Arcades were once at the cutting edge of video games, offering experiences that were not available on home consoles. Starting with Atari's Pong in the early '70s, arcades continued to grow for a couple of decades.
However, with the advent of more powerful consoles, the popularity of arcades has noticeably declined — especially in the west. Arcade-only titles are now a rarity, though many PC and console releases still try to emulate the feel of classic arcade titles.
Today, at the Amusement Expo in Tokyo Big Sight, Taito and Capcom revealed the release window and the key art for Street Fighter 6 Type Arcade. As shared on X (formerly Twitter), the game will…
November 25, 2023 | 05:05 EST
Today, at the Amusement Expo in Tokyo Big Sight, Sega shared an announcement that will likely make many Virtua Fighter fans smile, the return to arcades of Virtua Fighter 3tb with Virtua Fighter 3tb…
November 25, 2023 | 03:15 EST
The brilliantly-named HyperMegaTech has announced the Super Pocket, a new retro arcade handheld that comes complete with a bunch of classic arcade titles for you to enjoy. It comes in two editions:…
July 12, 2023 | 10:39 EDT
Bandai Namco announced that it will open another massive arcade complex in the Kabukicho area of Japan's capital city, Tokyo. The facility named Namco TOKYO will open at the new Tokyu Kabukicho…
March 19, 2023 | 07:00 EDT
Over the past few years, many fans were saddened to hear news about the closure of several historical arcades in Tokyo and especially in the otaku-centric town of Akihabara, but today Bandai Namco…
February 22, 2023 | 02:04 EST
Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon continues to reveal more about the game's history for its 30th anniversary. This time, he talks about the trials and tribulations surrounding Raiden's hat. No, really…
May 4, 2022 | 04:09 EDT
Ed Boon is continuing to show off the history of Mortal Kombat with archive footage. This time, he shows us how they made Scorpion and Sub-Zero stand out despite their visual similarities. The …
March 10, 2022 | 04:32 EST
New Street Fighter 5 Ryu and Chun-Li costumes will be available for a limited time starting next week and there's something special about them:: purchasing these costumes supports an important…
October 6, 2021 | 02:32 EDT
Seth and Gill have been announced for Street Fighter V: Champion Edition and a new balance patch is out for the game. If you haven't been keeping up with the latest in Street Fighter, they've been…
December 17, 2019 | 09:00 EST
Like most people who grew up in the 90s and early millennium, the dream of having an arcade at home isn’t an uncommon one. While modern consoles, smartphones, and practically anything with a screen…
November 7, 2019 | 12:00 EST
Street Fighter II is one of the series most prolific titles in which you travel the world beating up caricatures of various people from a diverse set of backgrounds, ethnicities, and martial arts…
September 5, 2020 | 10:03 EDT
Earlier this week, Capcom announced that Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition will soon have in-game "Sponsored Content" that will prompt you to buy DLC. This setting can be disabled, players who enable…
December 10, 2018 | 11:37 EST
The Capcom Pro Tour is very, very close to wrapping up. The Latin American Regional Finals were held in Sao Paulo, Brazil this past weekend, and it was the second to last event before Capcom Cup,…
November 8, 2017 | 08:42 EST
Street Fighter V is getting an Arcade Edition upgrade. Revealed on PlayStation.Blog, the patch will release worldwide on January 16th, 2018. It will be free for all current players. Arcade Edition …
October 5, 2017 | 02:13 EDT
The Tokyo Game Show Shoryuken Invitational at, well, Tokyo, is an 8-man tournament featuring the highest tier talents you could possibly bring to an event such as this. The winner receives 1 million…
September 25, 2017 | 08:27 EDT
Thunderstruck V in Mexico is part of the Capcom Pro Tour's Latin America division, and with the year slowly coming to a close, those 160 CPT points look more and more appetizing to those who are…
September 19, 2017 | 03:17 EDT
ESL's Brooklyn Beatdown is back again to offer players another chance at winning big cash in a single event. With a respectably large $50,000 prize pool up for grabs at this one-weekend tournament…
September 18, 2017 | 07:30 EDT
Manila Cup 2017 has concluded and is part of the Capcom Pro Tour as an Asia region event, which means, as with all Asia regional events, the amount of talent stuffed into one room will be incredibly…
September 11, 2017 | 02:45 EDT
LAN Story Cup 2017 was a special tournament invitational held in Shanghai, China. It consisted of 16 players: 8 qualified Chinese players, and 8 invited international players. Due to being held on…
August 28, 2017 | 11:40 EDT
E-Sports Festival Hong Kong 2017 is a large celebration of all things esports, as it has quite a large presence throughout the entirety of China. Street Fighter V was the only fighting game present…
August 28, 2017 | 10:20 EDT
Fight Club NRW 8, an event taking place in Cologne, Germany and a major stop on the Capcom Pro Tour, has concluded. As a European ranking event, the Street Fighter V tournament will also allow Asian…
August 8, 2017 | 09:01 EDT
In addition to normal, in-person events, online tournaments are held as regional events for the Capcom Pro Tour. This is a great way to allow for people who can't travel often to participate and have…
August 8, 2017 | 07:53 EDT
A pair of long-time costume modders for the PC versions of the Street Fighter games have been hit with a DMCA takedown notice by Capcom. The pair of modders, known as "BrutalAce" and "Khaledantar666…
August 6, 2017 | 11:55 EDT
At the beginning of this year, Capcom announced some key changes to their point system for 2017's Pro Tour. There were no longer any automatic qualification spots except for two: the previous year's…
July 21, 2017 | 04:54 EDT
On Sunday night, ESPN aired the EVO 2017 Street Fighter V finals for the second time in the channels history. Unbeknownst to many, however, ESPN had to make a serious edit during the Top 8 matchup…
July 19, 2017 | 04:53 EDT
As Capcom continues to work on Street Fighter V and Season 2 of its improvements and additional characters, the company has announced dates for the next Capcom Fighters Network beta. Capcom Fighters…
May 2, 2017 | 12:52 EDT
Capcom briefly pulled a piece of DLC from both Steam and the Playstation store Thailand stage from Street Fighter V due to "unintentional religious references." The stage in question, based off of M…
April 28, 2017 | 07:27 EDT
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Future Tone is deceptive. No, not in the bad way, but in the sense that although it is a Project DIVA game, it's also very much a different game at its core. Much like…
January 9, 2017 | 10:00 EST
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Future Tone is a PlayStation 4 port of the arcade title of the same name. Featuring rhythm gameplay that is similar to that of Project DIVA f/F 2nd/X with some tweaks,…
January 9, 2017 | 10:00 EST
Capcom has stated that they will be supporting Street Fighter V until "2020 or so" as reported by Gamespot. The statement was made in an interview with Famitsu (which was translated by Event Hubs) by…
November 26, 2016 | 10:00 EST
The Capcom Cup, a global Street Fighter V tournament, is starting next week on the 2nd of December. 32 Street Fighter players will come together for a chance at taking home some of the $350,000 pot…
November 24, 2016 | 05:44 EST
Excuse me for a second; I honestly didn't expect to see this title get localized, let alone so soon. As a big Project DIVA fan - having reviewed both Project DIVA F 2nd, as well as Project DIVA X - I…
November 15, 2016 | 03:51 EST
Street Fighter V is the fifth entry in the long-running series and offers 16 characters to master, with each having their own story and unique training challenges. You can also battle offline with a…
September 18, 2016 | 03:18 EDT
By September, Street Fighter V will have been out 7 months missing one of the most iconic features for the fighting game genre. That feature is the 'arcade mode' where you can choose to just play the…
August 21, 2016 | 05:07 EDT
Street Fighter 4 fan favourite Juri and extra DLC premium costumes will be available to download and buy with both in-game and real currency for Street Fighter V on the 26th of July. Juri…
July 24, 2016 | 08:47 EDT
While the phrase is bandied around a lot, the consensus among many gamers was that Street Fighter V was unfinished in its initial release state. The first thing players saw upon booting the game on…
July 12, 2016 | 09:00 EDT
Street Fighter V has had its fair share of bad publicity lately what with delays on DLC characters and the rather public incident of harassment at a Capcom Pro Tour event. Harrison over at Capcom-…
June 12, 2016 | 01:40 EDT
The latest character of Street Fighter V's DLC characters, Ibuki, has been shown by Capcom. Ibuki will be the third character added to SFV, the first two being Alex and Guile. With Ibuki joining…
May 31, 2016 | 01:58 EDT
As touched upon in our FGC Roundup, sex is inappropriate but alcohol/cigarettes are perfectly fine. At least, that’s what Capcom recently decided in their new set of rules for Pro Tour Esports events…
May 23, 2016 | 11:15 EDT
Since its launch back in February, it would seem that Capcom is now taking into account the amount of criticism that has been addressed for Street Fighter V. In a March financial results…
May 13, 2016 | 09:29 EDT
Freedom is coming to Street Fighter V. Guile, the game's first full charge character looks to offer the zoning options that have been missing from the roster. The latest bit comes from the official…
April 27, 2016 | 04:24 EDT
The Street Fighter V update for April 2016 will be bringingback a fan favorite character, a stage to go with him and means to punish that most pernicious group of fighting game aficionados: Rage…
April 19, 2016 | 12:00 EDT
Details of the long-awaited March update for Street Fighter V were released on the Haunts Capcom Blog on Thursday. This update will be spread over two days, March 28th and March 30th, delivering a…
March 27, 2016 | 08:11 EDT
The most recent Street Fighter V post launch release update details current and future plans for penalizing what they term 'Rage Quitters'. With the release of Street Fighter V including no…
March 7, 2016 | 09:45 EST
Looks like an Arcade mode is not out of the picture just yet for Street Fighter V. According to Forbes, Capcom stated through a spokesperson that “The team is looking into adding an Arcade Mode…
February 23, 2016 | 04:39 EST
It feels strange finally reviewing Street Fighter V. It has been hanging over the life of most fighting game fans ever since its reveal. Couple this with the fact that a lot of people first got hands…
February 20, 2016 | 11:10 EST
After the frankly abysmal launch day of Street Fighter V. Capcom have been rolling out updates in an attempt to fix some of the more pressing issues with the game. Most of the fixes aim at…
February 19, 2016 | 12:01 EST
After following the Street Fighter V release for the last several days, it's clear that Capcom has not only a mess on their hands, but one of the biggest launch issues scene since Batman: Arkham…
February 17, 2016 | 08:55 EST