Super Street Fighter IV - Arcade Edition

Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition for Xbox 360 is now playable on Xbox One, thanks to the latter console's backwards compatibility programme.

Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition will be shifting its Game For Window Live version over to Steamworks on 30th May, Capcom has announced. There's only one problem: DLC won't carry over.

Street Fighter developer Capcom has announced the Capcom Pro Tour, an annual gaming league in partnership with streaming broadcaster Twitch.

The tour will initially focus on Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition, then transition to Ultra Street Fighter 4 when it releases this summer.

10 premier events will take place throughout the year, and any player who wins one of these events will ultimately qualify for the year-end Capcom Cup. A further six places will then be offered on a points basis.

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Capcom has partnered with Virgin Gaming to make Street Fighter 4 online money matches a reality.

Right now the supported platforms are the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of Super Street Fighter 4 and Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition. There's no mention of PC.

The game modes included are 1v1 head to head, as you'd expect, and leagues of up to 32 players.

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Singaporean player Xian has been crowned Street Fighter 4 Evo 2013 champion after defeating Japanese player Tokido in the grand final.

The Super Street Fighter 4 PC patch 1.07 will launch on Steam by the end of July, Capcom has announced.

It is the same as the console patch of the same name, and includes a number of bug fixes.

They are:

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Capcom has announced an official Street Fighter live action series to debut in 2013.

Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist will tell the origin story of Ryu and Ken as they are training in Japan. The pair are the last practitioners of the fighting style known as 'Ansatsuken' (Assassin's Fist). They learn about their master, Gouken, and the secret of the Ansatsuken style. Here's betting Akuma pops up at some point to ruin everyone's day.

It's being made by the people behind Street Fighter: Legacy, the fan film that has had over eight million views on YouTube.

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Street Fighter 4 has a new world champion: South Korean Akuma player Seon-woo Lee.

Capcom has just announced details of a lavish box set to celebrate the 25th anniversary of its Street Fighter series.

Available for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 from 18th September, it includes the following swag:

Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix

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Yoshinori Ono has stepped down as Street Fighter producer following a health scare.

Arcade gaming might have flat-lined here in the West, but in Japan it continues to endure, despite the fact that the coin-op industry is a shadow of its former self.

The long-awaited Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition Ver. 2012 patch launches on 21st February for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, Capcom has announced.

The patch is designed to rid the game of bugs.

The patch notes in full:

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All Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition fighters will be altered via a Version 2012 update coming 13th December, Capcom has announced.

Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition and Dead Rising 2: Off the Record are both available on EA's digital distribution service Origin.

Nintendo 3DS game Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D "performed solidly", Capcom has said.

"Make no mistake," said SEGA this week, "if one quarter of the people that usually pirate [Football Manager] switch to purchasing Football Manager 2012, the sales of the game worldwide would more than double." That was the eye-opening statistic used to justify Football Manager 2012 requiring Steam to play. In other words, more than 80 per cent of people playing Football Manager are doing so with a pirated copy.

In theory, fighting games should be one of the easiest genres to define - it's pretty much all there in the title. Two people trade karate chops, dragon punches and flying kicks until one is knocked unconscious or mercilessly killed, the only real complication coming from the clicking timer (fighters tend to suffer a cardiac arrest if they break the 60 second rule, you see.)

More Street Fighter could be on its way to the 3DS, series producer Yoshinori Ono has revealed.

In front of a live audience.

A free balance patch for Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition will release by the end of the year, Capcom has announced.

The patch will bring the game to Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition version 2012.

At a panel at fighting game tournament Evo 2011, Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono said location tests for the updated version will be held in major Japanese cities towards the end of the summer.

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There is a new Street Fighter world champion: Japanese player Fuudo.

Capcom has sold 400,000 copies of Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D since launch.

It sold 300,000 copies of Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Japan-exclusive PlayStation Portable game Monster Hunter Freedom 3 sold 100,000 copies in the quarter.

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You'll be able to watch fighting game tournament Evo 2011 in PlayStation 3 virtual world PlayStation Home, Sony has announced.

Let's put it this way: I've seen Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. And I nearly cried. The film wastes no time getting to business - there's a bloody war going on. Potter 7 Part 2 packs a whole trunk of crash, bang, wallop. Perfect fodder for a video game. Only, don't expect the official Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 game to Wingardium Leviosa above the usual turgid memorabilia tie-in fare. We'd be Stupefied if it did.

A patch for the PC version of Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition will launch by Monday, 11th July, Capcom has announced.

Capcom has identified three key areas that need improvement.

Apparently some keyboards and gaming devices are not recognised by the game, re-mapping keys can crash the game, and Smooth mode drops important video frames.

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Thank goodness it's the summer. When else would you get a game like Air Conflicts: Secret Wars? It's not even about secret wars! What a brazen beast! Secret Wars tackles the untouched topics of World War I and World War II. Oh they've been used before? Still, two wars for the price of one - no point separating them as they're basically the same aren't they? Oh they're not? Still, can't argue with an aerial combat game at budget price can you? Oh you can? Jolly good.

The PC version of Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition launches on Steam this Friday, Capcom has told Eurogamer.

I hope you're not still paying full price for games are you? As this week's selection goes to show, there's a pretty huge difference in what prices all the different retailers charge for identical items, and Cheap This Week is your essential guide to finding the best deals around across all formats.

Eastern and western horror goes head to head this week, each supported by some big names. In the US corner, Fear 3 (or F.E.A.R. 3, or even worse, F.3.A.R.), supported by Halloween director John Carpenter and comic book writer Steve Niles.

Fist fifteen minutes.

When Super Street Fighter IV was released on console last year, some people bemoaned the fact it was a standalone retail release rather than DLC. But when you consider the avalanche of new content it offered - including ten new characters, four new stages, alternative Ultra Combos and dramatic changes to the general character balancing - it was clear that Capcom was offering a pseudo-sequel rather than a by-the-numbers update.

Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition, however, is an entirely different kettle of fists. Although it's allegedly the final act in the SFIV series, it's less of a dramatic overhaul and more of a methodical upgrade.

The most apparent addition are the four new characters who appear as tantalising bookends on the expanded character select screen, bringing the tally up to an impressive 39. In terms of Street Fighter mythology, Evil Ryu is Ryu after he's gone berserk, while Oni seems to be Akuma after he's progressed to the Super Saiyan level above Shin Akuma.

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Glorious last-gen adventure Beyond Good and Evil arrives in HD on PSN today - but at a price. At £11.99, the PSN version is almost double the cost of BG&E HD's Xbox Live Arcade release.

An 800 MSP price was one of the reasons BG&E HD scored 9/10 on Eurogamer. One reason, but far from all.

A downloadable version of electrifying new open world sequel inFamous 2 is available today for lazy people. It costs a full RRP of £50.

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Capcom has backtracked on controversial DRM plans for the PC version of Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition.

You'll need a persistent internet connection to get the most out of Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition on the PC, developer Capcom has admitted.

Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition launches on PC in early July if everything goes to plan, Capcom has promised.

Japanese fighting game legend Daigo "The Beast" Umehara has thrown down the gauntlet to his Western rivals and declared he will enter the Marvel vs. Capcom 3 ring at this year's Evo Tournament.

Capcom has promised fighting game fans it won't repeat the mistakes of the nineties and run Street Fighter and its other fighting games into the ground with multiple titles and overly complex mechanics.

Capcom has described the release of Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition on PC as a "just cause".

The Street Fighter IV series ends with this June's launch of the Arcade Edition, Capcom has confirmed.

Capcom has confirmed the launch of Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition for home consoles and PC.

The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of the Arcade Edition launch as downloadable content on 7th June for those who own Super Street Fighter IV, and as a full retail game with all the content included on 24th June.

It costs 1200 MS points or £11.99 / €14.99 / $14.99. The retail version is yet to be priced.

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More gameplay footage.

Capcom, Namco duke it out.

Fresh fighting gameplay.

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Evil Ryu! Oni! Yang! Yun!

The four exclusive Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition fighters are on their way to consoles as a single DLC pack, according to a leaked trailer.

The clip, originally hosted by ConsoleTECH but since removed by Capcom, confirms that Street Fighter III's Yun and Yang, Evil Ryu and new character Oni will be made available on console as downloadable content.

There are new animated prologue and ending cinematics for all four, as well as support for additional alternative costumes.

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UPDATE: The BBFC lists a release date for Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition: 24th June 2011.

Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition being touted by many as the highlight of the 3DS launch line-up. Eurogamer certainly enjoyed it.