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Legendary Entertainment has acquired the film and TV rights to Capcom’s beloved video game franchise Street Fighter.  According to Deadline, a movie is already in development, which would make it the first live-action feature since 2009’s Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, starring Kristin Kreuk as the titular character. The most notable entry came in 1994 with the Jean-Claude Van Damme-led Street […]

“Finish him!” Mortal Kombat celebrated its 30th anniversary this October. That’s three decades of over-the-top mayhem, stomach-churning gore, and throughout it all, a wry sense of humor to not take any of this too seriously.  Back in its early days, the Mortal Kombat franchise was the topic of congressional hearings and hand-wringing over its effects on children. To what […]

Anuel AA has joined forces with Capcom on a Street Fighter apparel collection. The graphic-heavy range shows the Puerto Rican superstar taking on some of Street Fighter’s most popular characters, including Ryu, Akuma, Ken, and Guile. The collection marks the first collaboration between Anuel AA and the video game giant; however, the artist says he’s been a fan of Capcom’s work […]

Is there a fourth entry in the Def Jam fighting game series on the horizon?  On Sunday, Def Jam hinted at a possible new game on Twitter.  The following day, Def Jam responded to the above tweet by declaring that there would be a “special announcement” once their account reached one million followers on Twitter. They are […]

Greg Hardy‘s victory over Ben Sosoli has been overturned to a no contest. MMAFighting.com reports that the UFC has changed Hardy’s victory after he was caught using an inhaler between the second and third rounds of his fight in Boston. The Massachusetts State Athletic Commission allows a fighter to take “a maximum of 1600 micrograms [of albuterol] over 24 hours […]

Actors Linden Ashby and Robin Shou from the original 1995 Mortal Kombat movie met up to play the 1992 video game. While competing in the game, both actors divulged the details of shooting the scenes for three matches: Liu Kang vs. Sub Zero, Johnny Cage vs. Scorpion, and the title fight, Liu Kang vs. Johnny Cage. […]

T-Pain has never made it a secret that he’s a huge fan of video games, but he’s officially taken his fandom to another level with his cosplay of a Tekken character. What’s most impressive about the costume, however, is that the character he dressed up as isn’t even available in Tekken 7 just yet. Leroy Smith was introduced at […]

There’s only one month left in the summer, which means there’s no better time to get some gaming in before heading back to the reality of… every other season. August has a mixture of launches, game conventions, and hardware debuts to keep you occupied. August also has the biggest fighting tournament in the world: Evo […]

The death of physical video game media draws ever closer. Brick and mortar stores like GameStop are closing up. We no longer buy video game discs and cartridges, used or otherwise; we download our games to our consoles via high-speed wireless connections and curate digital libraries. Eventually, we’ll subscribe to and stream our games from […]

Mortal Kombat knows exactly what its bloodthirsty fans want. On Thursday, NetherRealm Studios held their community reveal event for Mortal Kombat 11. They released the first trailer for the latest installment in the series centered entirely around its new fatalities. As you can see in the video above, MK11 features fatalities that are wildly imaginative […]