Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono writes a special letter paying tribute to the staff from Electronic Gaming Monthly:

"Creating games while keeping track of the needs and opinions of the average user is terribly important, and I feel that organizations such as EGM and 1UP.com are instrumental in making that happen. To hear that one of these bastions of game journalism will soon close its doors is disheartening. Still, I look forward to seeing what the editors will go on to do. I have high hopes for them."
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Following the massive layoffs at 1UP.com, former Editor-in-chief of EGM magazine, James "Milkman" Mielke, details in a recent blog post:

"This is actually not "that" blog, either, but I wanted to give you guys a peek at the final day of EGM's proactive existence. I know it will live on in everyone's memories as the best gaming magazine of the last twenty years, nearly as old as this favorite hobby of ours, but as of now it is no longer in publication or circulation. That said --and to clarify on what I stated in my previous blog-- the final, secret, unpublished issue of EGM will show up here on 1UP shortly in the near future. You will be able to read every hi-res page, ads and all (last time I checked at least) on 1UP, to see the beautiful job that crew did, even with the guillotine hanging over our heads every minute of the day. I'm only posting the cover to it for now, but as you can tell, it's quite an eye-catching, dynamic cover. I hope you enjoy the full, final issue."

The rest of the blog post details the last day of the 30+ journalists who were laid off following 1UP acquisition to UGO.
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CES 2009: Mad Catz peripherals for the Capcom faithful...

Gaming peripherals specialists Mad Catz has announced a full range of licensed Street Fighter IV accessories which will be available at the same time as the release of Capcom's massively anticipated SFIV in February 2009.
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www.pushingplay.com writes "Have you been holding out on buying the fancy Street Fighter Tournament Edition because of it's $150 pricetag? Looks like Barnes&Noble might be the solution to your problems! They have the item up for 110 dollars less than any other retailers. I'm guessing this is a listing error, but that didn't stop me from putting in an order for a couple of them!

Get in there and order it while it's still up, so that you can gripe at them when they cancel your orders!"
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RewiredMind.com writes: "Something to look forward to for British gamers BEFORE the summer!

You've all been waiting with baited breath, but Capcom has taken the covers off its triple-A first quarter lineup."
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The Official Xbox Magazine scored the exclusive first review rights for Street Fighter IV. What's the verdict? Check out what OXM had to say about the newest installment in the king of fighting games.
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Quote from Tiltedscreen.com

"Merry Late Xmas to us, Seems slick Microsoft has released SFIV premium theme yesterday, and didn't tell us. "
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Console Monster writes: "Microsoft has filled their stocking known as the Xbox Live Marketplace with a few little treats before the big day. As reported last week, Puzzle Arcade hits the Xbox Live Arcade for 800 Microsoft Points along with a demo for a 'legendary' title. Here is the full Xbox Live Marketplace for Wednesday 24th December 2008:

Puzzle Arcade
Price: 800 Microsoft Points (Trial available)
Availability: All Xbox Live Regions except Asia
Description: Puzzle Arcade - the online jigsaw game with a twist! Multiple ways to play, loads of cool features and endless possibilities. Download the full version to experience Xbox LIVE Vision Camera support, multiplayer modes and access to downloadable content. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.
Size: 151 MB

Puzzle Arcade: Classic Sci-Fi Covers
Price: 160 Microsoft Points
Availability: All Xbox Live Regions
Description: Menacing aliens, soaring spaceships, and blasting ray-guns are all part of this amazing set of sci-fi magazine covers from the 30's, 40's, and 50's.
Size: 89 MB..."
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Today Capcom revealed what they are showing during this year's CES09.
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Kotaku Writes:
It's like something out of a fanboy fantasy land. At next year's CES, there will be a Street Fighter IV tournament. In which Capcom, Microsoft and Sony will select champions, then do battle.

For real. They will fight, you will take sides, shit will get real.

Each publisher's community leader - Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb for Microsoft, Jeff Rubenstein for Sony and Seth Killian for Capcom - will be there, and they'll be leading teams of 20 (with contestants drawn from people like you) in a three-way festival of dick-swinging, name-taking and all around shit-talkery.

CES is due to take place January 8-11 in Vegas. Further details on how you sign up for this apocalyptic event to come.
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While others have revealed the new North American Street Fighter IV Collector's Edition packshot and new cover art, here's what you'll find inside.

Each CE will include:

- The game
- Figurines (Ryu for PS3, C. Viper for 360)
- Street Fighter IV: The Ties That Bind: a 65 minute anime movie (Separate Blu-ray version for PS3, on-game-disc 720p copy for 360)
- A mini-strategy guide from Prima
- A soundtrack
- In-game exclusives
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Rose in the home version of Street Fighter IV started as a rumor and at the time it sure looked official. Now it is official since Capcom has Rose listed as an additional character on the Japanese Street Fighter IV site.

With Rose on the list the total number of street fighters in Street Fighter IV is 25. Have a look at the other home version only characters below.
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The official Street Fighter IV Xbox 360 Packshot.
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Doctor Octoroc gives us 8-bit renditions of our favorite christmas themes... with a video game twist!
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Street Fighter IV Collector's Edition Detailed Street Fighter IV is coming next winter and rest assured that you'll be able to fork over extra money for random swag. Gamestop has just revealed the contents of the Xbox 360/PS3 Collector's Edition for North America, priced at $80:
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To celebrate the return of the revolutionary Street Fighter series and the upcoming release of Street Fighter IV for the PLAYSTATION3 and Xbox360, Capcom has created the ultimate Collectors Edition pack for European and Australian fans of the series...
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We at Engadget will always have a special place in our hearts for Street Fighter, and if you can't help but agree, you might be unable to resist picking up one of these. Mad Catz has introduced a new pair of joysticks for Sony's PlayStation 3: the Street Fighter IV FightStick Tournament Edition and the Street Fighter IV FightStick. The first will only be available in "very limited quantities," and it'll pack the exact Sanwa joystick and 30-millimeter buttons found in the official Street Fighter IV arcade machine; the latter is a more commoditized version with a more vanilla 'stick and plain jane buttons. Both devices are scheduled to ship on February 20th of next year, with pricing set at $149.99 and $69.99, respectively.
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Two new characters reveal for SF4. Cammy and GEN.
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Everything you ever wanted to know about street fighter 4 is all here characters, tips etc.
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Capcom said these sticks would be arcade-perfect... and from the Amazon.com product descriptions, it looks like they just might have nailed it. These $150 premium controllers use the same Sanwa sticks, buttons and layout used in the real Street Fighter IV arcade machines.
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