Ravidrath from Lab Zero: People should not try to raise money for Annie, we've already got work for more than a year

With all 5 of the DLC characters now chosen to be included in Skullgirls, many fans still have favorites they'd like to see added to the roster. Ravidrath from Lab Zero Games keeps active over on the NeoGAF forums and recently dropped a bit of information on one of the characters included in the DLC polls, Annie.

It seems there is still a high demand for Annie and Ravidrath stated that he recommends fans do not try and raise money for her. He goes on to say that the team is already booked with work to occupy the next year adding more wouldn't be a great idea.

Below is a bit from Ravidrath.

Via NeoGAF. Tip sent anonymously.

Sakura's SF4 alternate, dancer Morrigan, school girl Lilith, Juri's SSF4 alternate and more - Street Fighter X Tekken PC mods

Video Games Best Mods returns with footage of more excellent Street Fighter X Tekken PC mods. Featured today we have Sakura's SF4 alternate costume, dancer Morrigan (Lili), Juri's SSF4 alternate, school girl Lilith (Lili) and more.

Hit the jump for more.

EventHubs give away: Injustice: Gods Among Us Arkham City costume pack for Xbox 360

We here at EventHubs have some Injustice: Gods Among Us Arkham City skin pack codes for Xbox 360 to give away to you today. The first code will be awarded to one lucky reader later today and the 2nd code will be given out over on our Twitter this coming Monday.

If you'd like a chance at snagging this costume pack code, take to the comments section below and share with us your favorite moment in Injustice so far. Five readers will be selected based on the best comments and of those five, the winner will be chosen randomly.

These Arkham City costume pack codes are not region protected so everyone and anyone who'd like a shot at these awesome skins is eligible to participate.

Be sure to follow EventHubs on Twitter for the opportunity at scoring the second Arkham City skin pack code that we will be handing out on Monday.

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The chance to win this costume pack ends at 12 a.m. PST / 3 a.m. EST / 8 a.m. GMT today. We'll be sending the winner a private message here on EventHubs once the contest concludes.

Infiltration vs. Ricky Ortiz and Momochi in Street Fighter X Tekken v2013 - NorCal Regionals 2013 match analysis by Arturo Sanchez

Arturo "TS|Sabin" Sanchez sent us another excellent match analysis video this time for two Street Fighter X Tekken matches from NorCal Regionals 2013. Today we have Infiltration (Alisa, Jin) going up against EG|Ricky Ortiz (Rufus, Chun-Li) and another match featuring the EVO 2012 champ against EG|Momochi (Jin, Nina).

Being an Alisa player himself, Sabin provides great comparative insight on how the match should be played and how Infiltration goes about doing so. He also covers the match ups in general and gives us a play-by-play of the fights.

Microsoft to abolish points system on Xbox, will be using gift cards and regular currency instead

Are you tired of having to purchase Microsoft points every time you see something you want on the Xbox Live Marketplace? A lot of people are, and after many years, Microsoft have finally decided to do something about it.

TheVerge reports that Microsoft will be scrapping their point system they have been using, in favor of simply letting you purchase gift cards or use regular forms of transaction, such as credit cards and debit cards without any middlemen involved.

The gift cards will function much like Apple's iTunes vouchers, where you simply use true currency to download products.

The new system will work across Microsoft's different marketplaces, including the Windows store, Windows Phone Store and Xbox. Reportedly, Microsoft are set to officially announce this change at this year's E3, with a launch planned for later this year, timed together with a new next-generation Xbox console.

Does this change make you happy, or is it too little, too late? Let us know in the comments.

Why the fighting game community hates the word "eSports"

A few days ago, an article was published on The Penny Arcade Report regarding eSports and why the fighting game community seems to hate the term so much.

In this article, there's a lot of history about what's gone down between the fighting game community and the eSports scene in the past, as well as quotes from people such as Tom Cannon, the organizer of EVO.

Here's a snippet from Tom Cannon to start you off.

Hit the jump to read more about the relationship between eSports and fighting games.

Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Combo Roundup featuring Nemesis, Wesker, Deadpool and Phoenix

We have some new combo videos from Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 featuring some slightly uncommon picks. While Wesker didn't use to be uncommon, he isn't seen much nowadays, and I think it would be hard to make an argument that Nemesis and Deadpool show up often in tournaments. As for Phoenix, we have a quick 100% combo against Thor with her — And no, while it does spend as much meter, that's not Dark Phoenix.

We'll start you off with the Nemesis combo video, courtesy of residentevilrulz.

Hit the jump for the rest of the videos.

EventHubs' Mad Catz/Tritton Pro + 5.1 Surround Sound gaming headset review from Jason24cf

EventHubs' reporter Jason24cf has made another review, this time tackling the Mad Catz/Tritton Pro + 5.1 Surround Sound gaming headset. With headsets being useful equipment at tournaments (just ask ChrisG), it might be time to pick one up if you're set to compete... Or if you just don't want the people you live with to keep it down every time you go online for some matches.

The question is, is this the headset for you? Wonder no longer, just check the review out right below and find all of your answers within.

Let us know in the comments if the review helped you decide whether or not to invest this product.

Street Fighter 4 questionnaire requests per character, suggested changes for Dudley, Juri, Cody, Sagat and Fei Long

Combofiend is back with a new blog from Ayano-san where he goes over highly requested changes to Street Fighter 4.

After the jump you can check out how many requests there were for each character and the system changes. It might come to a surprise to some that Yang had the most requests out of the entire cast.

Please note that these are the numbers are from the Japanese requests only.

Hit the jump to check it all out.

Updated: Results and stream archive Wednesday Night Fights 2013 #2.7 live stream - Injustice, SF4, SFxT, TTT2

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 2.7 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.

Hit the jump to check out the stream

Updated: Results and stream archive Next Level Battle Circuit #19 Injustice: Gods Among Us, UMvC3, SFxT v2013, SSF4 AE v2012

Updated: The results and stream archive have been added into the story after the jump.

Tonight, Team Spooky is streaming the Next Level Battle Circuit #19 from The Next Level arcade in Brooklyn, New York. Notable players in attendance include EMP|CD Jr., TS|Sabin, TS|NerdJosh, MH|RayRay, EMP|Sanford Kelly, EMP|Dieminion, TS|Fooblat, MH|Flux and more

They will be streaming Injustice: Gods Among Us, Street Fighter X Tekken v2013, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition v2012 over on TwitchTV.

Brackets will be available on Next Level's Challonge.

Weekly event listings May 17 - 23, 2013 -East Coast Throwdown 5

If you have an event you'd like to submit, you can add it into the Events area of the forums or you can send it in via the Contact Us form.

Luchador Bane costume coming with Batgirl's compatability pack on Tuesday

With the release of Batgirl this Tuesday, NetherRealm Studios will be releasing her compatibility pack to allow users who don't have her to play against her. With this pack you will be getting a free Bane costume; Luchador Bane.

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Via official Injustice: Gods Among us Facebook, sent in by Lock1991, cailooooo and Shingotink.

Nintendo enforces copyright on YouTube, ad revenue going to them instead of content creators

Nintendo has decided to claim ownership over many YouTube videos featuring its games. Specifically targeting "Let's Play" videos where an online personality would play through a game giving commentary and their thoughts.

Nintendo has decided that because the videos are so heavily based on their products that they fall under their copyright. As of now, any revenue from a Nintendo game will go to Nintendo instead of the YouTube content creator.

Nintendo provided the following statement to GameFront.

You might ask yourself what exactly this has to do with fighting games, well as you know Super Smash Bros. Melee was voted to be at Evolution this year.

While Smash Bros. tournaments don't necessarily fall under the "Let's Play" stereotype, it's possible due to the length of the videos Nintendo will start receiving the revenue instead of the owner of the YouTube channel the replays are uploaded to. This might also impact tutorial/tech videos from the Smash community.

Via IGN.

Is Jessica Alba a Street Fighter fan? Hadouken meme photos

Since April, Jessica Alba has been posting various images of herself, her family and friends doing Hadouken-ing poses on Instagram. Hadouken-ing has recently become a meme with even Capcom holding a contest with some great prizes.

In her latest image, she posted one to her Twitter crediting her husband Cash Warren and professional photographer Justin Colt.

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Via KpopStars, Enstars and Yahoo.

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