opponents. She looks like quite an entertaining...
Saturday21st Jan 2017
News Street Fighter Surprises Planned for 30th Anniversary at E3, Comic-Con
Arcade mode?
Street Fighter series producer Yoshinori Ono has teased surprises for the franchise's 30th Anniversary – perhaps they'll include an actual game being patched into Street Fighter V? Speaking with IGN, the ever-jovial executive explained: "Around E3 timing, maybe even San Diego Comic-Con, we have one or two surprises we hope our fans...
Sunday4th Dec 2016
PSX 2016 NuckleDu Crowned Street Fighter V World Champion
Season 1 comes to an end
After almost an entire year of regional qualifying events all across the globe and one gruelling final tournament, Street Fighter V's first world champion has been decided. Unbeaten during the Capcom Cup 2016, which took place over the weekend at the PlayStation Experience, North American combatant NuckleDu - who's just...
Live Watch Capcom Cup 2016, The Ultimate Street Fighter V Tournament
The big one
This is it, folks. After months of touring the world, 2016's final Street Fighter V Tournament starts and ends this weekend. Consisting of the world's 32 best players, Capcom Cup 2016 promises ridiculous highs and lows as combatants from across the globe battle for a $350,000 prize pool and, of course, everlasting glory as one of them is...
Saturday3rd Dec 2016
PSX 2016 Akuma Is Coming to Street Fighter V and He Has the Best Hair in the Game
Mane man
Damn, Akuma, you're looking good! The super powerful demonic master is coming to Street Fighter V later this month as part of the game's second season pass, and, as you're probably already aware, we're loving his new design. Catch a few of his moves in the trailer that we've embedded above, and then unleash a critical art in the comments...
Thursday1st Dec 2016
News Street Fighter V's Festive Holiday Costumes Are Not Made for Cold Weather
Brrr
Capcom's released the above trailer for Street Fighter V's upcoming downloadable content pack, and, well, the only thing that we've really taken away from it is that it includes a lot of skimpy Christmas costumes. Oh, and it's got an amazingly cheesy rendition of Jingle Bells playing over it. Apparently, we're getting a release date for all of...
Friday25th Nov 2016
News Capcom to Remain Committed to PS4 Exclusive Street Fighter V Until 2020
Shoryuken handle it?
By all accounts it's sold disastrously, but Capcom isn't giving up on Street Fighter V anytime soon. It makes sense, of course – while the PlayStation 4 and PC exclusive may have struggled to appeal to the mainstream market, it still has a very committed and dedicated core fanbase. And speaking with Famitsu magazine, producer...
Wednesday9th Nov 2016
News Street Fighter V's New Stage Takes Off Today
Plane and simple
Capcom's continuing to plug away at Street Fighter V, despite the fighter failing to significantly grow its player base since launch. Today a new stage will be released, which takes place on the wings of a plane. The level – named Skies of Honor – can be seen demonstrated in the video embedded above. We're not convinced that...
Monday7th Nov 2016
News Akuma Is Street Fighter V's Next DLC Character
Playable at the PlayStation Experience
Recent sales data would suggest that Street Fighter V hasn't been performing well at all over the last few months, but Capcom's still marching on with its downloadable content plans. The game's initial batch of additional characters ended with Urien, and now the Japanese publisher has teased what's coming next...
Wednesday7th Sep 2016
News Urien Brings His Giant Ego to Street Fighter V This Month
Expect an exact date at TGS
Street Fighter V's final "season 1" character launches this month - and we'll get a more precise release date at the Tokyo Game Show, Capcom has revealed. We are, of course, talking about Urien, who first appeared in Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact. The egotistical brawler has plenty of tricks up his sleeve, including...
Monday15th Aug 2016
News Street Fighter V PS4 Finally Gets Features That Should Have Been There at Launch
Play against the computer at last
Street Fighter V: the best game ever made that doesn't want you to play it. Capcom's brawler is brilliant in the ring, but unless you're a pro player looking to practice online, then there ain't much to do. Finally, though, things will improve in September with the addition of a VS CPU mode. Well, it's a start,...
Monday25th Jul 2016
Weirdness Beardy Ryu Is Now Officially Hot Ryu in Street Fighter V, According to Capcom
You had me at Hadoken
Bearded Ryu, previously known as Battle Costume Ryu, apparently, is now officially called Hot Ryu, according to Capcom. The Street Fighter V costume became super popular across the internet when it was originally revealed, with many fans dubbing the outfit 'Hot Ryu' due to the fact he isn't wearing a top and has rather stylish...
Thursday21st Jul 2016
News Jury's Out on Juri in Street Fighter V on PS4 Next Week
Here comes a new challenger
Street Fighter V's next update will see the catsuit clad S.I.N. agent Juri join the roster of the PlayStation 4 exclusive game – and it's due 26th July, so you haven't got long to wait. First introduced in Super Street Fighter IV, the pigtailed temptress is a trained specialist in Taekwondo, and focuses on fast, flashy...
Wednesday20th Jul 2016
News Capcom Is Trying to Make Street Fighter V Less Mind-Numbingly Tedious
A different kind of grind
Let's not dance around the issue here: Street Fighter V's survival mode is crap. Single round matches against up to 50 opponents in a row, always in the same order. And if you lose, you have to start over from scratch. If you win, however, you get a lovely new colour for your chosen character. No pain no gain, etc. Players...
Monday18th Jul 2016
News ESPN Thought Mika's Costume Showed Too Much Skin in Street Fighter V Finals
Runner-up Fuudo was told to change it
Street Fighter had its biggest Evo ever this year, with a colossal 5,000 players entering the Street Fighter V tournament over the weekend – it was so massive that even sports network ESPN covered it live on television. The Las Vegas event came to a close last night when Japanese R. Mika player Fuudo came up...
News Meet Street Fighter V's EVO 2016 Champion
KO
He came, he saw, he kicked some ass: South Korea's Lee 'Infiltration' Seonwoo won last night's Street Fighter V tournament at EVO 2016, beating Keita 'Fuudo' Ai in the final. This was the biggest tournament in Street Fighter history, with a whopping 5,000 players signing up to compete. The game only released in February, so at least Capcom's...
Friday15th Jul 2016
News Street Fighter V Wants Your Cash for Capcom Pro Tour 2016
Help fund a tournament you'll never enter
Capcom's not the first publisher to sell content to help fund its game's eSports league, and it won't be the last – but given the current state of Street Fighter V, it's got some "brass neck" as they say in Ramsey's part of the world. Available right now from the North American PlayStation Store for a...
Thursday30th Jun 2016
News We Hope Street Fighter V's Story Mode Is as Good as Its Trailer
Rise up
Street Fighter V's finally getting some dedicated single player content tomorrow in the form of a free downloadable story mode, and judging from its official trailer, it actually looks pretty good. Sure, the writing's as cheesy as you'd expect and it seems suitably mental, but it's a well worked video all the same. Having said that, we've...
Monday27th Jun 2016
You gotta watch this one
Fighting game tournament CEO 2016 ended with a bang last night as arguably the two best Street Fighter V players in the world went head to head in the grand final. South Korea's Infiltration has won several professional competitions already since Capcom's title launched, and he's often looked unstoppable as Nash, utilising...
News Street Fighter V Free Story Mode Update Now Comes with Boxing Bruiser Balrog
But it's been delayed ever so slightly
The good news: Balrog is now busting onto the Street Fighter V scene alongside previously revealed kunoichi Ibuki as part of the game's free story mode update. The bad news: the update is no longer being released this month. The not-quite-as-disappointing-as-you-first-thought news: the update will now deploy on...
Thursday9th Jun 2016
News In-Game Microtransactions No Longer Coming to Street Fighter V, Says Capcom
Developer ditches Zenny
"We will no longer be introducing Zenny to Street Fighter V as a real money currency option," Capcom has stated in its most recent Street Fighter V update. "After extensive testing and development, we came to the conclusion that it was not necessary in order to carry out our original vision for the product. Instead, we will...
News New Single Player Modes Confirmed for Street Fighter V
Now we're talking?
Ah, the announcement that many Street Fighter fans have been waiting for. Well, kind of. Today, Capcom has spilled the beans on Street Fighter V's upcoming story mode expansion, which will apparently offer around four hours of new, narrative driven content. It'll be released at the end of June, as we know, and in it, you'll be...
Wednesday1st Jun 2016
News Capcom's Missed Its Target of Releasing One Street Fighter V Character Per Month
Poor Ibuki
Ever since Street Fighter V launched in February, Capcom's had a tough time trying to communicate with fans. The brawler is meant to be a platform that's constantly growing and evolving, but between content delays, communication cock-ups, and a supposedly stretched post-release development cycle, the Japanese company just can't seem to...
Monday30th May 2016
News Here Comes a New Challenger! Ibuki Blows Up Street Fighter V
The bomb
Street Fighter V may have bombed at retail, but Ibuki's here to make sure that it bombs in-game, too. The unstoppable schoolgirl is set to join the PlayStation 4 exclusive's roster imminently, and she's armed with explosives, throwing knives, and… A parachute. The trailer above demonstrates just how fun this new challenger can be – we...
Thursday12th May 2016
News Capcom: Street Fighter V Needed More Polish and More Content
CEO admits the brawler deserved better
We've said it a million times before, and we'll say it again: Street Fighter V is a bloody good fighting game - but its prowess as a brawler hasn't been enough to disperse the air of negativity that's surrounded the title since it launched earlier this year. Recently, Capcom revealed that the game has actually...
Monday9th May 2016
News Street Fighter V Has Not Flopped As Hard As You Think
Brawler's doing okay
And breathe. Street Fighter V is not the commercial catastrophe that many predicted – in fact, it's doing pretty damn well all things considered. An update to Capcom's website – accurate as of 31st March, 2016 – reveals that the brawler has sold 1.4 million copies across the PlayStation 4 and PC, when taking into account...
Tuesday3rd May 2016
News More Single Player Content Is Coming to Street Fighter V, Says Capcom
The basics
Much to the disappointment of many a potential buyer, Street Fighter V launched in February with minimal single player content. Aside from the insultingly short character stories, survival and training were, and still are, the only options when it comes to facing off against the artificial intelligence. That's going to change soon,...
