Super Street Fighter IV has "IV" New Modes, and they are JUICY.  Get Hype!

--Team Battle.  Team up with your friends (or strangers) to take on all-comers in 2v2, 3v3, and 4v4 formats, and more!

--Replay Channel.  Record, watch, and save matches, or watch how everyone else is playing on one of a variety of streaming match "channels"

--Endless Battle.  Play in arcade-style "winner stays, loser to the back of the line" lobbies. 

--Bonus Stages.  Crush the car and smash the downpour of barrels in a test of skill against the clock. 

In all the online battle modes, you can watch the match in progress while waiting your turn to play, and talk trash about the online action with the other spectators :)

PS- You might have seen this trailer appear overnight in Japanese, but here it is in conventient translation.

A little two-fer of lingering Halloween fun...

First up is the winner of the Capcom pumpkin-carving contest (our Mega Man pumpkin came in 3rd), which stole the show with its outstanding lighting effects.  You've got Dark Void's Will (in helmet) up front, and the illuminificated DV logo shining out the back.

It was just plain purdy, and carved by Brian, the easily-found Waldo pictured on the right. 

Next is one of our favorite Capcom costumes this year.  It didn't make it into our costume contest, but in truth, this is less a costume than a lifestyle, and... wow.  Just wow:

--Crazy beard and mohawk?  Check. 

--Banana-hammock?  Check. 

--Bear-wrestling scars?  Check. 

--Appropriately shaved chest-hair?  Double-check. 

In short, some of the finest, most terrifying Zangief cosplay on record. Thanks to Shana and Danny for the pix!

I'm not embarassed to admit that I have more than a few shirts from geek clothier Jinx hanging in my closet. They've got a ton of gamer (both console and pen-'n-paper) and nurrrd flavored shirts, the kind that straight non-dorks will either chuckle about or nod politely while slowly inching away from you. Whilst perusing their site this morning -- cause I actually clicked through a banner ad (I know, crazy, right?) -- I stumbled across this rad and totally unlicensed shirt.

Dear Jinx, send some love to the Unity staff and I promise* to the keep the Capcom lawyer demons off you for at least two weeks.

While we're on the topic of gamer shirts, Kotaku randomly has a post up today entitled "I Clothe Gamers" that includes Jinx, Fangamer and Capcom-licensees (and all around good guys) Meatbun.

_{*Promises made in Unity blog posts not legally binding nor valid in the following states: all of them.}

Later this month, Kotaku is having a silent auction of some rare items, including some hard to get Capcom swag! They have 3 copies of the Marvel Vs Capcom 2 vinyl mix tape, and a Tatsunoko vs. Capcom hoodie signed by producer Niitsuma-san. And to top it off, all this is for a good cause! 

Click over to Kotaku for more details. 

Ever wonder which are our best-selling game franchises? Or how many games each franchise has? Check out our Sales Data page. It's got all kinds of good stuff, like the fact that our Resident Evil franchise has sold over 42 million copies world wide! 

There's all sorts fun info there for your favorite series. Take a look!