Masahiro Taguchi, the games technical director, has blogged that players waiting for Team Battles to be setup can duke it out arcade style.

It's to do with the Fight Request system, and when everything is set and the real fights begin only two players can mess one another up.

Electronic Arts announced today that it will be releasing new Downloadable Content for Fight Night Round 4 in early December for both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The DLC pack will cost 800 MS Points and £9.99 on the PlayStation Network.

The DLC will add Bernard Hopkins, Sonny Liston and Evander Holyfield as playable boxers, while including two new game modes. The first, Old School Rules brings a new take to the traditional boxing experience, while the second, Ring Rivalries, allows you to re-create some of the greatest match ups in boxing history.

Just because you're not online doesn't mean others can challenge you, say Namco. Tekken 6 allows any player to "download your ghost" and square off against your fight style.

A title update will add online scenario co-op after launch, pitting players against the AI. Full ranked matches and leaderboards are a given. You can "upload replays of killer matches".

It has been officially announced that Capcom will be releasing 'Super Street Fighter IV' in spring of 2010, and with it comes eight new characters and gameplay improvements.

This new release will be a standalone disc, not DLC, and won't be slapped with a full retail price. It's being released on Xbox 360 and PS3 with a slew of fan suggested tweaks.

To celebrate the launch of King of Fighters 12 on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, Strategy Informer has teamed up with Ignition Entertainment and SNK Playmore to offer our forum users the chance of winning a copy of King of Fighters 12 and a special figurine. There will be a chance for two winners, with either a Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 copy being available to the winners.

Commemorating the 15th anniversary of the franchise, KOF XII serves up 22 characters each with their own unique moves and styles in a stunning 2D production incorporating all-new, high-resolution fighters fluidly animating across painstakingly detailed, 100% hand-drawn backgrounds.

Capcom have published a teaser site for their upcoming sequel announcement for Street Fighter, and it's marked September 29th with a time stamp of 17:00 JST.

The teaser right now is just a short flash movie showing some black and white swirls with two fighters, similar to the style of IV's cinematics. The address of the site has 'newwarrior' in it.

Major Nelson has confirmed that hitting Xbox Live Arcade tomorrow will be The Warriors: Street Brawl from developer CTXM and shooter Ion Assault from team Coreplay.

The third arrival tomorrow will be Konami's Zombie Apocalypse, featuring a "small band of heavily equipped" survivalists. Each of the XBLA titles will be 800 MSP, and all have co-op.

Capcom have pulled the most currently cruel PR stunt there is, they hinted of an upcoming announcement only to have said announcement be of an announcement. Not cool.

However, hurt feelings aside, this eventual news is believed to be of the next instalment in the franchise. While maybe not Street Fighter V, it's likely a turbo or something.

Ignition Entertainment confirmed today that a new release date for King of Fighters XII has been decided for UK, Europe and Australasia. This new date has the game released for 25th September, 2009.

Celebrating the 15th anniversary of the franchise, KOF XII features 22 characters each with their own moves and styles in 2D with 100% hand-drawn backgrounds.

Worms 2: Armageddon and The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match will be available to download from the Xbox Live Arcade this Wednesday for 800 points each.

We can't wait to try Worms 2: Armageddon, how about you?

Just to confirm that Xbox Live is now down, and should remain so for up to 24 hours.

This is the planned scheduled maintenance that we mentioned last week.

Ignition Entertainment announced today that The King of Fighters XII is to be released worldwide in July 2009 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

The legendary 3-on-3 fighting game series that united rival brawlers from SNK Playmore's arcade franchises celebrates its 15th Anniversary in style with the release of The King of Fighters XII. For the first time in its history, this epic martial arts showdown has undergone a complete graphical overhaul. The antiquated character sprites used over the past 14 years have been dropped in favour of all-new, high-resolution fighters fluidly animating across painstakingly detailed, 100% hand-drawn backgrounds.

THQ announced today that the WWE Legends of WrestleMania demo is now available on the Xbox Live Marketplace and PlayStation Network. The playable demo will allow players to participate in an exhibition match with Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant, and Bobby “the Brain” Heenan using the WrestleMania III arena.

Other demo's to hit the Xbox Live Marketplace today were Wheelman and Wanted.