Update: This story has been updated with final results.
This weekend will be seeing the grand return of one of the biggest offline majors, namely CEO 2022 which is taking place in Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.A.
There are far too many notable players attending to list them all, but here's just a mere sample of who's going to be there — PG|Punk, Intel|Razzo, XSET|iDom, PG|Plup, TSM|Tweek, DUSG|Gen, RB|Anakin, TMG|Tamago, Moist|Hotashi, CGL|K7 Showoff, NYChrisG, Talon|Book, Liquid|Hungrybox, BMS|Wawa, PGW|Ren, Justin Wong, Liquid|Riddles, Bandits|MenaRD, TxC|ViolentKain, Rise|Nitro, RR|Mono, AR|Wero Asamiya, RYO, Liquid|Dabuz, VGIA|Shanks, Bandits|Caba, DUSG|Rangchu, Exceed|Solstice, Smug, Pako, BC|ApologyMan, Nephew, Hive|LegendaryyPred, Shadow20z, TxC|Khriz, PG|KizzieKay, PG|HookGangGod, ScrawtVermillion, END|Shine, Buscar Luz, Kasuga, EMGG|Justakid, PAR|FlashMetroid, Mundank, LZR|Hayatei, CRaZY|SuperAkouma, PG|MarlinPie, MEGA|ArnKratos, CLG|Brian_F, DEUS|Incendiate, Monarch, DUSG|Pinya, Damdai, ElChakotay, RayRay, YARUCREW|Macho, BAN|Sonix, Zomba, Gosain, END|Shine, OmegaXcn, Shuaboo, Paragon|Myran, MVD, MuteAce, DZ|Jonathan Tene, BC|LordKnight, TS1|Cookye, VIEJOS|Gandido, PartyWolf, Jake, PG|Marss, JakeyTheSnakey, Jram, Spiral|Krudo, Arlieth and more.
One of our favorite cosplayers is back on EventHubs as the lovely Danielle Vedovelli shows off a trio of cosplays that all come from fighting games that allow players to travel along the Z-axis.
Danielle becomes Taki from Soul Calibur, Kasumi from Dead or Alive, and Asuka from Tekken, the latter of which she's hardly recognizable in. All three of these 3D fighting females look gorgeous in these photos, but which is the best?
We've been hearing about PlayStation's plans to incorporate a new subscription service to try and rival the Xbox Game Pass, and now it's finally time to see what it's all about.
Sony has officially launched the new PlayStation Plus service featuring hundreds of titles from the original console up to the PlayStation 5, and there's a good bit of fighting games on the table too.
Digital video game sales seem to be popping up more and more these days, and it's always nice to see them include either newer fighting games or those that don't get discounted very often.
Both Sony and Steam are currently running sales events that fighting game fans should be interested in between the Days of Play and SNK Publisher Sale that includes discounts on The King of Fighters 15, Granblue Fantasy: Versus and many more titles.
With Game Pass finding success by making subscriptions more appetizing for players in the Xbox ecosystem, There have been a ton of eyes on PlayStation to see what they'd be doing to compete, and now we finally got a picture of what's coming.
Sony recently released the list of titles that will be included in the overhaul of their PlayStation Plus subscription service, and there will be a handful of new and classic fighting games for players to get their hands on.
Update: This story is being updated with final results.
Battle Arena Melbourne 12 is happening this weekend and it'll be going on in South Wharf, Melbourne, Australia.
Notable players set to compete include ORDER|Travis Styles, ROF, Somniac, GG|Sriks, Kanga|Jdizzle, Schenkhan, FURY|RaZe, Kanga|Ghost and many more.
Golden Week is a longstanding holiday in Japan, but for those of us outside of Japan now, the tradition typically brings with it deals on Japanese video games.
Both PlayStation and Xbox are holding their own Golden Week Sales this year with some great fighting game discounts including the recently released King of Fighters 15 and Persona 4 Arena Ultimax's rerelease.
Update: This story has been updated with final results.
This weekend we'll be seeing the return after a few pandemic-plagued years of one of the year's most hype majors, Texas Showdown. As the name would suggest, it'll be taking place in Texas — more specifically, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
Just a listing of a few notable names set to compete includes PG|Punk, Grilla|NYChrisG, Shadow20z, Reynald, PG|Kizzie Kay, RR|Mono, PAR|Emily, PAR|FlashMetroid, Brian_F, BC|LordKnight, Grilla|Romance, END|Shine, MICK|Xephukai, K-Brad, EMGG|JustAKid, Joonya20z, Boom, Just Pokey, Jan, Disintegration, NoelBHungry, Blarrlad, Tommy2Step, Genghis D0n, Ranmasama, Buscar Luz, PAR|Joe Crush, FAT|Jermanji, Masoma, AndyOCR and Aroo.
For some intangible reason, Isabelle "Ivy" Valentine is often beloved by gamers at first sight. That said, play enough rounds against her in Soul Calibur 6 and you may find your frustrations outweighing your affections.
A recent upload of just 20 seconds of SC6 gameplay by TheInfectious_D reminds us all of just how volatile this character (and game) can be as he mounts a comeback that would likely cause us to drop the game entirely if it happened to us.
Fighting games as we know them have only existed for about 30 years now with hundreds of fantastic titles to potentially spend your time with, but how do you determine which is the best of the best?
Well, the masters of online listicle videos, WatchMojo, recently released their top 20 fighting games of all time, and while your initial reaction may be to scoff at some of their decisions, it's still important for us to understand the picks.
The end of tax season can be a stressful time for many (in America at least), but those who end up with a tax return gain some extra money for their pockets — so why not blow off some steam in a new fighting game or 2?
PlayStation is currently running their seasonal Spring Sale that's offering strong fighting game discounts for both PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5.
As fans of the genre likely came to realize, the Unreal Engine 4 ended up powering most of the largest fighting games of this past generation from Street Fighter 5 and Tekken 7 to Guilty Gear Strive and The King of Fighters 15.
It's looking like we may be waiting quite a while, however, to see its successor the Unreal Engine 5 begin to pick up steam for the next generation of fighters.
Fighting game collaborations are more prevalent now than they ever were before with guest characters and crossovers appearing in just about every major title now, but it's been a long time since we've received a new title dedicated to pitting different series against one another.
Tekken Director Katsuhiro Harada and Virtua Fighter Producer Seiji Aoki recently discussed their desires to create a King of Fighters-like fighting game focused on the all stars of all the major fighting game developers.
It's April Fool's Day in the US now (yep, two days of April Fool's jokes...) and the internet is taking their best swings at pranking those who might let their guard down. One joker decided to try and pull a fast one on fans by posing as Bandai Namco on Twitter, and their little stunt grabbed the attention of one of Tekken's most prominent producers.
An account claiming to be Bandai Namco US posted an obviously fake teaser image of "Soul Calibur 7," telling fans to stay tuned. Tekken producer and right hand man to director Katsuhiro Harada, Michael Murray, responded to the tweet and voiced his displeasure for it.
Update: The 3rd Japan Fighting Game Publishers Roundtable stream is now live. Come watch it with us below.
It's going to be a late night for fighting game fans in the West, but probably worth it considering the development heads of the biggest series in the genre don't come together every day.
The Japan Fighting Game Publishers Roundtable is scheduled to be held for the third time tonight with many familiar faces as well as some new ones from Capcom, Bandai Namco, Arc System Works, SNK and more sitting down to discuss fighting games — and hopefully show some announcements too.
While I do remember a particular Mortal Kombat 2 night in the mid 90's wherein I found out I could end a round with 99 seconds on the timer via an instant Liu Kang Bicycle Kick after cranking the handicap all the way up, rarely do we ever see fighting game rounds end as quickly as the one we're sharing with you today.
It's one thing when you're tweaking controls against and AI, and quite another when you're playing an online bout in Soul Calibur 1 via Fightcade. Poor JoshtheFunkDoc found himself knocked out in all of three seconds, continue on to see how it all went down.
Valentine's Day is a great time to show your loved ones a little extra appreciation for how much of an impact they've had on your life, but in the FGC, we can't just forget about the fighters that have stood by our sides for years or decades now.
So we're here today to ask, who was your first fighting game Valentine?