Injustice: Gods Among Us official patch notes with code fixes and balance tweaks

Last week, Injustice: Gods Among Us was hit with a small 7 MB patch that was required for you to play online. Today, NeatherRealm Studios gave us the official patch notes to let everyone know exactly what that patch did.

Hit the jump to see the balance tweaks.

Round 2 of Skullgirls second character vote started, Peacock Team Fotress 2 hat

The Skullgirls officially Facebook has noted that round 2 of the second Skullgirls character vote has begun. Below is a list of the characters that made it to round 2 and the eliminated ones.

Additionally, they posted an image of a Peacock Team Fortress 2 hat. Back in March, Lab Zero was promoting Squigly's Leviathan hat, but unfortunately Valve informed Lab Zero "that they don't have the cycles to accommodate the Skullgirls TF2 hat."

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Street Fighter 4 update balance change requests from Japan, part 3 - Dee Jay, Zangief, Gouken, Sakura, Adon

A new set of balance change updates were posted today on the official Japanese Street Fighter 4 blog, which Capcom Unity provided a translation for.

This entry covers what the community in Japan wanted to see changed with Dee Jay, Zangief, Gouken, Sakura and Adon, along with the official responses from Tomoaki Ayano. Combofiend noted that he saw quite a few similarities in what was requested in Japan, to what players wanted state side. Hit the jump to read everything.

Fanatiq: 'People were disappointed in me for playing League of Legends', speaks out about the difficulties in juggling multiple genres as a top player

Gamasutra posted an article dealing with the massive E-Sports scene currently present in League of Legends, and about players from different genres switching over to the game. A notable example is Marn, known originally as a fighting game player, who has found great success in League of Legends where he manages his own team "Team MRN", which features ClakeyD, another renowned fighting game player.

In the article, they remark that while many players have switched over to League of Legends from other genres, like fighting games, the players themselves are reluctant to talk about it due to the heavy tension that currently lingers between the different genres. It is even mentioned that some players that were spoken to in relation to this article refused to be named, since they hadn't "gone public" about playing League of Legends yet, in fear of the potential scorn they might face from their fanbase as well as their peers.

In the midst of this, high-level Marvel vs. Capcom player Fanatiq, who has recently been playing League of Legends regularly, decided to speak out regarding the troubles that follow with trying to transition into a new genre when you're already famous for something different.

Hit the jump to hear what Fanatiq had to say on the matter.

Filipino Champ's guide to beating Magneto with Dormammu

With Magneto being one of the most used characters in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, it's only natural that a top player like current EVO champion Filipino Champ would grace us with a video showing how to deal with this menace.

While the video is only aimed at how to defeat him using Dormammu, it should give some insight to most players since it shows Magneto from the perspective of a top Magneto player himself, with Magneto also being a mainstay in Filipino Champ's most used Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 teams.

Check out the video below.

It's also mentioned in the video that Filipino Champ is right now working on a video on how to counter Vergil with any character, so look forward to seeing that in the near future. For now, let this tide you over, and get into the lab to see what you can do against Magneto with this new-found knowledge.

Let us know your thoughts on the video in the comments.

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 misses sales target, Soul Calibur 5 doing fine

In their financial report released today, Namco-Bandai specified that Tekken Tag Tournament 2 has fallen short of their expected sales for the title. Namco was hoping that the game would have hit 1.7 million copies shipped to retailers at the end of March 2013, but it ended up short with only 1.5 million copies shipped.

On a more positive note, Soul Calibur 5 was reported to be doing fine, having reached 1.05 million copies shipped during the current fiscal year, bringing its total to 1.7 million. Given the franchises' different sales history, it is likely that initial expectations for Soul Calibur 5 were also lower than that of Tekken Tag Tournament 2, making this Namco's current success story when it comes to fighting games.

Despite this unforeseen shortcoming, the company revenue as a whole is up compared to last year, from $192 million up to $324 million. Namco reported that they are forecasting a revenue of $233 million for the upcoming fiscal year, a profit of almost $100 million lower than their current results.

For a more thorough report, including sales numbers of other Namco-Bandai titles such as their Naruto fighting games and Tales of Xillia 2, hit up our sources at Siliconera and VG247.

Ed Boon: Each DLC for Injustice: Gods Among Us will come with balance changes and tweaks

On his Twitter account, Ed Boon announced that every piece of DLC for Injustice: Gods Among Us will be coming with a balance update as well, showing that they are well aware of current problems in the game and working on fixing them. You'll find the tweet below.

@drdeathbass Yes sir... each DLC will come with game play balancing & improvements #welistentoyourbitching;)

— Ed Boon (@noobde) May 9, 2013

This feels like surefire way to make sure that a game keeps its competitive scene alive as long as possible, as the team are working hard at addressing any and all complaints that may arise during these early days of its tournament life. Make sure to let the team over at NetherRealm Studios know if you have any complaints so they don't miss anything you think is important.

Sound off in the comments with your opinions on this matter, and perhaps even balance changes in general.

Updated: Results and stream archive Wednesday Night Fights 2013 #2.6 live stream - Injustice, SF4, SFxT, TTT2 featuring Aris, Alex Valle and more

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 2.6 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 #18 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 #18 from The Next Level arcade in Brooklyn, New York. Notable players in attendance include AGE|NYChrisG, CD Jr., TS|Sabin, TS|NerdJosh, MH|RayRay, EMP|Sanford Kelly, EMP|DragonGod, 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.

Mortal Kombat Downfall: Sonya Blade vs. Kano live action mini-fight

Jordan Fountain is back once again with another live action fight between Mortal Kombat's Sonya Blade and Kano.

This features a "choose your winner" where you can select who you want to win and of course who gets to do their fatality. You can also check out both of them after the jump.

Amazing Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo highlight reel from LiangHuBBB

Keeping his compilation videos going, LiangHuBBB put together an excellent Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo highlight reel with a ton of amazing clips. Featured here we have comebacks, option selects, pressure strings, funny moments and much more.

If you're a fan of the Street Fighter 2 series, be sure to check this one out.

Ed Boon begins unofficial poll for potential future DLC characters in Injustice: Gods Among Us

Earlier today, NetherRealm's own Ed Boon began an unofficial poll to get people's opinions on which character they'd most like to see as DLC in Injustice: Gods Among Us. There are a total of 7 characters to choose from which you can find below.

One of the most highly requested characters, Martian Manhunter, was actually omitted from this list. When asked about this by a Twitter user, Boon mentioned that he was left out because he would definitely receive most of the votes.

Although this poll was most likely generated just for fun, the results will give NetherRealm a good idea as to which characters are most desired.

The characters up for voting are as follows:

Which character from the list above would you most like to see included in Injustice? Cast your vote and let us know who you chose in the comments below.

Via Ed Boon's Twitter. Tip by TheLaw.

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Lobo advanced combos by DreamKing, Green Lantern guide, Arkham Asylum characters combos / resets and more - Injustice: Gods Among Us

DreamKing here once again! This time I bring you a combo video for the Main Man in Injustice: Gods Among Us, Lobo. In here, I've included a couple of basic combos and move on to show some big damage and more advanced things he is capable of.

For a full list of combo inputs and damage information, you can check out the transcript on my Tumblr. Enjoy!

Hit the jump for more.

Quick glimpse at Remember Me's Dragon Punch, Flash Kick and Spinning Bird Kick DLC combo attacks

Capcom Unity posted a brief trailer showing off the DLC combo pack for their upcoming Science Fiction game, Remember Me. The pack will include 3 special moves from the Street Fighter series: the Dragon Punch, Flash Kick and Spinning Bird Kick.

Those who pre-order this title at Best Buy, Amazon or Steam will be given this DLC combo pack. Remember Me hits consoles on June 4 in North America and June 7 in Europe.

Tip by Toots and spawn006.

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