The guys over at Mad Catz kindly extended us an invite to go head down to Super vs Battle 2010 and interview Daigo Uemara, Super Street Fighter IV World Champion and key member of ‘Team Mad Catz’. As a fighting game fan myself, I could hardly pass up this opporunity, and so headed down to see what was going on at what is now the UK’s largest fighting game tournament.
15 Minutes with the Super Street Fighter IV World Champion
On September - 1 - 2010
Mad Catz FightPad Review
On May - 27 - 2010
Before taking a look at the Mad Catz FightStick Tournament Edition S, I was lucky enough to also try out the middle-ground between a normal controller and a stick: The Mad Catz FightPad.
In their quest for dominance of the fighting game controller market, Mad Catz have taken most of the features from the FightPad from the controller that has historically arguably had the best fighting game performance – the Sega Saturn.
Mad Catz FightStick Tournament Edition S Review
On May - 26 - 2010
Street Fighter IV single-handedly revived the fighting genre for me, and I’ve been spending a pretty great deal of time trying to get better at the game. When Super Street Fighter IV arrived I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to review the gold standard for hardcore fighting fans everywhere – the Mad Catz Tournament Edition FightStick.
The FightStick I got my hands on was the Super Street Fighter IV branded Tournament Edition S, which takes all the best things about the original Street Fighter IV TE FightStick and crams them into a smaller, more compact case – thus the S in the name.
Last Super Street Fighter IV character, Hakan, revealed
On March - 10 - 2010
Capcom has just announced the final character in the Super Street Fighter IV line-up, a new character by the name of Hakan.
Lets just say he’s… different, and leave it at that.
The video is under the cut, if you’re willing to take the dive.
Adon, Cody and Guy confirmed for Super Street Fighter IV
On November - 24 - 2009
This one is sure to please the Street Fighter fans. Famitsu has just announced Adon, along with Final Fight’s Cody and Guy (looking like they did in Street Fighter Alpha 3) as playable characters in Super Street Fighter IV.
The scans from Famitsu show the characters in their Street Fighter IV interpretation. and they’re extremely faithful to their original designed, but updated for the HD generation.
Check them out below.
Super Street Fighter IV officially announced
On September - 29 - 2009
Capcom has just officially announced Super Street Fighter IV, an upgraded version of the existing game with a plethora of new characters and features.
The game will release as a stand-alone disc; this will not be DLC. The good news? It won’t be selling at full price, a good move on Capcom’s part which gives a strong incentive for existing owners of Street Fighter IV to pick up this improved edition of the game.
The game will include include eight characters (although this has yet to be finalised), including classic characters T. Hawk and Dee Jay, and new characters Juri. Who the other five characters will turn out to be is anyone’s guess, but fan favourites from Street Fighter Alpha (and at least one character from Street Fighter III) is a safe guess.
As long as they balance the game so that Sagat and Ken are no longer so over-powered as to be the only characters picked by 99.99% of the player-base, I’ll be happy.
The game is due for release on PS3 and Xbox 360 next spring. Excited?
Capcom: “We have very high expectations” for SFIV
On February - 18 - 2009
Talking to the press today, Capcom seems enthusiastic (and rightfully so) about the launch of Street Fighter IV this Friday, and is expecting major financial success from this game.
“If buzz and anticipation equates to sales then we have very high expectations commercially,” said a rep. ““We’re tremendously excited to be launching Street Fighter IV this Friday.”
“It’s the return of the most loved, most played, most bought and most copied fighting game of all time. And Street Fighter IV is the best Street Fighter yet.”
And seeing as even the most hardcore fighting fans have been softening to this game very quickly, many of can agree that not just Capcom stroking their own egos.
Players report problems with Mad Catz SFIV stick
On February - 16 - 2009
According to recent reports by hardcore Street Fighter players have noticed a problem with the standard version of the Mad Catz Street Fighter IV stick.
Members of the Shoryuken message board have pointed out that the joystick gets stuck in the former diagonal position instead of snapping back to the neutral centre point.
“There is a small metal washer between the body of the joystick and spring cap. The washer moves around and the plastic spring cap gets stuck on the grooves where the washer is supposed to sit,” explained one disgruntled user.
Its important to note that the problem has only been reported in the lower cost model. The high cost tournament standard version works just dandy. Consider yourself warned in advanced, should you have any plans to go out and purchase one.
Street Fighter IV, for both PS3 and Xbox 360, sold out in Japan on its first day at retail, and will be hitting US and EU shores later this week.
Street Fighter IV sells out on first day at retail
On February - 15 - 2009
Well, this is certainly an encourage sign. According to reports from Capcom themselves, Street Fighter IV has completely sold out at retail on its first day on sale in Japan.
The game sold 86,000 copies total in the region, subsequently selling out all available retail copies on both the PS3 and the Xbox 360.
Street Fighter IV launches in the US on February 17, and February 20 in Europe. Will you be rushing out like everyone else to pick up a copy?
Street Fighter IV intro video released
On February - 8 - 2009
Capcom have just released the Japanese cinematic opening for Street Fighter IV.
Here’s the video for you to enjoy, in all its awesomeness.
Street Fighter IV story trailer released
On January - 21 - 2009
A new trailer for the upcoming Street Fighter IV has recently been released, dropping a few hints about the game’s story.
We’ll simply let it speak for itself:
Capcom details its early 2009 line-up
On January - 5 - 2009
Capcom has just announced release dates for its line-up in the first half of 2009.
It looks like it’s going to be a good start to the year for Capcom and gamers alike with titles like Street Fighter IV only weeks away, and Resident Evil 5 and next-gen Bionic Commando coming shortly behind.
- Flock! (XBLA/PSN) – February
- Street Fighter IV (360/PS3) – February 20
- Dead Rising Chop Till You Drop (Wii) – February 27
- Neopets Puzzle Adventure (Wii/DS/PC) – February 27
- Resident Evil 5 (360/PS3) – March 13
- MotoGP (Wii) – March
- Bionic Commando (XBLA/PSN) – March
Europe PSN update, Dec 11th
On December - 11 - 2008
Those wait for PlayStation Home are going to have to wait a little big longer; it’s still not up, but we’ll be keeping you updated on that one. In the meantime we can enjoy this week’s additions to the Europe PlayStation Store… especially the adorable new Street Fighter sack-people available this week!
Street Fighter IV Collectors Editions detailed
On December - 10 - 2008
We all know that game companies release different version of the same game onto multiple platforms in the hopes of getting us to buy multiple copies, and it looks like Capcom is doing just that with Street Fighter IV, but as most of us can only be able to buy one version which one will you choose?
The PS3 version comes with a Ryu figure, a CD soundtrack, a Blu-ray disc containing the full anime movie and promotional trailers, a Prima hint book with illustrations by Udon and then access to some unspecified downloadable content.
The 360 and PC version will contain the above content, but a different figures.
Also, everyone outside Europe can be jealous… as European copies will get both figures in their collection.
Capcom reveals Street Fighter IV UK release date
On November - 4 - 2008
Capcom has just released, it’s 2009 first quarter release schedule for the UK, and amongst its gems is a release date for the new Bionic Commando, and even better… Street Fighter IV!
It’s gonna be an expensive fortnight for most of us UK gamers, it seems.
Capcom’s full 2009 Q1 schedule is after the cut.
