Tag Archives: Fighting

Cloud will join the battle in Super Smash Bros. (opens in new tab) for Wii U and 3DS later today, Nintendo announced in the game’s final Direct presentation. You’ll be able to add him to just one platform for $5.99, or to both platforms for $6.99. Nintendo also took the …

If you’re thinking about snagging the Street Fighter 5 (opens in new tab) Collector’s Edition for PS4, you might want to consider checking out (opens in new tab) GameStop. While the CE itself will be available elsewhere, GameStop has 400 copies of an exclusive bundle that adds in a Mad …

Perhaps it’s silly to get excited about how things used to be, unless we’re talking about medieval banquets or penny-farthings, but by doing precisely this Capcom is making the PS4-exclusive Street Fighter 5 (opens in new tab) better than I ever dared imagine. Instead of endlessly belched-out updates and premium …

The Kombat Pack was a neat mixture of fighters, bringing back old favourites, promoting background characters, and roping in some cross-media icons. And then we found out it was only the first of its kind – Warner Bros. has confirmed that Mortal Kombat X (opens in new tab) is getting …

Oh … oh my. Oh my word. The Mortal Kombat series – and Mortal Kombat X (opens in new tab) in particular – features some pretty graphic violence with over-the-top X-Ray attacks and vicious fatalities, but there’s a reason these things should exist only in video game land; seeing them …

Looks like the leaks are true. During a special Smash-themed Nintendo Direct, series creator Masahiro Sakurai confirmed the inclusion of Street Fighter’s Ryu and Fire Emblem’s Roy to the roster, and announced that they are available, well, right now for Wii U and 3DS. Ryu is unlike any fighter you’ve …

After so many trailers, character reveals, and story twists, Mortal Kombat X (opens in new tab) is almost out of means to dial up its throbbing mix of ultraviolence and world-shaping blood feuds. Fortunately, getting the bassist from System of a Down to set the MKX launch trailer to the …

April 2nd, 2015 will be forever remembered as the day this whole amiibo craze went off the rails. Jigglypuff arrived on Target’s website for a grand total of seven minutes before disappearing entirely. Then, Best Buy’s pre-order stock went up – and down – just as quickly a few hours …

Finish him! Amateur chiropractors of Earthrealm rejoice! Mortal Kombat X (opens in new tab) is almost upon us, bringing with it a whole new slew of spine-shattering Fatalities. But is that still enough match-ending gimmickry to compete, 23 years after Sub-Zero first tore off a hapless head? MK3’s Brutalities are …

Wondering when you’ll get to pound in Ryu’s face in as Frankenstein Charlie Nash? Capcom’s barely said a word about Street Fighter 5 (opens in new tab)’s release date up until this point, which makes it extra puzzling and/or amusing that the company appears to have let slip a spring …