There's some new Injustice content floating around, and to start us off we have a Batgirl combo video from High0nPCP where he tries out some Batgirl combos, managing one that does 50% damage without using any meter.
Hit the jump to see some Green Arrow combos as well as just how much hatemail Injustice: Gods Among Us players send out (Hint: It's a lot).
Posted by MajinTenshinhan
— 1 hour, 19 minutes ago
We have two practical Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition v2012 videos for our readers today. The first one is a quick option select demonstration using Ryu from RyuApprentice, in response to players asking what inputs to use for option selects, and other players saying that they're difficult. This video should help shed some light on the subject.
Hit the jump to see Kazunoko show some Yun option selects.
Updated with day 1 results: This story has been updated with early results from day one of UFGT9.
Ultimate Fight Game Tournament 9 is now streaming from Chicago, Illinois. This is a Road to EVO 2013 event and many games will be giving EVO seeding points for its top place players. There will be a ton of games played including Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition v2012, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Injustice: Gods Among Us, Street Fighter X Tekken v2013 and more.
Numerous top players will be attendance including AGE|NYChrisG, EMP|Tom Brady, FNEX|Kbrad, KaneBlueRiver, Perfect Legend, RZR|Latif, BT|Viscant, EG|Floe, CCG|Air and more.
Hit the jump to check out the streams and check our tournament preview for a full rundown.
Ed Boon has posted an image on Twitter of a Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe box art concept. Unfortunately, this had quickly gotten rejected due to it's super dark tone.
Upon posting it, fans had thought DC Comics had rejected it. Boon quickly replied saying it actually wasn't DC at all.
We also could not go with the super dark tone we wanted. So this pitch for the box art was quickly rejected...
I didn't say DC rejected it.
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What do you guys think of this box art? Leave a comment below with your thoughts.
Team Spooky has uploaded the four man exhibition set of Marvel vs. Capcom 2 from East Coast Throwdown V. This is set in round robin format so you will see a ton of great matches.
This exhibition featured some of the best Marvel 2 players being EG|Justin Wong, EMP|Sanford Kelly, Neo and Josh360.
Updated: The stream archive and results for Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and King of Fighters 13 have been added to the story.
Level|Up returns tonight with The Runback 2013 3.1 and will be streaming live from Super Arcade in Walnut, California. Tonight's stream will kick off at 9:00 p.m. PDT / 4:00 a.m. GMT.
The games being featured at tonight's event include Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and King of Fighters 13.
Hit the jump to check out the archive and results.
The guys over at IPlayWinner recently published an interview with the CEO of Iron Galaxy Studios, Dave Lang, where he discusses fighting game development. As many of you know, Iron Galaxy has now been commissioned by Capcom to develop Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition, Marvel vs. Capcom Origins and Darkstalkers Resurrection.
During the interview, Dave Lang discusses breifly exactly how 3rd Strike was developed. While it was marketed by Capcom as "arcade perfect" it was actually developed with the PlayStation 2 port as a base game.
Here's a small excerpt from the article.
While marketed as "arcade perfect," 3rd Strike Online Edition was developed using the PlayStation 2 port as a base and then adding the nuances in the actual CPS-III arcade setup afterward to create a similar output. Lang mentioned that developing "from arcade probably would have been much, much more difficult."
"The decision basically came down to 'should we spend our time re-porting this assembly code (from arcade board) to C or wrapping cool features around the game that’s been done before' and I still think that’s a pretty easy choice," Lang recalled.
Head over to IPlayWinner to read the full article.
Did You Know Gaming returns with the second part of their Mortal Kombat installment. In its usual fashion, this video focuses on numerous interesting facts about MK such as how Cyrax and Sector's original names being Ketchup and Mustard, the history of Jax, Sonya, Rain and more.
If you missed the first Did You Know Gaming on Mortal Kombat, check it out here.
Posted by DreamKing23
— May 24, 2013 at 3:14 p.m. PDT
Updated: The Injustice Facebook has posted the concept artwork for Batgirl.
The official Injustice: Gods Among Us Facebook page posted an image of Lobos concept artwork earlier today. This piece gives us a good look, in great detail, at the Main Man's character design in the NetherRealm DC Comics fighter.
In case you missed it, you can check out a slew of other great concept images of other Injustice characters such as Superman, Harley Quinn, The Flash and more by clicking here.
Cross Counter TV is back once again with some more top 8 matches from East Coast Throwdown V. Today, we have the finals for Injustice: Gods Among Us featuring EMP|DragonGod, EMP|Tom Brady, AGE|NYChrisG, EMP|CD Jr., EMP|Reo, KN|CrazyDominican and more.
Additionally, this video has a small interactive menu at the start video where you can skip around to find your favorite players.
Below is a text match index if you'd prefer to skip through the matches yourself.
02:28 BIFU|Insaynne vs. EMP|DragonGod
06:36 KN|CrazyDominican vs. VSM|Jailhouse
13:35 EMP|Tom Brady vs. AGE|NYChrisG
22:32 EMP|CDJr. vs. EMP|REO
30:58 KN|CrazyDominican vs. AGE|ChrisG
Posted by MajinTenshinhan
— May 24, 2013 at 12:12 p.m. PDT
Esteban at Hold Back to Block TV delivers yet again, this time with the entirety of the Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition v2012 top 8 matches from last weekend's East Coast Throwdown 5. The matches contain usual suspects like EG|Justin Wong, EG|PR Balrog, EG|Ricky Ortiz, AGE|Wolfkrone and AGE|NYChrisG but also faces not as common in Top 8, namely blast from the past TS|Sabin as well as RPD|Gridman and RPD|WierdoNeo.
The video uses an interactive menu at the beginning, which lets you choose which match you want to watch. We'll post timestamps below here, as well, if you're more the traditional kind. Hit the jump for the rest of the timestamps.
1:03 - EG | PR Rog vs RPD | MCZ Wierdo Neo
5:34 - EG | Justin Wong vs coL | Filipino Champ
11:42 - EG | Ricky Ortiz vs AGE | Wolfkrone
18:53 - AGE | Chris G vs TS | Sabin
This post covers the proposed changes to characters M. Bison (Dictator), Yun, El Fuerte, Vega (Claw) and Blanka. First, we have an introduction from series producer Ayano, and then his translated thoughts on the opinions they have received.
Good evening fellow gamers, Tomoaki Ayano here.
I was thinking about kicking things off with a humourous comment about welcoming summer, but with Tokyo’s weather fluctuating like crazy, it didn’t seem like the best idea. I have to admit though, watching the sunsets from the Capcom offices is pretty awesome! With any luck I can finish my work early and go home so I don’t have to watch the sunrise from my desk as well…
Continuing with the trend of the past couple of blog entries, I’d like to talk about some of the character balance requests we’ve received from the Japanese fans! Check them out!
Posted by MajinTenshinhan
— May 24, 2013 at 9:10 a.m. PDT
On the sidestream handled by Deadly Bison, TA|Moons and MH|RayRay squared off in a first to ten match to decide who was worthy of the Universe Championship belt. We are not kidding — there's an actual belt.
Thankfully, this event will not get lost as a mere memory, as Deadly Bison has been kind enough to upload it to the deadlybison YouTube channel.
Here's the match, with commentary by John Golba and Megaman Steve. During the set, TA|Moons plays a team of Nova, M.O.D.O.K. and Amaterasu while MH|RayRay plays a team of Magneto, Dr. Doom and Sentinel.
Was it satisfactory? Was it legendary enough for the title of "Master of the Universe"? Or would you like to see another challenger come to claim the belt? Let us know in the comments.
Posted by MajinTenshinhan
— May 24, 2013 at 8:13 a.m. PDT
As we reported a few days ago, Dead or Alive veteran Ein and Virtua Fighter guest character Jacky Bryant will be joining the roster of Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate on September 5th.
This time, we have more than just pictures, though, with a new trailer featuring the two new fighters in action, thanks to the SCRAWLfx YouTube channel. Check it out below and let us know your thoughts and hype levels in the comments.
Hit the jump to check out some new screenshots featuring the new characters, stages and even some new costumes, courtesy of Siliconera.
Updated: The results and stream archive have been added into the story after the jump.
Level|Up is back tonight and will be streaming Wednesday Night Fights 2013 3.1 live from Super Arcade in Walnut, California. Tonight's stream will kick off at 9:00 p.m. PDT / 4:00 a.m. GMT. Some of the notable players that are in attendance are ATP|Aris, LU|Alex Valle, DRS|Chris and more
Tonight, they will be streaming Injustice: Gods Among Us, Street Fighter X Tekken v2013, Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition v2012 and Tekken Tag Tournament 2.