Bushin was able to take 9th at Evo Japan 2025, 2nd at ARCREVO in Senzan 2025, 1st at A.C.E. 2025 and 3rd at FightClub Championship 6 Nansha at Guilty Gear Strive tournaments using Slayer and Leo. In general, Bushin is seen as one of the top player...
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One of the most classic things in fighting games is winning through just pure zoning and one of the earliest posterchildren of this phenomenon is Sagat, most specifically Old Sagat in Super Street Fighter 2: Turbo. In modern fighting games, proje...
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Luigi will forever go down in Super Smash Bros. history for having the first instance of a taunt capable of dealing damage against opponents. He's had this trait since Super Smash Bros. for the Nintendo 64. Upon usage, Luigi will bashfully kick a...
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Capcom has been doing quite well for themselves in recent years, and they're looking to keep that momentum going moving into 2026 now. The company recently put together an end of year / New Year's survey to get some feedback from the fans.
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The latest balance patch for Street Fighter 6 gave Sagat and Elena some quality-of-life buffs while nerfing Mai Shiranui. This is just enough to keep things feeling fresh until after Capcom Cup 12. One of the players qualified for Capcom Cup 12, ...
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In a recent X post, Team Liquid announced that two of their players have now left their roster. While this is something that happens a lot in competitive gaming and with various sponsors, the notable fact here is that as Street Fighter player Nep...
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Mortal Kombat 1: Definitive Edition marked the end of post-launch content from NetherRealm Studios. However, they're at least keeping Mortal Kombat 1 updated with balance patches as promised while they shift focus onto their next project. It can ...
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Street Fighter 6 seems to be continuing its trend of being the biggest fighting game around, and that's especially true in Japan. Evo Japan 2026 opened up its registration to the public a month ago, and the disparity between entrant numbers is ho...
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The two will now need to find new teams for 2026
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Yet another tournament has been added to the annual haul
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2026 is now finally upon us all, but that doesn't mean the New Year's celebrations need to stop. Despite the big Steam Winter Sale being unfortunately over, Capcom is now running their own New Year Sale to offer up more fighting game discounts.
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Although Alex is still a couple months away from releasing in Street Fighter 6, there is at least some form of new content hitting the game now. Capcom just revealed the Fighter Sports Meet Fighting Pass for Street Fighter 6, which is quite a mou...
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With 2025 now behind us, we're approaching the end of Season 3 for Street Fighter 6. With Sagat and C. Viper already available, we're now just waiting for Alex and Ingrid to join in spring of this year. Broski recently released an interesting vid...
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The behemoth might be the go-to character for 2026
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The Street Fighter pro thanked his former Saudi-based org for support as he enters free agency ahead of the 2026 season.
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After his contract with SETOUCHI SPARKS concluded, the Juri specialist 2BASSA joins the Fukushima-based SF6 team.
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By this point, we should all be fairly familiar with the "leverless arcade stick." It's basically an arcade stick, but it replaces the lever of the left side with numerous buttons that are used for directional inputs. While this is a useful input...
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There are 28 characters in Street Fighter 6 thus far. Of course, at least two more are on the way with Alex and Ingrid confirmed for Season 3. Reason|Boltstrike recently released an ordered tier list for Street Fighter 6 that ranks every characte...
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HandScar was able to achieve seventh place for Capcom Pro Tour 2024 World Warrior Finals for Europe West. It's also known that he was able to take first place in the Street Fighter 6 Saltmine League tournament back in May. It would seem that Hand...
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Street Fighter 6 is still going strong in the middle of its third year already though there could be some interesting changes coming down the pipeline at some point. Capcom is now looking to hire a new fighting game developer, which has potential...
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