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.

Infiltration declined invitation to Topanga Asia League

When the line up for the Topanga Asia League was first announced, many people were wondering why Infiltration's name was not included on the list. Speculation was going around that perhaps he was not invited to compete among the other top players who attended.

In a recent Tweet from DM|Xian, who also competed at the Topanga Asia League, he stated that Infiltration was in fact invited to play at the event. According do Xian, the EVO 2012 champion declined the invitation in the form of not showing up.

@reebcfp they did invite but infiltration didnt come

— DM MCZ (///_^) Xian (@XianMSG) May 6, 2013

With Sako winning the entire event and MCZ|Daigo and RZR|Fuudo taking the proceeding top spots, how do you think Infiltration would have stacked up against them? Let us know in the comments below.

Via Beast Note and Xian's Twitter. Tip by StealthKiller.

Injustice: Gods Among Us Batgirl gameplay trailer released

Two days ago, players got a taste for Lobo in Injustice: Gods Among Us. But if you're still eager for even more new characters, you're in luck. NetherRealm have just given us a look at what Batgirl will have in store for all of you once she gets released.

While her inclusion was leaked a while back, this is the first actual gameplay we get to see of her, and as promised by NetherRealm themselves, she certainly doesn't look like a Batman clone. Check the video out right below.

Thanks to users sick.case and CBX for sending in this news tip.

KaneBlueRiver: 'Chris G's team forces people to play honest', 'they lose because he eliminates randomness'

KaneBlueRiver, who has been getting fairly good tournament results in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 for some time now with his somewhat unconventional team consisting of The Hulk, Sentinel and Haggar has spoken out on Twitter regarding Chris G's repeated victories, and the general complacency among Marvel players right now. Here's one of his tweets to start you off.

Most players don't lose to Chris G because of the wall of fireballs.They lose because he eliminates the thing that makes them win,randomness

— Nicolas Gonzalez (@KaneBlueriverCL) May 10, 2013

Hit the jump for more comments from KaneBlueRiver.

Updated: Lobo, Flashpoint Batman, Bad Girls and Teen Titans skin packs available tomorrow

Updated: The official Injustice: Gods Among Us Facebook page has uploaded another image unveiling alternate costumes including Teen Titan Raven and Selina Kyle Catwoman.

Tomorrow Injustice: Gods Among us will be hit with a round of downloadable content including it's first character Lobo, Batman's Flashpoint skin that comes with the Lobo compatibility pack, the Bad Girls and Teen Titan skin packs.

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Tip by illness690 and SqueakyBloom.

Beowulf wins second DLC character vote for Skullgirls

Mike Z called into the Salty Cupcake stream tonight to announce the winner of the second DLC character vote.

The winner of the second DLC character vote is none other than Beowulf. This makes a total of five confirmed characters coming to the game via DLC; Squigly, Big Band, Eliza, Robo-Fortune and Beowulf.

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Sent in by Jahmere, Alexreaper shiningnegro and CBX.

Updated: Closer look and glitch explanation, Crazy bug in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 brings two characters on the same team in at once

Updated: Pen7Ninja put together a video that further explores the properties of the glitch. In it, we learn that the player controls both characters at once and that they can stay on the screen forever as long as they don't idle on the ground for too long.

The video gives a closer look at the glitch and explains some of the other properties it retains.

YouTube user tyupazamurai2 uploaded footage of a very interesting Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 glitch. After hitting a knocked out opponent with a snap back, the other two characters on the team jump in to battle at the same time.

Some are speculating that this could be a result of the K.O. and the snapback. The game reads that the first character has fallen and sends in the next. Choosing to bring in third character with the snapback may cause the game to become confused and send in both instead.

At this point, the true reasoning behind this glitch is not confirmed but it sure makes for some very interesting footage. What do you think may be going on here? Let us know below.

Hit the jump to check out the first glitch video and another example of this glitch being performed by syhsyh fgame.

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.

Interesting take on Street Fighter 4 series update character select screen by Kuroneko

A Capcom Unity forum user by the name of Kuroneko, recently put together a few images of the Street Fighter 4 series update character select screen with potential changes he'd like to see made. In these images, we see that the actual section containing the characters is now vertical as opposed to horizontal, there are 3 Ultras to select from and a few newly added characters such as Q, Alex, Gill and more.

Would you welcome the changes featured here in Kuroneko's character select screen? If not, what tweaks would you like to see implemented?

Let us know below.

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Upated: Injustice: Gods Among Us unofficial DLC poll closed, Boon reveals two character with least amount of votes

Updated: Ed Boon has tweeted another image showing the second least voted character.

Ed Boon recently announced that the unofficial DLC poll for Injustice: Gods Among Us had been closed on his Twitter. While doing so, he also gave what appears to be a subtle hint towards Static Shock being one of the top voted characters.

He then posted an image of the poll results, with all characters are blacked out except for the one with the least votes Blue Beetle.

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Via Test Your Might, sent in by DevilMaySpy.

Updated: The Joker's Red Hood, Final Confrontation and Tourist alternate costumes in Injustice: Gods Among Us

Updated again: The Injustice: Gods Among Us Facebook page has revealed The Joker's Red Hood costume as the third and final outfit in the Killing Joke skin pack.

The Injustice: Gods Among Us Facebook page uploaded an image for the second costume in the Killing Joke skin pack. This one is The Joker's classic green and purple Final Confrontation suit.

One more costume for The Joker remains in the Killing Joke skin pack and will be revealed soon.

The official Injustice: Gods Among Us Facebook page brings us a closer look at The Joker's Tourist alternate costume that was first seen in the Batgirl reveal trailer. This costume is based off of the outfit worn by The Joker in the graphic novel, Batman: Killing Joke.

The Injustice Facebook stated that this is just the first costume in the Killing Joke pack and two more are going to be revealed soon. Additionally, an entirely new "surprise" pack containing three brand new costumes will is also be shown next week.

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Tip by Lock1991 and thomaslight.

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.

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.

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.

Updated: Lobo now available on PSN and XBL - Flashpoint Batman, Teen Titans and Bad Girl skin packs released for Injustice: Gods Among Us

Updated again: The compatibility pack had not been released and was causing a lot of lobbies to desync because players did not have Lobo. Now the compatability pack is available on the Xbox Live Marketplace with a 162 MB download.

Many readers have reported that this batch of Injustice: Gods Among Us is now available on PlayStation 3 as well. The compatibility pack is also live now and comes in the form of a 201 MB update.

Our Lobo guide has been added to our Injustice: Gods Among Us index page. Check out Lobo's moves here.

Injustice: Gods Among Us' first round of DLC has hit the Xbox Live Marketplace. Lobo and his compatibility pack that comes with the Flashpoint Batman skin is now available along with the Teen Titan and Bad Girl skin packs.

Currently these are only available through the in-game DLC menu in the "Bonus Features" option. We will have our guide section updated shortly with all of Lobo's moves and a basic combo video within a day or two.

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Additionally for those who would like to see Lobo's normal attacks, specials and super, I've created a short video showcasing them after the jump.

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