Capcom is reviving , revamping and repackaging fighting games almost faster than we can keep track of them but, if the latest rumor is correct, yet another series is set for a comeback. Specifically, DarkStalkers 4 is allegedly in the works, with Capcom’s fighting guru Yoshinori Ono heading up the proceedings, according to a source at GamesBeat . The game will reportedly run on a modified version of the Street Fighter X Tekken engine.

It may not be as grandiose as Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 ’s opening cinematic, but Street Fighter X Tekken ’s intro flick does have way, way more wicked electric-guitar riffs. That counts for a hell of a lot in our book, especially since the book is called “Check These Wicked Electric-Guitar Riffs.” Here’s Street Fighter X Tekken’s opening cinematic originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 04 Mar 2012 10:30:00 EST

This is a column by Kat Bailey dedicated to the analysis of the once beloved Japanese RPG sub-genre. Tune in every Wednesday for thoughts on white-haired villains, giant robots, Infinity+1 swords, and everything else the wonderful world of JRPGs has to offer.

There are a lot of rules that apply to fighting games as a genre, chief among them being that no matter how good you get, somewhere in the world is a person that can completely destroy everything you think you are. The very fiber of your being, thrown to the four winds, never again to coalesce into the person you once were. Ennui, pure and desolate, in hadouken form

One of Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 ’s biggest selling points on the Vita is the fact that all of the console version’s DLC carries over; costumes, characters, the whole nine yards. Well, that was the plan , at any rate

The Vita version of Street Fighter X Tekken will be the most populous of all. In addition to the PS3/Vita-exclusive Pac-Man, Mega Man , Cole, Toro, and Kuro, Capcom announced twelve extra characters on Vita as part of its Street Fighter 25th Anniversary celebration.

Anait Games published correspondence from an anonymous former employee of GRIN’s Barcelona studio, which closed unceremoniously before the main studio did in 2009 . The anonymous party went on to identify two projects that were in the works before the closure: an update of Capcom’s Strider and a Streets of Rage game. The Strider game had 3D models and concept art, and even a teaser video — which you can see above.