As fighting games become more graphically complex, fighting game moves become more of a treat to watch. In the days of Super Turbo, supers lasted a second, maybe two. However, current day supers are routinely more than 10 seconds long, with some even breaking the 30 second mark. This new article by GamesBeat looks at [...]

Famitsu magazine in Japan, famous for getting Capcom news first has unveiled that Capcom vs SNK 3 is in the works. This comes as quite a shock to people as many thought another collaboration would ever happen between the two companies. Capcom has just re-released Capcom vs SNK 2 on the Playstation store, so is [...]

An incredible amount of new Skullgirls info was revealed at last night’s Salty Cupcakes, the weekly tournament series hosted by Mike Z. Several new Squigly moves have been implemented, including her two-part standing jab, her normal throw (which causes a wall-bounce), and her blocking animations. More information about her tag-in mechanics was also given, showing off [...]

For those of you who were following the production of Fighting is Magic, you know that they recently received a cease and desist via Hasbro, owners of the My Little Pony franchise. However, all is not lost. With the help of Lauren Faust, producer of the animated series, they are going to try their hands [...]

This morning, the folks over at Lab Zero Games officially opened their Skullgirls fundraising drive on Indiegogo. Now you can donate in the hopes that they will reach their goal of releasing Squigly and several other DLC characters for the indie fighter. The page divulges a ton of information, including more details on Squigly’s background [...]

The Mane6 team has finally begun finishing work on one of the most anticipated characters in My Little Pony: Fighting is Magic: Fluttershy. Her main mechanic seems to focus on summoning animal friends, which she can then activate at a later time to extend her combos and create mix-up opportunities. Many of Fluttershy’s attacks utilize her [...]

Take a couple ape-like beasts and a few vicious dinosaurs, throw them in a game to defend the “Urth,” and what do you get? Primal Rage, an execution-heavy, claymation-styled fighting game that rocked the early 90′s. With the successful release of this unique fighter, Atari soon began work on a sequel. Sadly, the game didn’t [...]

Gamespot recently posted an interesting article examining fighting game stages, in particular character-specific ones. Editor Maxwell McGee talks about how successfully designed stages can say a lot about a character’s personality. Fighting games aren’t usually known for their story, and even story modes themselves can be lacking. Stages provide much needed characterization that the story [...]

Maximilian has a little known series of retro gaming videos called Sega Saturn Saturdays that looks over some of the best games available for the Sega Saturn. This week they covered a cult classic fighting game, Fighting Vipers. Max calls it a more easily accessible version of the Virtua Fighter series. If you’re unfamiliar with the [...]

The Annie Awards are one of the highest honors any animated piece of art could receive.  Great works like The Lion King, Spirited Away, and Toy Story have received Annies in the past, and now Skullgirls is up for consideration. It has been nominated for Best Animated Video Game and is running up against Journey, Borderlands 2, and [...]

Versus Fighting TV and Essex the Sinner have continued their tutorial series on Evil Ryu in this latest video, “How to Kill.” The video shows off some safe jumps, option selects, and other interesting techniques. There are no annotations in the video, but many of the techniques are self explanatory. You can catch the entire [...]

LiangHuBBB brings us yet another episode of funny and cool moments featuring Street Fighter IV, Persona 4, Soul Calibur V, and more. Liang’s notes can be found below. In this episode you will find: – UMvC3 0 hit combo – Makoto SA1 2 times in a row air juggle – Siegfried AutoGI Kill – MK9 mid [...]

In response to a recent flame he received, Maximilian decided to create a new video in order to start a short discussion on what new players mean to the fighting game community. He takes a bit of time to talk about the scene’s roots and how those roots have fostered an exclusionary attitude that may not [...]

Sako Noko is a player whose name rose quite quickly to celebrity status in the fighting game community with his adept blend of technical play and near perfect execution. He had previously been known for dominating Vampire Savior for a number of years, and after a short break returned to pretty much re-invent Cammy from [...]

For a while now, PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale has been marketed as a different style of party fighting game. With members of the fighting game community being brought in to work on it, PlayStation All-Stars was meant to be fairer and more balanced than the number one party fighter on the market, Smash Brothers. So [...]