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The holidays are a time for coming together, eating way too much food, and getting in plenty of gaming action. Last week, we gave you gift recommendations for games that provide a fantastic single player experience. Now it's time to throw off those AI limitations and head into multiplayer, and we're not talking MMO's. Whether fighting cooperatively or going head-to-head against other players, 2009 has some excellent offerings that put players skills to the test.

Click on the image above to continue reading Big Download's 2009 PC Gamer Single Player Game Holiday Gift Guide.

Gamers that bought Street Fighter IV for PC via digital download outlets like Steam, Direct2Drive and Impulse were left to figure out the game's intricacies on their own, since none of them came with a user manual. Capcom is working to fix that problem by offering a downloadable SF4 manual in PDF format. Real warriors don't need a stinking manual, but we won't judge you for keeping a copy around just in case.

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Capcom surprised the gaming community when it announced that Street Fighter IV would be releasing for the PC, a platform where head-to-head brawlers are near non-existent. Additionally, although the game uses the Games for Windows Live service for multiplayer and achievements, there is no cross-platform play with the Xbox 360 version, leaving the PC Street Fighter players as an isolated community. Yet, considering how the older Street Fighter games are among the most popular games on GameTap, maybe it shouldn't be so surprising that Street Fighter IV would have a PC release. Furthermore, it happens to be a fantastic fighting game.

GameTap, like many other PC game download services, has the full PC version of Street Fighter IV available for download and purchase (and no, the game is not a part of their game library that can be played via their monthly subscription service). To celebrate, GameTap is offering one of the older games in the fighting series from Capcom to play for free.

The Flash-based browser game is Street Fighter II Championship Edition and can be accessed if you have a free GameTap account. There's no word yet on how long this promotion for Street Fighter IV will last nor how long we will have to wait until Street Fighter IV is added to GameTap's subscription service.

It's been a long, long time since on of the big fighting game franchises has made an apperance on the PC but Capcom is still planning to release Street Fighter IV to our platform. While the publisher still hasn't revealed a release date for the PC port the Capcom Unity blog has revealed some new info on the new PC features.

The game itself will be a Games For Windows Live title which means support for things like achievements and voice chat. You can also expect higher resolution support and a way to switch the shaders on the game to look different. In addition to the game's normal look there will be art shaders for "Watercolor," "Poster," and "Sumi-e ink" styles. You can see two sets of examples of those shaders in our new screenshot gallery.

This "artistic" Street Fighter IV trailer features Seth and M. Bison (a.k.a. Vega in Japanese release). Unfortunately, there's more art than action here, but the full game should have a full throw down between these two boss characters. Street Fighter IV will release of consoles on February 12 and is expected to hit PC's at a later date.

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Akuma fans will be interested in this stylized Street Fighter IV trailer. It features plenty of hard hitting moves to go around. Street Fighter IV is scheduled to hit console systems next month and is expected to hit PC's at a later date.

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This heavily stylized cinematic trailer for Street Fighter IV gets players pyched to jump into the fight. The game is scheduled to release on consoles next month while a PC release will follow sometime after.

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The latest Street Fighter IV character trailer features Gouken, the master who trained both Ryu and Ken. He also happens to be Akuma's older brother. However, age doesn't count for much in the Street Fighter world, because Gouken can throw down with the best of them.

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This trailer reveals the looks, moves and sheer power of Seth, the Street Fight IV final boss. As one of the most unique characters in the game, Seth uses a variety of special abilities to mop the floor with his opponents. The sequence with Guile is priceless.

Download HD Street Fighter IV Seth Gameplay Trailer (96 MB)
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