Not exact matches
Just a few
years ago EVO would've considered Street Fighter and Marvel vs. Capcom the two unshakable foundations of their event, but in a deeply
competitive market for
fighting games the flawed and clearly rushed
game doesn't cut the mustard for EVO's standards.
Whether or not it will be a
fighting game that will dominate the
competitive scene for the next few
years is impossible to say.
The idea of pick up and play
fighting games has been dwindling for a number of
years now, to the point where even the once beginner friendly Mortal Kombat has shifted ever so slightly in order to pick up
competitive tournament players.
Unlike previous entries in the series, Dissidia Final Fantasy NT, the
fighting game based on the Square Enix series launching next
year on PlayStation 4, has been designed for
competitive play.
BAM7 is the biggest Australian
competitive fighting game event of the
year, with over 500 attendees -LSB-...]
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Fighting Game Terms Defined (Ian Walker / Kotaku Compete) «Like any subculture, the one that's sprung up around
competitive games like Street Fighter and Guilty Gear has slowly developed its own special language, which can be hard to understand if you haven't been a part of the scene for
years.»
A new entry in the Street Fighter series marks a transition
year for
competitive fighting game fans, who faced off against 5,000 of their peers this past weekend to crown a new Evo championship winner.