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The Top 7… shameless rip-offs (Feature)

Aug 31, 2009

If imitation is the greatest form of flattery, then the following games are the biggest kiss asses of all time. Whether photocopying the entire structure of a monumental platform game or cloning every character and move from a beloved beat 'em up, these titles have no qualms about knocking-off other developers’ work

7. Banjo Kazooie

Ripped off: Super Mario 64

The photocopied premise: A fat character jumps through portals into a ...

The 5 worst things about Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (Feature)

Jul 16, 2009

Videogame movies are, with a few exceptions, awful. This is not news. It’s not surprising. It’s a sad fact, which gamers with any sort of taste in movies resigned themselves to years ago. And yet, every time an announcement of a new game movie comes down the pike, we foolishly think it might be good, forgetting the brazen, burning contempt that Hollywood harbors for games and those who play them. ...

411mania's Release List for the Week of June 29, 2009 (News)

Jul 1, 2009

411mania talks about this week's game releases. Highlights include BlazBlue, Hatsune Miku: Project Diva, Diabolik, Treasure World, Street Fighter IV PC, and Roogoo.

Buy 1 Gift 1 Free Deal for select Xbox LIVE Arcade games (News)

Jun 15, 2009

Amazon.com is featuring a Buy 1 Gift 1 Free deal on a few Xbox LIVE Arcade games. When you buy one of the XBLA games below, you'll get two Xbox LIVE Marketplace download codes for the game. One for you and one for a friend. Or you can split the cost. Whatever you decide, each of the games below make for some multiplayer fun. The offer is good today, June 15th.

Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix - $10

UNO - $5

Street Fighter II' Hyper Fighting- $10

411mania's Release List for the Week of February 23, 2009 (News)

Feb 26, 2009

411mania gives a rundown on this week's game releases. Highlights include Legacy of Ys: Books I & II, Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop, Stoked, The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match, 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand, and Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li.

Legacy of Ys: Books I & II (DS)
Ys I and II have seen many ports and remakes since the first one came out in 1987; they've seen the light of day on such systems as the PC-8801, Famicom, Master System, DOS, Apple II, Saturn, and PS2 to name a few. The most widely-known versions are contained in the TurboGrafx-CD compilation, and for years that release was considered the best. It's place at the top was eventually challenged by Ys Eternal as it sported upgraded graphics, effects, and artwork as well as extras like new characters and scenarios. Unfortunately, Eternal didn't include voiceovers and some say that the remixed music was not as good. Apparently, enough people weren't satisfied so another update known as Ys Complete, which is said to have better graphics but an inferior soundtrack, was unleashed. Despite my best efforts, I could not find any agreement amongst Ys fans as to which official release is the definitive version since each of the three does at least one thing better than the others.

Preferences aside, there is one thing that fans of the first two Ys games can agree on no matter which version they've played - Ys I and II have some of the best music you will find in a video game. Every place I visited for info makes note of how awesome the soundtrack is. Knowing this, I questioned whether or not it was a good idea to play the games on the DS for the first time when I could just as easily track down the PC version and patch it or download the Wii VC one. Granted, Legacy of Ys comes with a free soundtrack if you preorder and it is portable. Maybe it would be easier to just flip a coin...

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Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop (Wii) ...

The pathetic history of Dan Hibiki (Feature)

Feb 20, 2009

[align dan-art.gif along right]If you’ve been a Street Fighter fan during the last 10 years, you already know his trademarks: the weeping, the tiny fireballs, the pink gi, the tendency to scream a lot for no reason. Dan Hibiki is the Rodney Dangerfield of Street Fighter, respected by none but beloved by most, and over the years he’s gone from an obscure gag character to one of the series’ most enduring fan favorites. ...

Street Fighter Ken Masters paper craft (News)

Jan 26, 2009

Ken Masters papercraft. This adorable version of the Street Fighter hero must live with the knowledge that his first Fierce Dragon Punch will kill him.

Merry ChristNES; Free 8 Bit Christmas Songs (News)

Dec 9, 2008

Doctor Octoroc gives us 8-bit renditions of our favorite christmas themes... with a video game twist!

Kickass Bruce Lee clones (Feature)

Sep 18, 2008

Fact: Bruce Lee is better than Chuck Norris. Lee never hawked Bowflexes in his quest for the perfect mixed martial arts form. Lee kicked Norris’ ass in Way of the Dragon. And it was Lee who brought his proprietary blend of Kung Fu kickass-ery to the mainstream with his wild whoops, and a roundhouse kick that packed more power than the millions of stale internet jokes about his co-star. So why all the Lee love on a videogame site? ...

10 games that need the Mega Man 9 treatment (Feature)

Aug 12, 2008

Pardon our geekboners, but holy f**k Mega Man 9! Instead of dragging our boyhood hero through any more tired Star Forces or Battle Networks, those understanding folks at Capcom are giving us the Mega Man game we’ve always wanted.

What took ya so long? And more importantly, why haven’t other games turned to their pixilated roots when MM9 is making it look so damned easy? Tecmo Bowl is about to rise ...

Street Fighter B-Listers Get The T&A Figure Treatment (News)

Apr 24, 2008

Ibuki from Street Fighter III and R. Mika from Street Fighter Alpha 3 may not be the most household of household names, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't be immortalized in sculpted polyvinyl chloride.

Street Fighter Week: Combo Comparison (Feature)

Mar 20, 2008

About 15 years ago you couldn't set foot into an arcade without elbowing your way through a busting throng of Street Fighter II experts. Hell you might have been one yourself. Maybe you missed the arcade takeover and caught the games on SNES or PlayStation years later. Either way, you spent hours honing your combos to laser-like precision. But since those glory days, chances are your animation-interrupting attacks have softened somewhat, and ...

Street Fighter Week: The evolution of Cammy (Feature)

Mar 20, 2008

Beautiful, deadly, and pigtailed: Cammy is the second female character to appear in the Street Fighter series. Though perhaps not as widely acknowledged by the mainstream as Chun-Li, the amnesic young warrior is a fan favorite, and has left her footprint eternally in the Street Fighter series. This is her legacy. ...

Street Fighter Week: The Sounds of Street Fighter (Feature)

Mar 19, 2008

"Hadouken!""Shoryuken!""Sonic Boom!"Anyone who's played a game, walked past an arcade or read a comic book in the past 10 years should recognize those words immediately. They're some of Street Fighter's most well-known attacks and for years were at the heart of the game's cultural takeover. Kids mimed the attacks, gamers shouted them out loud and tournament players dreamed about perfecting combos with these moves as the killer final blow. But ...

The Sounds of Street Fighter (Video)

Mar 19, 2008

Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li and M. Bison bring their old-school brawl to the modern age, perfectly preserved.

The Sounds of Street Fighter - Guile, Dhalsim, Ryu (Video)

Mar 19, 2008

Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li and M. Bison bring their old-school brawl to the modern age, perfectly preserved.

Street Fighter Week: The evolution of Chun-Li and Blanka (Feature)

Mar 18, 2008

Chun-Li, a Chinese crime fighting vixen with Sequoias for thighs, is the first female character ever to appear in a 1-on-1 fighter. This distinction, however, is merely a side note in the story of her rise to fame, which ultimately branded her as one of the greatest fighters of gaming, and inspired countless future game heroines. ...

Street Fighter Week: The evolution of Ken and Ryu (Feature)

Mar 18, 2008

Ken and Ryu are cultural icons. Mention their names and even someone with only cursory knowledge of 90's pop culture will know who you're talking about. Ten years after Street Fighter III, Street Fighter IV is about to cement the duo into the collective consciousness of a new generation. In celebration, we're taking a look at how the legendary duo became legends in the first place... ...

Gaming's biggest movie rip-offs (Feature)

Jan 7, 2008

The relationship between games and movies has always been a tense one. There's something almost violently alchemical about the way the two media usually react to each other. It's like getting hit by a yellow, piss-soaked snowball. Either element can be unpleasant enough on its own, but put them both together and something far more horrible happens. Games of movies, movies of games, they're both usually about as much fun as the death of a clown at a ten year-old's birthday party. But still we ...

Video game movies don't need to suck (Feature)

Nov 21, 2007

Nov 21st, 2007 To state that most movie adaptations of videogames thus far have been crap is akin to pointing out that napalm doesnt make a very good sandwich filler. It just doesn't need to be said. People don't even try to defend Street Fighter: The Ultimate Battle and nor do Subway do a footlong Vietnam Special. But it didnt have to be this way. Not the napalm thing you understand. That stuffs always been a bit too spicy. No, the fact of the matter is that in several cases brilliant movies ...

Europe: help MS sell 360s, get 10 free XBLA games (News)

Oct 24, 2007

Todo Juegos (translated) is reporting that Microsoft is planning a new promotion for Europe. Said promotion should run between November 1st, 2007 until January 31st, 2008. The gist of it is pretty simple. Just get a friend to purchase a new 360 at some point during the promotion, attach a copy of the receipt to a special coupon (PDF link), mail it in, and both you and your friend will receive ten free Xbox Live Arcade games. The games reportedly offered are:

* Sensible World of Soccer
* Sonic the Hedgehog
* Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting
* Bomberman LIVE
* Marble Blast Ultra
* Spyglass Board Games
* Small Arms
* 3D Ultra MiniGolf Adventures
* Assault Heroes
* Zuma Deluxe

Super Street Fighter II Turbo Remix First Look (News)

May 31, 2007

Capcom has released the first official look at their remake of Super Street Fighter II Turbo on the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3. Though it is only one simple image, it is far more detailed than the spec sheet released at Capcom's gamer day. According to Brian Dunn, Product Marketing Specialist, the image released is not a "concept piece", but rather is what the game will look like paused and with the backgrounds stripped away. It is a great look at just what is possible with 2D graphics on next gen consoles.

Street Fighter II' Hyper Fighting - Xbox Live Arcade (Review)

Aug 2, 2006

Ken, Ryu, Chun-Li and the rest of the World Warriors established fighting games in the early 90s, and with the release of Street Fighter II' Hyper Fighting on Xbox Live Arcade, they're back to stir up more trouble. Not that they had to do much to attract attention. For whatever reason, the fanbase has been frothing for a chance to play old-school SFII on Xbox 360, which is probably as big a compliment for Street Fighter II as it is an insult for the glitzier Dead or Alive 4. Those fans will be ...

Street Fighter II' Hyper Fighting - Xbox Live Arcade (Screenshots)

Aug 2, 2006

Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting Set to Dominate (News)

Aug 1, 2006

Geometry Wars reign as the 'Halo' of Xbox LIVE Arcade is in serious jeopardy as the highly anticipated release of Capcom's Street Fighter II' Hyper Fighting is set for Wednesday, August 2nd.

This franchise has been released and rehashed on consoles (including Xbox) for quite a while now...

So why the huge anticipation? Lets break it down...

MS: '50 Live Arcade games by year end' (News)

Jul 17, 2006

Last week Microsoft put some order into Live Arcade by announcing Xbox Live Arcade Wednesdays, a new promotion which - funnily enough - sees Live Arcade receiving new titles on Wednesdays. Things jumped into action with Frogger appearing on Arcade on July 12, and so far it's been announced that Frogger will be followed by Cloning Clyde, Galaga, Street Fighter II' Hyper Fighting and Pac-Man.

But naturally the Wednesday Live Arcade fun won't end there and according to Xbox Live Arcade group manager Greg Canessa Microsoft is targeting 30 Arcade titles "by the end of summer" and 50 "by the end of the calendar year."

$10 Street Fighter II coming to Xbox Live August 2 (News)

Jul 12, 2006

As expected, Street Fighter II' Hyper Fighting will be pricier than its brethren, weighing in at 800 Marketplace points, or around $10. Cloning Clyde will bear the same price point, most likely due to the fact that it is a brand-new title.

Street Fighter Gets Date in Australia (News)

Jun 26, 2006

The Xbox Australia website has Street Fighter II' Hyper Fighting listed for a 30 July 2006 release, could this be the release date?

Street Fighter II' Hyper Fighting - Xbox Live Arcade (Preview)

Jun 15, 2006

Xbox Live Arcade could have been the place where old games went to die; looks like it's where old games go to be reborn instead. One of the first of a very large summer crop of coin-op classics on tap for Microsoft's downloadable game service is Street Fighter II' Hyper Fighting, the game that defined 2D fighters. When we played an early version of the game on Xbox 360, we found just what we expected to find: a spot-on recreation of the arcade original, right down to the ugly palette-swapped ...

Fresh screens from the father of fighting games (News)

Jun 1, 2006

We just got a brand new batch of screens from an old favorite that have us delirious with joy. Old-school quarter-gobbler Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting is set to return to living rooms all over the planet over the wildly popular Xbox Live Arcade. Soon to be available for download via the Xbox Live Marketplace, Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting appears to be an accurate version... pack in online battling over Xbox Live and you're talking pure arcade divinity. June 1, ...

Achievements (Unlockable)

Aug 10, 2006

Go to GamesRadar to see the Unlockable ...