Fans have been clamouring for Yakuza franchise protagonist Kazuma Kiryu to appear or guest star as a playable character in a fighting game (especially Bandai Namco's Tekken) for a while now. In an interview with Red Bull France, when asked about why Kazuma Kiryu hasn't been featured in any fighting game, Yakuza fra

Malaysia fighting game group Flash Vision will be hosting its FV Cup 2020 later this November, bringing a whole slew of fighting game folks and players together from all over Malaysia, be it the Klang Valley or the east sides of Sarawak and Sabah. This time, they come under the Level Up KL banner, meaning they have ful

Nintendo just announced new fighters in its hit 2D fighting game Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: Minecraft characters Steve & Alex. They act as tag team character who can switch between Zombie and Enderman, two other iconic Minecraft characters. The duo also come with a new SSBU stage, obviously set in a Minecraft b

This guide will be updated periodically; we're still playing it and figuring it out.  Fantasy Strike, a 2D fighting game on PC, Nintendo Switch, and PS4, has recently adopted the free-to-play model: the game's matchmaking, online, tutorial, practice, and current roster are available for all to play for no charge.

Mr Toffee recaps the recent departure announcement of Capcom fighting game producer Yoshinori Ono after his almost 30 years of service. He also talks about the man's influence on a personal level. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yujbeLcgZA Top image credit: 1up.com

Yoshinori Ono, the man who launched Street Fighter IV with his team and DIMPS, as well as reinvigorated the fighting game scene starting in 2008, is leaving Capcom after 30 years of service. An official post on his Twitter account has confirmed this. He said he will resign his position as Capcom's Street Fighter brand

Anime fans who are bummed out by COVID-19 putting a kibosh on offline event plans can be assured that Animangaki is still on for 2020. Online, that is, for 21st to 23rd August. If you're a fighting game fan, then there's extra good news as organizers Infinite Carnage are teaming up with the anime expo to host a slew o

Just a few hours ago, Japan's fighting game publishers did an online roundtable via livestream for all to see. We're talking representatives from Capcom, Bandai Namco, Arc System Works, SNK, Arika, and Koei Tecmo. Here's a roundup of what's been revealed during the livestream, in case you missed it this morning or jus

There may be no EVO 2020, but at least we'll have the best fighting game makers in the business converge and talk industry stuff this weekend. Arc System Works, Arika, Bandai Namco, Capcom, Koei Tecmo, and SNK will be hosting the Japan Fighting Game Publisher Roundtable this 1st August at 8am GMT+8. The companies' res

Sad news for fighting game fans who wish to visit The Philippines for some REV Major action this year. Organizers Gariath Concepts and PlayBook Esports announced that this year's REV Major is cancelled due to COVID-19 still messing up the world. The organizations and its partners will be working towards next year's RE

Sometimes, you take a supposed joke too far. In rare instances, that joke was told in the worst time possible when a country's political climate gets incredibly dicey. (In)famous fighting game player Ryan Ramirez, better known as Filipino Champ, did not read the proverbial room and, as a result, is now banned indefini

Famitsu held a Granblue Fantasy Versus poll a while back. The results they received this week are pretty wild. When asked which characters they want to see added in Granblue Fantasy Versus (via HDKirin), the most-requested are as follows: #1. Sandalphon #2. Cagliostro #3. Vira 4. Seox 5. Sigfried 6. Siete 7. Sil

In honour of Street Fighter's Red Cyclone wrestler man-guy Zangief's birthday next week (on 1st June), we cherry-pick 20 of our favourite bone-crunching and damage-dealing command grabs throughout fighting game history. Rules? It has to be a command grab that can't be blocked. Special AND super moves apply. Enjoy the

Kakuchopurei's Mr Toffee takes a quick look at the fighting game history of guy characters who look like girls. Or girl characters who look like guys. Or ???. https://youtu.be/OL2hum0bZDYIf you want to read the full article, head here. Video credit: Persona Entertainment, The Beast_FGC, Super Best Friends Play, GAM

These days, we've been seeing a diverse addition to fighting game rosters. Granblue Fantasy: Versus features Ladiva, a female wrestler who happens to look like a buff male, speaks in a husky voice with a dainty tone, and rocks a sweet moustache and beard combo. And following this weekend, Street Fighter V: Champion Edi

The folks at EVO Japan 2020 just revealed its prize payout chart and it clearly showcases which fighting game its organizers, publishers, and sponsors are solely focused on. So to recap, these are the 1st place prizes for the respective games. Street Fighter V: US$9,000. Tekken 7: US$9,000. BlazBlue- Cross Tag B

Singaporean professional esports team Impunity Esports, renowned for its top-tier Vainglory & mobile gaming team, will be dipping its toes into the fighting game division for the first time. The group has recruited three high-level Singaporean players into the fold: Ashley "Asher" Seek, Shane "Oreoz" Goh, and Cleo

A now-defunct Microsoft Store listing stated that Ninja Theory's next big game for the Xbox One and PC, Bleeding Edge, will be out on 24th March, 2020. If this sounds enticing and wish to test the game out early -as per standard for fighting games these days like Grand Blue Fantasy Versus and Jump Force- you can acces

During the League Of Legends 10th Anniversary livestream, Riot Games announced that the MOBA franchise will be getting a number of spin-off titles and more. Let's break it down. LoL: Versus Mode The long-running MOBA title is getting its very own fighting game in the form of the mysterious Project L, which is currently

My Hero One's Justice was released barely a year ago and a sequel has already been announced. Looking at its scale as a fighting game, it's not too surprising but has Byking and Bandai Namco had enough time to fix the first game's weaknesses? Well, we'll have to wait for New York Comic-Con 2019 to happen first because