East Coast Throwdown 5 tournament live stream featuring Chris G, Justin Wong, Dieminion, PR Balrog, Filipino Champ, Ricky Ortiz and more

Updated: This story has been updated with early results.

East Coast Throwdown 5 is about to get going, with the pools being shown on stream from 12 P.M., live from Morristown, New Jersey. The tournament will take place during May 18th-19th, and features Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition v2012, Street Fighter X Tekken v2013, Injustice: Gods Among Us, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and more on the main stage, with lots of side tournaments going on as well. For a full rundown of the titles being competed in, hit up our tournament preview.

Hit the jump to check out the streams, with main streaming duties being handled by TeamSp00ky. Secondary streams will be held by Deadly Bison Entertainment, KombatNetwork and Bibiquadium.

Updated: Official character art added, Beowulf wins second DLC character vote for Skullgirls

Updated: Lab Zero posted the official character artwork for the 5th DLC character in Skullgirls, Beowulf.

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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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.

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.

Skullgirls DLC color palettes released on PlayStation Network

Despite an initial delay the Skullgirls team thought the DLC colors for the PlayStation Network would not be released until next Tuesday. Thanks to Shane Bettenhausen of PlayStation they were able to get them released today.

Each character has a new color pack which is available for $1, it contains 4 new color palettes along with a bonus one for purchasing the pack. These are priced at $1 each, but they are also offering a discounted bundle of all the color packs for $5.

Below is a look at the new color palettes. Hit the jump to see them all.

Skullgirls attack concepts for possible DLC characters

The official Skullgirls Tumblr has posted a ton of concept attacks for the possible DLC characters. Many of these characters are already eliminated but you can still get an idea of what the team were brainstorming for each one.

Hit the jump to see more.

Skullgirls Slightly Different Edition patch now available on Xbox 360

Several readers have reported that the Skullgirls Slightly Different Edition patch is now available for download on Xbox 360. This update was released on PlayStation 3 in November of last year but due to exceeding the update size limit, was delayed on Xbox 360.

Skullgirls Slightly Different Edition comes in the form of a 7 MB title update which will occur when starting up the game. There is also a required compatibility update that must be downloaded from the XBL Marketplace that retains a file size of 273.14 MB.

Below is a bit from the official Skullgirls Facebook page in which they state the patch is live and recommend that the compatibility update be downloaded before starting up the game.

If you'd like to check out what changes and additions come with the Slightly Different Edition, you can check out the full patch notes here.

Tips by theramin, Blaken7, cailooooo, blazingsoldier2002, Zidiane, Snow, Kirbyfan66, AlphaFox, Baby_Astaroth, xryuhoshix, baiken, super_hadouken, SteelyReserves, FatFeel, JELIFISH19 and multiple anonymous tipsters. Via Skullgirls Twitter.

Mike Z shows off Parasoul and Peacock changes - Skullgirls

Mike Z has put together a quick video showcasing a few character changes to Skullgirls that he had planned on showing this week at the Salty Cupcake stream, however as he will be out of town he did this short video.

He mainly shows off the changes to Parasoul; he added in a rocket jump off of her Napalm Toss and a few other changes. For Peacock he shows off her changes to the item drop.

Video via Lab Zero TwitchTV.

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.

Lab Zero creates more Skullgirls hats for Team Fortress 2 - voting begins on Steam, hats with most votes to be officially released

Lab Zero has crafted more Skullgirls hats for Team Fortress 2 and posted a plethora of images over on Steam. According to the official Skullgirls Facebook page, Lab Zero is asking fans to vote on these items and if they receive enough votes, Valve will allow them to be released as pre-order bonuses.

Below is the status from Skullgirls' Facebook and a few images of the hats from Steam. Be sure to check out Lab Zero's page on Steam for screen shots of even more Team Fortress 2 hats.

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Hit the jump for a couple of videos showing the Samson and Squiggly hat in action.

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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Skullgirls PC beta test should begin mid-June, beta will allow you to play test Squigly

THe official Skullgirls Twitter has been pretty active answering various fan questions. A lot of questions are about the second fan voted DLC character poll that is going on, while there are some about the PC version and the game's DLC colors.

Skullgirls 2nd fan chosen DLC character vote - round 1 begins today

Today begins the first round of voting for the 2nd fan chosen DLC character in Skullgirls.

The voting process will be a bit different this time around and will be ran by using a rank-based system. Each voting session will last only 3 days in order to speed up the process.

For those who may have missed it, Eliza won the first character vote and is the first fan chosen DLC character to be included in the game.

Via the Skullgirls Twitter account. Tip sent anonymously.

Marvelous AQL adds $1,000 to EVO 2013 Skullgirls pot bonus, total of $2,000 up for grabs

Marvelous AQL, the company funding and publishing the PC version of Skullgirls, just upped the ante by adding to the pot bonus of the EVO 2013 Skullgirls side tournament. The EVO officials are providing $1,000 due to the results of the Breast Cancer drive and the Skullgirls Twitter account confirmed that Marvelous AQL will be also adding another $1,000.

Check out the tweet below.

@thiediev Yes, the #Skullgirls Evo 2013 pot starts at $2000. $1000 from Evo / Breast Cancer drive, $1000 from Marvelous AQL.

— Skullgirls (@Skullgirls) May 4, 2013

Via the Skullgirls forum and Salty Cupcakes. Tips by Zidiane and baiken.

Skullgirls' second DLC character Big Band concepts

Lab Zero has posted a great collection of concepts for Skullgirls' second DLC character Big Band. There is a variety of ideas here from his intro spotlight, to his Blast Skirt, his War Tubo Cannons and more.

After checking out the concepts, let us know what you think in the comment section below.

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