We're patiently counting down the days to Akuma's Street Fighter 6 release on May 22, but the iconic, demonic character has made his way into another Capcom game: Resident Evil 2.
Those who actively played the 1998 title may have caught wind of a rumor put out by Electronic Gaming Monthly (they're the ones who famously did the Sheng Long hoax for Street Fighter back in 1992) claiming that players could replace Leon Kennedy with Akuma if certain criteria were met. This wasn't true, but modders here in 2024 have brought the idea to life and it's exactly what you'd imagine it to be.
It's no secret that the Street Fighter franchise's original hard-hitting boxer, Balrog, was designed with boxing legend Mike Tyson in mind. In fact, Balrog started out as somewhat of a parody/tribute to Tyson — similar to what Fei Long is to Bruce Lee — and even had a different name in Japan that reflected this.
It would be the ultimate bout to see Balrog take on Mike Tyson in a good, old-fashioned boxing match, and talented stop motion artist PlasticAction has gone ahead and created what that could ultimately look like if it actually played out. Instead of being in the style of something like Death Battle, though, this fight is depicted with awesome action figures and, as you'd expect, stop motion.
Bandits|MenaRD made history late last month by taking 1st place in Street Fighter 6 at the giant major fighting game tournament, Evo Japan 2024. Using a combination of Luke and Blanka throughout the event (though he closed grand finals out with the latter), Mena became one of the only players to ever win both Capcom Cup (he won it twice) and an Evo event.
In the past, the Dominican champion has been known to get his hair styled in a way that is relative to his fighting game career. This time, Mena has returned with a fresh cut that is meant to resemble Blanka's own hair in Street FIghter 6 — and it looks clean as hell.
A.K.I. isn't considered one of the stronger characters here in the current version of Street Fighter 6, but that doesn't mean she can't be effective in the right hands. Some of her tools, when utilized in certain ways and situations, can actually be absolutely devastating, and there is probably no better player who frequently puts this on display than content creator and pro competitor Broski.
He recently posted a Street Fighter 6 clip on Twitter that features the "new world record" for what he calls a "ggs" scenario, which essentially refers to the moment A.K.I. has her opponent burnt out and they no longer have any super meter. Once those criteria are met, A.K.I.'s win is basically guaranteed, and with this footage Broski gives us all a reminder of why it's incredibly important to never let yourself get burnt out against her if you don't have super meter.
Cammy White has become a gaming icon since her debut in Super Street Fighter 2: The New Challengers back in 1993 for the arcades and 1994 for the home consoles of that era. Funnily enough, Cammy has become the most prominent over the other "new challengers" (Fei Long, T. Hawk, and Dee Jay) with the most appearances in the mainline series even though Cammy was traditionally one of the weakest characters throughout most versions of Street Fighter 2.
Luckily for Cammy fans, she's traditionally been a top tier or high tier combatant in her most modern appearances in the Street Fighter series. This is typically due to her speedy attributes, mobile approach options, and flexible frame data, though she often has below average vitality as a tradeoff.
The Joker, archnemesis of Batman, has been revealed as a playable character in MultiVersus. Player First Games has treated fans to a spiffy new cinematic to commemorate the Joker's announcement.
During this cinematic, Batman can be seen walking past Bugs Bunny, Shaggy, and Arya. It seems that they've all taken a beating. Once again, this is an opponent that only Batman can truly stand against.
By this point, many of us have likely seen (or been the victim of) a double perfect in Street Fighter 6. Look, sometimes things just don't go your way and you just can't get a hit in. It happens.
With all of the Street Fighter 6 matches I've played and watched, I don't think I've ever seen a triple perfect, though. This isn't one player winning three rounds in an extended match or extra battle or something, oh no. What we have here is two top notch, top ranked players throwing down in a standard online match where the entirety of the match was literally perfect rounds.
We recently got a sneak peek at Homelander in Mortal Kombat 1, though we've yet to see any of his actual gameplay. Since then, fans have been trying to figure out Homelander's voice actor.
For some time, it was believed that Andrew Bowen, the voice actor for Johnny Cage in Mortal Kombat 1, was portraying the character due to comment he made on Instagram shortly after the trailer dropped. Later, Bowen made sure to clarify the misconception.
Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite was basically abandoned by its creators just around six months after it launched back in 2017, but fans are attempting to give the crossover a new shot at life.
A new project aptly being called MvC Infinite & Beyond is in the works attempting to completely overhaul the game's graphics and more though some aspects may need more work than just shaders, colors and lighting.
After being gone for almost a year, MultiVersus is coming back in full force later this month, and while they haven't showed much for new content yet, that may very well be changing very soon.
PlayerFirst Games kicked off an interesting campaign today to get the internet involved with solving mysteries leading up to some sort of reveal that'll be "worth it."
It's been nearly a year-long wait, but the demon is about to awake finally and take over Street Fighter 6 as we know it.
Capcom just dropped the official character theme for Akuma in SF6 for fans to get a listen in early.
Tekken 8 is entering its fourth month since release, and it's about to see quite a few changes take place that'll likely have a fairly notable impact on the gameplay.
Bandai Namco is just about to drop the Version 1.04 update for Tekken 8 that includes the game's first wide-ranging balance patch with server maintenance taking place soon to get it implemented.
Thus far, we've seen gameplay for Darrius, Ahri, Ekko, Yasuo, and Illaoi in 2XKO. Darrius and Illaoi appear to be the big-bodied characters of the game so far, but how would they fare in a team together?
Unsurprisingly, this type of team is good for players that like to dish huge amounts of damage to the opponent's health bar. 2XKO on Twitter recently posted a clip of a combo with Illaoi and Darrius on the same team that gives us an idea on what type of damage we should be expecting in this game.
Although there's still no confirmation yet on a Season 3, The King of Fighters 15 still has at the very least one more year of competition ahead of it until Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves launches with a lot of tournaments to be played.
One of those competitors for the game who's topped more consistently than almost anyone in North America, TNS|Yurikov, recently dropped what will likely end up as his final tier list for Season 2.
Mavado has been added to Mortal Kombat as a new Kameo fighter. For Mavado to be accessible, NetherRealm Studios has updated the game.
As a result, Mortal Kombat 1 patch notes are now available to review.
It's been announced that Mortal Kombat 1's online servers are now offline to prepare for Mavado's release as a Kameo character. Once the servers are back online, the Kameo roster count will be expanded to 19.
As previously noted, Mavado is intended to function as a Kameo that's most effective for set ups, defense, and combo extension. Based on what we've seen from the trailer and Kombat Kast, Mavado has plenty of actions that behave as "ambush assists," which are typically very strong in Mortal Kombat 1.
Seemingly for the first time ever, Shuntaro Furukawa, Nintendo President, directly acknowledged Nintendo's worst kept secret, the Switch successor. According to Furukawa, the Switch successor's announcement is slated to happen within this fiscal year.
Furukawa also noted that the company is preparing for the next Nintendo Direct in the month of June. However, it's outright confirmed that this Nintendo Direct will be focused on the Nintendo Switch software for the latter half of 2024, and that there will be not even a mention of the Switch successor during the presentation.