Miss the fighting game offline scene? Well, Flash Vision has the next best thing: a major online fighting game tournament. The fighting game group will be hosting the upcoming FV Major X Level Up KL 2021 fighting game tournament from 20th to 28th November; a nice long week of 2D tournament fighting among Malaysia's

Thanks to the plethora of ports of Capcom titles like Resident Evil Village and Monster Hunter Stories 2, it's clear as day that this may be the company's future direction. During TGS 2021, Capcom president/Chief Operating Officer Haruhiro Tsujimoto said on Japanese news site Nikkei (via Bloomberg) that the company

If you're hoping to see a livestream of a major fighting game tournament series play out with players in the same space, do we have some bad news for you. The EVO 2021 Showcase in Las Vegas, dubbed as a triumphant return to form after 2020, has been cancelled. The organizers of EVO have announced this on Twitter rec

The Asian Electronic Sports Federation (AESF) has unveiled a final list of esports titles to be contested at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. These titles were selected following the selection criteria that adheres to the requirements, including Olympic Values, set by AESF and the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA).

Arc System Works has hit its stride with Guilty Gear Strive. The latest in the long-running fighting game series has created a lot of buzz for its unique anime style, newfound accessibility, as well as robust netcode. However, like a lot of fighting games at launch, Strive's base roster holds a modest cast of just 1

Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest 2021 has concluded with the Gamescom Opening Night Live 2021 live stream earlier today. The presentation featured new game announcements and updates from announced titles. Check them out below: The King Of Fighters XV The King Of Fighters XV will release for PS4,

It's already been over 2 months since Guilty Gear Strive came out. Has the current tier list and meta changed since EVO 2021? Well, yes and no. So far we have a new character added to the base roster -Goldlewis Dickinson. Pro Street Fighter IV and Street Fighter 5 player Infiltration has his thoughts on a recent vid

Free Guy is an upcoming comedy featuring Ryan Reynolds as an NPC who gains self-awareness and is trying to get out of the Grand Theft Auto game world he's in. As such, expect a ton of video game tropes and references present in the film's narrative and trappings. To amp up the film's marketing, 20th Century Studios

The next anime adaptation of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series has a release month. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean, the sixth book in the vampire/Stand/supernatural battle action series from mangaka Hirohiko Araki, will be adapted into an anime and will premier on Netflix starting this December 2021. The pr

With major 2D fighting games going 3D aesthetics-wise, it's good to know some smaller teams are still keeping it real with pixel art. Aksys-published fighting game Blazing Strike is one such title. Developer Rare Breed Makes Games just revealed the first look of its 2D fighting game Blazing Strike, features lovely 2

Update (15/8/2021) - Added in results & videos for the second week. Update (9/8/2021) - Added in results & videos for the first week. It's high time the world witnesses the best in fighting game skill, so it's good that the Evolution Championship Series has sorted its kerfuffles out last year and are back

Stories and world-saving antics come and go, but friendships last forever. And video game culture has a ton of that going on; mostly the hetero-for-life kind. To celebrate International Friendship Day this week, let's bring up our favourite BFFs in gaming. Marcus Fenix & Dom Santiago (Gears of War Series)

The last PlayStation State Of Play took place in April 2021 and revealed several games, including Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart. Several months later, another PlayStation State Of Play live stream has taken place on 9 July 2021, showcasing 30 minutes featuring new Deathloop gameplay and other exciting games.

Tier lists in fighting games exist because they're a good indicator of characters who are either used the most, have the best tools and skillset for most of their good matchups, and whether they suffer in the long game. Here's one according to the folks at Airdasher SG, the de facto group for Guilty Gear and anime f

The PC version of Guilty Gear Strive is looking pretty healthy. According to SteamDB.info, the game has hit an all-time peak at 31,156 as of 12th June within 24 hours. The Steam version came out on 11th June. For comparison, Mortal Kombat 11 reached an all-time player peak of 35,147 about 2 years ago. Street

Update (17/11/2021): After a balance patch, a few character additions, and the game's network being more than stable, we've decided to tweak the game's score & review to reflect the effort Arc System Works has put to maintain the game. Plus, there aren't any noteworthy fighting games to add to our GOTY list this ye

To hype up the next EVO Championship Series Tournament this year, PlayStation will be hosting the EVO Community Series PS4 tournaments. Basically, this series will be three separate fighting game tournaments leading up to EVO 2021. The tournament will also be the first time Guilty Gear Strive will be represented in

As much as I love fighting games, I do feel that there's a lot of lingo that surrounds the scene that's sure to throw people off and scare newbies away. Heck, even I have issues figuring out what "fuzzy" means in a 1v1 context at times, with a good number of people having trouble explaining it. Luckily, fighting gam

Capcom has updated its Platinum Titles list, which is its personal best list tallying games that sold over a million units. Here are the highlights from the company as of 31st March 2021. The Resident Evil 3 remake has sold 4 million copies (400,000 additional units since 31 December). The Resident Evil 2 re

Capcom has announced a record profit during the fiscal year which ended on 31 March 2021. According to the report, the company’s core digital contents business drove profitability with growth in sales of major new titles and titles in addition to greater digital distribution. For the year ended March 31, 2021