After touring through all parts of Japan, Team Mad Catz competitor and fighting game legend Daigo Umehara’s collaborative charity event with Taito Station, BATTLE TOUR 2013 Japan, is coming to a close. The final stop in the tour brings everything back to Tokyo, to Taito Station Shinjuku South Gate Game World. As with the previous stops, [...]

Team Mad Catz competitor and fighting game legend Daigo Umehara and TAITO STATION are teaming up to host a series of charity events in Japan. From January 19 to May 18, Umehara will be visiting five different Taito Station stores throughout the country as part of the “UMEHARA x TAITO STATION Special Charity Event BATTLE [...]

TOPANGA is expanding its horizons, from the country of Japan to the entire continent of Asia. Earlier today, TOPANGA announced the next event in their Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition Ver.2012 series, TOPANGA ASIA LEAGUE. While previous leagues have been Japan-only events, ASIA LEAGUE will include four players from other Asian nations, representing the [...]

Mad Catz was present at last weekend’s Nico Nico Cho Kaigi 2 at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan. On the first day of the event, Team Mad Catz players Daigo Umehara, Tokido and Mago faced off in a series of Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition ver. 2012 exhibition matches. Each player played against the [...]

Today is the second day of the super convention Nico Nico ChoK aigi 2, held at the Makuhari Messe International Convention Complex. As part of the event, Capcom will be exhibitions for Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition Ver.2012 and Vampire Resurrection (Vampire Savior). Each game will 4on4 round-robin exhibition, with a number of star [...]

TOPANGA is expanding its horizons, from the country of Japan to the entire continent of Asia. Earlier today, TOPANGA announced the next event in their Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition ver. 2012 series, TOPANGA ASIA LEAGUE. While previous leagues have been Japan-only events, ASIA LEAGUE will include four players from other Asian nations, representing [...]

The second annual Nico Nico super conference Nico Nico Cho Kaigi 2 is scheduled for April 27-28. Last year’s event was host to Cho Tougeki, a special qualifier for Tougeki 2012, as well as several fighting game exhibitions. This year’s event will again be hosted at the Makuhari Messe International Convention Complex and will feature the [...]

The folks over at Mad Catz recently uploaded some great footage from NYU Spring Fighter 2013 a couple of weekends ago that you won’t want to miss. The main event was a special Q&A session between Daigo Umehara and Seth Killian, during which they discussed a wide array of topics. As you would expect from figures of [...]

Today, New York University’s Game Center hosts its fourth annual fighting game tournament Spring Fighter 2013. This year’s event features two special guests, fighting game legends Daigo Umehara and Seth Killian. The event is set at 10 AM EDT, starting with tournaments for Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and [...]

Level|Up Series’ Alex Valle is set to go live in just a few minutes with the third installment of their newest program. Rushdown Live focuses on important topics regarding gameplay and strategy in an effort to help players level up their own skills. Today, Valle will be discussing the art of training, using his upcoming [...]

Team Mad Catz competitor and fighting game legend Daigo Umehara and TAITO STATION are teaming up to host a series of charity events in Japan. From January 19 to May 18, Umehara will be visiting five different Taito Station stores throughout the country as part of the “UMEHARA x TAITO STATION Special Charity Event BATTLE [...]

UPDATE – An additional exhibition match was revealed today by Mad Catz’ own Mark “MarkMan” Julio. The longstanding rivalry between Team Mad Catz’ Daigo Umehara and Alex Valle of Level|Up Series will be reignited with a special headlining match, presumably in Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition ver. 2012. A brand new poster highlighting these three exciting [...]

In an effort to ramp up excitement as we near the release of Vampire Resurrection (Darkstalkers Resurrection in the United States), Famitsu recently began releasing videos featuring Mad Catz’ Daigo Umehara and HORI’s Sako, two of the series’ best players. While the first video, which had the two players talking about their history with Vampire, [...]

Last month, K.O. Fighting Game Festival was held in Kuwait, featuring a long list of international competitors, including MCZ|Daigo Umehara, MCZ|Mago, MCZ|Tokido, EG|Justin Wong, WW.MCZ|Ryan Hart and DM.MCZ|Xian, to name a few. Now, you can check out the top 8 matches from the three tournament games on YouTube courtesy of WhiteTowerQ8 if you happened to [...]

If you enjoyed the Daigo Umehara vs. Xian footage from a  few days ago, there’s plenty more content coming from the two players’ time in Kuwait! First up is the second episode of Yaoi TV, pitting Desperation Move’s Xian against Akimo, Japan’s highest-ranked E. Honda in arcades. Can Xian’s Gen penetrate Akimo’s rock-solid defense? Yaoi [...]