Meet Yuan Herong, a bodybuilder who got some buzz due to her accurate portrayal of Street Fighter's strongest woman in the world. https://www.instagram.com/p/B5-lgwKpyXb/?utm_source=ig_embed https://www.instagram.com/p/B5-oZ1wJc8H/?utm_source=ig_embed She also cosplays as SNK's strongest woman in the world when she'

Despite some people saying otherwise, 2019 is friggin' awesome games-wise. In fact, I had a hard time keeping track of a ton of games, be it the indies or the big ones. Kinda like 2017 and 2018. Maybe some honourable mentions first... Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Nintendo Switch) I'm still trying to finish up my first

There's always something sublime about having a fighting game return to form while also injecting something new in a competitive scene. The 2019 version of Samurai Shodown does just that with a ton of swordplay and with raw power. What it lacks in esports tailoring and flair -like with Street Fighter V and Tekken 7 th

SNK has just dropped another DLC character trailer for Samurai Shodown (2019). This time they're bringing back someone who's been known to switch between several different weapons. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKrYUMnof2Y&w=560&h=315] Wan-Fu is coming back to Samurai Shodown. His DLC will be relea

Update: the article's original headline said that Death Stranding had 10 awards; it has 9. Kakuchopurei regrets the error. The Game Awards 2019 is happening soon in the next few weeks, so it's apparent that the nominations are primed and ready.  Turns out that it's chock-filled with Death Stranding. No, really: th

With only one day to go with Google Stadia launches on 19 November 2019, the company has announced an additional 10 titles to the previously-confirmed 12 games which will be available at launch. This means that the cloud game streaming service will have a grand total of only 22 games at launch, which is still lacklust

Fans of Street Fighter III; you'll be getting your favourite resurrecting final boss in  Street Fighter V.  I'm referring to the two-coloured Illuminati leader Gill. Oh, and Street Fighter V will be getting a Champion Edition too because this game is ever-evolving and Capcom needs to make its SFV money and proje

Masahiro Sakurai, the director of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and his team recently announced the release of SNK mascot Terry Bogard, a special King of Fighters stage, and about 20 SNK character cameos like Ryo Sakazaki, Kyo Kusanagi, and Iori Yagami. What was missing was a cameo of a particular bouncy ninja: Mai Shira

This story is still in development... For you Super Smash Bros. Ultimate players out there yearning for a new character to play as, well, SNK mascot Terry Bogard is now a playable character in the game. You can either get him via the Fighters Pass or purchase him individually. Also, SSBU Version 6.0.0 is out and has

I haven't been following Korn since the Follow The Leader days, but it's good to know that the band is still doing nu metal(?) music stuff, and also talking about video games for some reason or other. I get why lead singer Jonathan Davis plugged a game like Haze back in the 2010s or so, but to actually chill out and p

We talked about the Neo Geo Arcade Stick a while ago, but we don't know what games are in the machine. Now we do (via IT Media). Here's the full list: The King of Fighters ‘95 The King of Fighters ‘97 The King of Fighters ‘98 The King of Fighters ‘99 The King of Fighters 2000 The King of

Japan will be getting its first esports hotel in April 2020, which will be opening in the Osaka's famous geek-oriented district Nipponbashi. The hotel is named e-ZONe Denno Kukan (directly translated as electric mind space e-zone), or officially Esports Hotel E-Zone Cyberspace in English. The Japanese esports hotel wi

After about a decade from its last entry, the Samurai Shodown fighting game series finally had a new entry in the form of Samurai Shodown (yeah, it's just called that). The game was initially released for PS4 and Xbox One on 25 June 2019 and now we know when it'll be released for the Nintendo Switch. According to ryok

An interview with Samurai Shodown director Nobuyuki Kuroki (via Kotaku) brought up an interesting point as to why the game's character balance issue is a topic among fighting game fans. He admits to saying he's not a fan of making the power diversity in the game's cast "too flat". Samurai Shodown's current roster fe

This August, players will be able to use new Samurai Shodown character Rimiruru if they bought the Season Pass. However, there will be an extra character added in the list containing Basara, Kazuki, and Wan-Fu: umbrella sword-wielder Shizumaru. [videopress tixhqHqW] The aforementioned characters will be out on the fo

A tale of two men giving their all in a game they excel at. Another tale of redemption from South Korea. One would never think these landmark moments would happen one after the other in this year's biggest fighting game tournament. But it did. Dragon Ball Fighter Z: Push It To The Limit Dragon Ball FighterZ's fightin

As with any game starting out its esports journey, you can't help but feel skeptical for a competitive title you love even if it's the best thing out there. I feel the same way with the 2019 iteration of Samurai Shodown. Sure, its single-player features are basic, but its core fighting mechanic is simple-yet-satisfy

As a genre, fighting games have always been home to some of the most iconic and memorable characters in fighting game history. Here’s our pick of the top 20 2D fighting game characters of all time based on their design, moveset, lore, history, popularity, and sheer coolness factor. This is the second half of

This is part 1 of a 2-part feature. Head here for part 2 if you want to see who is #1!  As a genre, fighting games have always been home to some of the most iconic and memorable characters in fighting game history. Here’s our pick of the top 20 2D fighting game characters of all time based on their design,

Boom! Tetris for Paul. After a gruelling set of semi-finals and grand final matches featuring Classic Tetris on the NES (ie not the one from Tengen), we finally have our Singapore representative for the upcoming Classic Tetris World Championship 2019: Paul Yeo. (image via Class Tetris World Championship FB pa