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2XKO Season 1 release and lengthy update maintenance times revealed
Although PC players have gotten to play 2XKO for a few months now in early access, console owners will finally have their chance soon. Riot Games has now revealed the exact times of 2XKO's Season 1 launch as well as the lengthy update maintenance...
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Nintendo president says that they're developing popular series titles that many fans are waiting for...
Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa recently sat down with Japanese newspaper Kyoto Shimbun to discuss a variety of interesting topics. Nintendo Parents Watch (via Go Nintendo) provided snippets on what Furukawa said. Longtime fans of specific N...
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Capcom: The amount of changes and frequency of our patches is something we need to look over and reconsider for Street Fighter 6
The December patch for Street Fighter 6 provided noteworthy adjustments for Cammy, Chun-Li, C. Viper, Dee Jay, Dhalsim, M. Bison, Elena, Sagat and Mai. The patch's main focus this time around was to provide Elena and Sagat with some quality-of-lif...
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Two of world's best Super Smash Bros. Ultimate players release new tier list with Pyra/Mythra outside the top 15, Luigi in top 10 and more
Considering Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has been out for eight years at this point and the last post-launch character came out more than four years ago, you'd think that the tier list placements would be pretty much set in stone at this point. Wh...
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The case for Rose in Street Fighter 6 goes through K-Pop Demon Hunters and following up on a key storyline from prior game
Updated: This story has been updated with a 4K video exploring this theory further, along with a 4K image gallery and additional details about Rose's story leading into Street Fighter 6. Rose from the Street Fighter 5 character select screen is f...
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【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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2Game Esports Officially Sign Shaka22
2Game now have one of the strongest squads in the world
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Kakeru Announces Next Steps Following Esports Retirement
The champion will be breaking off completely from esports
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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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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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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 "...
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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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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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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...
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Wai-Wai ThankSTRIVE 4ever results
Wai-Wai ThankSTRIVE 4ever happened this weekend in Osaka, Japan. Notable attendees included PAR|Daru, YMST, Bushin, Zeta|Tyurara, Gobou, IMM|Summit, WIP|Leo, WIP|Tsuboi, WIP|Steven, Jiro, IMM|Lox, Barrel, Revo|Fab, JMS|Kedako, JMS|Nage, Revo|Roy ...
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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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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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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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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...
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