Tekken 8 Developers Acknowledge that the Season 3 Patch Did Not Fully Meet Expectations, Emergency Patch Scheduled for Tomorrow
Bandai Namco admitted the Tekken 8 Season 3 patch fell short of community expectations, prompting an emergency update. Over 700 player submissions were logged in the first week, driving a rapid response via the Dev Feedback Portal. Version 3.00.01 will drop on March 25 PM PDT to fix critical bugs and reward imbalances, with further patches slated for April and later spring. The studio also previewed upcoming DLC characters and new Discord channels for player‑developer dialogue.
Street Fighter 6 Players Report Performance Issues After Alex Update, but There Appears to Be a Simple Solution
Capcom's latest Street Fighter 6 update, introducing the Alex character and a balance patch, has triggered performance problems for PC players, including noticeable frame drops. The issue appears linked to the Input Delay Reduction setting, which, when disabled, restores smoother frame...
Top Japanese Players Collaborate to Create Alex Match up Chart in Street Fighter 6 that Signals Lots of Uphill Battles...
Top Japanese pros KEI.B, Dogura, Nemo, Pugera, and Hotdog released a comprehensive Alex match‑up chart for Street Fighter 6. The chart places Alex in a largely disadvantageous tier, with only E. Honda and C. Viper offering genuine advantages. Even match‑ups include Elena, Cammy,...
Bandai Namco Posts Job Listing for Unnamed Fighting Game Designer, Speculated to Be Soul Calibur
Bandai Namco posted a senior fighting‑game designer job listing that outlines responsibilities ranging from system design to character customization, sparking speculation about its next title. Analysts point to the emphasis on customization and scenario creation as clues that the project could...
Top Pikachu Competitor Releases New Tier List for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate that Shows a Favorable Opinion of the Electric...
Top SSBU competitor ShinyMark, renowned for his Pikachu play, released a new unofficial tier list ahead of the fourth official ranking. The list places Pikachu in the top tier alongside Steve, Sonic, Mr. Game & Watch and R.O.B., while Steve retains the top...
Fighting Game Players and Returning Competitors Face Extensive Travel Wait Times Amid TSA Crisis with ICE Agents Sent to Airports
Fighting‑game competitors traveling to events like Texas Showdown 2026 face severe airport delays as a TSA staffing crisis deepens amid a partial DHS shutdown. Hundreds of agents have quit, pushing wait times at hubs such as George Bush Intercontinental to over four...
Kenny Omega Achieves Master Rank with Alex in Street Fighter 6
Professional wrestler Kenny Omega, who provided motion capture for the new Street Fighter 6 character Alex, announced he has reached Master rank with Alex on the game’s competitive ladder. Alex, introduced as the third DLC fighter in Season 3, recently received a...
2XKO Announcement to Be Dropped on March 27 at PAX East 2026 but It WON'T Be the Akali Trailer
Riot Games confirmed Caitlyn as the latest addition to the 2XKO champion roster, part of a plan to release five new champions throughout 2026. The company will unveil further 2XKO details at PAX East on March 27, including potential gameplay...
Incoming New Character for Under Night In-Birth 2 Sys:Celes to Arrive Sometime in 2026
During the Arc World Tour 2025‑2026 Finals, Arc System Works unveiled a teaser for a new fighter in *Under Night In‑Birth 2 Sys:Celes*. The silhouette reveals an antagonistic, hooded female with long, claw‑like nails, hinting at a witch‑like aesthetic. While...
Danger Has an Anime-Esque Win Pose in Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls That's Quite Different From the Character's Comic Portrayal
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls introduced Wolverine, Magik and the obscure character Danger to its roster, showcasing a dramatic redesign of Danger from a psychological‑horror villain to a cutesy anime‑style robot. The game’s demo at the Arc World Tour 2025‑2026 Finale...
Arc World Tour 2025-2026 Finals Early Results, Stream Ft. RedDitto, Andross11, Leffen, Gamera, Tatuma, Daru, Umisho, Monarch, ZangiefDream and More
The Arc World Tour 2025‑2026 Finals convened in Goyang, South Korea, featuring Guilty Gear Strive, Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising, and Under Night In‑Birth 2. Each of the two flagship titles carries a $100,000 prize pool, while Under Night offers $50,000, with...
Evo Japan Claims This Year's Street Fighter 6 Bracket Is the Largest Fighting Game Tournament Ever, but There's a Few...
Evo Japan 2026 announced 7,158 registered players for Street Fighter 6, potentially making it the largest fighting‑game bracket ever. The event attracted 9,523 participants across all titles, with SF6 alone outpacing the combined total of the next four games. While the...
Street Fighter 6 Limited-Time Sale on Costumes and Accessories for Characters Used by Capcom Cup and Street Fighter League Winners
Capcom has launched a limited‑time sale in Street Fighter 6 featuring discounted outfits and portraits for the four characters used by the winners of Capcom Cup 12 and the Street Fighter League finale. Outfit 2 and 3 DLCs are 20 % off, making Outfit 3 240...
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Reveals Details for Their Flashy New Supers Using All 4 Characters, but only in Certain Situations
Arc System Works unveiled the Tokon Assemble mechanic for Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, a team‑wide Super that can only be triggered as a comeback when a player has already lost a round or would lose the match. Activation demands all...
Alex Can Push 7,000 Damage as a Punish Counter in Street Fighter 6 but You Have to Use a Unique...
Alex has been added to Street Fighter 6 alongside a comprehensive balance update, positioning him as a grappler with a mix‑up‑heavy toolkit rather than pure single‑hit power. Community creator Fuso Tsuk4i showcased a punish‑counter combo that pushes Alex’s damage to roughly 7,007...
Update: Street Fighter 6 May Have Actually Broken Its Launch Player Count Record After All
Street Fighter 6 has reportedly reached a new all‑time high of 72,067 concurrent PC players, surpassing its launch record of 70,540. The surge followed a major post‑Capcom Cup 12 update that added the character Alex and a balance patch, prompting a wave of...
Bandai Namco Reveals New Methods in Which Players Should Send Feedback and Report Bugs to the Tekken 8 Development Team
Bandai Namco has introduced a dedicated web form and Discord server for players to submit bug reports and feedback on Tekken 8, launching alongside the Season 3 patch. The new channels allow users to flag bugs, cheating, and gameplay issues, with submissions...
Injustice 2 Recently Received a Big Update on Steam After Years of Inactivity but It's Entirely Unknown What It Was...
NetherRealm Studios pushed a substantial Injustice 2 patch on Steam on March 11, 2026, removing roughly 500 files and modifying about 1,267, despite the game’s last build dating back to November 2021. The update lacks any official patch notes, leaving the community uncertain about...
How to Unlock Alex as a Master in Street Fighter 6's World Tour Mode
Capcom’s latest balance patch adds Alex as a Master character in Street Fighter 6’s World Tour mode. Players must first clear the story past Chapter 7‑6, then follow a multi‑step quest beginning with Cathy in Metro City. The chain involves rescuing Jean,...
Maintenance Period for Alex's Release and the Major Balance Patch for Street Fighter 6 Revealed
Capcom will add the Alex fighter to Street Fighter 6 on March 17, 2026, coinciding with a sweeping balance patch that touches every character. The update will be deployed during a four‑hour maintenance window starting tonight at 8 p.m. PDT (11 p.m. EDT). It...
New DriveTech Wear Outfits in Development for All Characters in Street Fighter 6, to Be Distributed to Players for Free
Capcom announced that a new "DriveTech Wear" outfit line will be created for every Street Fighter 6 character and distributed to players at no cost. The first glimpse featured Luke and Kimberly in blue‑yellow‑white tracksuits, and the outfits are expected to...
SonicSol Gets Banned From Twitch for Having the Capcom Cup 12 Pay-per-View Event Reflected on His Sunglasses During Stream
Capcom Cup 12 concluded with G8S|Sahara claiming $1 million of a $1.28 million prize pool. For the first time, Capcom delivered the finals as a pay‑per‑view event, sparking immediate backlash from the fighting‑game community. To soften criticism, Capcom added a free Battle...
Lagless Smash Ultimate Mod to Be Discontinued and Removed Due to a Bizarre Interaction Not Directly Involving Nintendo
The community‑built latency mod for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, which dramatically reduced online lag, has been removed from GitHub. Developer Blujay halted the project after a GitHub issue escalated into a privacy breach, with personal LinkedIn data posted publicly. The...
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Highlights How It's No Longer Possible to Whiff Cancel Into Link Attacks with New Changes to...
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls announced ten major gameplay changes after two closed‑beta rounds. The most notable adjustment removes the ability to whiff‑cancel into Link Attacks, specifically preventing a Light Link Attack from triggering after a missed Standing L. The change aims...
Notable Guilty Gear Strive Competitor Releases Final Tier List Before the Arc World Tour 2025-2026 Finale
Bushin, a top‑tier Guilty Gear Strive competitor, released his final version 2.0 tier list ahead of the Arc World Tour 2025‑2026 Finale. The list crowns Happy Chaos as the sole character in the highest tier, while Venom is identified as the...
PlayStation's Mega March Sale Offers up Strong Fighting Game Deals Plus Save up to 85% on SNK Titles for PC...
Sony's PlayStation has launched its Mega March sale, featuring deep discounts on a wide range of fighting games across PlayStation, PC, Switch, and Xbox. Highlights include 50% off the Capcom Fighting Collection bundle for $30, Tekken 8 Season 2 Deluxe for $30,...
'I Was Obsessed' - New Behind-the-Scenes Footage of Street Fighter Film Shown with Actors Discussing What the Fighting Game Means
Behind‑the‑scenes footage of the upcoming Street Fighter live‑action film was unveiled at Capcom Cup 12, featuring director Takayuki Nakayama alongside the principal cast. The actors, including Andrew Koji, Callina Liang, 50 Cent and Olivier Richters, discuss their personal connections to the game and showcase...
Tekken: Dark Resurrection Release Date Revealed for PlayStation, but Players Still Wish It Was the OTHER One
Bandai Namco announced Tekken: Dark Resurrection will launch on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 on March 17, 2026. The release is an enhanced port of the PlayStation Portable version, which historically offers the most content among the game’s iterations. While it brings modes like Tekken...
Arc System Works Requests Israeli Guilty Gear Player Zando Withdraw From Arc World Tour Finals over Safety Concerns
Arc System Works asked Israeli Guilty Gear Strive star Atir “Paragon|Zando” Yosef to withdraw from the Arc World Tour Finals scheduled for March 20‑22 in South Korea, citing safety concerns amid the escalating Middle East conflict and strict Israeli travel restrictions. Zando...
UltraDavid Releases His Final Season 3 Tier List for Street Fighter 6 Before the Big Balance Patch
UltraDavid has published his final Street Fighter 6 Season 3 tier list, ranking the 28 current fighters into three tiers ahead of a major balance patch. The list places JP, Mai, Ryu, Sagat and Blanka in the top tier, while grapplers such...
AEW Star Kenny Omega Busts Out Classic Alex Cosplay to Kick Off Capcom Cup 12 Festivities on the Street Fighter...
AEW champion Kenny Omega opened Capcom Cup 12 by stepping onto the Street Fighter 6 stage in a meticulously crafted Alex cosplay, replicating the character’s original Street Fighter 3 outfit. Omega previously performed motion‑capture work for Alex, embedding his own signature move into the...
Champion Prediction Street Voter Results; Poll: Who Is Going to Win Capcom Cup 12 and How Much Are You Actually...
Capcom Cup 12 is set to launch with a $1 million prize pool and 48 top Street Fighter 6 competitors. The in‑game Champion Prediction Street Voter placed 2G | Blaz at the forefront with 18.5% of votes, followed by Xiaohai and Leshar. For the...
Update: New Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Characters Potentially Leaked by Retailer
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, the upcoming 4v4 Marvel fighting game, is slated for an August 6, 2026 release on PlayStation 5 and PC. A Bulgarian retailer, Ozone, briefly listed Magneto and Scarlet Witch among the 20‑character launch roster, prompting leak speculation. The retailer...
'There Are Plans for Cole and I Think Fans Will Be Pleasantly Surprised...' — Lewis Tan on Mortal Kombat 2...
The live‑action Mortal Kombat 2 is set for a May 8 2026 release, shifting the narrative focus to Johnny Cage while keeping original protagonist Cole Young in the mix. Lewis Tan, who plays Cole, hinted at a surprise plan for the character, sparking fan...
Tokido Reveals His Top 5 Street Fighter 6 Characters Ahead of Capcom Cup 12 as Phenom Brings Back His Yearly...
Tokido revealed his Season 3 top‑five Street Fighter 6 characters ahead of Capcom Cup 12. His picks—Mai, Ed, Ryu, Blanka and JP—contrast sharply with last year’s list and reflect his focus on characters with strong specials. He dismissed Ken as bottom‑tier and labeled...
Capcom Warns Against Unauthorized Co-Streaming of Capcom Cup 12's Pay-per-View
Capcom has confirmed all 48 competitors for Capcom Cup 12, with a $1 million prize for the champion, and the finals will run from March 11‑14 2026 (JST). The event will be a pay‑per‑view offering, though a free, commentary‑less stream will be available inside...
Nintendo Has Begun Blocking Videos with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Mods Which Implies Something Interesting on the Horizon...
Nintendo has started globally blocking YouTube videos that showcase community‑made Super Smash Bros. Ultimate mods, affecting the popular Beefy Smash Doods channel. The removals coincided with speculation about an upcoming Nintendo Direct in March, hinting at possible new Smash announcements....
Developers Explain the High Risk and Rewarding Nature of Dupli-Kate's Duplication Ability in Invincible Vs During Breakdown
Dupli‑Kate joins Invincible Vs as the 15th fighter, bringing a unique duplication mechanic to the base roster. Each time she creates a copy, she spends red health, introducing a built‑in risk that forces careful use. Destroyed copies return the spent...
Marvel Vs. Capcom and Mortal Kombat Are the Two Games I Feel Are Most Missed by the Fighting Game Community...
The Fighting Game Community (FGC) views Marvel vs. Capcom and Mortal Kombat as its two most missed titles. Marvel vs. Capcom consistently drives tournament attendance and streaming numbers, yet no current game replicates its unique appeal and rumors of a new...
Bride and Groom that Played Soul Calibur 2 at Their Wedding Reveal More of Their Story Including How They Are...
Arcade Impact members SwolitaBot and SonGohanX turned their love of fighting games into a unique wedding, using Soul Calibur 2 as their real first dance. The duo co‑founded the regional tournament series The Beast in the East, where SwolitaBot now serves as...
The Top 10 Worst Fighting Game Character Redesigns
A recent video by MrTopTenList ranks the ten worst fighting‑game character redesigns, highlighting fan‑disliked changes in titles like Tekken 8, Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, and Street Fighter 5. The list points out that even iconic fighters such as Paul Phoenix...
2XKO Already Falls Off PlayStation's Top Downloads Chart in First Full Month, Even Below the Shuttering Highguard
After nearly a decade in development, Riot Games' free‑to‑play fighting game 2XKO launched at the end of January and briefly hit third on PlayStation's free download chart. In February, the title fell out of the top‑10 in both North America...
Top Player Ulsan Unveils His Tekken 8 Season 2 Tier List
Ulsan, two‑time Tekken 8 Esports World Cup champion, released his Season 2 tier list ahead of the upcoming Season 3 balance overhaul. The list crowns Asuka as the top‑tier character, a dramatic rise from Season 1 where she was low‑tier. S‑tier also includes Bryan,...
Resident Evil Requiem Almost Hits Street Fighter 6's Total Sales in Days, a Reminder that Fighting Games Are Still a...
Capcom announced that its new title Resident Evil Requiem sold five million copies within five days, making it the fastest‑selling entry in the franchise’s history. The figure nearly matches the lifetime sales of Street Fighter 6, which required two years to...
Daring Poses as Cammy White During Cosplay by Ju Tsukino
Ju Tsukino, a prominent cosplay influencer, recently posted a series of daring photos portraying Cammy White from the Street Fighter franchise. The shoot references Cammy’s classic green thong leotard and her appearance in Street Fighter 5, highlighting the character’s evolution from a...
Major Team Sponsor Is Disbanding Its Fighting Game Division After Nearly 10 Years
CAG Osaka, originally Cyclops Osaka, announced it will disband its fighting‑game division after nearly ten years and withdraw from Street Fighter League Pro‑JP 2026. The move will see top players Fenrich, Eita and Uryo leave the roster once their contracts...
Fanatical's Capcom Favorites BudleFest 2026 Sale Offers up Street Fighter, Marvel Vs. Capcom, Resident Evil and More for Cheap
Fanatical’s BudleFest 2026 is offering a Capcom Favorites build‑your‑own bundle, letting shoppers combine at least two titles for $6.50 each, with deeper discounts for four or more games. The catalog includes major franchises such as Street Fighter 5 Champion Edition with...
What I've Heard About the Situation with Street Fighter 6's Costumes
Capcom has redirected many Street Fighter 6 artists to focus on the Monster Hunter franchise, limiting new costume development for SF6. Despite the shortfall, SF6 has sold over 6.36 million copies, indicating strong market performance. The company plans to introduce additional high‑resolution costumes...
Alex Character Guide Released for Street Fighter 6
Capcom released the official Street Fighter 6 character guide for Alex, detailing his move set and new mechanics. Alex is positioned as a power character with long‑range pokes and a forward‑pressure playstyle, featuring the Flash Axe and its Prowler Stance that...
Capcom Reveals Plans to Align Street Fighter Game Marketing Initiatives with the Upcoming Movie's Release
Capcom disclosed during its Q3 FY2025 earnings call that future Street Fighter 6 updates will be coordinated with the live‑action Street Fighter film releasing October 2026. The company plans to introduce new characters and themed content—potentially drawing from the movie’s roster such...