Youmacon Battle Opera 2012 results, battle logs, stream archives and more

Updated with final results: This story has been updated with the final results, battle logs and has links to the stream archives for Youmacon Battle Opera 2012.

Youmacon Battle Opera 2012 has kicked off now in Detroit, Michigan. This will be running all weekend and have 4 separate streams so there will be a ton of action to take in.

Several top players are in attendance including, coL|Filipino Champ, EG|Justin Wong, WolfKrone, EG|PR Balrog, AGE|NYChrisG, EG|Ricky Ortiz, BT|IFC Yipes, LU|Alex Valle, FNEX|K-Brad, DJ Huoshen and more.

Hit the jump to check out our coverage.

Youmacon Battle Opera 2012, MLG Fall Championship and Master Series Europe tournament previews

There are a handful of major events going down this weekend, with the headliner being Youmacon Battle Opera 2012 in Detroit, Michigan. Several of the United States' top players will be attending, including coL|Filipino Champ, EG|Justin Wong, WolfKrone, EG|PR Balrog, AGE|NYChrisG, EG|Ricky Ortiz and more.

MLG's Fall Championship and the Master Series Europe — Street Fighter 25th Anniversary tournament will also be taking place.

For the full rundown on all of these events, hit the jump.

Mike Z provides complete list of changes for upcoming Skullgirls: Slightly Different Edition patch

Mike Z has posted a complete list of changes that we can expect to see in the upcoming Skullgirls: Slightly Different Edition patch. There are a ton of tweaks listed here including changes to gameplay, non-gameplay, character specific and more.

Among this giant post, Mike mentioned a change to the push blocking mechanic in Skullgirls that would resemble that of Mavel vs. Capcom 2. He went on to say that he told a few top MvC2 players about this change and even they were surprised by it.

Hit the jump to check out the entire list.

Over 10 hours of Skullgirls current patch tournament footage from Salty Cupcakes

EightSixed's Twitch TV channel has a ton of archived footage showing off the patched version of Skullgirls. Featured here are two Salty Cupcakes tournaments that took place during the past two weeks. Skullgirls creator, Mike Z, was in attendance and provides commentary through out each archive and competes as well.

If you like to check out a list of changes that were made to the patched version of Skullgirls, you can find them here and here.

Hit the jump to check out over 10 hours of the patched version of Skullgirls.

Seasons Beatings: Ascension results, battle logs for SSF4 AE v2012, UMvC3 and more

Updated with live results: This story has been updated with results through day 2 of Seasons Beatings: Ascension. Live updates are being posted for finals day, as they happen.

The Seasons Beatings: Ascension stream is kicking off today starting at 3 p.m. PDT from Independence, Ohio. They will feature full tournaments for Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition v2012, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, King of Fighters 13, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Mortal Kombat 9, Soul Calibur 5, Persona 4 Arena, Dead or Alive 5 and Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo.

Top-level players expected to show WW|Infiltration, GU|Flocker, FC|NYChrisG, LU|Alex Valle, IGL|Bala, IGL|TheAnswer, TA|Frutsy, DMG|CD Jr., EG|Justin Wong, FNEX|K-Brad, coL.cc|Filipino Champ, BT|IFC Yipes, BT|Dieminion, EG|PR Balrog, BT|Viscant, CoCo|OMG Itz Andre, FGC|Infrit, EG|Ricky Ortiz, FRB|Mamespider, Combofiend, IFD|DJ Huoshen, Perfect Legend, Damdai, UVG|Noel Brown, Neo, WW|Laugh, CafeID|Lacid, CafeID|MadKOF, Romance and many more.

If you missed the preview we posted earlier this week with information on the special 5-on-5 tournaments and players to look out for, be sure to check it out.

Hit the jump to check out the streams hosted by Console Combat and Add Mitt and a schedule for this event.

Skullgirls patch presentation with Mike Z - in-depth demonstration of upcoming changes

TheMixUp has uploaded the archive featuring Mike Z's presentation of the upcoming Skullgirls patch. Mike goes over various changes that have been made to the game including the changes to each character, command lists, double snapback mechanics, the 3 new colors that will be added and much more.

This Skullgirls patch demonstration lasts over an hour and there is a ton of ground covered. If you missed the list of patch changes you can find them here.

Hit the jump for the archive.

Mike Z lists new move properties in the upcoming patch for Skullgirls

Mike Z made a post on the SRK Skullgirls forums giving some additional patch notes for the upcoming patch. These changes based on adding some more "fun stuff" to the game which changes some move properties.

Hit the jump to see what has been added for Peacock, Cerebella, Valentine and Parasoul.

The Upper-Cut Championship 2012 live stream from Dallas, Texas featuring Chris G, Wolfkrone and more

The Upper-Cut Championship 2012 is streaming live today from the American Airlines Training Conference Center in Dallas, Texas. BoomGorillas is providing the live stream for the event and it is currently under way,

This tournament will feature Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition v2012, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Street Fighter X Tekken, King of Fighters 13, Blazblue Continuum Shift Extend, Persona 4 Arena, Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown, Mortal Kombat 9, Soul Calibur V, Skullgirls and Tekken 6.

Top players in attendance include FC|Chris G, Wolfkrone, NGB|Stone, Mihe and more.

Hit the jump to check out the live stream embed,

Updated: Arkansas Regional Knockouts 5 presented by Game Zone Alpha and the Arkansas Fighting Game Network top 8 results and stream archive

Updated: The results and stream archive for top 8 in Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition v2012, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Persona 4 have been added into the story after the jump.

Interrupted Gaming! is streaming the Arkansas Regional Knockouts 5 tournament from Game Zone Alpha in Jacksonville, Arkansas. The live stream is currently under way and you can check it out after the jump.

This event will feature a slew of different games including Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition v2012, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Street Fighter X Tekken, Persona 4 Arena, Soul Calibur 5, Mortal Kombat 9, King of Fighters 13, Skullgirls and Blazblue Continuum Shift Extend.

Top players in attendance include EG|Justin Wong, EG|Ricky Ortiz and UVG|Noel Brown,

Hit the jump to check out the live stream embed.

GVN Summer Jam 6 results and battle logs - live streams from Team Spooky, St1ckBuG, 8WayRun and KombatNetwork

Updated with final results: This story has been updated with the final results from GVN Summer Jam 6.

GVN Summer Jam 6 took place this weekend, a continuation of a long running series of tournaments held by Big E Gaming and the counterpart to Winter Brawl. This tournament traditionally takes place at the Sheraton of Philadelphia Airport and has always featured a massive lineup of games both new and old.

Top-level players expected to show include FC|NYChrisG, WolfKrone, AGE|Fanatiq, AG|MarlinPie, BT|Dieminion, BT|IFC Yipes, EMP|Sanford Kelly, MH|RayRay, DJ Huoshen, AGE|Flash Metroid, AGE|Knives, AquaSilk, TS|Min, TS|NerdJosh, DMG|Fighting GM, OMG Itz Andre, AGE|Vangief, L.I. Joe, Jason Cole, Lord Knight, AG|Dr. Chaos, AG|Lucky D, STC|Quandizzle and Nick Cage.

Games included are Persona 4 Arena, SSF4 AE2012, UMvC3, DoA5, KoF13, MK9, Tekken 6, Soul Calibur 5, Skullgirls, SF3 Third Strike, SSF2T, Guilty Gear, Melty Blood, BlazBlue, Arcana Heart 3, Street Fighter X Tekken. Singles and team tournaments will be ran.

Hit the jump to see all of the streams hosted by Team Spooky, St1ckBuG, 8WayRun and KombatNetwork.

Major League Gaming's Summer Championships results - Mortal Kombat 9 and Soul Calibur 5 live stream

Updated with Soul Calibur 5 results: This story has been updated with the top 8 results and characters used for Soul Calibur 5 at the MLG Summer Championships.

The Major League Gaming's Summer Championship starts today at 2:30 p.m. PDT and will be running to around 7:30 p.m. You can check out our preview of this event here.

$33,400 in prizes will be up for grabs in total for the Mortal Kombat 9 and Soul Calibur 5 tournaments. Players like DMG|CD. jr., EMP|Perfect Legend, NSydia|Keev, MCZ|Kayane, VSM|Maxster, TFA|Pig of the Hutt, GGA|16-bit, EMP|REO, GGA|Dizzy, KN|Crazy Dominican, RTD ATL and more will be in attendance. There will also be an expo final for Virtual Fighter 5: Final Showdown and Skullgirls.

Hit the jump to check out the live video feeds.

Skullgirls patch submitted to Konami for testing, full change notes available when it hits

The official Skullgirls Twitter account was updated today with word that the new patch has been submitted for testing purposes. The team also noted that a full list of changes would be available when the patch is out.

You can read the huge list of "unofficial" patch notes here.

Tip from BugonisX2.

NorCal Install event at Gamecenter - Persona 4 Arena, King of Fighters 13, Skullgirls and Blazblue Continuum Shift Extend live stream by Finest KO

Finest KO will be streaming the NorCal Install monthly ranbats at Gamecenter today. The live stream will be kicking off at around 3:30 p.m. / 10 p.m. GMT.

Today's stream will feature Persona 4 Arena, King of Fighters 13, Skullgirls and Blazblue Continuum Shift Extend.

Hit the jump to check out the live embed.

MLG announces exhibition tournaments for Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown and Skullgirls at MLG Summer Championships

The MLG Summer Championship coming August 24-26 in Raleigh, North Carolina will feature two exhibition tournaments for Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown and Skullgirls.

No details for the Skullgirls tournament were listed but all the information for the Virtua Fighter 5 tournament was posted.

Most importantly it seems MLG is definitely interested in bringing more fighting games onto their circuit and this could potentially be a way of testing the waters.

Via Arturo 'Sabin' Sanchez's Twitter.

Images of Skullgirls free colors included in upcoming patch

Canopking over on Canopy Kingdom posted an article showing off the new Skullgirls colors that will come with the next online patch. Although the image quality isn't the greatest, below you will find the 3 free colors for each of the characters on the roster.

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