i fucking love kof. is this what its like to actually enjoy fighting games????

local man visibly confused when confronted with FT2 game

Congratulations to the top 4 for The King Of Fighters XV at Friday Night Fights for July 2026! start.gg/pikakofxv 🥇 Cobalt the Washed Player (centre left) 🥈 Dark Watermark (far left) 🥉 @saltyparis.thetotalbounty.com (centre right) 👍 MajinBeng (far right) Thanks to Escape Portal!

This is happening tonight!

Friday Night Fights is on tomorrow from 6PM until 1AM at Escape Portal! In addition to the usual casuals, there will be a tournament for The King Of Fighters XV! Tournament entry is free after paying for casuals, so give the game a try! Details here: start.gg/pikakofxv

PIKA will be running a tournament for Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game at Friday Night Fights on July 31st! Tournament entry is free after paying for casuals, so give the game a try! Details & sign ups here: start.gg/pikaavatar Thanks to Escape Portal!

Congratulations to @heavyviper.bsky.social on getting a 1 credit clear of Eschatos during the Perth Shmup Club stream! The stream archive is here if you want to see the full run: www.youtube.com/watch?v=trdy...

Shooting games are happening at fighting game locals

The context being someone "fumbled" a date by mentioning they listen to @wooliewoolz.bsky.social & @patstaresat.bsky.social 's podcast is just,,, bueno

Today is a momentous day for the workers of Arena! After months of planning, waiting and organizing, our dream is finally a reality; the votes have been counted, and our union of UWOTC-CWA has been officially elected. From this day forward, we have a union!

Marvel Prerelease was a lot of fun. Turns out having your deck be Doctor Doom plus 10 removal spells is very good.

🔴🟡🔵 BIG WALK 🔴🟡🔵 Our new game about walking and talking comes out August 4 on Steam, Nintendo Switch 2 and PlayStation 5. Hang out and get lost with close friends in a big world.

arcade games are like if someone invented jazz to sell gumballs

BLUE REVOLVER DOUBLE ACTION is now 50% off in the Steam Bullet Fest! store.steampowered.com/app/439490/B...

Developing a new game! We back to #shmup, now on #picotron. New caravan - Faster, Louder and Harder Taking all the lessons from ExTerra and Steel Surge, and pushing it even further this time. Thanks to Zep's LXO, we will even have live high-scores! #gamedev Feels good to be back

Since the announcement of our union, Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro have hired Fisher Phillips (a union avoidance firm), and chosen to engage in a daily union-avoidance campaign by sending emails to the Arena team that is spreading misinformation and sowing fear among our colleagues. #uwotc-cwa

PIKA is running a Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R tournament at Friday Night Fights tonight at Escape Portal! Make sure you sign up if you want to play, entry is free after paying for casuals. www.start.gg/pikaplusr Casuals for other games will be on as usual.

(1/2) Air to Ground Message: OMGGGG YOUR POOOR LITTLE TUMMYYYYY. I HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER SOONNNN. THE ONLY NEW THING THAT IVE TRIED ARE TASTY LITTLE CREPES W/ HAZELNUT INSIDE THAT U HEAT UP FOR ABOUT 10 Area: Philadelphia, PA, USA Type: Embraer 175 (Enhanced Wing) A: #a49ee09a102 F:

oh god was he in the files

Hasbro have apparently hired a notorious union-busting firm in response to the Magic the Gathering Arena teams attempt at unionisation - Reddit mods have deleted the post If you haven't please sign the unions petition actionnetwork.org/forms/uwotcl...

The true message of Persona 3 is that you should play arcade games every night because they will make you a better person in every way

Swapped the background on my leverless

CAVE Interactive has revealed "DoDonPachi Resurrection Reignite," an enhanced version of the bullet hell shooter with new stages, a new character, new music, and additional features hinting at a new battlefield. store.steampowered.com/app/4517190/...

Here's the top 8 for Espgaluda in the Perth FGC Shooting Game Challenge for March 2026! @heavyviper.bsky.social has won free entry to the next Friday Night Fights ($10 value, wow!). Hoodrush had the most improved score (+632%). The game for April is Strikers 1945.

Japan Thread

Gunvein, one of the standout games from the international danmaku renaissance of the last several years, is discounted on PC for the first time in years, and on Switch for what might be the first time ever https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/gunvein-switch/

🌵 The registration page for The Wild West 2026 is up now! 🌵 Registration, the featured games and general event details can be found here: start.gg/tww2026 Big thanks to Escape Portal, @wstx.bsky.social & CQB Arcade! The graphic design this year is by @r0xsully.bsky.social !

Here's the Mushihimesama (Original) top 8 in the Perth FGC Shooting Game Challenge for January 2026! @heavyviper.bsky.social has won free entry to the next Friday Night Fights ($10 value, wow!). @nylbot.bsky.social had the most improved score (+450%). The game for January is Same! Same! Same! (1P).

gonna spend the day off planning how to best use the $10 i save

I should have heeded this warning.

The Perth community was flabbergasted at this incredible dodge from @heavyviper.bsky.social during his first time seeing the final boss of Deathsmiles II. www.twitch.tv/perthironkin...

found a picture of my old fight stick when I wanted more space to on the left and for it to sit on my lap better.

Here's the full leaderboard for the Perth FGC Shooting Game Challenge for November:

Here's the top 8 for DoDonPachi in the Perth FGC Shooting Game Challenge for October 2025! HoodRush had the most improved score (+687%). Thanks to everyone who joined in. The game for November is Ikaruga as decided by the randomiser. We'll have an Ikaruga set up every week at Friday Night Fights.

fuck OFF

I was fucking robbed harder than I've ever been robbed before

Every time I watch HxH I think of this tweet

The difference between post Arcane 'butch lesbian woke icon representing the poors' Vi and original 'wouldn't it be cool if cops could legally beat people to death if they're pretty sure they did it' Vi is hilarious

Sometimes you receive a commission so powerful, you could stare at it for hours. Thank you @hiimbleep.bsky.social for this vision.

YEAHHHH!

hell yeah

Here's the full leaderboard for ESP Ra.De. in the Perth FGC Shooting Game Challenge for August 2025: @wstx.bsky.social, @pen-ninja.bsky.social, @coreytf.bsky.social, @nylbot.bsky.social, @rainy64.bsky.social, @shizuabstrakt.bsky.social

All of Reddit desperately needs to find a group chat

i bought it on release day because it looked neat and refunded it because i thought the ruins were boring. boy, was i fucking wrong.

Here's the top 8 for Guilty Gear Strive at The Iron Crown 28! start.gg/tic28