While it is certainly up for debate, there are many out there who feel that Super Street Fighter II Turbo represents the pinnacle of the storied fighting game franchise’s many iterations. I have feeling that most of those people, like me, are getting old.

The long-awaited high definition treatment of the game by is almost finished. The game will be available on Xbox Live and the Playstation Network. All of the art has been redrawn by Udon Entertainment, who just so happen to be the company responsible for producing the US Street Fighter comics.

If you want to get your hands on the action a little early you can get into a limited beta by purchasing the game Commando 3. That beta demo will allow you to play as either Ken or Ryu only while Capcom stress tests the game’s network performance. I have no idea what Commando 3 is, but I’m sure a lot of us will find out sometime this Spring when Capcom starts the beta.Keep an eye on the Capcom Blog for more details.

Time to start dusting off my T-hawk chops.

In a move sure to cause some serious nerd-boners, Namco has announced that Darth Vader and Yoda will be playable characters in Soul Caliber IV.

Unfortunately Darth will be exclusive to the PS3 and Yoda will be exclusive to the 360. Having exclusive characters these days seems a bit silly, but I guess we have to take what we can get.

Since Corbin wrote his last article detailing how he can kick my ass in Street Fighter 2: Hyper Fighting with E. Honda, I’ve decided to go into a little more detail about why I think E. Honda is a snow jobbing dick-head in this game. Keep in mind that I’m not the ninja at SF2 that I was back in the day, but I can still remember the intermediate level stuff like doing basic combos, crossing up, etc. That being said, screw E. Honda.
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We fired up Street Fighter: Turbo on Capcom Classics for the PS2 and after 4 shots of Jack and 12 beers, I decided to pick E. Honda. I don’t remember exactly how it happened but my 11-year losing streak took a major turn. » read more