pressing forward

• GoNintendo has awesome character art for Windy X Windam, some very nice quality images and very cool character design.
• Famitsu ran a piece featuring Dead Or Alive Online, a ton of new screens there revealing how the MMO-like matchmaking works.
• Dengeki Online serves up a heaping helping of new screens of Dragonball Z Burst Limit, with new character art and shots of the online modes as well as character and stage select themes.
• For those craving Guilty Gear action on the go, Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus releases for the PSP on July 31st.
• Canned Dogs reports on massive lines to pick up the official release of Touhou Hisouten: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody in Akihabara on its official release today.
• The Magic Box updates with nice new screenshots of Soul Calibur IV.
• Get Your Tournament has blogcasts from the latest Super Smash Bros. Brawl action from Family Fun Arcade.
• Might have neglected to mention this before: the 2DF Freeplay Client’s official site has updated ( and changed location since that last post ).
• RUMOR: According to this post, next week’s release of Commando 3 to PSN and XBLA will herald the initial beta / demo release of Super Street Fighter II HD Remix.
• This site reports on Namco Bandai’s official statement of the finalized character list and story of Tekken 6 and confirms a fall release exclusively for the Playstation 3.
• If you haven’t noticed, 2008 is looking to be the renaissance year for fighting games! So for those not keeping track, on arcade boards:
• Samurai Spirits Sen
• Sengoku Basara X
• The King Of Fighters ‘98 Ultimate Match
• Virtua Fighter 5 R ( Sega AM2 - Lindbergh - July )
• Street Fighter IV ( Taito Type-X - August )
• Melty Blood Actress Again ( NAOMI - Summer )
• Fate / Unlimited Codes ( Cavia/8ing/Capcom - System 246 - Summer )
• BlazBlue ( Arc System Works - Taito Type X - November )
• Tatsunoko VS Capcom: Cross Generation Of Heroes ( Taito Type X - Winter / Year’s End )
• Senko No Ronde 2 ( NAOMI - TBA )
• The King Of Fighters: Maximum Impact Regulation A-2 ( Taito Type X - TBA )
• The King Of Fighters XII ( Taito Type X - TBA )
• Monster: AncientCline ( Examu - TBA )
• DaemonBride ( Examu - TBA )
• And for consoles:
• Battle Fantasia ( 360, PS3 May 29th )
• Garou Densetsu / Fatal Fury Battle Archives Vol.1 (
• Garou Densetsu / Fatal Fury Battle Archives Vol.2
• Kizuna Encounter Super Combo Collection “The Best”
• The King Of Fighters NESTS Collection “The Best”
• SNK Arcade Classics Vol.1
• The King Of Fighters ‘98 Ultimate Match ( June 26th, PS2 )
• Sunsoft Collection ( Waku Waku 7 + Galaxy Fight )
• Sengoku Basara X ( June 26th PS2 )
• Samurai Spirits Collection / Rokuban Shoubu ( PS2, Wii - July 24th )
• Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus
• Soul Calibur ( XBLA, Summer )
• Kinnikuman Muscle Grand Prix 2 ( PS2, August 2nd )
• Tekken 6 ( PS3 - Fall )
• Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix ( XBLA, PSN - TBA )
• The King Of Fighters: Maximum Impact 3 ( PS3 - TBA/Possibly cancelled? )
• Thanks to Neo Arcadia for the dates.

• Xenozip updates with Touhou Hisouten: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody footage.
• itsumobasho updates with Virtua Fighter 5 ver.D match footage.
• McWzakky updates with Virtua Fighter 5 ver.D match footage.
• geesendou updates with Arcana Heart 2 match footage.
• SpaceMandono updates with Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection match footage.
• Hellmonkey2 updates with Guilty Gear XX Accent Core match footage.
• meattofu updates with Virtua Fighter 5 ver.D match footage.
• JaimeDL updates with Garou: Mark Of The Wolves tournament footage from TRF.
• PlagueVFDC updates with Virtua Fighter 5 team tournament footage.
• CHECK4900 updates with Mortal Kombat Armageddon combo footage.
• AlphaZealot updates with Super Smash Bros. Brawl match footage. ( shaky / blurry cam, but good matches )
• psychochronic updates with Super Street Fighter II X match footage.
• bigooooooohh updates with Guilty Gear XX Accent Core match footage.