The Biggest Gaming News For February 21, 2022
Today was all about Street Fighter. Capcom finally came out with its big reveal this morning and fans of the franchise have been up in arms ever since. But not about the game. The company barely showed us anything at all about the upcoming Street Fighter 6. What fans don’t like is the logo. Streamers in the Middle East have also been getting their pay blocked by Twitch, Ubisoft seems to have settled on a location for its Rainbow Six Siege tournament where LGBTQ+ operators like Flores would be thrown in jail, and a sculpture was allegedly stolen by Disney before being put up for sale in its theme parks.
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Remember that countdown clock that everybody was confused about? Well, it turns out that Capcom was going to reveal Street Fighter 6 after all. The company announced the game today at the Pro Tour Finals in the form of a trailer. While fans of the franchise didn’t get much out of this trailer, they can at least rest easy with the knowledge that another entry in the series will be coming out at some point in the near future.
Ubisoft will be holding the Summer Major for Rainbow Six Siege in the next couple of months. The tournament will be taking place in three stages between May and November. The real kicker is the second stage. Ubisoft is known for its approach to inclusivity and diversity, but the company seems to have chosen a country, the United Arab Emirates, where LGBTQ+ operators like Flores would be imprisoned. But the real concern is for the players attending the tournament. Some of these have already started a petition which calls the decision “short sighted, dangerous, and backwards to the developing ideology of esports.”
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