Big news for fighting game fans & tournament players itching to prove themselves in 2023. CEO Gaming has announced that registrations for its 2023 fighting game tournament is live right now. CEO Gaming 2023 will be the first major to run Street Fighter 6. The Capcom 2d fighting game will be out in 2nd June for c

If you're free for some 2D and 3D fighting this weekend, why not jump on board this upcoming tournament from FV Cup. The FV Cup group are teaming up with MYDCF for a FV Cup @ MYDCF 2022: Road To EVO (US) fighting game tournament featuring the latest iterations of fighting games like Street Fighter 5 and Guilty Gear

Benny The Dog, the real-life dog that is the mascot to Maximillian Dood's YouTube and Twitch channel in the fighting game heydays of 2008 onward, has passed away. The news was relayed in a special Thank You, Benny video from the Maximillian Dood YouTube channel. Maximillian said that while the news of Benny's illnes

No doubt you've heard about the Smash World Tour's cancellation and how it involved esports group Panda Global. Go watch this video from our own esports correspondent Lewis Larcombe about it. https://youtu.be/PokCM7v90mg After that video and news broke, Panda Global published an official statement about it on Twi

90s anime and video game Japanese voice actor Kiyoyuki Yanada has passed away. He was 57. The news was revealed on Twitter by voice actor friend Mitsuaki Madono. Anime and fighting game fans may remember the voicework of Kiyoyuki Yanada. He is renowned for voicing Akagi in Slam Dunk, Saeki in Hajime no Ippo, Richter

During the Xbox TGS 2022 live stream, it was announced that two Arc System Works fighting game titles are coming to Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S sometime in 2023. These include BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle and Guilty Gear Strive. Both titles will also be released on Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass. For more on Guilty G

During Future Games Show 2022 at Gamescom 2022, Modus Games and Modus Studios Brazil have announced God Of Rock, a rhythm fighting game for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch and PC (Steam). It will launch sometime in winter 2022. The mysterious God of Rock has revived the souls of the universe’s

Publisher Aksys Games and developer RareBreed Makes Games will be delaying its upcoming 2D pixel-based fighting game Blazing Strike, which still looks really gorgeous and fluid in motion. Don't believe me? Check out the trailer below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBG4nWyix8w Blazing Strike will be delayed t

Organizers at EVO 2022, this year's biggest fighting game tournament, have announced that LeBron James is banned from the tournament. At least, the version of the famous basketball player in the 2D platformer fighting game MultiVersus; not the actual real sports athlete. In addition to this cartoon version of the fo

The weekend of 5th and 8th August is a fun time for many worldwide fighting game fans as the Evolution Championship Series is happening. Street Fighter 5, Tekken 7, Guilty Gear Strive, and many other top fighting games will take centerstage in esports glory. PlayStation, the main company that is sponsoring the event

Iron Galaxy's pretty fun free-to-play brawler royale title Rumbleverse will be out for PC and consoles in launch form next month. Rumbleverse will be out for Xbox Series, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PS4, and PC (Epic Games Store) on 11th August according to the developers and publisher Epic Games. The game's Season One

Rumble Fish and Rumble Fish 2 were a pair of 2D arcade fighting games back in 2004 onward that featured smooth animation (marketed as Smooth Model Animation) that was tough to pull off on arcade machines. You can now experience this classic fighting game when it's getting a home port for this generation. According t

DNF Duel is out now and if you love 2D fighting games with tons of combo options and offensive play, along with lovely animation and flashy results, you'll love this title. It's basically the 2D fighting game spinoff of Korean MMORPG Dungeon Fighter Online and it definitely stays true to the source material while bring

Warner Bros. Interactive just launched a new cinematic trailer for its upcoming 2D platform fighting game MultiVersus. If you love DC Comics characters and Warner Bros. characters duke it out, you'll love it. The trailer also introduces new characters in the current roster: Taz the Tasmanian Devil, The Iron Giant, a

Warner Bros. Games has announced a closed alpha session for its upcoming free-to-play 2D platformer fighting game MultiVersus. The alpha starts on 19 May and will run until 27 May. This is an invite-only test that will allow players to experience various modes of the game, including the 2v2 team-based game mode. The

Update (11/4/2022, 5:00pm): Victor "Sp00ky" Fontanez uploaded a video on his Team Spooky YouTube channel explaining everything and bids farewell for now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d826pz3UBuk Original story After 108 weeks of organizing fighting game tournaments online during the past few years where COV

The biggest fighting game tournament is making an offline comeback in 2022 from 6th to 7th August GMT+8. The games that will be in this year's EVO tournament are as follows: Street Fighter 5 Guilty Gear Strive Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate Tekken 7 The King of Fighters XV Melty Blood: Type Lumina Dragon Ball Fig

Platform(s): PS4 (version reviewed), PS5, PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series Genre: 2D fighting game with 3v3 and legacy mechanics If anything, SNK clearly knows its audience and niche. Rather than making a mass appeal 2D fighting game from scratch, the company sticks to what it knows best and just pile it on for its loy

2D fighting game Blazing Strike will be out on Fall 2022 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and PC (Steam) according to Aksys Games. Aksys and developer RareBreed makes Games will also be releasing a limited edition of the game. This includes a full colour art book, a double CD soundtrack, and a set

Malaysian fighting game group Infinite Carnage is making a splash in the offline fighting game scene this month. First up is the KUL Fighting Games Championship 2022, organized by Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL). Here are the details: Venue: Panggung Anniverseri, Taman Botani, Kuala Lumpur Date: Saturday, 19 F