Boxing isn’t the only event where Filipinos are kicking serious amounts of ass. At the recently concluded NorCal Regionals fighting game tournament, Ryan “BLG Filipino Champ” Ramirez took on legendary SF player Daigo “The Beast” Umehara in the top 8 bracket of the Super Street Fighter IV tourney. View the match and more, with commentary from Capcom community manager Seth Killian and BLG Juicebox.
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Once again the Tokyo Game Show, or TGS, as we so lovingly call it is upon us. Annually held at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba, it’s pretty much the biggest games-related convention on this side of the planet. As par for the course, we’ll be keeping our eyes peeled for major announcements and surprises along with whatever media we can get our grubby little mitts on.
The past couple of months have seen some fine, fine examples of popular fighting games adapted for the screen, albeit in very short formats. We had Mortal Kombat: Rebirth, and for the Street Fighter side, we got Legacy and Beginning’s End. The catch, though, is that these were either fan-made or in Mortal Kombat’s case, a pitch for a major studio. On the shorter, uglier end of the deal, it seems Hollywood still hasn’t gotten its head straight when it comes to turning fighting games into feature-length motion pictures. Let’s…
After possibly weeks of speculation, Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinoro Ono and company have unveiled their latest crossover fighter, Street Fighter X Tekken. Yep, you read that right. At the Street Fighter IV and Beyond panel at this year’s San Diego Comic Con, Ono-san was suddenly interrupted by Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada and both went on to co-announce the crossover. Shortly after that, attendees were treated to the game’s announcement trailer, done in the same sketchy/watercolor style of the SF IV games. For your convenience, we have the trailer right…