Like a Hurricane tells the story of the creation of one of the most important and beloved videogames of all time – Street Fighter II – and its subsequent impact on the industry, its creators, and the game-playing public that so warmly embraced it. The culmination of several years of research by games writer Matt Leone, Like a Hurricane gathers together over 60 voices, spread across continents, disciplines and companies, speaking candidly on the vision, fearlessness, and bold ambition that made Street Fighter II a household name. A collaboration between Read-Only Memory and Polygon, Like a Hurricane is an extended and enhanced print adaptation of Matt Leone’s series of in-depth oral histories, published online in serial form by Polygon. This physical version has been extended and enhanced for print, featuring over 50 specially commissioned illustrations and extra research content. Featuring: Takashi ‘Piston’ Nishiyama, Hiroshi ‘Finish’ Matsumoto, Noritaka ‘Poo’ Funamizu, Yoko ‘Shimo-P’ Shimomura, and more than 50 others, including dozens of former Capcom employees, former Gamest magazine editor Zenji Ishii, combo video pioneer Tomotaka ‘TZW’ Suzuki, U.S. Street Fighterbox artist Mick McGinty, Incredible Technologies CEO Elaine Hodgson, and former Capcom USA CEO Bill Gardner. Street Fighter is an intellectual property of Capcom Co., Ltd. This publication contains no intellectual property or licensed material related to the Street Fighter videogame series and is not licensed, approved, or endorsed by Capcom Co., Ltd.

Artist Cory Schmitz has designed logos for iconic video games like Valorant, Stray, and Control. Before those projects, Schmitz designed Polygon’s original logo. To celebrate our 10th anniversary, he returns with two special, limited-edition logo variants. “Static” gives the Polygon logo a variety of textures. We launched as a video game publication, but now we cover a bit of everything. This design beautifully captures our current energy. And it just looks cool!

Artist Cory Schmitz has designed logos for iconic video games like Valorant, Stray, and Control. Before those projects, Schmitz designed Polygon’s original logo. To celebrate our 10th anniversary, he returns with two special, limited-edition logo variants. “Glitch” blends digital glitch effects with a tangible quilted effect. We’re happy to share the stunning result!

For a very special accompaniment to the publication of Like a Hurricane, we asked Yoko Shimomura and Harumi Fujita to create two new original compositions. Side A: Yoko Shimomura (02:42) Side B: Harumi Fujita (02:09)