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Artwork of Ed from Street Fighter 6
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Next Street Fighter 6 DLC Character Ed Gets Release Date and Gameplay Reveal

Capcom has revealed the release date of Street Fighter 6's next DLC character, Ed, alongside a first look at his gameplay.  Ed will launch on February 27 and will be the 21st playable character of…

February 8, 2024 | 07:04 EST

Gohan in Dragon Ball FighterZ
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Dragon Ball FighterZ Rollback Netcode and PS5 and Xbox Series X|S Versions Coming "Very Soon"

Today, at the end of the grand finals of the Dragon Ball FighterZ World Tour 2023/2024, Bandai Namco talked about the upcoming implementation of rollback netcode. During the livestream of the…

January 28, 2024 | 07:15 EST

Granblue Fantasy Versis Rising 2B
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Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising 2B DLC and Update 1.2 Get Release Date

Today, during the Frosty Faustings tournament, Cygames has news to share about the next update coming to its fighting game Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising. Director Tetsuya Fukuhara wasn't able to…

January 27, 2024 | 06:57 EST

Jin Kazama and Kazuya Mishima in Tekken 8
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Tekken 8 Launch Times and Pre-Load Times for All Regions Revealed

Today Bandai Namco announced the detailed release and pre-load times for its upcoming fighting game Tekken 8 for all regions. The announcement made on the series' official X (formerly Twitter)…

January 23, 2024 | 12:24 EST

A host of WWE wrestling legends, including Undertaker, The Rock, and Stone Cold Steve Austin, on the cover of WWE 2K24
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WWE 2K24 Officially Announced, Entering the Ring in March

2K has officially revealed WWE 2K24, this year's installment of the long-running WWE 2K wrestling sim series.  Launching in March, the game follows on from last year's WWE 2K23, which featured…

January 22, 2024 | 08:33 EST

Ed in Street Fighter 6
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Street Fighter 6 Reveals The New Look of Next DLC Character Ed, coming Next Month

Today Capcom released a teaser trailer showcasing Ed, the next DLC character who will soon join the cast of the acclaimed fighting game Street Fighter 6. Ed debuted all the way back in Street…

January 18, 2024 | 06:35 EST

A close-up of Lee Chaolan in Tekken 8
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Tekken 8 Lee Chaolan Gameplay Trailer Summons the Silver-Haired Demon

Another new Tekken 8 gameplay trailer is here, and this one's for a character who's been with the venerable fighting game franchise since its first game: Lee Chaolan. The Silver-Haired Demon sports…

January 17, 2024 | 09:33 EST

Chun-Li posing in Street Fighter 6
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Street Fighter 6 Sales Top 3 Million as Capcom Shares Overall Franchise Sales

Capcom has revealed that Street Fighter 6 sales have passed another major milestone, and the numbers for the franchise as a whole are looking pretty good as well. In a press release, Capcom…

January 16, 2024 | 08:45 EST

Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising - Lucilius
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Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising Reveals Lucilius Gameplay and Moves Ahead of DLC Release

Cygames released a new video about its popular fighting game Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising, focusing on the newest DLC character, Lucilius.  The video is basically a guide to Lucilius' moves one…

January 15, 2024 | 02:03 EST

Eddy Gordo in Tekken 8
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Tekken 8 Reveals Eddy Gordo as First DLC Character Alongside Season Pass 1 Roadmap

Today, during the Tekken World Tour 2023 global finals, Bandai Namco announced the first DLC character for Tekken 8. Players will get the chance to play returning character Eddy Gordo when he…

January 14, 2024 | 04:09 EST

A close-up of Alisa Bosconovitch from Tekken 8
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Tekken 8 Alisa Gameplay Trailer Fires Up the Destroying Automaton

Bandai Namco has unveiled another new Tekken 8 character trailer, and this time, it's the turn of polite automaton Alisa Bosconovitch to get the spotlight. As the trailer kicks off, Alisa introduces…

January 12, 2024 | 10:35 EST

Yuta Okkotsu and Suguru Geto side-by-side in Jujutsu Kaisen Cursed Clash
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New Jujutsu Kaisen Cursed Clash Gameplay Trailer Reveals Two Familiar Faces

A new Jujutsu Kaisen Cursed Clash gameplay trailer is here, revealing two more characters to round off the upcoming 2-on-2 fighter's roster. Jujutsu Kaisen 0's protagonist Yuta Okkotsu and…

January 11, 2024 | 09:53 EST

Azucena in Tekken 8
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Tekken 8 Boss Explains Whether Azucena Will Really Be Nerfed After One-Sided Exhibition Match

Today Bandai Namco published a new trailer of Tekken 8 and a handy Q&A with director and chief producer Katsuhiro Harada touching a couple of interesting topics. First of all, we take a good…

January 10, 2024 | 10:47 EST

Brian Cox tells the Story of Tekken
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Brian Cox Helps You Get Ready for Tekken 8 By Telling The Story So Far, and It's Highly Entertaining

The story of the Tekken series is fairly convoluted, so many may be wondering whether they'll enjoy Tekken 8. Don't worry, as Brian Cox is here to help. A  new video released by Bandai Namco has the…

January 9, 2024 | 09:53 EST

Street Fighter 6 Spy X Family Crossover Art
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Street Fighter 6 Spy × Family Crossover Released and It's the Stuff of Nightmares

Capcom has finally released and detailed the collaboration with the Spy × Family Code: White movie in Street Fighter 6.  Unfortunately, it really has nothing to do with the beautiful anime trailer …

January 8, 2024 | 10:14 EST

The key artwork of Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising
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Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising's Success Pushes Tournament Organizer to Enforce Cap on Participants

Cygames and Arc System Works' new fighting game Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising appears to be drawing a lot of attention among the fighting game community.  As a result, the organizers of the…

January 5, 2024 | 01:16 EST

Kuma saluting with his paw in Tekken 8
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Tekken 8 Kuma Gameplay Trailer Shows the Power of Bear Fists

Bandai Namco's newest Tekken 8 gameplay trailer is out there in the wild (pun very much intended), and this one's all about the Master of Salmon himself, Kuma (technically Kuma II). This bear is the…

December 28, 2023 | 10:55 EST

Granblue Fantasy Versis Rising 2B From NieR: Automata
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Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising Reveals 2B from NieR: Automata DLC on Top of Vane and Beatrix

Today, during the celebrations for Granblue Fantasy Fes 2023, Cygames shared news about its resurrected fighting game Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising.  First of all, we learn that Icarus' voice…

December 22, 2023 | 10:45 EST

DNF Duel Screenshot and Epic Games Store Logo
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Arc System Works' DNF Duel Is Available Now For Free on the Epic Games Store

Today Nexon and Epic Games announced the newest free game to land on the Epic Games Store during the celebrations for the Holiday Sale, and it's DNF Duel. The fighting game co-developed by Arc…

December 20, 2023 | 12:57 EST

A close-up of Shaheen from the new Tekken 8 gameplay trailer
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Tekken 8 Shaheen Gameplay Trailer Unleashes the Desert Falcon

Bandai Namco has released a new Tekken 8 gameplay trailer, spotlighting the Desert Falcon himself, Shaheen. Ahead of the game's impending release on January 26th, the Shaheen trailer pits the…

December 20, 2023 | 09:58 EST

Panda posing in her gold suit in the Tekken 8 Ultimate Edition
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Tekken 8 Ultimate Edition Showcased in New Gold-Drenched Trailer

Bandai Namco has released a new Tekken 8 trailer that gives us a look at what we can expect from the game's Ultimate Edition package. If you pick up the Ultimate Edition when Tekken 8 launches in…

December 19, 2023 | 09:45 EST

Yohei Shimbori cosplaying as Bayman from Dead or Alive 6 alongside Tekken 8's new characters Reina and Azucena
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Dead or Alive 5 and 6 Director Yohei Shimbori Is Back, Working on Tekken 8

Fans of Koei Tecmo's Dead or Alive series will likely remember the name of Yohei Shimbori, who was at the helm of both Dead or Alive 5 and Dead or Alive 6. After some time out of the spotlight, he's…

December 17, 2023 | 11:07 EST

RPG, a playable character in Coreupt
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Fighting Game Coreupt Reveals RPG and Dragonov in Spectacular Action

Today the developer of the upcoming indie fighting game Coreupt released a new trailer showing more playable fighters in action. Specifically, while we see several characters duking it out on Steam…

December 16, 2023 | 04:02 EST

Kazuya Mishima punching his hand and crackling with electricity in Tekken 8
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Tekken 8 Story Trailer Teases the Epic Continuation of the Mishima Saga

Bandai Namco has unveiled a brand new Tekken 8 story trailer, setting up the continuation of the Mishima Saga when the game launches this January. The trailer opens with a conversation between Jin…

December 14, 2023 | 10:22 EST

Yoshimitsu looking as weird as usual in Tekken 8
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Tekken 8 Yoshimitsu Gameplay Trailer Marks The Return Of A Weird Legend

It's time for another Tekken 8 trailer, and this one's all about Yoshimitsu, the deeply bizarre "mechanized space ninja" of the franchise. Many Tekken 8 characters, like Victor Chevalier and Sergei…

December 13, 2023 | 09:24 EST

Jun Kazama with a white bird perched on her hand in Tekken 8
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Tekken 8 Demo Hits PS5 on Thursday, Xbox and PC Next Week

Bandai Namco has announced that a Tekken 8 demo is coming to consoles and PC very soon. According to a post on the official Tekken X (formerly known as Twitter) account, the Tekken 8 demo will first…

December 12, 2023 | 09:33 EST

Tekken 8 Interview Art
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Tekken 8 Interview - Discussing Story, Gameplay, and Approaching New Players

Tekken 8 is shaping up to be a force of nature when it launches next month for current generation platforms and PC. We’ve learned a lot about the game over the course of several months from its…

December 12, 2023 | 09:00 EST

Tekken 8 Preview Key Art
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Tekken 8 Preview - Punching Above its Weight

I’ve always been a fan of fighting games, but it has been a long time since I picked up the Tekken series. Admittedly, it wasn’t because I had fallen out of love with it or anything, but because…

December 12, 2023 | 09:00 EST

Anime Fighting Game Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes - Kuon Art
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Anime Fighting Game Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes Reveals New Playable Character Kuon

Developer French Bread and publisher Arc System Works revealed a new playable character that will be included in the upcoming anime fighting game Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes. The character is…

December 10, 2023 | 05:35 EST

Kazuma Kiryu in Like a Dragon Gaiden and Infinite Wealth
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Like a Dragon Gaiden Reveals English Voice-overs and Infinite Wealth Gameplay Showcased

An update adding English voice-overs to Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name is coming soon, and now you can hear what they sound like. Today Sega revealed a new trailer of the recently…

December 8, 2023 | 08:17 EST

 Elphelt Valentine in New Guilty Gear -Strive-
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New Guilty Gear -Strive- DLC Character Elphelt Valentine Leaked Ahead of The Game Awards

Every major industry event has its share of leaks, and The Game Awards is no exception, enter Guilty Gear -Strive-'s new DLC character, Elphelt Valentine. The leak comes courtesy of the Asian branch…

December 7, 2023 | 10:50 EST

An upper-body shot of Sergei Dragunov in Tekken 8
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Tekken 8 Dragunov Gameplay Trailer Introduces the White Reaper

The latest Tekken 8 gameplay trailer has been revealed, and this one's all about the cold-blooded Spetsnaz operative Sergei Dragunov. He's a man of very few words, so Steve Fox probably wouldn't…

December 6, 2023 | 09:18 EST

Kazuma Kiryu in a high-collared coat looking back wistfully in Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name
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Like a Dragon Gaiden Is Getting Its English Dub This Month

Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio has announced that the English dub for Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name is incoming sometime this month. In a post on X (formerly known as Twitter), RGG Studio…

December 6, 2023 | 08:39 EST

Yor from Spy x Family and Chun Li from Street Fighter 6 fight in illustration
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Street Fighter 6 and Spy × Family Crossover Teased With Gorgeous Anime Trailer

Today Capcom released a trailer focusing on the collaboration between Street Fighter 6 and the anime movie Spy × Family Code: White. The crossover was teased all the way back at Anime Expo in the…

December 4, 2023 | 12:06 EST

Mortal Kombat 1 - Peacemaker and Quan Chi face off
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John Cena Will Voice Peacemaker in Mortal Kombat 1 while Quan Chi Gets a Release Date

Today Warner Bros. Games and NetherRealm Studios announced the release date of the next DLC character for Mortal Kombat 1, Quan Chi, alongside much-awaited info on Peacemaker.  First of all, Quan…

December 3, 2023 | 03:47 EST

DNF Duel Battle Mage Artwork
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DNF Duel Reveals Release Date and Gameplay For New DLC Character Battle Mage

It's December, so it's almost time for DNF Duel players to enjoy a new DLC character, the Battle Mage.  Today Nexon announced a release date for the new fighter, which will launch as DLC and as part…

December 3, 2023 | 01:53 EST

Lucilius in Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising
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Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising Reveals the Return of Lucilius, Character Pass Roadmap, and More

Today Cygames hosted a new livestream sharing a lot of news about the upcoming fighting game Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising. We start with a look at the story, which will be expanded with a third…

December 2, 2023 | 11:25 EST

Steve cockily throwing a punch at the camera in Tekken 8
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Tekken 8 Steve Gameplay Trailer Shows A Boxing Legend In Action

Bandai Namco has released another new Tekken 8 character introduction trailer, this time for British boxing legend Steve Fox. Along with Leo and several others, Steve was technically unveiled…

November 29, 2023 | 09:35 EST

Goku in Dragon Ball FighterZ
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Rollback Netcode Finally Coming to Dragon Ball FighterZ With Beta Starting Next Week

After a long wait, Bandai Namco is finally ready to let Dragon Ball FighterZ fans try the game with rollback netcode, at least only on one platform, for now. The much-requested feature will be the…

November 26, 2023 | 08:27 EST

Street Fighter 6 Type Arcade Logo
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Street Fighter 6 Type Arcade Release Window and Key Art Revealed

Today, at the Amusement Expo in Tokyo Big Sight, Taito and Capcom revealed the release window and the key art for Street Fighter 6 Type Arcade. As shared on X (formerly Twitter), the game will…

November 25, 2023 | 05:05 EST

Virtua Fighter 3tb Online Art
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Sega Brings Back Legendary Virtua Fighter 3tb to Arcades with Virtua Fighter 3tb Online

Today, at the Amusement Expo in Tokyo Big Sight, Sega shared an announcement that will likely make many Virtua Fighter fans smile, the return to arcades of Virtua Fighter 3tb with Virtua Fighter 3tb…

November 25, 2023 | 03:15 EST

Killer Instinct Logo with Spinal
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Killer Instinct Anniversary Edition Released Years After Latest Update [UPDATED]

Ten years ago today, Microsoft and Double Helix Games released Killer Instinct, rebooting the old and glorious fighting franchise. The game was then taken over by Iron Galaxy, which today is…

November 28, 2023 | 08:17 EST

The image advertising the collaboration between Tekken 8 and The Last Rockstars
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Tekken 8 Enrolls Japanese Superstars Yoshiki, Hyde, Sugizo, and Miyavi For New Song "Mastery"

Bandai Namco has revealed the image song for its upcoming fighting game, Tekken 8, titled "Mastery" and performed by the Japanese supergroup The Last Rockstars. The supergroup, formed in 2022,…

November 22, 2023 | 01:20 EST

A close-up of the newly-revealed Tekken 8 fighter Leo Kliesen
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Tekken 8 Leo Gameplay Trailer Shows Off The Stylish Fighter's Speedy Combos

Bandai Namco has officially revealed Leo Kliesen, the newest fighter to make their way to the Tekken 8 roster. Technically speaking, Leo was revealed alongside a number of other fighters during the…

November 22, 2023 | 09:26 EST

Outfit 3 for Ryu and Chun Li in Street Fighter 6
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Street Fighter 6 Reveals Fun and Extravagant Outfit 3 Costumes for 18 Launch Characters

Today Capcom officially revealed the Outfit 3 costumes for the Street Fighter 6 characters that were included in the game at launch. They will be released on December 1, so fans won't have to wait…

November 21, 2023 | 08:18 EST

A stylish banner revealing Wonder of U as the next JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R fighter
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R Reveals Wonder Of U As Final Season Pass 2 Fighter

Bandai Namco has announced the third and final fighter arriving as part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R Season Pass 2. Wonder of U, the unsettling robotic Stand of JoJolion antagonist…

November 21, 2023 | 09:37 EST

The key art of Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes
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Anime Fighting Game Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes Open Beta Available Now on PS5 and PS4

Arc System Works and French Bread just launched the free open beta for the upcoming fighting game Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes. The beta is currently available on the PlayStation Network for…

November 16, 2023 | 11:17 EST

Tekken 7 - New character reina
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Tekken 8 Reveals New Character Reina Designed by Bayonetta Artist Mari Shimazaki

At the end of the EVO Tekken 8 Showcase, Bandai Namco revealed the last launch character that will appear in the game, Reina. She's a brand new character and she's nicknamed a "Purple Lightning."…

November 12, 2023 | 11:49 EST