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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 […]

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 […]

Capcom putting weight behind Games for Windows

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