As many of you probably know, this year’s PAX East is quickly approaching. Much like any other convention, it will be full of developer booths and panels on a wide variety of subjects, but this year three well-known figures will be getting in on the action with a presentation on the fighting game community. Ryan “Gootecks” [...]

What’s better than a bag of salt for Christmas? Cross Counter is proud to present Bar Fights round 2 on December 23rd, 2012. This time around, in the main event, they’re finally going to settle the rivalry between AGE|Knives and EVO 2012 runner-up LXG|Infrit in UMvC3. Partnered with DonateGames, they are also hosting a charity [...]

UPDATE – This stream is now over, but we will update this article with the archive as soon as it becomes available. As part of their ongoing promotion of Persona 4 Arena, the folks over at Cross Counter have organized a special pre-release stream that will feature a short demonstration of the game by project [...]

Like much of the fighting game community, the folks from Hold Back to Block were on hand at EVO 2012 to conduct a variety of interviews with some notable members of the scene. These videos are very well-produced and in-depth, so be sure to check them out. First off is David “Ultra David” Graham, one [...]

As tournaments began to wrap up this past weekend at EVO 2012, Rod “Slasher” Breslau and Ryan “Gootecks” Gutierrez made the rounds to speak with the finalist from each game in the official line-up. While the interviews go through the basic questions about their win and their experience in the tournament, each player gives a [...]

Rod “Slasher” Breslau recently sent over the latest batch of interviews that he and Ryan “Gootecks” Gutierrez, and Maxwell McGee conducted at EVO 2012 for Gamespot. These offer a great look at the players and their expectations as they make their way through day two in Las Vegas, as well as Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale, [...]

During tonight’s broadcast of Cross Counter Live, Ryan “Gootecks” Gutierrez made an important announcement about his future and the future of the show. After spending much of his life involved in the fighting game community, he’s decided to take a step back and refocus on other endeavors and interests instead. Cross Counter and Cross Counter [...]

After taking a week off, Mike Ross and Gootecks are returning tonight with another episode of Cross Counter Live. In the last few years, they’ve grown from producing hilarious videos of their online exploits to putting on intense exhibition matches. Their transition to a live format opened other avenues of entertainment, allowing them to connect [...]

Best show ever. Those are not my words, but our listeners seem to agree that Empire Arcadia’s “game master” is the new best guest of all time, coming in above Lingmassacre, Viscant, and Steve Harrison. The only way to know for yourself is to keep your ear to the virtual streets (and by that, I [...]

Did you happen to miss the latest Comboratory stream? Do you have eight hours of spare time to watch some Street Fighter x Tekken footage? Then do we have the video for you! Stkicked recently uploaded a huge chunk of footage from the latest training session at the Comboratory, which focused entirely on the recently [...]

The latest episode of Cross Counter was filmed at Super Arcade during this week’s Wednesday Night Fights and their special Street Fighter x Tekken exhibitions. Gootecks and Mike Ross grab some time with Seth Killian, who goes deep into the upcoming game’s mechanics and fighting system with some insider strategy tips. And Mr. Wizard joins [...]

Just in case you all missed Maximilian’s announcement the other day, Machinima is hosting a special Street Fighter x Tekken live stream later this afternoon. Gootecks and Mike Ross will also be in attendance to lend their expertise to the event, offering us their thoughts on the game and it’s new mechanics. The stream will [...]

Another episode of Capcom’s “X the Line” with Andrea Renee has been uploaded to Youtube today. Today’s special guests are Gootecks and Mike Ross of Cross Counter fame. They talk about their history in the fighting game community, some new features in Street Fighter X Tekken, and they even take Cole MacGrath for a spin. [...]

Last night, Justin Wong took to his stream for some Soul Calibur V action with custom characters. The twist is that all his custom characters were of his fighting game friends. The Wongster uploaded pics of them to Twitter, so let’s take this opportunity to break down the character roster for Soul Calibur V: Justin [...]

The folks over at Cross Counter just announced the special guests for their live show tonight. Shoryuken’s own Keits and skisonic will be appearing on the show, joining Mike Ross and Gootecks as they take a look at the fighting game community and recent news. Tune in tonight at 9 PM PST, 12 AM EST [...]