The fighting game scene may be thriving today, but when the origins of the genre were much more humble. After Yie Air Kung Fu (1984) and International Karate (1985) introduced the idea of one-on-one martial arts battles, Capcom threw its hat into the digital ring in 1987 with Street Fighter, …
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There’s no one way to properly revive a classic. For games like Street Fighter 6, its creators focused on hitting all the right notes that fans broadly know, while trying to streamline the gameplay to be as accessible as possible. For others like Tekken 8, there’s little need to change …
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“What am I fucking looking at?!” Maximilian Christiansen — better known to fans as YouTube and Twitch star Maximilian Dood — stares at his monitor in bewilderment, a flurry of Twitch chat messages buzzing up the screen. The June 2024 Nintendo Direct showcase, one of the last places he or …
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For the past three decades, Tekken has been the dominant king of 3D fighting games. Plenty of competitors have come and gone, from the weapons-heavy Soul Calibur series to the highly technical Virtua Fighter, but as the generations passed and players migrated from arcades to home consoles, few have managed …
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The thing about being first is that it usually puts a target on your back. For Street Fighter, despite setting the standard for an entire genre in 1987, and perfecting it in 1991, it meant that the franchise would almost immediately be against the ropes. With its breakout followed the …
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