Street Fighter 3 Third Strike highlight reel and selected scenes

Agtool has put together a highlight reel compilation of very hype Street Fighter 3 Third Strike moments from various Japanese matches. Featured here, you'll see crazy parries leading to big punishes, comebacks, stun combos and much more.

This video is much like the Super Street Fighter II Turbo selected scenes that was uploaded earlier this month.

Note: Nuki provides his incredibly exciting commentary on some of these clips. If you plan on watching this video with headphones, be prepared...

Tip by Ryukenden.

Xbox Live One Day Sale: 50% off Third Strike Online Edition, Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown and Mortal Kombat Arcade

In a surprise event for Xbox Live users, Microsoft is offering 50% off for Street Fighter 3: Third Strike Online Edition, Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown and Mortal Kombat Arcade. You can find the link for the marketplace here if you're not currently near your Xbox 360.

• Third Strike OE: 1200 MSP -> 600 MSP ($7.50)
• Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown: 1200 MSP -> 600 MSP ($7.50)
• Mortal Kombat Arcade: 800 MSP -> 400 MSP ($5.00)

It's unknown if these deals are for American users only, but it seems unlikely to be the case. Please leave some comments or feedback about any potential restrictions that may be in place.

Fighting game artwork gallery for Stan 'Artgerm' Lau

Stan "Artgerm" Lau is an artist Capcom has been calling on a lot lately. He redid the artwork for Street Fighter 3 Third Strike Online Edition and Darkstalkers Resurrection. We wanted to highlight some of the pieces he's done over the years, along with his official Capcom works.

You can scope out a gallery of random items below, and see his official works for Street Fighter 3 Third Strike Online Edition and Darkstalkers Resurrection after the jump.

Jr Rodriguez and Gootecks' Street Fighter 3 Third Strike first to 10 battle from Bar Fights

Cross Counter's Bar Fights took place this past Sunday in Los Angeles, California, and some very exciting grudge match exhibitions went down. The undercard for the event was between two Street Fighter 3 Third Strike veterans; Gootecks and Jr "PikachuAkuma" Rodriguez.

Featured here is the entire first to 10 set between Jr Rodriguez' Akuma and Gootecks' Urien. Although this is off-screen footage, the action is still very clear and the set is loaded with hype.

Tips by neoWhite and DevilMaySpy.

Cross Counter presents Bar Fights stream, Knives vs. Infrit, Gootecks vs. Jr. Rodriguez and more

Cross Counter held their charity event Bar Fights last night in Los Angeles, California and are going to stream the activities tonight at 7 p.m. PST. They casually played Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition v2012, Street Fighter 3 Third Strike and PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale.

Additionally they had some special exhibition matches which are all listed below.

Hit the jump to check out the stream.

Street Fighter 3 Third Strike FFA ranking battle footage from 2007 featuring Pyrolee, 5 Star, Amir, Gootecks, Sextaro and more

Cross Counter has uploaded a rather old video from the Street Fighter 3 Third Strike Ranking Battle held at Family Fun Arcade featuring commentary by Dr. Sub-Zero.

This took place back on March 3, 2007 and features some great gameplay from the following players.

Sent in by USAtlas.

Persona 4 Arena over 50% off on Amazon, Street Fighter 3 Third Strike Online Edition for $10.49 on Playstation Store

In the spirit of the holiday season, various fighting games are currently seeing some great discounts.

Persona 4 Arena on both Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 are currently available on Amazon for roughly 53% off. Regular retail price is $59.99 USD on the site but you can order it today for only $21.99. Although it says the Playstation 3 version is temporarily out of stock, you can still place an order for it at the discounted price and Amazon will send you a copy once a new shipment comes in.

Also, Playstation 3 users can purchase Street Fighter 3 Third Strike Online Edition for $10.49 USD. This sale will end on December 24th, so act fast.

Tips by metroidhunter_x and RedRapperSux.

Street Fighter 3 Third Strike Online Edition's patch delayed until after Darkstalkers Resurrection's released, no speed fix

The Street Fighter 3 Third Strike Online Edition patch has been delayed by Iron Galaxy Studios.

Street Fighter 3 Third Strike Online Edition, Marvel vs. Capcom Origins and Darkstalkers all share a common code base Iron Galaxy Stuidos decided to delay the patch until after Darkstalkers Resurrection is released. Several fixes coming in the upcoming 3sOE patch came from finding glitches in MvCO and because of this they want to wait until Darkstalkers ships so that any bugs they find in the game, could potentially be fixed in 3sOE.

Additionally they decided to not do anything with the game's speed issue.

Did you miss the initial patch notes that Iron Galaxy released back in September? Check them out here.

Tip sent in by XxTigerheartxX.

Updated: Results for SSF4 AE v2012, TTT2 and SSF2T added - Arcade Relief 24 hour charity event at Family Fun Arcade

Updated: Results for Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition v2012, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo have been added after the jump.

The Arcade Relief charity event will be taking place at Family Fun Arcade in Granada Hills, California, today. The live stream will be provided by LevelUpLive and is expected to kick off right now at 12 p.m. / 8 p.m. GMT.

This event is going to feature many different tournaments including Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition v2012 with Mike Ross, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 ran by Aris, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 featuring BT|Clockw0rk and BT|Viscant, Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD remix hosted by the legendary Tomo Ohira and Jeff Schaefer and much more.

This is going to be a star studded event with other top level talent attending including EG|Justin Wong, MRN|Marn, commentary duo James Chen and UltraDavid, Killer Kai, LA Akira and many more.

If you'd like to contribute to the cause, you can PayPal your donation to donate@arcaderelief.com, or visit this page and click on the donate button.

This will be a 24 hour stream to celebrate the final days of Family Fun Arcade's operation. Hit the jump for a schedule and the stream.

Street Fighter 3 Third Strike OE and Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HDR finals from Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Grand Final tournament

The guys at Capcom have finished uploading all of the finals for all of the games hosted at the Street Fighter Grand Finals Tournament held this past weekend in Northern California.

Below are the winners, losers and grand finals sets for both Street Fighter 3 Third Strike and Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HDR featuring MCZ|Tokido, EG|Momochi, MOV, Afro Legends, John Choi and Damdai.

Hit the jump to see more, or you can check out the full playlist for all four games here.

Japanese Street Fighter 25th Anniversary art book sample images

A new 25th anniversary art book for Street Fighter will be available in Japan on December 17, 2012. It'll cost 4,200 yen (about $50 USD) and it features creations for notable artists like Bengus, Shinkiro and more. Capcom has release a few sample images so you can get a taste of what the book will contain.

Hit the jump for a few more sample images.

Street Fighter 25th: The Global Connection - recap trailer by Richard Li

The Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Global Tournament Series took place in locations like Brazil, Japan and the United States for about a six month period. Richard Li shot video at the grand finals to show how the community, the players and the games we love are so intricately tied together.

Tightly edited and beautifully composed, this is a great look back at the 25th Anniversary for Street Fighter and what it meant to the people involved.

Via Capcom Unity and Haunts.

Spooky: IPL has had rocky edges with their streams, but they have good people there - Capcom feels 25th anniversary was a huge success

Gootecks caught up with Spooky (Victor Fontanez) of Team Spooky fame at the Street Fighter 25th Anniversary grand finals tournament to talk shop about some recent happenings in the fighting game community. Spooky explains why he has taken a break as of late and his thoughts on streaming EVO again this year.

Victor also gets into the subject of IPL picking up Capcom fighting games, noting that it's a good thing for players, but they've had some rocky edges to their streams so far. He added that he knows that they can do better, as there's good people in the organization and they're working hard, but wants to see them step up, similar to how Capcom did with their recent tournaments.

Hit the jump for more.

Updated: Street Fighter 3 Third Strike character primers from ReNiC featuring Urien, Sean, Dudley, Necro, Chun-Li, Ryu, Elena and Q

Updated: ReNiC has done two new character primers for Urien and Sean, which have both been added into the story.

ReNiC has been doing some great Street Fighter 3 Third Strike guides as of late. These are all character primers to help you understand everyone in the game.

Here you will fine information on Dudley, Necro, Chun-Li, Ryu, Elene and Q. Hit the jump to the see the rest.

The Online Warrior: Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 'Learning To Swag', Street Fighter 3 Third Strike episodes 23 - 24 and more

Maximilan has been consistently uploading content on to his channel and has put up quite a few episodes of his Online Warrior series. Featured here you will find Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 season 2 episodes 8 - 9, Street Fighter 3 Third Strike Online Edition episodes 23 - 24 and Marvel vs. Capcom Origins episode 5.

As usual, Max provides his live commentary over match footage as he tackles different subjects and uses a variety of characters in each game.

Hit the jump for more.

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