Five of the Best: VillainsMay 22, 2020 - EurogamerFive of the Best is a weekly series about the small details we rush past when we're playing but which shape a game in our memory for years to come. Details like the way a character jumps or the title screen you load into, or the potions you use and maps you refer back to. We've talked about so many in our Five of the Best series so far. But there are always more.Five of the Best works like this. Various Eurogamer writers will share their memories in the article and then you - probably outraged we didn't include the thing you're thinking of - can share the thing you're thinking of in the comments below. Your collective memory has never failed to amaze us - don't let that stop now!Today's Five of the Best is...Read moreHave You Played Street Fighter III: Third Strike?Nov 28, 2019 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunHave You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time. When the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection came out, there was one game I wanted to get my arcade stick out for. That was Street Fighter III: Third Strike, a game that went relatively under the radar at time of release in the UK, and sadly so. It’s still, to this day, the prettiest 2D fighting game ever made. (more…) What does the future hold for Street Fighter 5?Nov 6, 2019 - EurogamerFor years now, Yoshinori Ono has been the public face of Street Fighter. And Street Fighter's defined his life - having fallen in love with Final Fight, Ono made a beeline for Capcom and found himself working there soon after Street Fighter 2's release and through the series' glory years. He became a household name, though, for helping bring Street Fighter back from the wilderness. "This was before social media, before the internet, before Facebook," Ono told me during an on-stage interview at last month's EGX. "It wasn't until I was working on Onimusha that I could see what a phenomenon it had become. I was going around with Inafune, but people would always be asking me about Street Fighter. So I went back to Capcom and said the world was ready for more Street Fighter." Bringing back Street Fighter wouldn't be simple, though. "It was tough. As a company, Capcom were past making fighting games in general. It was 99.99 per cent decided that fighting games were done and dusted and we were moving on to other things. But I managed to convince Inafune and the then-chairman - they were like, okay we'll give it a shot. That's all it took for me to flip those percentages. If it hadn't gone as well as it did, I might have been fired... I'm glad Street Fighter 4 did as well as it did." The series has flourished ever since - even if it hasn't been without its struggles. Street Fighter 5 saw through a rough launch period and is now an assured fighter with one of the strongest communities around it - at EGX, the Capcom Pro Tour stage was one of the most vibrant, well-attended of the whole show. And next year it's becoming part of the Intel World Open, a tournament that welcomes all-comers through its early online rounds before the grand finals take place alongside next year's Olympics in Tokyo, with a $250,000 prize pot up for grabs. Read moreFive of the Best: CrowdsSep 27, 2019 - EurogamerFive of the Best is a quite-new weekly series celebrating the incidental details in games we don't celebrate enough. Things like maps - everyone loves maps. They're the kind of things we can't do without, the kind of things which give games so much flavour and charm. It's also designed to promote discussion because, let's face it, it's all subjective, what someone thinks is best. I have different ideas to you and, um, most people, apparently, and that's OK! I think. I hope. So join in. We've had some lovely discussions so far and you've reminded me of so many things. It's Friday after all, what else are you going to do - work?!You can find all the previous Five of the Bests in a handy archive.Read moreUpdate - 10/26Oct 26, 2018 - Community AnnouncementsHello Street Fighter fans, For those who have pre-purchased the game and inadvertently downloaded the Japanese version, we recommend that you re-install the game in order to recover your original version of the game as intended. Once again, we apologize for the inconvenience and we hope you continue to enjoy Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection. Update - 10/25Oct 25, 2018 - Community AnnouncementsHello Street Fighter fans, As a follow-up to yesterday's announcement, pre-purchase customers will no longer be forced to download and install the Japanese version. We're still looking into matters for those who have inadvertently downloaded the Japanese version. Please stay tuned for further updates. Once again, we apologize for the confusion and inconvenience this may have caused.Update - 10/24Oct 24, 2018 - Community AnnouncementsHello Street Fighter fans, As some of you have noticed, we inadvertently updated the ‘Rest of World’ version game with the Japanese version earlier today. Only those who have pre-purchased the game have been affected. We’re currently looking into the issue and will notify you when we have an update. Thank you for the continued support! Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection is a treasure trove of triviaMay 30, 2018 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunWho’s your favourite Fighting Street character? Mine is Dick Jumpsey, the famous American actor-boxer. Huh? No, I’m talking about Fighting Street. You know, the arcade game where you have to physically punch giant pressure-sensitive buttons to make your character attack your opponent. Featuring wonderful characters such as “Shilke Muller”, “Great Tiger” and “Chinese Girl”. Everyone knows Fighting Street. No? Well, the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection can fill you in. It was released yesterday and includes a “Museum” section, detailing the history of the fighting game series, complete with sketches and old design docs. There’s a lot of fun stuff in here, and some, uh, questionable stuff too. (more…)
