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Nothing But Fighting in 2008

GameTap says that 2008 is loaded with more fisticuffs than a Las Vegas cage fight:

"For the past few years, we've only needed a single hand to count the number of new and interesting fighting games being released each year--especially if we didn't count the near annual re-release of certain vintage titles. This year, however, looks to be drastically different; the planets seem to be aligned and are bringing with them a ton of incredible new games. From Japanese homebrew projects turned arcade superstars to the return of the icon, 2008 is loaded with more fisticuffs than a Las Vegas cage fight."

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Skerj - 683 days 19 hours ago

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I'm so glad fighting and adventure games are making a comeback. They're two of my favorite and most cerebral genres. Now all we need are for the companies to work with ggpo.net to get us some lag free fights, then I will be in super fighting bliss.

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sonarus - 683 days 19 hours ago

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only fighting i have played online is tekken 5 and its usually lag free. Only experienced lag once or twice. Fighting games i am looking forward to are tekken 6 and soul calibur 4. Just can't pass up the chance to use darth vader

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Skerj - 683 days 19 hours ago

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Yeah I had a lot of success with T5, but when there is lag MAN it lags. It's better now than it was when it started, I'm still at like 6th Kyu or something, don't know my rank sucks.

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sonarus - 683 days 13 hours ago

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hahah yea your rank sucks. I shot up those rankings like crazy. But then again i have been playing tekken since ps1. I havent fought in many matches maybe about 100 but i have 70% wins

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Still_Breathing - 683 days 9 hours ago

1.4 - Lag Problem

I love Tekken 5 Dr, but I can't stand the lag in online play. I can't pull off the combos I do in Ghost mode. That's why I have Fujin rank in ghost mode, but only 1st dan in online play.

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sonarus - 683 days 9 hours ago

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your connection must be really bad. My connection isnt that great but i hardly experience any lag whenever i play ps3 games. Most laggy game on ps3 would have to be ncaa 08 for me my madden 07 also lagged really bad as well also fight knight in short only ea games seem to lag bad on my ps3 everything else is smooth 99% of the time

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games4fun - 683 days 19 hours ago

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am glad that they are making fighters its my second most liked genre next to rpg and i hope sometime in the future they remake marvel vs capcom 2 that would be awesome in the mean time i will be playing tekken and soul calibur

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roybatty - 683 days 17 hours ago

4 - LOVE FIGHTERS.

Have been playing them for years. I'm so happy to see a new high res (ps3 only?) King Of The Fighters XII. Killer! SNK PLAYMORE keeping the 2d alive.

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ephoenix6 - 683 days 17 hours ago

5 - I love fighting games...

This is great, because ordinarily, there are rarely any new top tier fighting games available.

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Sevir04 - 683 days 13 hours ago

6 - man it's gonna be amazing this year

We've got Bazblue the game i'm serious waiting for the most, king of fighters 12 which looks almost as good as BlazBlue, Street fighter 4, although if capcom hits me with a 5 gig install i'm not buying it, and Soulcalibur 4 Vader is freakin awesome ^^ i cant wait for it. Tekken 6 looks sub par with graphics... and the balance issues haven't gotten fixed yet so i'm iffy about it.

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sonarus - 683 days 9 hours ago

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yea tekken 6 graphics havnt been very impressive but am sure the balancing will be fixed. Regardless though tekken stands as my favourite fighter so i'm going to buy

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Amagai Shuusuke - 683 days 13 hours ago

7 - Meh.

All I'm interested in right
now is Smash Bros. Come out
already!

Gin out.

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Ri0tSquad - 683 days 13 hours ago

8 - MK8 coming this year?

I hope so.

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MK_Red - 683 days 8 hours ago

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Hopefully :)
But most of all, I hope the team takes it time to create a great MK game and in ranks of the legendary first 3 titles in the series.

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FirstknighT - 683 days 13 hours ago

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I been playing Virtua Fighter on the 360 online for months. Lag is rarely a problem. I love the various minor and major tournaments that Xbox live has. I'm hoping other fighters like Soul Calibur can atleast equal VF's online greatness.

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Ri0tSquad - 683 days 7 hours ago

9.1 - lol at the disagrees

Well, heres one agree from a gamer.

I couldn't agree more. If lag is almost absent from the 360 version of VF5, I can only hope the same happens for any other fighter coming this year. Timing is beyond crucial in a fighting game like VF5, Soul Calibur, or Tekken. The slightest lag in a match can sometimes result in a loss.

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IDemonstalkerXI - 683 days 12 hours ago

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Tekken 6, BlazBlue , Soul Calibur IV (Vad3r 3dition), will all be added to my collection in 08 most likely. MK8 sounds good too. I could not deny a DoA 5 either if it was an 08 surprise.

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MK_Red - 683 days 8 hours ago

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BlazBlue , Soul Calibur IV and MK8 are must haves for me too. Hopefully all of them live to their name and hype.

DOA5 is indeed another huge possibility along with KI3. Fighters are BACK!

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Rattles - 683 days 11 hours ago

11 - i love my beat em up games aswell i will be picking up blazblue and tekken

but i still feel the they need to do something new i remember playing a fighter on xbox and after each round the loseing fighter got all beat up and stuff, that was a cool idea but why dont we see more of it???

oh and i cant remember the name of the game someone help

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okcomputer - 683 days 11 hours ago

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online soul calibur will be crazy. I remember the first one on dreamcast with the entire floor of my dorm getting together to play/watch tournaments. If theres seamless no lag gameplay online i'll be hooked.

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MK_Red - 683 days 8 hours ago

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Fighting games FTW! And two serious heavy hitters, Mortal Kombat 8 and Killer Instinct 3 are all but official.

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bigrob123 - 683 days 2 hours ago

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man if killer instinked is released then ill be in heaven just so i can hear those oh so great words ULTRA, ULTRA, ULTRA

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