Capcom is aiming to create the new gold standard in fighting games with Street Fighter 6

Street Fighter 6 is only a few months away now, and fans are chomping at the bit to get their hands on it. In an effort to learn as much about the game as possible before its June 2nd launch, we caught up with Capcom at Capcom Cup IX last month to talk shop about their upcoming major fighting game release.

We were given the opportunity to speak with Capcom’s Senior Brand Marketing Manager, Jaclyn Simmons, who gave us the lowdown on a variety of different aspects of Street Fighter 6. In this interview, we discuss how the development team handled accessibility for newcomers, celebrities that you might not have known are fans of Capcom fighting games, and how the company aims to create the gold standard for the genre with Street Fighter 6.

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Cammy shows off her improved Hooligan Combination and 2 Super Arts in new Street Fighter 6 gameplay footage

Continuing down this week’s trend of reveals and new info, it looks like it’s finally time to get a better look at Street Fighter 6’s last core roster member.

Capcom has just released some brand new gameplay footage for Cammy White, which showcases her improved Hooligan Combination options as well as 2 of her Super Arts.

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Guilty Gear available on Xbox again for the first time in a decade as Strive joins Game Pass and crossplay across all systems is live

Guilty Gear Strive has just joined the likes of MultiVersus and few others who can say that anybody can play with everybody with its new release and expanded cross-platform play.

Arc System Works just released Strive on the Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and Xbox Windows store to return the franchise to the platform for the first time in a decade.

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The Beefy Smash Doods discovers bizarre method for Wario’s Chomp to heal over 10x its normal amount in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has a lot of strange mechanics that are honestly difficult to document. Since a lot of mechanics within the game function based on formulas, just simply changing one variable can have wildly unpredictable results in-game.

Under normal circumstances, Wario’s Chomp neutral special is only able to heal Wario for 1% damage if he gets his own bike (while it lays motionless on the ground). However, it turns out that there’s a lot more going on with how Wario’s Chomp and Bike specials work.

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Lily appears to have inherited T. Hawk’s terrible forward dash but this will likely not matter thanks to Condor Spire

Zangief, Lily and Cammy were recently revealed as the final characters for Street Fighter 6’s base roster. Lily is the newcomer here, but it’s clear that she has ties to the Thunderfoot tribe, the same tribe that T. Hawk hails from. Many are even speculating that T. Hawk is Lily’s father.

Despite the size disparity between T. Hawk and Lily, it’s not too surprising to see that Lily has inherited a number of specials and traits from T. Hawk. As it was shown in a recent clip, Lily has apparently inherited T. Hawk’s awful dash, but this might be okay as she has seemingly inherited something else from him.

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New Lily gameplay footage shows off her Condor Wind special ability and 3rd Super Art for Street Fighter 6

Lily was the last newcomer to join Street Fighter 6’s launch roster in the recent reveals, and she’s already looking quite a bit different from the rest of the cast in terms of play style and personality.

Capcom has just released some new gameplay footage of Lily for SF6, which showcases her unique Condor Wind ability as well as her third Super Art that wasn’t previously unveiled.

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Spider-Man shown to have an incredible and unique anti-Phoenix tech in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3

Ever since it was announced that Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 would be part of the Evo 2023 lineup, many players have been putting in the practice for that very game. It’s been a number of years since Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 had a tournament of this notoriety and scope, but it looks like this particular event will be one to remember.

Over on Twitter, it can be observed that many players are exploring new ways to defeat Phoenix without directly dealing with the Dark Phoenix scenario. A clip uploaded by Lilmonix3 showcases an interesting interaction that really paints Spider-Man as a really good “anti-Phoenix” character.

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Rollback netcode beta test for Dragon Ball FighterZ coming soon, new balance update in the works

It was all the way back at Evo 2022 that Bandai Namco announced that Dragon Ball FighterZ would finally be getting rollback netcode, and after a long silence, we now have a better idea of when that’s going to be coming.

DBFZ Producer Tomoko Hiroki took to the stage of the Dragon Ball FighterZ World Tour Finals to announce an upcoming rollback beta test for the game as well as a new balance update being in the works.

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Dragon Ball FighterZ World Tour 2022-2023 Finals results

Update: This story has been updated with final results.

The finals for the Dragon Ball FighterZ World Tour 2022-2023 are happening this weekend at the Dragon Ball Games Battle Hour in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A.

The players already qualified for the finals are Solary|Yasha, CO|Fenrich, GIA|Shanks, Rise|Inzem, Kayne, LegendaryyPred, Tako, OBAssassin, Zane, Jake Ryan, Hayat, Neku, Seyhan, Xanxus, Ezstealx, Dusk|Novix, ManoBrawl and Gohankun, though there will be two more competitors joining via the Last Chance Qualifier at the event.

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Zangief has EX Double Lariat and anti-air Super Art revealed in new Street Fighter 6 footage

Zangief’s moveset and tools have been tweaked and changed around quite a bit throughout Street Fighter’s history, and it seems he’ll be cooking up some new sauce for the next time we see him.

Capcom just released some new footage for the Russian grappler as he’ll appear in Street Fighter 6, which reveals new ways for Zangief’s lariat special to be used as well as his Super Art 1.

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New Dragon Ball Budokai Tenkaichi game announced

Many of us here probably have some really good memories of playing the Dragon Ball Z Budokai and Tenkaichi games back on the PlayStation 2, and it sounds like a new entry in the series is on the way after more than a decade.

Bandai Namco announced today during the Dragon Ball Games Battle Hour that a brand new Dragon Ball Budokai Tenkaichi title is now in development via a teaser trailer.

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