Jim Sterling recently posted an article on Destructoid concerning the issue of Street Fighter IV and lag. Apparently, the biggest problem facing the Capcom team and Street Fighter IV is major lag during online battles. Hopefully, the can fix the issue, because poor online gameplay due to major lag will certainly bury this game’s hopes of being one of the best fighting games. Here’s what Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono had to say:

“Obviously lag will be a huge problem for online play. We’re working on it. It’s quite difficult for 3D Street Fighter at the moment,” explained Ono. “In order to prevent the lag we’re thinking about trying to balance it up at [the] user interface level and input timing. We still haven’t got a complete plan as yet. We’re still working on it. That’s all we can say at the moment.”

Street Fighter IV may be the coolest fighting game I have ever seen in the visual department, so we can only hope everything else falls in place. I’ve never been a huge fan of Street Fighter, but the interesting visuals in SF IV have certainly peaked my interest in the series.

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My interest in the Tomb Raider series has dwindled over the past few games, but Underworld might be enough to suck me back into the franchise. The following clip is the first official gameplay video. After watching the following video, I’m sure your interest will be peaked as well. Underworld promises to bring many new aspects to the franchise and that’s exactly what we needed.

Via Destructoid

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At the Destructoid NARP in Cinci, Poor Ninos 360 died….

You just never know when the red ring will strike!  The above video was uploaded by one of our friends, bunnyXablaze on MySpaceTV.  Their reaction to the red ring of death is funny to say the least.  When my launch 360 bricked, my response included a long array of expletives.  While I love my 360, I still recognize that it’s basically a piece of crap.

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After a month long hiatus, Destructoid’s GameJew returned with another interesting singing review.  I’ll be honest that this is the first time I have even though about City Connection (NES) in many, many years.  Although it wasn’t really a great game or anything, I did enjoy playing it back in the day for what it was worth.

Via Destructoid

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I currently have 85 games on the Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA). I probably paid for half of them, so it’s already become a hefty investment. After playing Ikaruga for several days, I can state with confidence that it’s now officially my favorite game on the arcade. The current meta score for the game is 8.7/10. All I can say is that some of the reviewers handing out lower scores were either smoking crack or needed to smoke some. I don’t like giving games 1-10 scores, but if I were inclined to do so, Ikaruga would get a 10/10 from me any day of the week.

Ikaruga (XBLA)
Developed by Treasure
Published by Treasure
Released on April 9, 2008

Ikaruga always had a visual appeal to it, regardless of what platform it was released on. I have fond memories of playing the game on the Dreamcast and in the arcades. I was afraid that somehow the title would be dumbed down for the XBLA, but fortunately it’s just as challenging as ever. If your thing is casual gaming, you’ll certainly want to pass on this one. If you are looking for a challenging game like the arcade shooters of old, I’m not sure why you haven’t already downloaded it.

The exciting addition to the old game is online co-op mode. This might just be enough to bring back the nostalgia of the old school arcade days for some gamers like myself. If you haven’t already purchased the game, I suggest checking out the demo as soon as possible. Many sites reviewed the game and I’m not sure what they were thinking to be honest. The closest review to the truth I could find was on Destructoid. There’s no such thing as a flawless game, but this is about as close as it gets on the XBLA.

written by Will Snizek \\ tags: Arcade, confidence, crack, Destructoid, Doctor Ordered, game, half, haven, Ikaragu, investment, Live, meta, score, smoking, thing, XBLA, Xbox

It looks like Destructoid, GoNintendo, Gamersyde and Modojo have signed a deal with Hammersuit, LLC.  Hammersuit will provide advertising sales, consulting, sponsorships opportunities and other services for all four game sites.  I’m a big fan of each site, so this is certainly great news.  Independent gaming blogs are where the really good news is at, so I’m definitely happy this deal went down.  Full press release follows the break…

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