Month: November 2015

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‘Street Fighter II The Definitive Soundtrack’ Remaster Now Available in Physical, Digital Packages

Fans of fighting game music should be happy to hear that Brave Wave’s “Street Fighter II The Definitive Soundtrack” is now up for purchase online. This extensive project focused on remastering the iconic sounds of Capcom’s legendary fighter with help from original composer Yoko Shimomura.

The final release collects over 100 individual tracks, and is available in both physical and digital bundles. As of this writing, the vinyl collection is sold out, but project director Mohammed Taher has relayed to us that they plan to release a second pressing sometime next year. “This is not meant to be a collector’s item. Rather, we want all the Street Fighter fans to be able to buy it,” he explained. “We will keep making new pressings are long as there’s demand for it.”

Those of you not concerned with the vinyl release can pick up this soundtrack either in a three-disc CD bundle or as a digital album, both of which are available through Bandcamp. We’ve included a few previews below, so check it out and see if this is something you would be interested in.

Source: Bandcamp

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World of Warcraft: Three Key Openings Looking for Applicants

Three Key Openings Looking for Applicants

The Blizzard corporate web site has been updated with three key positions on the World of Warcraft team: Art Director, Assistant Art Director and Lead Producer. Currently, Chris Robinson is the Art Director and John Lagrave is currently listed as the Lead Producer for WoW. Whether these two are moving internally to other Blizzard projects will remain to be seen.

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Aksys Games Announces Large-Scale Airdasher Tournament for February 28

It’s no secret that the airdasher or “anime” subgenre often receives the short end of the stick when it comes to fighting game events. While they’ve managed to maintain a dedicated following that continues to grow, you’d be hard-pressed to find major events that cater to their niche apart from efforts like Frosty Faustings or CEOtaku, the latter of which just kicked off this year.

Fortunately, Aksys Games is set to rectify this problem with Anime Ascension.

Scheduled for early next year, Anime Ascension represents the publisher’s attempt to put on a large-scale airdasher event of their own, in cooperation with Mad Catz, D-Link, and Fighting Gamers @ UCI. With an official lineup consisting of Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-, BlazBlue: Chronophantasma EXTEND, and Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late, and an overall pot of $5,000, we think they’re definitely heading in the right direction.

Anime Ascension is scheduled for February 28 at the University of California Irvine. More details can be found on the official website.

Source: Aksys Games