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!

Reminder: We Want Your Fan Made Media For PAX

PAX is almost upon us! This is just a friendly reminder that your media is due Wednesday at 12:00PM PDT!

From the original blog post:

PAX is coming up! As you've probably heard, we're going to be livestreaming via Ustream and we have tons of interviews lined up, as well as direct feed of many games!

Additionally, we want to try something new this time and request material to broadcast from you folks, the fans! We're accepting fan made videos, art, or anything that could be broadcast live on the air. What kind of material are we looking for? Well, if you're passionate about a game or franchise (RE: Outbreak, Darkstalkers, etc) let the world know by creating a video message in support of the game!

Or maybe you just want to say hi and give a shout out to your fellow Capcom Unity friends!

All material will be reviewed before airing, so don't think you can slip in something not appropriate!

How to submit: Send us your art, video (.mov and .mp4 formats are best), or anything else you can think of by either sending me the raw file via PM (using yousendit or another similar service) or sending me a link to your material. All materials are due by Wednesday, September 1st by 12:00PM PDT.

Integrating Street Fighter and Tekken: the Producers Speak!

Last week at Gamescom, Gametrailers got a great interview with the producers of Street Fighter and Tekken, Ono-san and Harada-san.

They each dig into their ideas about the essence of each series, and how the crossover games will be able to tap into each those strengths to create an experience that's both true to the Street Fighter experience, but also integrates the best bits from Tekken (as well as the characters).

I was able to talk with both men at some length last week, and although these games are still a long way away, I must say there are some VERY interesting ideas brewing. What do you think?

Worlds of Capcom Fan Art Contest: Entry #24 - Andy-Oh!

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!

Andy-Oh!'s art style is definitley a unique one, as you can see from his art above. His Capcom shout outs are somewhat hardcore, so I'll let him explain what's going on:

This is basically a scene of a robbery done by Edge from Rival Schools and probably many of Tron Bonne's Servbots. Luckily, Mike Haggar, Baby Head (from Captain Commando), the beautiful Hannah Dundee (from Cadiliacs and Dinosaurs), Alpha (from Side Arms: Hyper-Dyne) and Megaman were on the case!

Awesome work, my friend!

Akuma's New Kicks

Totally amazing custom Nike Dunk Highs, inspired by Akuma. While I doubt Akuma himself would wear these, the love for the character soaks through to every customized aspect, from the rough rope laces, to the beads, to the custom kanji on the tongues. So sweet!

Head here for even more pics of these one-of-a-kind shoes.

via Shoryuken