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1/12/26

【スト6】イベント「或世杯～紅白戦～」：1/15 スクリム、1/16 20時～本番

2026年1月16日（金）に開催される『ストリートファイター6』イベント「或世杯～紅白戦～」のメモ（予定地）です。

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1/12/26

2Game Esports Officially Sign Shaka22

2Game now have one of the strongest squads in the world

Read article: https://dashfight.com/news/2-game-esports-officially-sign-shaka-22-8307

1/12/26

Kakeru Announces Next Steps Following Esports Retirement

The champion will be breaking off completely from esports

Read article: https://dashfight.com/news/kakeru-announces-next-steps-following-esports-retirement-8306

1/11/26

Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist writer wanted to do a darker Game of Thrones-esque follow up but got denied by showrunners

It's been over eleven years since the debut of the Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist series. The upcoming Street Fighter movie, due to hit theaters on October 16 of this year, is seemingly going in a different direction compared to what was envision...

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1/11/26

Kakeru releases statement about what's next for him

Kakeru had quite the run during the time in which he was competing. He was able to secure the $1,000,000 grand prize by winning Capcom Cup 11 with JP. Soon afterwards, Kakeru seemingly disappeared from the competitive scene until he finally annou...

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1/11/26

Sketched animation demonstrates an interesting interpretation of Alex's potential playstyle in Street Fighter 6

Capcom recently dropped Alex's teaser trailer for Street Fighter 6. He's set to be released sometime in early Spring 2026 via the Season 3 Pass. It would seem that Alex has transformed himself into the heel of the ring, as our very own Nicholas "...

Read article: https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2026/jan/11/sketched-animation-alex-interpretation-sf6/

1/11/26

Capcom Pro Tour World Warrior Japan #5 results

Update: This story has been updated with final results. The final Capcom Pro Tour World Warrior qualifying tournament for the Japan region, and indeed the whole world, is taking place today. Some of the big names participating include DFM|Go1, R...

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1/10/26

Masahiro Sakurai: I think about and create games based on requests, so I don't really have any desire to make them myself

Masahiro Sakurai recently wrapped up development for Kirby Air Riders for the Switch 2. He has apparently been working on this as his latest "secret game project" since April 2022. During the first Kirby Air Riders Direct presentation, Sakurai ex...

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1/10/26

Team Liquid announces release of Ken, Chillindude and Chudat after the departure of Shadow20z and Nephew

Update (01/10/26): Team Liquid has announced that they will be releasing their "longest tenured players," Ken, Chillindude and ChuDat (all Super Smash Bros. Melee players) from the team. As outlined in the original story, however, Ken and Chillind...

Read article: https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2026/jan/07/team-liquid-leaving-fighting-games/

1/10/26

Wai-Wai ThankSTRIVE 4ever results

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1/10/26

Awesome mod seemingly adds obscure character from Red Earth into Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3

We've seen some pretty awesome mods surface for Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 in recent years. This recent one showcased by Shumariachi has made a character from Red Earth playable. Red Earth was originally released in the arcades as an RPG and fi...

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1/9/26

Alex's teaser trailer features some fun references and Easter eggs for Street Fighter 3 and Final Fight that you may have missed

Although his release date is still likely months away, fans finally got a chance to see Alex in motion inside Street Fighter 6's engine and not just in artwork. Capcom dropped Alex's teaser trailer for Street Fighter 6 last night, and there was a...

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1/9/26

Tekken's history of cut content goes back 30 years including a different title, unused characters and plenty more oddities

I'm sorry if this makes you feel old, but Tekken's somehow been around for over 30 years now and still trucking along after all this time. Going back to the very beginning, however, there's a ton of content and ideas that never wound up making th...

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1/9/26

Fist of the North Star x Fatal Fury crossover looks even more likely after SNK Producer drops clear new hint

Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves wrapped up its first season of content last month with the release of Mr. Big, but there's already more coming to the game very soon. With Season 2 of Fatal Fury kicking off this month, it's looking even more likely...

Read article: https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2026/jan/09/fatal-fury-kenshiro-hint/

1/9/26

CPT World Warrior Finals competitor releases new Street Fighter 6 tier list, indicates that C. Viper could become broken

We recently highlighted Handscar's difficulty tier list for Street Fighter 6. Handscar is a player known for taking seventh place at Capcom Pro Tour 2024 World Warrior Finals for Europe West and first place during the May Saltmine League event. T...

Read article: https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2026/jan/09/handscar-sf6-tier-list-traditional/

1/9/26

2026 fighting game guide: There's a crazy amount of new titles, updates and DLC on the way this year

Fighting game players have had a lot of choices on their plate to pick from lately in terms of titles and content, and there's plenty more on the way too. 2026 is shaping up to be another big year for fighting games, but what all is coming to the...

Read article: https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2026/jan/08/2026-fighting-games-guide/

1/9/26

Fist of the North Star's Kenshiro seemingly teased for Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves

Well, this is a bit unexpected, but it appears as though we may now know another character who could be on their way to Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves — and he'd be a very unexpected guest. SNK just dropped a very interesting teaser animation w...

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