Update: iDom has now released a video going over his carried tier list picks, which you can check out in the story below.
Everyone here should at least know XSET|iDom as the Capcom Cup 2019 champion for Street Fighter 5, but he's been competing across many major fighting games from the past decade too with success.
The top player and rising New York City scene leader recently put together a sillier tier list idea ranking how much his main characters have "carried" him across Street Fighter 5, Ultra Street Fighter 4, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, Mortal Kombat X, Mortal Kombat 11, Injustice, Guilty Gear Strive, Dragon Ball FighterZ and Granblue Fantasy Versus.
Over the past decade, the rise of guest characters in fighting games has been a source of both hype and contention for longtime fans, especially when the picks of who they bring in are not fighters who seem to immediately fit the series they're joining.
MrTopTenList recently did as his name suggests and released a new video going over the top 10 more questionable crossover and guest character choices in modern fighting games.
As long as fighting games have existed, they've contained attacks that should have been balanced more by developers for being way too strong, but at least now they can go back and nerf them through updates.
BC|LordKnight is continuing his interesting collaboration series with other fighting game community members where he recently teamed up with Sajam and both presented 5 of their picks each of the most unfair attacks found throughout the genre.
Fighting game developers are learning all the time about what kinds of advantages can quickly turn characters into overpowered monsters that make playing the games their in less fun for everyone else, but recent times have proven they're not even close to solving the puzzle yet.
In his latest video True Under Dawg Gaming picks out the 25 most broken characters in NetherReam Studios fighting games (Mortal Kombat 2011, Injustice, Mortal Kombat X, Injustice 2, and Mortal Kombat 11) and then orders them amongst one another in their own tier list.
Update: This story has been updated with the long list of Steam Winter Sale fighting game specials as well as PlayStation.
If you're still looking for last-minute digital Christmas presents or just need to get caught up on some fighting game releases, now seems to be the perfect time to do so.
PlayStation's Holiday Sale is now underway with many of the best deals on fighting games we've seen all year — including some titles that hardly ever get discounted.
Immediately when we came across the first image in this gallery, (Chun-Li next to hulking Zangief) our fingers crossed that there were enough additional pieces for a gallery. Something about the juxtaposition of the two characters, and Gief having such a worried look despite his more obvious physical strength makes for immediate intrigue.
We quickly thereafter found the somewhat similar, but much more brutal, image of Chun-Li standing over a bloodied and battered E. Honda. If these were the only two drawings from Jeehyung Lee, we'd have made a gallery post, but thankfully there are even more.
Maika "SOZOMAIKA" Sozo is a digital artist that we've just learned about who we wish we had known about sooner. Her work doesn't just include fantastic depictions of some of fighting game's most popular female fighters, but her resume has official work for DC Comics, Riot Games, Image Comics, and Under Armour on it.
That's one hell of an introduction to live up to, but this artist's work absolutely does just that. Today we're looking at some of Sozo's art pieces featuring Street Fighter's Chun-Li and Cammy, Morrigan from Darkstalkers, and more.
Update: Our Black Friday fighting game shopping guide has been updated to include the long list of deals available now in the Steam Autumn Sale.
The biggest shopping week of the year is now bearing down on us like a festive wild boar, bringing with it many of the best sales and deals you can find.
Considering there's too many stores and online retailers to keep track of, we've put together a complete Black Friday shopping guide for fighting game fans full of deep discounts and cheer.
It's been over a year since NetherRealm Studios announced the completion of post-launch development for Mortal Kombat 11. What could their next project be? Is it Mortal Kombat 12, Injustice 3, something to do with Marvel, or is it something else entirely?
During Ed Boon's latest Q&A session on Twitter, he seemingly released a decisive hint on what NetherRealm Studios' next project is. With this hint in mind, all signs now seem to be pointing towards Mortal Kombat 12.
Kevin Conroy, best known for his work as the voice of Batman in Batman The Animated Series, has passed away.
News broke this morning as numerous publications reported that multiple sources close to the legendary voice actor confirmed the tragic event. Conroy was 66-years-old.
Update: This story has been updated with final results.
All cool things must eventually come to an end, and it's important to send them out with a big bang whenever possible when it comes to fighting game events.
Kumite in Tennessee 2022: The Finale is doing just that this weekend by bringing together 700 of the strongest players from across the country to compete for one final round including BC|Sabin, PG|Kitana Prime, DF|Grr, Forever King, Doza, TN|Yurikov, Coach Steve, GC|FKang and many more.
It's been over a year since it was announced that post-launch development for Mortal Kombat 11 wrapped up and that NetherRealm Studios had moved on to their next project. Oddly though, we've yet to receive an official announcement on what this "next project" is, but there have been plenty of rumors circulating on what it could be.
Though Ed Boon, co-creator of the Mortal Kombat series and Creative Director at NetherRealm Studios, has been rather tightlipped about the mysterious project, he recently hosted a couple of "Ask Me Anything" (or more specifically, "Ask Me Stuff") sessions on Twitter in which questions about the next project were asked several times. It's a bit of a longshot, but it's possible that some clues about what it is could be derived from Boon's words.
Injustice: Gods Among Us was first released on April 16, 2013. In many ways, the Injustice series could be thought of as a Mortal Kombat game, but with DC characters. While this isn't a one-to-one analogy, it does make sense considering how NetherRealm Studios develops both Mortal Kombat and Injustice.
But what if the Injustice series began in the 90s, just like with Mortal Kombat? Flavio Luccisano, a freelance artist and fan of NetherRealm Studios games, recently depicted what this would be like.
It's been over a year since NetherRealm Studios announced the conclusion of their post-launch support for Mortal Kombat 11. With that announcement, it was also confirmed that NetherRealm Studios had moved on to their next project. Since then, we've heard basically nothing in regards to what that project actually is.
Ed Boon, Chief Creative Officer of NetherRealm Studios, recently hosted a very interesting poll on Twitter. "What do YOU want to see from NetherRealm studios next?" asked Boon of fans in this poll.
Gamescom 2022 is slated to run from August 23 until August 28. Indeed, the "Opening Night Live" segment will be hosted by Geoff Keighley today at 11 a.m. PT / 2 p.m. ET.
Today's stream is expected to go on for a two hour session. During this stream, more than 30 upcoming games will be talked about. Needless to say, even us fighting game fans have a few potential reasons to tune in.
Evo 2022, one of the biggest fighting game tournaments of the year, is slated to begin this weekend. Just yesterday, we learned from the PlayStation Blog the Evo Lounge will host reveals of upcoming fighting game content from Arc System Works, Warner Bros. Games, Capcom, SNK, and Bandai Namco Entertainment.
At this point, it's been over a year since NetherRealm Studios announced that post-launch content for Mortal Kombat 11 had wrapped up, and that the company had moved on to their next project. Could Evo 2022 be the perfect time for the announcement of "Mortal Kombat 12"? According to Ed Boon, us fans should not get our hopes up.
The longstanding tradition at Evo is that the big fighting game announcements would be saved for finals day, but that appears to be changing.
Sony announced today they will be hosting the PlayStation Tournaments: Evo Lounge at Evo 2022 this weekend where they promise exclusive announcements, coverage and more.