Fun with Photoshop: Fighting Street for the Sega Genesis

 More fake game boxes, this time it's Fighting Street turn. Only released for the Turbo Duo, this game could have made it to the Sega console if it wasn't so forgettable (Capcom arcades such as Strider were among the first titles for the Genesis). Luckily it's sequel Street Fighter II appeared in almost every console since the 90's. Unlike SFII, this game is not that good. Because of this, it's a perfect candidate for a remake, but Capcom would have to update the game mechanics (a lot).

MVC Origins leaving the PSN store

Taken from wikipedia.org

Source: Capcom Unity
Bad news everybody, the classic fighting game (well 2 actually) from the 90's is leaving the PSN and Xbox 360 digital store. MCVO or Marvel vs Capcom Origins is a digital only release that includes the original Marvel vs Capcom and Marvel Super-Heroes with on-line multiplayer and more features. If you love the genre and don't have this game, you may want to buy it ASAP since in a couple of days, it'll be gone.
Here are the dates:

 PSN (US): DEC 23, 2014

PSN (EU): DEC 23, 2014

XBLA (GLOBAL): DEC 31, 2014

Capcom games for sale @ PSN!!!

Lots of Capcom games are for sale on the PSN, including Capcom vs SNK 2 (a favorite of mine). It's an excellent game that shouldn't be missed (and with a price tag of $4.99 it's a steal). The sale also includes: Darkstalkers Resurrection, Devil May Cry games, Resident Evil games, Super Street Fighter II Turbo Hd Remix, Street Fighter X Tekken, Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition, Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (awesome mix of SF with Tetris), etc. Check the Playstion Blog for more details and full list of the games for sale, including the ones not from Capcom (like the great Soul Reaver).

Fun with Photoshop: Resident Evil for the NES

This week we have a cover for the survival horror classic, Resident Evil. I tried to use a title font with the style of 80's horror movies. The first Resident Evil game was released in 1996 (long after the NES finished it's life span) for the Playstation, but the is an unofficial version for the classic 8-bit console. Here's the video.

Two decades of The King of Fighters

It’s hard to believe that it’s been 20 years since Kyo and the gang first clashed in the arcades. King of Fighters is one of the most recognized fighting game series in the world. Players were amazed by the series solid game play mechanics, colorful and a variety characters, awesome music and voice acting and insanely difficult boss battles. Like some sports events, each year there was a new entry for the series, some characters were remove, others were introduced and some were changed (according to the story). It was truly a great time for fighting game enthusiast.Sadly, the last couple of years were difficult for the series. Let’s have a small look back at the beginning of the KOF series.

Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist looks epic!!!

Check Ryu's trailer above. This web series is truly the work of people who genuinely love Street Fighter. It looks impressive, even better than the Street Fighter Legacy short film that the team produced some years ago. The series will debut on Machinima YouTube channel before being released in disc and digital formats.

Hollywood, this is how you do adaptations of video games (or any other source material). Get someone who respects the source material. This is the first time a Street Fighter live action project looks worthy of watching. It is also the first one to portrait Ryu and Ken as the main characters. The characters look good and close to their video game counterparts. If only The King of Fighters got this treatment (I'll review that live action movie when I find the courage to watch it again).

For more info, check the official website: www.streetfighteraf.com