Capcom and Namco Bandai announced three fighting games yesterday, but before I express my concern over this, let’s take a look at what each of them are.

Street Fighter X Tekken
Developed by Capcom
Release Date: TBA
Platform: PS3, 360

This 2-D fighter will feature both Tekken and Street Fighter characters and will be powered by the Street Fighter IV engine. They’ve already put together some in-engine footage of this and it was shown at ComicCon 2010. It will feature the tag system from “Tekken Tag”

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World Cup 2010 & Evo 2010 World Championships.

I’ve been keeping tabs of the former, but really taking a shine to the latter this year. Internet streaming brings all that Las Vegas Caesar’s Palace excitement home and it’s hard to ignore for a fan of fighting games. The Super Street Fighter IV semi-finals were excellent with many of the matches going the distance. There were upsets, epic comebacks and lots of crowd pleasing moments.

Although the stream quality isn’t top notch, the commentary makes up for it. There’s a lot of fighting game lingo being thrown around, but they do take the time to explain what it’s all about. Nice to know what “Resets” and “Option Selects” are all about.

Along with personal pride and egos, there’s also lots of national pride with 20+ countries being represented. And if I’m not mistaken, this is the first year where we’ve got some women’s action with a dedicated Super Street Fighter IV Women’s Invitational. It’s great to see so much diverse love for fighting games.

Out of all competitive gaming, I much prefer watching competitive fighting games. It’s visually stimulating and very easy to get into when paired with the commentary.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I have more Evo 2010 to watch.

P.S – Congrats to Spain for winning their first World Cup!

Capcom have committed at least two titles for the Nintendo 3DS. The handheld won’t be released for some time (many speculate December for Japan and early 2011 for the rest of the world), but that did not deter them from releasing some awesome trailers.

This Resident Evil: Revelations trailer looks like it’s running in-engine which is very impressive to say the least. Yes, it’s just character models on screen, but it resembles the Resident Evil 5 models so much that it’s hard not to be impressed.

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Hardware

1. Nintendo DS – 440, 800
2. Wii – 277, 200
3. Xbox 360 – 185, 400
4. PlayStation 3 – 180, 800
5. PSP – 65, 500

Software

1. 360 – TOM CLANCY’S SPLINTER CELL: CONVICTION – 486, 100
2. DS - POKEMON SOULSILVER VERSION – 242, 900
3. Wii - NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII – 200, 300
4. DS – POKEMON HEARTGOLD VERSION – 192, 600
5. PS3 - GOD OF WAR III – 180, 300
6. WII SPORTS RESORT W/ WII MOTION PLUS
7. 360 – BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY 2 – 166, 000
8. WII FIT PLUS W/ BALANCE BOARD
9. Wii – JUST DANCE
10. SUPER STREET FIGHTER IV – 143, 000

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I’ve been asked several times about upcoming new releases, so I decided to finally take a look at what is ahead and respond with more than just Splinter Cell: Conviction and Super Street Fighter IV.

S0 let’s see what interests me in the next three months:

April 2010

Week of Apr. 11^th

• Splinter Cell: Conviction (PC, 360 a week later)
• Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City (PC, PS3, already on 360)
• Final Fight: Double Impact (PSN, XBLA)

Week of Apr. 25^th

• Super Street Fighter IV (PS3, 360)

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Well this is a surprise.

Street Fighter IV‘s costume packs will be compatible with Super Street Fighter IV.

When Super Street Fighter IV was announced, I was both excited and disappointed. New characters and content was worth praising. But wasting $12 on additional content that I can’t use in the latest version? That was not cool.

Thanks to Capcom for making it work. I realize they’re just unlock keys, but it’s nice to know that I can continue to use what I paid for.

Now what’s the “little surprise” for folks who hold onto their Street Fighter IV discs?

It’s Hakan. He is tanned. He enjoys using oil and hurting people. I’m so confused by Hakan, so I’ll let this video do the talking.

I really don’t know what to think of him. I’ll have to try him out for myself.