Capcom Unity Live From PAX

Capcom Unity Ustream Technical Difficulties

Hey folks, we were due to be live and ustreaming by now here from the show floor at PAX, but we've run into a myriad of problems. We'll be doing a live show later, but we won't be able to show off direct feed of the games until tomorrow.

Stay tuned for more info, and thanks for bearing with us!

Frankly, I blame all of our unreliable servbots that we have working for us.

Itching for a Fight this Weekend in Northern California?

If you're in the Northern California Bay Area and looking for a fight this weekend, you should head on down to the San Jose Bar and Grill on Sunday, September 5th, at for the public debut of the formerly private fightclub known as Keystone II.

Keystone II isn't a traditional tournament, or even the world's biggest gathering, but it's always been very special to me because it feels like the kind of place I grew up playing games--in sketchy arcades. When I moved to California as a fresh-faced kid from the innocent meat-packing districts of Chicago to the mean streets of San Jose CA, "Keystone II" was the first place to make me feel like "Hrm, ok. Maybe these guys are cool after all."

It was a magical place that really kept the rowdy, friendly, spirit, but also had real rivalries and hard-fought matches.

I haven't posted invitations to Keystone on the blog before because, being just at Albert's house, it's already packed to the gills, and you can't just invite everyone and their mom. Nevertheless, for years now, Albert has brought as many stray Street Fighters into the warmth of his private arcade as he could, but eventually his neighbors had had enough.

This Sunday, he's embarking on a new experiment for Keystone II at the San Jose Bar & Grill. I'm up at PAX this weekend, but I'd encourage everyone nearby to go and check it out. It's put together by some really great guys, and the Keystone competition includes truly world-class players like Ricky Ortiz, John Choi, and more. The action runs from 2pm til 10pm--plenty of time for some great matches and epic shenanigans--exactly as it should be.

If you're not in NorCal this weekend, go forth and find your local equivalent. It's events like this that make the Street Fightin' world go round, so support your scene, have some fun, and make some friends. And then beat them senseless.

<3 Keystone II

Amazing Street Fighter "Zero Damage" Videos Continue

I love me some combo videos, but the Combonauts have turned the idea on it's head--instead of going for lots of hits and big damage, they're showing off all the amazing stuff you can do that causes... zero damage. Confused? Just watch the video!

It starts a wee bit slow, but gets into some pretty hilarious territory fast. The video really has it all: great knowledge, great ideas, great presentation, and a great love for the game. Nice work guys!

Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix for 50% Off on PSN

Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix is 50% off on the PlayStation Network! If for some reason you haven't picked up this gem, you're not going to find a better deal. Be sure to turn on your PS3 and snag it while the deal is still going on!

New PSN Avatars Available - SF and Mega Man

The PSN just got some more awesome Capcom Avatars to pretty yourself up with. The new avatars include Dhalsim, Hakan, Rose, Metool, Dr. Light, and Roll.They're available to download on the PlayStation Network for $0.49 each. I'm partial to the Roll sprite, but what one will you be using?

Street Fighter Champ Daigo Umehara gets a Guinness Record

At the UK's recent Super Versus Battle tournament, the good people at Guinness World Records hunted the elusive Street Fighter superstar Daigo "the Beast" Umehara, in order to present him with an award for "most consecutive tournament wins."

Says Daigo: “Receiving this award at the culmination of a spirited international tournament is truly a great honor, one made all the more special when considering the fierce competition in the international fighting game community. Receiving the award makes me more determined than ever to continue honing my skills and I look forward to representing Team Mad Catz at the Tougeki ‘Super Battle Opera’ tournament, taking place at the Tokyo Game Show shortly.”

Full press release from Team Mad Catz with all the juicy details after the jump!

via Joystiq (and actually being there to see it :))

Team Mad Catz® Gamer ‘Daigo “The Beast” Umehara’ Presented With Guinness World Record' at
‘Super Vs Battle’ Tournament

World Renowned Champion-Player Sets Guinness World Record for ‘Most Consecutive Tournament Wins’
San Diego, August 27. 2010

Mad Catz® Interactive, Inc. (“Mad Catz” or “the Company”) (AMEX/TSX: MCZ), a leading third-party interactive entertainment accessory provider today announced that renowned video game champion and founding member of ‘Team Mad Catz’; Daigo “The Beast” Umehara, was the recipient of a Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition certificate, presented to him while competing in the ‘Super Vs Battle’ tournament held in London, England on Sunday, August 22 2010.

Holding the distinction of current world champion of ‘Street Fighter' IV’, Daigo Umehara has won an astonishing 15 national and international ‘Street Fighter'’ tournaments, an achievement now officially recognized as a world-record by Guinness World Records.

Competing in the closely fought Super Vs Battle tournament, Daigo was presented with the award in front of his peers and hundreds of spectators, with officials and photographers appearing on stage after the final bout to present the Team Mad Catz champion with a framed certificate and an entry into the next installment of Guinness World Records 2011 Gamers Edition out in the new year.

Speaking via his translator, Daigo Umehara commented, “Receiving this award at the culmination of a spirited international tournament is truly a great honor, one made all the more special when considering the fierce competition in the international fighting game community. Receiving the award makes me more determined than ever to continue honing my skills and I look forward to representing Team Mad Catz at the Tougeki ‘Super Battle Opera’ tournament, taking place at the Tokyo Game Show shortly.”

Guinness World Records 2011 Gamer’s Edition will be available in January 2011.

PAX Swag: Capcom-Unity Lanyards

We all know what you really want when you come to our booth at PAX... Free stuff. It's ok, you don't have to deny it. Sure we'll have builds of our games to play, like MvC3, Dead Rising 2, and more. There will be lots of swag given away and tons of things to buy at the store. But one special piece of swag was made just for you Capcom fans. One of the most asked for items is our Capcom lanyards. People have asked to BUY them off us at our events. Since you guys obviously want them that badly, we've worked very hard to make a bunch to hand out at PAX. Behold! The new Capcom-Unity lanyards.

You can get one by simply visiting us at our booth. But be sure to get to our booth as fast as you can, since we were only able to make about 2,000 of them. They will go fast. So come see us before we run out!

We're setting aside a few for you Unity members as well. If you come to the booth, just look for jgonzo or myself (Snow) and tell us you're from Unity.

34 Chun-li Cosplays

Here's a gallery of 34 sexy Chun-li cosplays! Tons of awesome cosplay, and all done extremely well. Beware that some of this is pretty sexy... Click here for the gallery.

Thanks for the tip, Bastion!

Worlds of Capcom Fan Art Contest: Entry #25 Espiownage

We're down to the last third of our entries for the Worlds of Capcom fan art contest! We'll be choosing a winner after all art has been shown!

Espiownage brings us today's crossover piece. I'll let him explain his very cool piece of art:

I've always loved the artwork depicting lots of characters from different series. Marvel VS Capcom artwork does a good job of this. So I basically wanted to do a picture like that. I chose the Overpass stage from Street Fighter 4 as my setting and then I had to decide what characters I wanted to put. There are quite a few right now, but I've decided to add more over the summer, as I feel like I can keep going.

Awesome work!