Month: May 2017

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Friday Night Fan Art: The Street Fighter Anniversary Art Collaboration project

Check out this spectacular art from fighting game fans!

Welcome back to Friday Night Fan Art! In acknowledgement of the release of Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers today, we’re going to showcase a Street Fighter II tribute on Game-Art-HQ, assembled in honor of Street Fighter’s 30th Anniversary.

There’s a massive collection of fan art gathered in this collaboration, featuring many different portrayals of the iconic Street Fighters we know so well–from a wide variety of artists, in a wide variety of styles. Here is just a taste!

Ryu by Modernerd
Chun-Li by SirWolfgang
Zangief by CrescentDebris
Ken by Gino Descalzi
E. Honda by BartonDH
Guile by CrescentDebris
Dhalsim by CrescentDebris
Blanka by Dragonith

Balrog by RGBeast
Sagat by Androsm
Vega by SirWolfgang
M. Bison by Adivider

Dee Jay by Diego Gomez
T. Hawk by Shinragod
Cammy by Ed Moffatt
Fei Long by Vinnymax

Evil Ryu by Robbie Reilly
Akuma by Victor “Vf02ss” Boggiano
Violent Ken by Furin94

Head over to the main page to browse the full gallery and link to additional work by these artists!

Thanks to Reinhold for the tip!

Send us leads on the tipline if there’s any great fan art out there you want to see featured next week on Shoryuken!

Sources: Street Fighter Anniversary Art Collaboration (Game-Art-HQ)

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Staffordshire University will offer a Bachelor of Arts in esports next year

School and games don’t tend to mix together well, but we’ve seen some universities offer esports programs, and even have their own teams. However, if you ever wanted to study esports as a subject to support your gaming career, it will soon be possible to take classes.

A university in the UK will offer a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) degree module in esports starting next year. Staffordshire University will feature courses in 2018, targeting entrepreneurs under 35 who want to learn about the culture, business, and community of esports.

“Over 73 per cent of those employed within esports are under the age of 35 and their skills are in demand,” said Rachel Gowers, the university’s dean of recruitment, PC Gamer reports. “Companies are looking for people who are entrepreneurial and tech savvy and the industry is driving the creation of new jobs. All students will get to visit an esports arena, and we are also offering a number of exciting scholarship opportunities for competitive players.”

This is part of UK’s push to become a stronger force in the esports industry on a global scale. As these courses are coming next year, perhaps we’ll see universities in other countries follow suit. Perhaps a minor in Fighting Games will be a thing of the future?

Source: PC Gamer