Tekken 6 wireless fight sticks incoming

Namco Bandi are bringing official wireless HORI arcade sticks to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in time for Tekken 6’s long overdue release.

Ed Boon Tweet reveals original Mortal Kombat Goro model

Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon (@noobde) just Tweeted an image which will knock your socks off if you spent any time in arcades as a kid. Below is the original Goro model photographed for the first Mortal Kombat’s stop motion animation.

Ridiculously cool, right? While the characters from the first Mortal Kombat were actually actors in costume [...]

Aside: US Silver Xbox Live members offered one month of Gold for a dollar

Joystiq is reporting that US Silver Xbox Live members are being offered one month of Gold membership for one dollar.

Aside: Xbox Live June ‘09 maintainance

A quick reminder that Xbox Live will be down for 24 hours from today, 16/06/2009. In the absence of multiplayer I’m off to see Terminator: Salvation and catch up on single player Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena. What’re you playing?

Aside: Windows 7 release date announced

Mark this one in your calendars – Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 7 will release globally on the 22nd of October 2009.

Microsoft preparing new Xbox console for 2010?

Rumour has it that Microsoft will introduce a smaller Xbox console, rebranded and bundled with Natal, in 2010.

Real life Street Fighter II bonus stage is a must-see

I’ve recently invested months in Street Fighter IV, but I spent years playing one itteration or another of Street Fighter II. A friend @benjaxTwits recently stumbled on this awesome real-life recreation of the famous car bonus stage. Kudos to this real life Ryu, he’s made a generation’s day!

For old time’s sake, here’s the original bonus [...]

Capcom putting weight behind Games for Windows

Street Fighter IV, Resident Evil 5 and Bionic Commando are taking care of the awkward stepchild.