The December patch for Street Fighter 6 applied some notable adjustments to Sagat, Elena and Mai Shiranui. However, Capcom recently acknowledged the outcry for an increase in frequency and impact with these sort of balance updates. Shortly before...
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Yesterday was supposed to be a day of building hype and sharing excitement for the future of Fatal Fury, but basically the opposite happened instead and for reasons outside of the game's new content itself. SNK was quickly hit with backlash acros...
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Update: This story has been updated with day 1 results. This weekend will be seeing the annual CyGames Cup happening for its 2026 edition and it'll be in Tokyo, Japan. Notable players participating include GS|Gamera, IBSG|Tororo, PAR|Kojicoco, S...
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Yesterday was supposed to be a day of building hype and sharing excitement for the future of Fatal Fury, but basically the opposite happened instead and for reasons outside of the game's new content itself. SNK was quickly hit with backlash acros...
Read article: https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2026/jan/16/fatal-fury-ai-controversy/
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves is now less than one week away from its Season 2 launch, which is going to bring some big changes to the game. While much of the attention so far has gone towards the Season 2 DLC roster (as well as some controverse...
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The Raging Demon (or Shun Goku Satsu) has arguably been the most iconic fighting game Super for over 30 years, but not all of them are created equally. As for which Raging Demons are the best / worst of all time, we now have some rankings that tr...
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2XKO is now only days away from finally launching in earnest, but it seems as though not everything is set in stone behind the scenes. Riot Games has just released a new update blog, which details some changes being made to their content plans fo...
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He is the latest young player to storm the scene
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After 2XKO, Invincible VS is the next fighting game in line to release this year, and fans can get a little bonus if they want something more connected to the comics. Skybound Games has now revealed a couple of special variant covers for Invincib...
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Back when Alex originally got announced for Street Fighter 6's third season, I wrote a piece about his story and where it might lead, which included speculation of him making a heel turn in the ring. Well, last week we got to see that this is exa...
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Although the first season of Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves just wrapped last month with Mr. Big, there's even bigger things coming to the game in the new year. SNK has now officially revealed the Season 2 release date for Fatal Fury as well as t...
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Although it may not feel like it, Street Figher 6 is still technically right in the middle of its third season with many months left to go. Top player Broski recently put together a new tier list for Street Fighter 6 Season 3 where he's got some ...
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It only took like seven years to get here, but 2XKO's full release is finally right around the corner. And now we're getting a much better picture of what's going to be available in the Season 1 launch of 2XKO next week.
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Although Tekken 8 has been trucking along for almost two years already, there's apparently an interesting reason to go back to the last game. Former Tekken Director Katsuhiro Harada departed Bandai Namco at the end of last year, and he says he le...
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As highlighted by Diojpaba on X, the second "community tier list" for Guilty Gear Strive has been released. It's interesting to note that there are actually two lists that have been generated here. The first version of the list was created based ...
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Capcom recently released a teaser trailer for Alex in Street Fighter 6. He's the next character scheduled to be released for Season 3, preceding Ingrid. It would seem that Alex has become quite the heel in the wrestling world, as depicted in his ...
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Caitlyn, as well as the beginning of Season 1, is scheduled start on January 20. Her gameplay trailer gave us a lot of insight on how she'll play. Shortly after her gameplay trailer was dropped, the developers also released a breakdown of Caitlyn...
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Back in early December, the 2XKO developers released a hotfix that was intended to tone down Teemo and Ahri. Within the notes for this hotfix, it was mentioned that the developers were preparing for a major patch in January. More than likely, thi...
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Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game is set to be released sometime in Summer 2026. Though the game still appears to be in a "pre-alpha" state, we're slowly but surely learning about all of its mechanics. Earlier today, the "Official Chi Gauge Tutor...
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A simple misunderstanding, but a great show of respect
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