UPDATE – The stream is now live with a demonstration of the new character, Jefailey. Look familiar? Interested in what else the folks at Iron Galaxy Studios have in store for Divekick? Well, you’re in luck, because tonight they will be streaming the second installment of their brand new weekly series, which is dedicated to [...]

While we’ve known for quite some time that BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma will be receiving a console port, developer Arc System Works has been rather quiet regarding a concrete release date. But now, thanks to the latest issue of Famitsu, fans have something to look forward to. According to Siliconera, Chrono Phantasma is set to release [...]

UPDATE – The event tonight has been postponed due to the tragedies that occurred earlier today in Boston. We’ll be sure to keep you updated as more information regarding a new date is announced. The folks behind the release of Injustice: Gods Among Us have planned a very special event for the Battle Arena finale [...]

Since it began in 2003, the Japanese national tournament series Tougeki (Super Battle Opera) has provided a number of exciting events, allowing some of the world’s best fighting game players a platform to showcase their skills. Despite numerous issues in recent years, they were seen as one of our scene’s strongest pillars of global competition. [...]

UPDATE – A new video from Combofiend on Capcom-Unity has been uploaded asking the community for character balance suggestions for this update. While they can’t reveal any more information about this new installment, they are making a conscious effort to open up dialogue with the players to hear what they want out of this new [...]

The official NorCal Regionals 2013 tournament lineup was expanded recently with two big announcements from Kineda. First off, Divekick will be making its first major tournament appearance since being picked up by Iron Galaxy Studios, providing the west coast an opportunity to catch up to their competition across the country. @divekickgame added to the list of [...]

Earlier today, our very own Mr. Wizard tweeted out an exciting message for those of us (read: everyone) waiting to hear which games will be included in the lineup for Evolution 2013 later this year. Next week’s installment of Wakeup SRK Live will be devoted to revealing this super-secret information to the public, so be [...]

Capcom’s second special announcement at the Street Fighter 25th Anniversary grand finals event in Burlingame, California involved two dedicated members of the community joining the company. Both Neidel “Haunts” Crisan of iPlayWinner and longtime competitor Peter “Combofiend” Rosas will be taking positions at Capcom, but specifics were not discussed at this time. We here at [...]

As many of you know, Capcom is currently hosting the Street Fighter 25th Anniversary grand finals in Burlingame, California. And what would a Capcom-sponsored event be without a few exciting announcements? They just revealed that they will be releasing a new Megaman game titled Street Fighter x Megaman, which will see the iconic Blue Bomber [...]

IGN comes at us this morning with some huge news regarding the next season of competition in their Pro League tournament series. Having secured a partnership with Capcom, 2013 will see Dead or Alive 5 joined by Street Fighter x Tekken ver. 2013 and Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition ver. 2012, with all three [...]

Today, EXAMU Inc. announced their plans to release an update to Arcana Heart 3, the latest installment in their flagship fighting series. Titled Arcana Heart 3 Love Max (!!!!!), this update uses the recently released console ports as a foundation, bringing with it 16:9 aspect ratio support (though actual gameplay remains in 4:3) and a [...]

Shoryuken, Kineda, Capsule Entertainment, Eightarc, Raikanami, Rukunetsu, and R Type Productions have all teamed up to bring Northern California another installment of the popular HADOCON tournament series. The event will feature both singles and team tournaments for Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition ver. 2012 and Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, and will be hosted [...]

While confirmation came a few days ago that the North American release of Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus on Xbox Live Arcade would fall on the same date as its Japanese counterpart, a similar announcement for PlayStation Network was notably absent. Luckily, a recent update to the Arc System Works website has cleared up the [...]

During their Street Fighter 25th Anniversary panel at New York Comic-Con, Yoshinori Ono of Capcom announced that they will be releasing Darkstalkers Resurrection, a bundle that includes The Night Warriors (Vampire Hunter) and Darkstalkers 3 (Vampire Savior), on both PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade sometime early next year. Darkstalkers Resurrection is being developed by [...]

UPDATE #2 – Ono just tweeted out an image that appears to contain a glimpse of Morrigan’s wing. UPDATE #1 - Capcom-Unity just announced that whatever is housed within the secret cabinet will be shown on-stream at 6:30 PM EDT. So we have a covered-up cabinet at NYCC right now. Better check the stream at 6:30 [...]