IGN poll determines which characters are most highly requested in Injustice: Gods Among Us

IGN recently conducted a poll on their Facebook page to determine which DC Comics character is the most highly requested to be added to the Injustice: Gods Among Us roster. The results were generated by tallying roughly 3,500 votes.

Many characters were voted upon including Martian Manhunter, Poison Ivy, Darkseid, Black Canary, Bizarro and more.

Additionally, Greg Miller and Destin Legarie put together a video in which they discuss which characters they'd like to see as DLC for Injustice. They have some unique choices and give reasoning as to why they feel their choices should be included.

Hit the jump to check out the image of the poll results, courtesy of IGN.

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.

Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate adds Ein and Virtua Fighter's Jacky Bryant to the roster, Japanese release on September 5

It seems that Ninja Gaiden's Momiji is not the only character that will be added to the new Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate update. DoA's own Ein will be playable in the next installment, along with Jacky Bryant from the Virtua Fighter franchise.

Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate will be available in Japan on September 5 of this year and will have a price tag of 6,090¥. Below you can check out a few images of the new characters in action.

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Challenge Capcom ep. 14: Combofiend and haunts discuss potential changes for Ken, Ryu, Balrog and Sakura in SF4 update

CapcomFightersTV has uploaded episode 14 of their Challenge Capcom series in which Combofiend and Haunts play Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition v2012 on the PS3 against various online opponents. During the battles, Combofiend covers potential characters changes in the upcoming SF4 update for Ken, Ryu, Balrog and Sakura.

Note: The changes mentioned by Combofiend are not guaranteed to be included in the game, however, these are tweaks that Capcom U.S. has sent over to Japan for further consideration.

Combofiend and Haunts begin talking about character changes at around 40:00 in the video after the jump.

Street Fighter 4 update balance change requests from Japan, part 5 — M. Bison, Yun, El Fuerte, Vega, Blanka

A new post popped up on the Japanese Street Fighter 4 series blog today, and has also been translated by Dawgtanian over at Capcom-Unity.

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.

Freddy Krueger was top selling DLC character in Mortal Kombat 9

Ed Boon posted a Tweet the other day divulging an interesting bit of information about the Mortal Kombat 9 DLC characters. It appears that between Kenshi, Rain, Skarlet and Freddy Krueger, Freddy was the top selling and most downloaded of the bunch.

Freddy Ended up being the best selling of all the DLC characters in MK9... Hmm? ....go figure!

— Ed Boon (@noobde) May 14, 2013

This comes as a surprise as many players felt the decision to make Freddy Krueger a playable character in MK9 was a bit out of left field.

This begs the question: Will NeatherRealm Studios include another obscure character as DLC in their latest fighter, Injustice: Gods Among Us, and will it have similar results?

If you could choose a character that isn't DC Comics related to include in Injustice as DLC, who would it be?

Share your thoughts below.

Shaqfighter trademark filed, possible sequel to Shaq Fu?

Mine O'Mine, the company that runs Shaq's official website has filed a trademark for something called Shaqfighter.

It is unknown exactly what this could be, but the filing covers 'video games, computer software, online games and action skill games', which could mean there's some sort of Shaq Fu sequel in the works.

This is pure speculation as Mine O'Mine has not officially stated what they plan to do with Shaqfighter.

Via Siliconera.

Possible 3D King of Fighters and Samurai Showdown titles in the works - SNK Playmore looking to hire employees for future games

SNK Playmore recently tossed up a job posting over on their Japanese site for what seems to be two future titles that may be in the works. According to the post, SNK is looking to hire employees to work on a new King of Fighters and a new Samurai Showdown title that aim to be 3D fighters.

The job positions they are currently looking to acquire are 3D CG Designer, Game Programmer and Game Planner.

Details are currently scarce but based on SNK's job listing, we just might be seeing the next King of Fighters and Samurai Showdown games in the full fledged 3D fighting mechanic akin to that of the Tekken and Dead or Alive franchises.

Would you be interested in playing 3D versions of King of Fighters and Samurai Showdown? Lets us know in the comments below.

Tip by ShinAkiraDesu.

Capcom considering equipping El Fuerte with better tools to promote thoughtful play, may buff Quesadilla Bomb in Street Fighter 4 series update

Capcom UK employee David "Dawgtanian" Hinds posted a couple of brief statements on Twitter yesterday regarding some potential changes to El Fuerte in the upcoming Street Fighter 4 series update. Dawgtanian mentioned that Capcom is considering making Fuerte's Quesadilla Bomb more effective and equipping him with other tools that will promote thoughtful play.

Although they are looking to improve Fuerte, Capcom is trying to make sure they do not over buff him due to his ability of using his run / stop to string normal attacks together.

Dawgtanian noted that these changes are not a complete certainty right now but are definitely being considered. As a Fuerte player himself, Hinds mentions that he is pleased with the direction the character is headed.

Papa John's Pizza supporting fighting game community and other eSports organizations by offering 50% off

Papa John's Pizza is supporting the fighting game community and other eSports organizations by offering 50% off all their pizza.

There are 18 different organizations in total that are participating including Evil Genisues' Fighting Game division, Team Liquid's Starcraft 2 division and more. Additionally they are giving out prizes including shirts, mousepads, digital items and more as each tier is being met.

Since there are multiple organizations, it's suggested you select the one you wish to support [Editor note: We suggest the FGC option at the bottom] as they will get credit for referring you.

After you select your option you hit "Order Now" at the top of thepage and insert the promo code "PIZZAGG".

Head over to PizzaGG for the full details on how to order.

Final round of Skullgirls second character vote begins today, top 10 remain

The final round of the Skullgirls second character vote has begun and the official Facebook page has posted the top 10 characters left. If you hit the jump, you can check out the list of characters that were eliminated in round 2.

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.

Character stats, usage rates and more for SSF4 AE v2012, UMvC3, Injustice, etc. - Preview of new EventHubs stats area

In the near future, a new stats section will be launched here on EventHubs which will provide detailed information on nearly every fighting game in our Fight Tracker, which currently supports over 25 titles. From Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition v2012 to Injustice: Gods Among Us, to older titles like Super Smash Bros. Melee and Guilty Gear, this new stats page will offer a compelling look at the games we play and love.

Data points included will be how popular a character is, for team games which slot they're most likely to occupy (point, middle, anchor), which partners/other characters they're likely to be grouped with, what regions of the world the people who use these characters players hail from, gaming systems players use and even more.

All of this information will be constantly updated every 12 or 24 hours automatically, and it's populated off of what people have entered into their EventHubs profiles and our Fight Tracker.

As the world's largest fighting game website, EventHubs will be able to provide a look at some of the metrics that our community finds interesting, like usage rates for characters, most popular teams and quite a bit more, and all of it consistently updated.

Hit the jump to read more and see preview images.

Skullgirls team hopes roll into Skullgirls 2 after they're done with DLC characters

The Skullgirls Twitter account has been responding to various questions about the DLC characters and the future of the game. User BernkastelWitch was curious if the team planned do additional characters after the five which were funded by the crowdfunding.

@bernkastelwitch That's a year out, so impossible to say. My hope is that Autumn's legal problems are over and we roll into SG2.

— Skullgirls (@Skullgirls) May 15, 2013

What is your thoughts? Would you like to the team to move onto SG2 or maybe continue adding DLC characters to the current game.

Ryan Hart: If fighting games are going to progress in eSports, the negativity has to die - if you discredit top players, you discredit your scene

Hold Back To Block TV interviewed Western Wolves' Ryan "Prodigal Son" Hart last month during Final Round 16. Ryan talks on many subjects including his experience at Final Round, the current state of the UK scene and more.

Ryan gives amazing insight into his origins and recalls his tournament memories as an upcoming fighting game player. Hart states that the first tournament he ever won was a King of Fighters '96 event at the age of 17. He continues on to talk about some of his experiences in Japan such as the kumite he played at the Play Max arcade in Japan.

Prodigal Son makes an interesting point in stating that he feels fighting games will never progress in eSports if the scene continues to put each other down. If players respect each other more and cease with the negativity, the community can take strides forward.

Overall, this is an excellent interview jam packed with tons of information. Check it out below.

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