Last week, we reported on a slew of new titles arriving on the Xbox 360's "Games on Demand" service; however, two additional titles appear to have stealthily made their way onto the console with little fanfare [via Joystiq]. Read more »

Capcom's Seth Killian has explained why PlayStation 3 Super Street Fighter IV players cannot see the DLC costumes of their opponents unless they've also purchased the DLC, when Xbox 360 gamers can see all costumes regardless of his or her purchases (via Eurogamer).

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A new trailer for the still-forthcoming Japanese arcade release of Super Street Fighter IV has confirmed two additional characters in addition to the already additional characters Yun and Yang. They are Evil Ryu and what the Internet is calling 'Oni Akuma'.

Citing the "substantial underperformance" of Lost Planet 2 as one hurdle--relative to sales projections--within the last six-month period, Capcom revealed its net profits were down for the first-half of the fiscal year 2010, while sales were up.

In the report, Capcom noted that sales increased to 4.7 percent during the fiscal year (which ends on March 31, 2011), while net profit dropped 39.9 percent. Read more »

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Filter features media for NBA 2K11, Raving Rabbids Travel in Time, Super Street Fighter IV, Dynasty Warriors Online, Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter, GoldenEye 007 Wii, A Fairy Tale, and footage of the Unity 4 engine along with a bunch of videos outlining the updated Good Old Games website. Read more »

Producer Yoshinori Ono has revealed that there are currently no plans to bring Super Street Fighter IV to the PC due to piracy in an interview with 4Gamer (via Andriasang).

Ono does realize that piracy of the PC version gave the game a wider spread, but Capcom could not continue with the title being "free" in certain territories. A PC release wasn't ruled out, but it would hinge on better anti-piracy protection. Read more »

Along with addition of new characters Yun and Yang, the arcade version of Super Street Fighter IV contains numerous balance tweaks and changes. When asked if these changes could come to the console versions of the game, Capcom told Shacknews:

[Producer Yoshinori] Ono has considered bringing the Arcade Edition changes to console.

A picture surfaced last night on Twitter (via Gootecks) showing what appears to be the character select screen with two placeholder silhouettes from an arcade location test of Super Street Fighter IV.

The possibility of new characters or "moves" was discussed by producer Yoshinori Ono in an interview with Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu, but Capcom would not comment on the rumor. It is believed that any new characters would be paid DLC for the console versions of the game. Read more »

With development continuing on the arcade version of Super Street Fighter IV, the door is open for any additions, tweaks, or changes made for that release to journey to the PS3 or Xbox 360 versions via patch or DLC.

Producer Yoshinori Ono, who is scheduled to announce his next game at Comic-Con on July 24, discussed the possibility of patching the home versions with Famitsu (translation by Andriasang), saying "If it's a tuning update similar to the June 15 update, I believe we'd be able to offer it for free. However, if it's the kind of update that adds new moves, it's possible that it could be paid." Read more »

The Evolution 2010 Championship Fighting Game Series is finished, but the results will live on forever, archived by fine institutions like Shacknews.

The tournament organizers will be uploading HD videos to YouTube over the coming days if you missed the streams over the weekend. A television special will be airing on July 20 on G4 with a look at the finals, the history of Evo and Capcom fighting games, along with a new preview of Marvel vs. Capcom 3. Read more »

Evolution 2010, the largest fighting game tournament in the US, has begun with the first matches streamed from Tatsunoko vs. Capcom. The stream, which is produced by Level|Up, is being broadcast via Stickam on the official Evo site or on G4tv.com.

The schedule of events for the entire weekend is as follows (all times are Pacific Standard Time GMT -7). Read more »

Capcom, Evo, and G4 have just announced that G4tv.com will stream 45 hours of live coverage via Stickam from the Evolution 2010 Championship Series of fighting game tournaments, which takes place next weekend from July 9 to 11 in Las Vegas, NV.

Now, selfishly, I must announce that this is incredibly awesome as I initially pitched the idea of G4 coverage to Capcom and Seth Killian back in January while checking out an early build of Super Street Fighter IV when I was still with G4. I attended Evo 2009 and even competed and saw first hand how exciting the series is. Of course, I must give it up to G4, Capcom, Evo, and Stickam for getting the deal done and for bringing full stream coverage and television coverage to the fighting community. Read more »

Capcom's annual financial results reveal the developer and publisher's profits dropped 73.1%--2,167 million Yen, or $23.5 million US--in the past year as compared to 2009.

Capcom explains that Bionic Commando, Dark Void and Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles "underperformed their sales and remained weak" while the postponing of Lost Planet 2 and Super Street Fighter IV to its 2011 financial year didn't help either. Read more »

The follow-up to last year's hit fighting game Street Fighter IV has finally arrived, bringing 10 new characters, a host of new online modes, and balance changes. Coupled with all of that is a reduced price-tag coming in at $40 for the PS3 or Xbox 360.

All of the new characters are fun and fit in nicely. Only two are completely new, Juri and Hakan, with the rest returning from previous titles. Damage has been reduced across the board leading to longer battles and many of the new characters find success in being offensive leading to less turtling. Every character is unlocked from the beginning. Read more »

Last night, I was playing some Super Street Fighter IV multiplayer with a fellow member of the press until legions of people began joining our lobby. I don't know if these are people playing downloaded copies or lucky owners who found a store breaking street date, but it was surprising how many people are already playing this online.

Now, to dive into Monster Hunter Tri.

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