The official Street Fighter IV FightStick Tournament Edition controller for Microsoft Xbox 360 was designed for fighting game fans to recreate the quality, gameplay and precision found in arcades. Using the exact Sanwa joystick and 30mm buttons found in official Street Fighter IV arcade machines, along with realistic spacing and an eight-button layout, the Street Fighter IV FightStick Tournament Edition brings the true arcade experience right into your home. With separate turbo settings for each button and the best components, prepare yourself for hours of competition, no quarters necessary.

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There’s no stopping a good thing, and Namco is onto a good thing with Tekken 6. The long-running beat-’em-up franchise is arguably the only fighting game series other than Street Fighter to be guaranteed to shift copies – it’s insanely popular with legions of supporters. …

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BeefJack writes: "Two titans of the fighting game tournament scene faced off this weekend, but only one came out on top.

Justin Wong, playing for the USA and Daigo ‘The Beast’ Umehara, playing for Japan faced each other in the final of the EVO tournament. The two players are old rivals, and the epic battle reflected this."
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MadCatz and Capcom have announced a very limited 500 controllers of the Street Fighter 4 FightStick and Fight Pad that will be released this week, featuring an exclusive design for Comic-Con 2009. The controllers are based on the existing Street Fighter IV Arcade FightStick: Tournament Edition and Street Fighter IV Fight Pad, but have artwork featuring Sagat.

The Arcade FightStick: Tournament Edition will cost $179.99 and is limited to 250 units on the Xbox 360 edition and 250 units on the PlayStation 3 edition. The Sagat FightStick will be numbered for their limited status. The Fight Pad will cost $49.99 and is limited to 500 units on the Xbox 360 and 500 units on the PlayStation 3.

They’ll be available at Capcom’s booth at Comic-Con this week. The Sagat Fight Pad will be made available from the MadCatz online store.
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411mania talks about this week’s game releases. Highlights include Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman!, Unbound Saga, Ys I & II Chronicles, and Awatama. They also talk about some of the past week’s releases, including Trine and Street Fighter IV PC.
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Daniel of CheapAssGamer writes:

"If you’ve been having a hard time finding one of these, now you’ve found one…on sale."
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Now, for the first time, Capcom has admitted as much. Speaking to VideoGamer.com, Ryota Niitsuma, assistant producer of the arcade version of the critically-acclaimed fighting game, said Seth and Sagat "might have turned out a little bit stronger than we expected".
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Neocrisis: When the "DLC" Costume Packs were announced for Street Fighter IV, gamers were irked to see something as basic and standard in fighting games as unlockable costumes being sold to them.

The release of the PC version of Street Fighter IV confirms that the alternate costumes were already included on the retail disc to begin with and we have the proof.
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This week’s new videogame releases:

(subject to change)

Xbox 360:

Bioshock & The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion Bundle

The Bigs 2

PLAYSTATION 3:

The Bigs 2

Wii:

The Bigs 2

PC:

BioShock and Elder Scrolls: Oblivion Bundle

Street Fighter IV MadCatz Bundle

Street Fighter IV

Agatha Christie: Peril at End House

Europa Universalis Rome Gold

Hunting Unlimited 2010

The Hardy Boys: The Perfect Crime

DS & DSi:

no new releases

PSP:

The Bigs 2
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BeefJack writes: "Although it seemed that The Legend Of Chun-Li was here yesterday and will be gone tomorrow Capcom did their part to promote the release with a huge party including a Street Figher IV tournament hosted in L.A.’s Chinatown at the Mountain Bar."
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