Racketboy has a great rundown of some of the best in current-gen 2D action, and of course Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix leads the pack.

To whet your whistle for what we’ve got coming next for SSF2T HD Remix updates, take a look at the handy flickr pool they’ve made of all the posted art assets from the game.

The mysterious Turbo2k5 is back with another hot hit: the infectious ode to Chun Li’s lightning legs, “YupYupYup.”

CollegeHumor finally has the new episode of Street Fighter: The Later Years up. Stop reading and go watch by click on the link below.

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The man with the plan is everyone’s favorite Andrzej: Andrzej Bartowiak! You’ve seen his work in “Doom” and “Romeo Must Die”—only time will tell what he has in store for “The Strongest Woman in the World”. Read more HERE

PS- We would totally have linked directly to the Variety story, but it’s not on their interwebs and I’m told my scans of the dead paper version are “illegal” or something. Geez.

Check out four amazing new combo videos that debuted at the recent Las Vegas finals of the 2007 EVO Championship Series. These are light years away from tutorials, and some, including Maj’s Guile Exhibition, break the game down to such a scientific level that you’ll see things you never thought possible from a Street Fighter! Truly these guys have pushed the games beyond anything ever before thought possible. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and maybe—just maybe—learn something about yourselves.

…or not.

Videos and backstory are HERE!

FINALLY, after what seems like decades (but was actually only months), Part IV of Street Fighter: The Later Years is coming to College Humor September 7! If you don’t know what SFTLY is yet and yu’re a Street fighter fan, you need to get caught up by watching Episodes 1- 3 here.

Check out the preview for Part IV here

The 2007 EVO Championship Series is a wrap! Four qualifying events led up to this past weekend’s exciting conclusion in Las Vegas, attended by thousands of the best fighting gamers from 27 countries around the world! The action has never been hotter—stay tuned for more pictures and video, but in the meantime, check out this amazing teaser video of top player Justin Wong:

After being crushed by the devastating attack of IFC Yipes’ superfast Magneto, Justin was down 3 characters to 1, and left with only Cyclops (a comparatively weak character used primarily for his helpful assist). Watch as Justin battles back from the brink of oblivion as the crowd goes nuts!

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Full EVO Finals Results

Coming to you live from the Evolution Championship Series in Las Vegas are some updated photos straight from the event organizer himself, Seth Killian. What is Evo? Only the largest and most international fighting game tournament in the world!

Check the photos out HERE

Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike

1st. Uzemono/Shiro Itachi/Matsuda
2nd. RX/Sugiyama/Roshihikari
3rd (tie). Momochi/Hirai/Yuki Otoko
3rd (tie). Take/Rikimaru/Yakkun

Amidst some of the stiffest competition in the world, all of the foreign teams, including the American entrants, were eliminated in first round.

Street Fighter: Anniversary Edition

1st. Kurahashi/Ohnuki
2nd. Taira/Shiro
3rd (tie). Sako/Nekohashi
3rd (tie). Noguchi/Hakase

The American brothers Alex and Graham Wolfe were able to make it through two very dramatic rounds before falling to 3rd Place finishers Sako and Nekohashi, to end up in 5th Place overall. Complete results for the Street Fighter: Anniversary Edition event can be found here.

Visitors to the Capcom booth at San Diego Comic-Con 2007 were able to watch Alex Wolfe compete in the EVO West finals, and to play against both brothers in exhibition matches after the tournament. During the exhibition, the Wolfe brothers performed stunts including defeating their opponents with one button, as well as defeating them by literally playing with one hand tied behind their back!

You can check out more of the Wolfe’s top-level play, as well as top competitors from around the world (including many of the Japanese Tougeki finalists) at next weekend’s EVO Finals in Las Vegas, NV.

No one would ever pick him because he didn’t have fireballs and all that, but that’s okay, because Balrog’s got his own theme song and music video! He don’t need no fireballs!

Bonus points for the Power Glove reference.