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Seth Killian at Capcom said the crew at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco will stream some Street Fighter action tonight at 6:30 p.m. PT.
He made his secondreference today to "oiling up" so perhaps someone tonight will officially say or show that Hakan is in Super Street Fighter IV. (UPDATE: I struck this out because Hakan footage has been revealed)
Although it's going down in an undisclosed location, we're going to try and stream out some of the action on our ustream channel starting around 6:30pm PST.
They won't let us take direct feed of the action, but there should be some good shots of the room with a few famous Street Fighters and games-industry neer-do-wells cruising around, and I'll try to bust a few shoryuken FADC -> Ultra on the iphone. Plus who knows could slip on there--anything can happen live...
Earlier today, the guys at EA Sports put out the first blog pertaining to NCAA Football 11. They didn't spill any details on what they're going to have in the game; instead, it's just an overview of what they hope will be an improved product from last year's title.
Hearing from a lot of tournament players about the game, they said it came down to the repeated execution of a couple money-maker plays that really took away from the game's experience. I think there's a lot of us hoping for a turnaround similar to Madden 09 to 10.
I joined the NCAA Football team last summer once "10" was out the door. As the Executive Producer for the game, I'm completely dedicated to the NCAA Football franchise. And it's been a great experience working with a very talented Tiburon Studio team putting together this year's product. Before officially taking the helm I had a number of weeks to prepare and transition from my old gig. The previous NCAA Football 10 team was still wrapping things up so it gave me time to do a lot of research. I spoke to everyone on the team, reviewed our metrics, read the game reviews, forums posts, blogs, the love letters, the hate mail, and even watched a few poignant YouTube videos created by our most passionate fans. And while it's clear we did get a lot of things right, we also recognize we have some work to do to take this game from good to great.
So I'm using my first blog opportunity to set the stage for what you're going to be hearing about over the coming weeks and months as we roll towards launch this July. No major announcements here, but I did want to outline our approach to NCAA Football 11. It comes down to three key elements:
ARCADIA - I meant to interview this guy a couple weeks ago about Cammy and finally got the chance on Friday. Demon Hyo, in this interview, talks about using Cammy, what to be aware of, and what works. We also talk about him moving to the West Coast.
You can listen to the interview below.
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Is it problems with payouts, past relationships with the community, or other issues? I'll make note of one thing they mentioned, which was big tournaments vs. little tournaments.
ISSUE 3: Some people believe that with MLG giving away so much prize money, players will feel underwhelmed by smaller tournaments prize money and might just stop going and supporting those smaller tournaments.
Personally I would like to think this won’t happen. The fighting game community (FGC) are an awesome bunch and one of the best communities I have ever been a part of, even though I only really got involved a few months before the SFIV release, but I have been playing SF since Turbo during the snes days with my brothers like most others.
It didn't happen in Madden, where the major event is the Madden Challenge and tens of thousands of dollars are being awarded there. Players still compete in regional events with far smaller payouts.
When MLG ran the 2009 Madden Challenge, there were more notable regional events held, especially on the East Coast and Great Lakes area, and players tried to use that as a catalyst for the three Madden Challenge tournaments.
It also didn't happen during the Melee days. Tournaments were plentiful for that game, and nearly everyone used the regionals as a warmup for a MLG event.
So I doubt that would happen in the fighting game community. Be sure to check out what other topics the guys at Shadowloo have posted.
A source had told the Web site the game is in deep development stages and is "looking good."
There was no word of a release date. There had been talk Namco was going to showcase the game at the Game Developers Conference, but Namco shot down that speculation.
"We are NOT showing anything at GDC with regards to Tekken. We will be previewing new stuff, but it will NOT involve the Tekken brand whatsoever." Emphasis is theirs.
The company didn't confirm or deny the game's existence, just that it has no plans to show Tekken next week.
Tekken 6 made the cut onto the World Cyber Games roster for its 2010 tournament series.
The WCG made the announcement Sunday evening. Tekken 6 is the only fighting game on the roster so far. It will be played on the Xbox 360. It will be a 1-on-1 tournament, according to the tournament Web site.
A year ago, the WCG only had one fighting game, Virtua Fighter 5. Months ago, the organization asked fans and followers to submit their suggestions for what games should be on this year's list of competitive games.
There's no word from the league whether they're pursuing Street Fighter IV or any other fighting game.
New York, NY – Mar.8, 2010 – World Cyber Games Inc. (WCG), organizer of the premier international video game competition and festival, today announced the first official game titles for the WCG 2010 Grand Final in Los Angeles this fall. The list features PC and Xbox 360 titles that comprise some of the most popular competitive games available around the world today.
WCG announced total of 7 official game titles and 1 promotional game title this time. In this year's line-up, not only traditionally popular titles such as Warcraft3, Counter-Strike, and Guitar Hero, world famous racing game Forza Motorsport 3 and fighting game Tekken 6 is included.
The WCG Grand Final is scheduled to take place Sept. 28 through Oct. 3 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
The announcement comes days after MLG announced it will have Tekken 6 in its lineup and was actively pursuing to get Street Fighter IV on its own list of 2010 games.
The Tekken 6 Global Championship tournament is scheduled to be broadcast at 10 p.m. PT. The tournament is taking place at the Tokyo International Forum in Japan.
It is scheduled to be a 16-person tournament, with four representatives from four different parts of the world. The guys from iPLAYWINNER have said the four North American representatives are Aris, Mr. Naps, Chet Chetty and Insanelee. Aris and Mr. Naps were the two finalists of the Level|Up tournament last month here in Orange. Chet Chetty also won the national championship a few weeks ago in San Francisco.
NAMCO BANDAI Games will host a premier championship gaming tournament for TEKKEN 6, the latest installment of the top-selling fighting video game franchise which has shipped more than 2.5 million units worldwide since its Oct. 27, 2009 launch for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system. After months of no-holds-barred worldwide tournaments, the best of the best have emerged and the world's top TEKKEN 6 players – including four from the North American championship – will go head-to-head, competing for thousands of dollars worth in prizes, and ultimate bragging rights at the TEKKEN 6 Global Championship Finals in Tokyo, Japan.
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