Finally.
Capcom finally let loose details about Street Fighter IV’s console release dates. The game will hit the U.S. Feb. 17, 2009 and EU Feb. 18, 2009.
Unfortunately, the PC version still has no release date, but at least PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 gamers will have something to look forward to in the next three months.
Source: Capcom Unity -Street Fighter IV: coming home Feb. 17 (N. America) and Feb. 20 (Europe)
Street Figher fanatics already know, but Gouken started out as an April Fool’s joke in EGM, based off a mistranslation in Ryu’s Street Fighter II victory text. He has since, however, made it into Street Fighter IV as a real character.
Gouken’s style is a slower Shotokan clone that resembles Akuma’s. Big hits and one-handed fireballs abound. Here’s the trailer:
Capcom today released a new trailer for Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix featuring a classic song from an ’80s movie you probably don’t remember. Jog your memory and watch below, with art by UDON.
Enough with the teasing already. I feel like one of those pigeons scientists use in intermittent reward experiments where that have to peck a button to get fed, only it never happens. Every day I’m on the lookout for a Street Fighter IV U.S. console date, and every day, I go hungry.
Capcom revealed that its console ports of SFIV will hit Japan in February, with the first orders coming with the Street Fighter IV anime film Street Fighter: Renewed Bonds. That’s great, but what about U.S. gamers?
There’s still no word on the U.S. date for the game. Peck, peck, peck.
Read: Street Fighter 4 Console Ports Dated for February in Japan
Four players have emerged from the scrum of GGL’s Soulcalibur IV bracket qualifiers after crushing their enemies and hearing the lamentation of their women. These four warriors will advance to the Grand Final, to be held in Los Angeles on an episode of G4’s X-Play.
Here are your four winners:
Black Mamba won the first bracket and plays Dead or Alive 4 at a professional level with the CGS’ Chicago Chimera.
Alex is one of the finalists from the second bracket.
CNP is the second finalist from the second bracket.
Cha2, a longtime SC player, won the final bracket.
Congrats to all the winners!
Two brackets are progressing simultaneously in GGL’s Soulcalibur IV Xbox 360 tournament, with bracket 2 at the sweet sixteen level and bracket three at the round of elite eight. Black Mamba has already won the first bracket.
Let’s have a look at the third and final bracket matchups!
misato already made it to the sweet 16 in bracket 2, but is trying his luck in bracket 3 as well. ScorpionXIII, meanwhile, got booted out in the second round of bracket 2. One of these guys is going down; it’s just a matter of who is hungrier.
Neither one of these players were in the second bracket, but since both have made it this far, I’d say a coin toss is in order.
EJ just knocked off Azn Fury 85 in the second bracket; can he get his second wind?
I’m picking OffBeat (the resident pro gamer in this matchup), but if he doesn’t show up, provost_ could very well take it home.
Good luck to all competitors! The winner of this bracket will receive the final trip to Los Angeles to compete on an episode of G4’s X-Play!
The second bracket of GGL’s SoulCalibur IV tournament has progressed quickly, whittling down the playing field to 16 gamers. Two finalists from this bracket will be flown to Los Angeles to compete on an episode of G4’s X-Play.
Some recognizable names are still in the bracket, so let’s have a look!
CNP lived up to his #1 seed (random though it may be) so far, running the bracket, while Shadekill doesn’t seem to have much confidence in his abilities. See the match details page here for the full story.
OffBeatNinja is a sponsored professional gamer. You know who my money is on; can the good doctor pull off an upset?
EJ is a well-known Dead or Alive 4 player who frequently makes his way to LAN tournaments. Who is Azn Fury 85? He’s made it this far in our second bracket, but he may be looking at defeat. Still, because this is a single-elim tournament, it could go either way. Read more »
Friendly reminder: Today is your last day to register for GGL’s Soulcalibur IV Xbox 360 tournament (the final bracket). Registration ends at 5PM EST!
Remember that the top four players from this tournament will be flown to Los Angeles to compete on an episode of G4’s X-Play. No expense shall be spared, except for expensive things.
As always, you need to be a GGL member to register, and you can get that process underway here.
Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono dropped a telling hint when speaking to the staff of G4’s X-Play about the release of the game on consoles. He said:
There is no official North American arcade release, so we kind of feel bad that you guys have to wait for it. That’s why we’re trying to get it to you as soon as possible. Before the Japanese have a really long period of time to get really good at it first and totally kick your butt online…We don’t want to start rumors that it’s this year, but definitely this winter. At some point you’ll be sitting in you winter coat looking at snow out the window…and right then we’ll kind of heat you up a little with some hot street fighter action so look forward to that.
What does this mean? If you ask me, they’re missing Christmas, but you’ll see the game in early ‘09. That’s a shame because I was promising a friend I’d own his face over Christmas in SFIV, but now I have to settle for just hiding his toilet paper.
Capcom’s most recent communication about Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix is that the game will come out on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 “very soon.”
Yes, we know you want it bad. Here are some screenshots to tide you over (or not).
Registration is still open for the second bracket of GGL’s Soulcalibur IV tournament, but it ends Friday, Oct. 24 at 5PM ET!
Remember that four finalists from the brackets get a trip to Los Angeles to compete on an episode of G4’s X-play.
You will need to be a member to register; click here to begin.
Rumors on the Internets were true! It seems the Sith Lord Darth Vader will make his way to Soulcalibur IV’s Xbox 360 version, while Yoda will attempt to cleanse the PlayStation 3 of its darkness.
Seriously though, did anyone have any doubts that Namco was going to try to squeeze the last drop of humanity out of all of the platform loyalists by releasing the two characters as DLC?
Both sides of the Force will go for between $5 and $6 on their respective platforms (600 Yen on PS3, 400 MS points in Gates Dollars).
Soulcalibur IV is also the subject of a GGL tournament that you can join at GGL’s Soulcalibur IV Xbox 360 game page.
