25 years ago, Super Smash Bros. Melee was released for the Nintendo GameCube. It's incredible that the game still sees a developing meta in a highly competitive scene today. However, it would seem that some of Super Smash Bros. Melee best competi...
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The December patch for Street Fighter 6 implemented notable changes for Sagat, Elena and Mai. Of course, Capcom has apparently taken notice of the fact that the fighting game community is unsatisfied with the impact of the changes and frequency of...
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Street Fighter 6 is clearly the king in Japan
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NE|Dabuz recently released a new tier list for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. All 84 characters have been divided up into nine different tier categories. Steve remains as the undisputed best character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as the meta hasn't...
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The idea of a Street Fighter vs. Mortal Kombat collaboration is something that fans have considered for years, but has never happened in an official capacity. Of course, Capcom director Takayuki Nakayama once hinted that he's open to including Sub...
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Ilsa's trailer for Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising was revealed at CyGames Cup 2026. She's set to release as the next DLC character on February 10, 2026 for $7.99. She's known as the "Demon Sergeant" due to being an intense drill sergeant. Though ...
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Update: This story has been updated with final 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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It's been nearly 14 years since Street Fighter X Tekken was released. Needless to say, it was such a flop that Bandai Namco ended up delaying their plans for Tekken X Street Fighter indefinitely, though former Tekken boss Katsuhiro Harada last rep...
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It's still crazy to think that Banjo-Kazooie is a fighter in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Grant Kirkhope had to keep it a secret for about six months leading up to the big reveal. "Don't hold your breath," famously said Kirkhope on X with the hope...
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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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