Street Fighter IV brings the legendary fighting series back to its roots by taking the beloved fighting moves and techniques of the original Street Fighter II, and infusing them with Capcom’s latest advancements in next generation technology to create a truly extraordinary experience that will re-introduce the world to the time-honored art of virtual martial arts. Everything that made the legendary Street Fighter II a hit in the arcades, living rooms and dormitories across the globe has been brought back in Street Fighter IV. Players will be able to play their favorite classic characters, such as Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li and Guile, along with new characters, including Crimson Viper, Abel, El Fuerte, and Rufus. Characters and environments are rendered in stylized 3D, while the game is played in the classic Street Fighter 2D perspective with additional 3D camera flourishes. Six-button controls for the game return, with a host of new special moves and features integrated into the gameplay system. Street Fighter IV brings a brand new fighting game to fans the world over.

Get Streetfighter IV for PS3, XBOX360, or your PC.

If you can’t get the game now, play the poor man’s Streetfighter on YouTube. Also look for Street Fighter: Legend of Chun-Li releasing next week.

Streetfighter IV commercial

Streetfighter IV Launch Party with Supreme soul, DJ Qbert

More Streetfighter IV Launch Party footage

Ex-EGM Editor Dan “Shoe” Hsu and Raychul Moore (GamerBabe.net, GamePro and GameGirl.com) co-host “Cut Scene”, the first and only video series dedicated to the video game industry, shot and produced exclusively for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Look for new episodes weekly.

Shoe and Raychul are a real couple with real problems, opinions and ultimately real arguments. The odd thing is most of their arguments are about games. They will review and preview games. They will talk about what game they are enjoying at the moment. However, don’t be surprised when they fight over what makes a game good, bad or what they had for dinner the night before. Kinda like a real version of The Guild.

If you don’t have an iPhone or iPod Touch, you can look for episodes of “Cut Scene” here or here.

Cut Scene with Dan “Shoe” Hsu promo

Over the summer during E3, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars was announced for the Nintendo DS. Now, it has an official release date.

Rockstar Games announced the release date for Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, the latest entry into the genre-defining Grand Theft Auto series. Developed by Rockstar Leeds, in conjunction with series creators Rockstar North, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars will be available for the Nintendo DS™ on March 17 and 20, 2009 in North America and Europe, respectively.

Buy Chinatown Wars at Amazon.com

Here’s what we found on about the story line

The story will revolve around Chinese and Korean gangsters. Player will assume the role of Huang Lee age 25, a member of the Triads, who must deliver his recently-assassinated father’s Yu Jian, a supposed family heirloom and sword, to his uncle Wu Lee. Huang is ambushed along the way, and he must not only recover the sword, but avenge his father’s death in the process.

Screenshots of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars put to “Werewolves in London” by Warren Zevon (you may notice that Kid Rock sampled this song for “All Summer Long“)

More details on Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

– Cel-shaded graphics/polygons – black borders

– traditional GTA game: open world, story, sandbox genre

– rated Mature

– Isometric camera angle

– touch-screen controls for minigames, menu navigation

– user interface is a PDA

– finger-sized icons

– missions focus on shorter objectives, arcade style

– shooting: aim with control pad, press R for auto target

– slight autosteering

– if a mission is failed, you can return to the action sequence

– some weapons mentioned: chain gun, flamethrower

– a good portion of the city is modeled after Liberty City, but features different routes than the console games

– no worries about load times

– there will be pedestrians, other cars on screen

– Wanted system – objective is to disable police cars any way possible

– real-time weather effects, 24-hour day/night cycle

– radio stations feature more instrumental music than vocal

– upload stats Rockstar Social Club website through Wi-Fi, no other online play/multiplayer aspects discussed