Capcom Hires Haunts & Combofiend

Capcom announced the hiring of Neidel “Haunts” Crisan and Peter “Combofiend” Rosas for yet to be revealed positions. The announcement took place at the Street Fighter 25th Anniversary tournament this weekend. It's been rumored since August that Combofiend has joined Capcom ever since he left compLexity.

Street Fighter X Tekken Ver. 2013 Trailer

A trailer for the 2013 update for SFxT was shown during the Street Fighter 25th Anniversary tournament that took place this weekend. The patch will go live on January 29, 2013. Further details on the patch can be found on the Capcom Unity blog.

Street Fighter x Tekken Vita Gamescom Trailers

Super Street Fighter IV: PC Patch 1.07 Approved

Capcom has announced that the PC patch that was supposed to go live a few weeks ago has finally gotten approval and will be available next week. 1.07 will fix a number of bugs including;

• In the Car Crusher stage, a bug that made it impossible to advance has been fixed.
• Against specific characters, a bug that caused Juri to pass through her opponents when they were hit at point blank range with close standing medium punch has been fixed.
• Against specific characters, a bug that caused Dee Jay to pass through his opponents when executing close standing heavy kick super canceled into heavy Sobat Carnival has been fixed.
• Against Sagat, a bug that caused Cody's EX Bad Stone to miss when Focus Attack Lv. 3 -> Dash -> EX Bad Stone was performed has been fixed.
• In SSFIV AE, a bug where Dudley's Step Straight caused an opponent's hit animation to not operate as expected has been fixed.

Dimps to Revive The Rumble Fish Series

Siliconera has reported that Dimps, the developer for Street Fighter IV, has obtained the rights to The Rumble Fish series which they developed for Sammy Studios years ago. Their first order of business is to bring The Rumble Fish 2 back to arcades with new features including NESiCAxLive support, re-balancing, and a new double impact cancel system.

New Street Fighter X Tekken DLC Added

There are 40 new gems available, 20 for each side, and a new color palette pack. The gems for Street Fighter include a mix of anti-Pandora and vitality recoveries. While the Tekken gems help characters to Harmonize their skills. The gem packs, 10 per pack, go for $0.99 each or you can download a trial pack for free. The new color palette, the 6th of the series, adds 4 new colors for character customization and is available for free.