Pinoy2DFighters, in cooperation with Team X-Over, Blazblue Philippines, and A2G/Playmore are sending out February with an explosive finish with Labanparooza 2012, a multi-game tournament spanning an entire weekend.

The featured games at Labanparooza are Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition Ver. 2012, King of Fighters XIII, Blazblue Continuum Shift Extend, and Ultimate Marvel VS Capcom 3. Prizes those await who triumph, so you might as well start training.

For all the event details you’ll need and more, click here to visit the official thread on P2D.

As we inch ever so closer to Street Fighter X Tekken’‘s March release, Capcom is seemingly pulling out the big guns for one big push to build up more hype before the game comes out. As promised by current head honcho of all things SF, Yoshinoro Ono over Twitter, six additions to the roster have been revealed, along with previously confirmed fighters Asuka Kazama (Tekken) and Rufus (Street Fighter). These are: Paul Phoenix, Marshall Law, and Ling Xaioyu for the Tekken side, and Vega (Balrog in Japan), Balrog (M. Bison in Japan), and Juri representing Street Fighter. In the meantime enjoy the cinematic trailer posted above and the gameplay trailer along with some sweet character artwork after the jump.

Of course, there are hints in the trailers as to who else we’ll be seeing in subsequent character reveals. Street Fighter X Tekken will be released on March 6 of this year for Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and Playstation Vita.

Source: [Capcom Unity, F*** Yeah Fighting Games (character art)]

Power Mac Center’s App. tournament, Arcadium 2.0 is at it’s final stretch with the finals for the apps NBA JAM, Street Fighter IV, Scrabble and Uberstike set on November 26, 2011 at Power Mac Center, SM North EDSA Annex.

The top players each app will get to take home an ipad and accessories from Klipsch, Belkin, Otterbox, Logitech, Sandisk, and Divoom. So if you’re interested in checking out how things would go (or how you would spot your competitors come 2012) drop by the Power Mac Center at SM North Edsa Annex this saturday.

Kikou-ken those Kim Kaphwan cosplayers

Orange Caramel, a sub-unit of South Korean girl group After School, has made a sweet little comeback stage performance paying homage to one of the most prominent female in the gaming universe.
Nana, Lizzy and Raina performed their new single Shanghai Romance donning Chun-Li’s classic costume. Opening up their performance was a bit with the girls performing Chun-Li’s trademark Kikou-ken on some Kim Kaphwan and sons impersonators (read: backup dancers). The choreography has been modified to integrate more references to Chun-Li. Here’s a video and see for yourself:

Razer launches major closed beta program to encourage community feedback on the design of a highly-customizable arcade stick for the Xbox 360

Razer™, the world leader in high performance gaming hardware, just announced a program to co-develop the ultimate arcade stick for the Xbox 360® together with the arcade stick community. The arcade stick, developed with pro-gamer feedback, is currently at the prototype stage. For the finishing touches, up to 200+ specially selected top-seed Street Fighter™ IV pro-gamers, influential modders, and members of the arcade enthusiast community will each be given a Razer arcade stick to test and provide feedback to further improve it to perfection, whereupon the final design will then proceed to production.

Since the company’s beginnings in ’98, Razer has continually taken pro-gamer feedback and validation during the product development phase to ensure that the design for every gaming product shipped is the absolute best for the competitive edge in tournament-grade play. But in an unprecedented move in the gaming hardware space, Razer is now reaching out to the entire arcade stick community to help make this yet-to-be-named product the best arcade stick in the world. Their feedback will be a huge influencing factor in the design of the final product.

“Razer is for gamers, by gamers. We’ve been taking feedback from our professional players on products for years and now we want to open it up to the community. That’s why we want every arcade enthusiast and modder’s input in the development of this special arcade stick,” said Robert “RazerGuy” Krakoff, President, Razer USA. “In this way, it’s not just our arcade stick; it’s the community’s arcade stick. Together, we will create a weapon that delivers the best fighting performance for every gamer and allows modding to the individual’s exact specifications. We’re not just asking people for input on the paint job, we’re after serious hardware feedback.”

Members of the arcade community worldwide interested in participating in this beta program are encouraged to contribute ideas at www.razerzone.com/bredtofight, along with a short description as to why they should be selected for prototype testing. Registrants can also nominate other people to the program. Up to 200+ successful applicants worldwide will receive an arcade stick prototype delivered directly to their homes.

Razer will be launching this non-retail arcade stick closed beta community program at Tokyo Game Show, the heart of the professional console fighting scene. Select pro-gamers and key modders will also be approached very soon to begin beta testing the prototype.

For more information on the arcade stick or the community program and how to get involved, please visit www.razerzone.com/bredtofight

Razer Arcade Stick Prototype images

I’m saying this because the first half of this new trailer is a breakdown of SFxT‘s core mechanics. From the looks of it, Capcom is doing a fine job of blending the disparate gameplay styles of Street Fighter and Tekken. Here, you have explanations for basic tagging, switch cancels, launchers, basic juggles, and the supposed centerpiece of the game, the Cross Assault. That last item has both your characters enter the screen and you control them alternately instead of simultaneously as opposed to Marvel VS Capcom‘s Duo Team Attack, which I’ve noticed has the exact same input to initiate. And remember those tag-based supers we saw in the prototype gameplay footage from last year’s SDCC? They’ve been fully integrated into the game as Cross Arts.

Of course, this being from Gamescom and all, this trailer wouldn’t be complete without a character reveal or two. This time around, we have Hugo and Ibuki for the SF side,  and Raven and Kuma representing Tekken. Hugo, originally seen in Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact, naturally serves as Poison’s official tag partner and looks to provide a slower, harder hitting contrast to Poison’s somewhat speedier play style.  Raven comes in as Yoshimitsu’s, so no surprise there. Kuma and Ibuki, however, don’t seem to have theirs yet, so feel free to speculate. For Kuma, I’m going with either Paul or Heihachi, should either one be confirmed. Ibuki’s could either be Sakura or Makoto, the latter being a more obvious choice given their implied rivalry in SF III: Third Strike.

Other characters have been hinted or downright shown in previous trailers, and all I’m waiting them for  is their confirmation. Examples? Cody and Guy appeared at the end of this CG trailer from the San Diego Comic Con, and if Hugo’s confirmation is any indication, we’ll be seeing these guys as a team pretty soon. Asuka Kazama has been hinted at during the E3 trailer, and my guess is she’ll most likely be Jin’s partner. “But we have no idea if Jin’s even going to be in the game!” Relax, I’m just going on a hunch here. Besides, he got mentioned in the first cinematic trailer and it supposedly has something to do with Ryu.

With all that said, Street Fighter X Tekken (that’s “cross” for those of you who still pronounce it as  ”x”) will be cross assaulting its way onto Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and Playstation Vita in early 2012.

Capcom just hoisted two new Street Fighter X Tekken trailers for this year’s San Diego Comic Con. Of course, the new trailers include the latest spate of character reveals. In this batch, we have Dhalsim and the ever gender-bending Poison for the Street Fighter side. Poison is a particularly special case, as this marks her second appearance as a playable character in a fighting game since Final Fight Revenge in 1999. Tekken‘s latest representatives to be revealed are Yoshimitsu, clad in his Tekken 3 armor, and British boxer Steve Fox.

For a closer look at how the new combatants, along with some of the previously revealed ones play, hit the jump for a second gameplay trailer. Look! Ken got his Shippuu Jinrai Kyaku back!

Source: [Joystiq]

We finally have some new info regarding Capcom’s latest entry in its long line of crossover fighting games, Street Fighter x Tekken. Announced last year at the San Diego Comic Con, the only things we’ve been treated to so far are two nearly identical gameplay demos and a whole lot of trolling between Yoshinori Ono (SF producer) and Katsuhiro Harada (Tekken series director). Well, Capcom unveiled some new tidbits and a good amount of media from the game at their recent Captivate press event. Hit the jump for screens and info.

• Dream match-up – Dozens of playable characters including Ryu, Ken, Guile, Able, and Chun-Li from Street Fighter as well as Kazuya, Nina, King, Marduk, and Bob from TEKKEN.
• Real-time Tag Battle – Fight as a team of two and switch between characters strategically.
• Familiar Controls – In SFxT, controls will feel familiar for fans of both series.
• Robust online modes – In addition to the online features from SSFIV, SFxT features totally upgraded online functionality and some new surprises.

Of course, this represents only a half of the collaboration between Capcom and Namco Bandai. Like the Capcom VS SNK series of the early 2000’s, both sides will come out with their respective games. Tekken x Street Fighter will be on its way well after the release of Street Fighter x Tekken.

Street Fighter x Tekken will be out on Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and PC in 2012.

Source: [Capcom Unity]

Love it or hate it, a large part of Family Guy’s humor is built on cutaways and non-sequiturs with heavy pop culture (and sometimes historical) references. As you can see here, they’ve taken a stab at referencing Street Fighter II, which in my opinion is pretty spot-on. The moves, animation, and sound effects are mostly faithful to the material they’re referencing. The Hundred Hand Slap at the end may not be exactly how it was in the game, but that’s just me nitpicking.

Source: [Capcom Unity]

If you haven’t heard of the Thousand Pounds action company before, now might be a good time actually start paying attention. What we have here are two videos featuring improvised Ultra Combos. Yep, they’re not live-action recreations of the Ultras from Super Street Fighter IV, but sweetly choreographed and shot original compositions. It’s rather mind-boggling to think that these two short clips have better fight choreography and camera work than the two Hollywood-produced Street Fighter movies combined. Check them out right after the jump.