Youmacon Battle Opera 2012, MLG Fall Championship and Master Series Europe tournament previews

There are a handful of major events going down this weekend, with the headliner being Youmacon Battle Opera 2012 in Detroit, Michigan. Several of the United States' top players will be attending, including coL|Filipino Champ, EG|Justin Wong, WolfKrone, EG|PR Balrog, AGE|NYChrisG, EG|Ricky Ortiz and more.

MLG's Fall Championship and the Master Series Europe — Street Fighter 25th Anniversary tournament will also be taking place.

For the full rundown on all of these events, hit the jump.

Documentary style video from European Street Battle 2011 featuring MOV, Wolmar and more

Geek Studio have published a short documentary styled film from the European Street Battle 2011. This features some gameplay and comentary from some of the best players in the world for Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo, Street Fighter 3 Third Strike and Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition including MOV and Wolmar.

Street Fighter 2 Ken's theme - beatbox and guitar cover by Zack Andrew

After a rather long break, musician Zack Andrew returns with another one of his beatbox+guitar versions of a classic Street Fighter theme. This time, Zack tackles a fan favorite, Ken's Street Fighter 2 theme.

Zack has opened up a Kickstarter project in which, if properly funded, he will record and release a full 10 song Street Fighter tribute album. You can also find the tabs for Zack's rendition of Ken's theme here.

Los Angeles Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Tournament results, battle logs and stream archives

Updated with final results and battle logs: This story has been updated with the final results and battle logs for the Los Angeles Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Tournament.

Capcom streamed the most anticipated 25th anniversary tournament of the series this weekend. The games played were Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition v2012, Street Fighter X Tekken, Street Fighter 3 Third Strike and Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo.

Notable players marked for attendance include Third Strike greats such as Pyrolee and Mester along with well known community names such as Cross Counter's Gootecks and Mike Ross. Crowd favorite EG|Floe and top notch SF4 Balrog player EG|PR Balrog will also be in attendance. Many of the best players that live close to the SoCal area are expected to make an appearance.

This is the last chance to attend a qualifying tournament in the USA before the Grand Finals in San Francisco, CA on December 8th. Hit the jump to see full coverage of this event.

Japan and Los Angeles Street Fighter 25th Anniversary tournament previews

Capcom is hosting two Street Fighter 25th Anniversary tournaments this weekend, in Japan and Los Angeles, California. The Japanese portion has almost played out, with the top 8 decided for their core games.

The Los Angeles tournament while be hosting some of the best fighting game players in that region (who haven't qualified already), and it should be one heck of a tournament to watch.

If you love SSF4 AE v2012, SFxT, SSF2T HDR and SF3 3s, these are tournaments you shouldn't miss. Hit the jump for the full details.

Grand finals matches for Brazil Street Fighter 25th anniversary tournament - featuring Tokido and others

The Brazilian leg of the Street Fighter 25th anniversary tournament played out this weekend and Haunts captured the footage for fans who didn't get to watch it the first time around. YouTube replays are online now of the grand finals for Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition v2012, Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix and Street Fighter 3 Third Strike Online Edition.

We'll get started with the grand finals SSF4 AE v2012 set between GR|Breno Fighters (Cammy) vs. MCZ|Tokido (Akuma).

Hit the jump for more.

Updated: Brazil Street Fighter 25th anniversary tournament stream - AE v2012, SFxT, SF3 3s and SSF2T HDR results and stream archive

Updated: The results for each game and stream archives have been added into the story after the jump.

The Brazilian portion of the 25th anniversary Street Fighter tournament is getting underway now on the Capcom Fighters TwitchTV channel. MCZ|Tokido, AVM|GamerBee and Combofiend are all in attendance, along with top players from this region, like Death Gun, UZ|Luvinha, Bruno F1ght3rs, LordxSaka and Dr. House.

As usual, Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition v2012, Street Fighter X Tekken, Street Fighter 3 Third Strike and Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix will be the titles played in the tournament.

Hit the jump to check out the results.

Street Fighter 25th anniversary tournament qualifying players trailer and highlights

If you're curious who's qualified for the Street Fighter 25th anniversary tournaments and how they accomplished this feat, Capcom Unity recently posted a video showing exactly that.

If you prefer list form, you can hit the jump to see the details.

8-bit style remixes for classic Street Fighter II themes by RickSSZ - Cammy, Chun-Li, Sagat, Guile and more

RickSSZ put together some great 8-bit themes for almost all of the characters in the Street Fighter II series. Below you will find old school renditions of themes for Cammy, Sagat, Chun-Li, E. Honda, Zangief and many others.

Hit the jump to check out the rest.

Capcom posts details for the upcoming Brazil and Los Angeles Street Fighter 25th anniversary tournaments

Iplaywinner's Haunts recently made two quick posts on the Capcom Unity page talking about the upcoming tournaments for the Street Fighter 25th anniversary series.

The first thing to note is that Capcom now has a dedicated TwitchTV channel for their own fighting games now. This highly sensible choice of action is available at the following link and is titled Capcom Fighters. Haunts stated that he would be broadcasting previous tournament footage this weekend.

Brazil's Street Fighter 25th Anniversary tournament is taking place on October 12-14th in San Paulo starting at 12PM ET / 9AM PT. AVM|Gamerbee and MCZ|Tokido are said to be in attendance along with a quite a few powerhouses from Brazil's scene.

Los Angeles's Street Fighter 25th Anniversary tournament is taking place on October 20-21 with brackets being generated at 10AM. Haunts notes that there is a 256-player cap for this tournament, so it's best to show interest now if you plan on attending. Players in attendance include Happy Medicine, EG|Justin Wong, EG|Ricky Ortiz, BT|Dieminion, Wolfkrone, WW|Infiltration, AVM|Gamerbee and more. This is the last qualifier in the United States to qualify for the Grand Final event in San Francisco, CA.

Tip from Haunts.

SF3 3S OE, SSF2T HDR and VF5 FS discounted prices this week on Xbox Live Marketplace

Major Nelson over on Xbox Live posted information on his blog about this week's sale for various games and content. Beginning today, October 2, you can purchase Street Fighter 3 Third Strike Online Edition, Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix and Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown for only 600 Microsoft points or $7.50 USD.

This sale will end on Monday October 8, so make sure to grab these classics this week to take advantage of the discounted prices. Below is an image from Major Nelson's blog showing the prices listed.

Tips by Rustedalex and Kuei.

Seasons Beatings: Ascension results, battle logs for SSF4 AE v2012, UMvC3 and more

Updated with live results: This story has been updated with results through day 2 of Seasons Beatings: Ascension. Live updates are being posted for finals day, as they happen.

The Seasons Beatings: Ascension stream is kicking off today starting at 3 p.m. PDT from Independence, Ohio. They will feature full tournaments for Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition v2012, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, King of Fighters 13, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Mortal Kombat 9, Soul Calibur 5, Persona 4 Arena, Dead or Alive 5 and Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo.

Top-level players expected to show WW|Infiltration, GU|Flocker, FC|NYChrisG, LU|Alex Valle, IGL|Bala, IGL|TheAnswer, TA|Frutsy, DMG|CD Jr., EG|Justin Wong, FNEX|K-Brad, coL.cc|Filipino Champ, BT|IFC Yipes, BT|Dieminion, EG|PR Balrog, BT|Viscant, CoCo|OMG Itz Andre, FGC|Infrit, EG|Ricky Ortiz, FRB|Mamespider, Combofiend, IFD|DJ Huoshen, Perfect Legend, Damdai, UVG|Noel Brown, Neo, WW|Laugh, CafeID|Lacid, CafeID|MadKOF, Romance and many more.

If you missed the preview we posted earlier this week with information on the special 5-on-5 tournaments and players to look out for, be sure to check it out.

Hit the jump to check out the streams hosted by Console Combat and Add Mitt and a schedule for this event.

Paranormal stages, Q in Ken's stage, the 'Ancient One' and more - 15 baffling Street Fighter II unsolved mysteries by Games Beat

The Street Fighter II series has been around for over 2 decades and to this day there still remains a few mysterious aspects to the game. Venture Beat put together an interesting article containing 15 unsolved mysteries from one of the most popular fighting games in history.

Below is a bit to get you started.

Make sure to check out the remainder of the mysteries here.

LiangHuBBB's comeback compilation Episode #31

LiangHuBBB has returned with another installment in his comeback compilation series. Today's set features matches from the Street Fighter series, King of Fighters 13, Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo, BlazBlue, Street Fighter 3 Third Strike and more.

Tip sent in by Masose and an anonymous reader.

King of GGPO 2012 Summer Edition week 1 - tournament footage and results

TS|Sabin sent us footage of the latest King of GGPO Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo tournament that featured many top ST players. Contained in this video is over 2 hours of exciting Super Turbo matches and in the video's description you will find time stamps for each fight that went down.

Arturo also provided us with the top 8 results for this event; so if you'd like to find out who this week's King of GGPO is, be sure to click the jump.

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