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Harada: If I was given the choice to include paid DLC or quit Namco, I would maybe quit

Posted by DreamKing23 — July 9, 2012 at 1:02 p.m. PDT
Harada: If I was given the choice to include paid DLC or quit Namco, I would maybe quit Euro Gamer had a chance to catch up with Katsuhiro Harada to discuss various topics such as paid DLC, the recent fan complaints concerning Tekken Tag Tournament 2 voice actors, on-disc DLC and more.

Harada drops some interesting bits of information in the article including the fact that he aims to keep downloadable content free of charge and that there may be instances where on-disc DLC could be necessary. Below are a few pieces from the article.

"When you look at DLC, whether paid or free, a lot of titles have it on the disc, it's not that unusual. I've been saying that, at least for Tekken, regarding techniques, characters and stages, these three things won't be charged for, even if they are DLC."

"Saying that, if someone has a particular character they've downloaded and they play someone who doesn't have that character, it might take five minutes for the person to then download the data to play against this person. This wouldn't be very realistic and wouldn't give a very favourable impression, so we do plan to address these issues. So some content may be on the disc, some might not. But since it's free it shouldn't be an issue."

If there's something that's not necessary, if it just enhances the entertainment value..." Harada begins to explain. "For example, a lot of fans have been asking for previous soundtracks. Fans have said they'd want to buy that. So maybe if we make those available, or some of the past ending movies... These are ideas that aren't essential to enjoy the game, and might be available for purchase."

And if his bosses said that wasn't enough? "If I was given the choice to include paid DLC or quit Namco, I would maybe quit... Or maybe I would just say 'get someone else to deal with this',"

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EVO 2012 results, live streams, battle logs and additional information

Posted by Catalyst — July 8, 2012 at 11:45 p.m. PDT
EVO 2012 results, live streams, battle logs and additional information EVO 2012 final results posted: EVO 2012 has finished up and all of the results, tons of battle logs and more have been added into this story. You can check out everything by clicking the link below.

The world's largest fighting game tournament kicked off on Friday. EVO 2012 is now complete and there was full coverage of this competition here on EventHubs throughout the weekend.

Top fighting game players were in attendance, including RZR|Fuudo, RZR|Latif, MCZ|Daigo Umehara, EG|Justin Wong, TH|Poongko, Hori|Sako, MCZ|Mago, AVM|GamerBee and many others. For a more complete look at who's attending and who the favorites are heading into this weekend, check out our preview here.

Hit the link below to check it it all out.

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Kubota Escape glitch in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 grants three seconds of full invincibility

Posted by SFilp — July 7, 2012 at 8:53 a.m. PDT
Lately in the community a rumor has been passed around about a glitch in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. This is known as the Kubota Escape where the point character is granted about three seconds of invincibility.

AG|MarlinPie has been discussing this on his Twitter as well.

The glitch seems to rely on a dead character slot and tagging to the dead character as you cancel the tag in with some outrageous method.

Executing the glitch is easy. no meter required. just a dead character.

This glitch grants about 3 sec of invincibility as the point character disappears. after 3 sec the character will pop right back in safely

Btw. this glitch is useful. not much of drawback. i tried with half of the cast so far. seems like an universal glitch.

Video from MetallicMike.

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Marvel vs. Capcom Origins coming to Xbox Live and PlayStation Network

Posted by Catalyst — July 5, 2012 at 8:10 a.m. PDT
Marvel vs. Capcom Origins was announced today for both Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network, it's a compilation of Marvel Super Heroes and Marvel vs. Capcom. This will be released later this year, in September. An official trailer along with some screen shots were sent out, check them out below, along with the press release after the jump.

The game will feature GGPO-enhanced online play, 8-player lobbies, spectator mode, HD graphical upgrades, dynamic challenges and replay saving, and this will all cost $14.99 or 1,200 Microsoft points.

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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure All Star Battle trailer

Posted by SFilp — July 4, 2012 at 11:28 p.m. PDT
During a "JoJo" painting exhibition from Hirohiko Araki, Namco Bandai released a trailer for the new Jojo's Bizarre Adenture All Star Battle. They also launched a website for the game a few days ago that only had a countdown.

Sent in by GabeN and The Saltmine.

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FGTV pre-EVO Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 stream featuring GX, Kazunoko, Abegen, Neo, MarlinPie, IFC Yipes, Chou, Dieminion and more

Posted by SFilp — July 4, 2012 at 8:55 p.m. PDT
FGTV pre-EVO Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 stream featuring GX, Kazunoko, Abegen, Neo, MarlinPie, IFC Yipes, Chou, Dieminion and more Updated: They will be starting the USA vs. Japan 5v5 here in a few minutes at 9 p.m. PDT.

The FGTV crew is streaming a pre-EVO 4th of July BBQ Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 party. The stream will be up and going pretty much all day and have a ton of great players including some Japanese.

You can expect the normal FGTV guys coL.cc|Filipino Champ, CVPR|PR Balrog, Shady K and EG|Ricky Ortiz along with them will be BT|Dieminion, BT|IFC Yipes, AG|MarlinPie, Neo, Zak Bennett, Abegen, GX, Shimada, Chou, Mamespider, eLive|Kazunoko and Forgenshiro.

Hit the jump to check out both streams.

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Tonight's Cross Counter Live will feature a very special guest and something unlike anything the FGC has seen before

Posted by SFilp — July 3, 2012 at 3:33 p.m. PDT
The Cross Counter Facebook made an announcement about tonight's episode of Cross Counter Live. Mike Ross will be joined by a very special surprise guest and will be previewing Evo for this weekend. It was also noted that something very special is happening at the beginning of the show tonight.

On tonight's Cross Counter LIVE, Mike Ross will be previewing Evo which is THIS WEEKEND! Also, there will be a very special surprise guest that you won't want to miss. The first few minutes of the show will be unlike anything you have seen before in the FGC. Promise. 9PM PST/midnight EST

There was also a mysterious image posted on their Twitter.


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Street Fighter X Tekken PC patch 1.02 out now for both Steam and Games for Windows Live

Posted by SFilp — July 2, 2012 at 4 p.m. PDT
Street Fighter X Tekken PC patch 1.02 out now for both Steam and Games for Windows Live The Street Fighter X Tekken patch 1.02 for PC is now out for both Steam and Games for Windows Live. This fixes the sound glitch and introduces the gem selector.

-Online sound update, which will improve the quality of sound when playing online matches.

-Tournament support update, which will expedite the gem selection process with the help of a new number wheel system. If you missed our demo of the Tournament Support update, you can watch it right here.

With this patch being released we have gotten reports that the online still is having rollback issues as shown by Error1.

Tip submitted by xxMarshy and some anonymous readers.

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Seth Killian joins Sony as lead game designer for Santa Monica Studio

Posted by Catalyst — July 2, 2012 at 9:54 a.m. PDT
Seth Killian joins Sony as lead game designer for Santa Monica Studio Over on the PlayStation Blog, it was announced that Seth Killian has joined Sony as the lead game designer for the external group at Sony's Santa Monica Studio. Here's a quick blurb from the write up.

I was excited to join Santa Monica Studio in particular because of the chance to work with some great individuals, but also because of the incredible range of projects they take on. If you head out of my office and turn right, you’ll run into the “God of War: Ascension” team. If you turn left, you’ll find the Giant Sparrow crew working on “The Unfinished Swan.” There are other amazing studios in the world, but nowhere else that I know where you can find that kind of diversity combined with such a deep commitment to greatness–which also happens to sum up what’s so exciting to me about Sony overall.

The external group works with Sony’s outside studios — teams like Queasy Games (Sound Shapes), Fun Bits Interactive (Escape Plan), thatgamecompany (Flower, Journey), and… SuperBot Entertainment, makers of PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale!

Fighting games are very close to my heart, and as someone that’s spent much of my life with traditional fighters, All-Stars has been a great opportunity to take a step back and rethink fighting fundamentals from the ground up. The entire team was put together from scratch to create this game, and they are loaded with fighting game superstars (including some impressive tournament credentials–I’m not even the first EVO finalist to join the team!) who love great combat just as much as I do.

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Topanga B League results, battle logs and more - SSF4 AE v2012 tournament

Posted by Catalyst — July 1, 2012 at 4:34 a.m. PDT
Topanga B League results, battle logs and more - SSF4 AE v2012 tournament Updated with playoff results from Topanga B League: This story has been updated with complete results and a battle log for this competition, including a rundown of the playoff between MCZ|Tokido (Akuma)/Kyabetsu (C. Viper) and Bonchan (Sagat)/Naruo (Evil Ryu).

The Topanga B League was an online Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition v2012 tournament held with Japanese players.

The lineup of competitors was: YHC-Mochi (Dhalsim), Eita (Akuma), Banbaban (Cammy), Dogura (M. Bison), Naruo (Evil Ryu), Sasaki (Cody), Michael-tan (Ken), Pamyu (Balrog), -6 (Akuma), Yasu (Guile), Kyabetsu (C. Viper), Dashio (Seth), VER (Gouken), Ojisanboy (Abel), Juso (Sakura) and Machabo (Fei Long).

Hit the jump to check details about this tournament, including the final results, battle logs and additional information.

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Updated again: TAC infinite combos in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 for Amaterasu, Viewtiful Joe and many more

Posted by SFilp — June 30, 2012 at 12:33 p.m. PDT
Updated with latest TAC infinites: A fresh batch of TAC infinites have been submitted into the site. We've embedded all of the latest videos, and then made a list of all of the older ones, so it's easier to keep track of what has and hasn't been posted.

Luis1luis1 uploaded a video showing Amaterasu's TAC infinite.

Hit the jump to see everything.

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Niitsuma likely responds to TAC infinite reports for Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, adjusting mechanics

Posted by Catalyst — June 27, 2012 at 9:44 a.m. PDT
Niitsuma likely responds to TAC infinite reports for Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, adjusting mechanics Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3's producer, Ryota Niitsuma, has likely responded to the plethora of TAC infinites that have been discovered in the game recently via Twitter.

While Niitsuma didn't say specifically what he was looking at in the tweet, it's highly probable that this would be about the TAC infinites, which have been discovered for many of UMvC3's cast members at this time.

Zhi of Cross Counter Asia was gracious enough to translate Niitsuma's words for the community.

I've received many reports regarding Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. Currently, I am adjusting the mechanics related to the problem. Please wait patiently.

Contributions to this story by Nyoro. Tip from Neoxon.

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Famitsu reveals new Dead or Alive 5 character "Rig" and an alternate costume for Christie

Posted by SFilp — June 26, 2012 at 8:35 p.m. PDT
DoAWorld has posted about this month's issue of Famitsu, which reveals a new character for Dead or Alive 5 named Rig. Not much is known about Rig outside of the face he is being voiced by Hiroki Touchi who has done a ton of anime and video game voice overs.

You can also see a new alternate costume for Christie.


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Tip submitted by kupowns.

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Harada explains complications of bringing back voice actors, talks behind the scenes details

Posted by Catalyst — June 25, 2012 at 10:42 a.m. PDT
Harada explains complications of bringing back voice actors, talks behind the scenes details Namco Bandai's Katsuhiro Harada explained some of the ins and outs of voice acting, as it pertains to Tekken Tag Tournament 2, in a recent post via Twitter. Despite doing some very extensive work on the voice acting for the cast members in TTT2, and answering multiple questions about why certain people couldn't come back, Harada was still pestered with requests for certain actors that had previously worked on the franchise.

He made a fairly long response to address these concerns. Hit the jump to read the entire entry.

I have something I want to say to the people who spam me with requests to "switch back (or Bring back) to the voice actors used previously".

I believe that, before whining and complaining about everything, you need practice at taking a step back and analyzing things objectively. And also at being an adult.

First, the voice you were listening to was 16 years ago, during the PlayStation period. The current generation of consoles are totally different in how they play back sound; both software-wise, and the internal circuitry.

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Living the Dream - A tribute to Seth Killian from OzHadou

Posted by DreamKing23 — June 24, 2012 at 4:25 p.m. PDT
Living the Dream - A tribute to Seth Killian from OzHadou Ziggy over at OzHadou posted a very interesting article today in tribute of Seth Killian's recent resignation from Capcom. This post takes a look back at the contributions Seth has made to the fighting game community and focuses on the inspiration Seth has provided for tournament organizers.

Included in this article you will find a bit of Killian's history before he became Capcom's Special Combat Advisor and some of the accomplishments he made during his six years at the company.

Here is a bit from the article.

“It was crazy. I would play “SF2″ on the arcade machines at the Capcom booth during E3, and then try and corner Capcom employees for posters and keychains to give away at the fighting game tournaments I helped to run. For a few years they just told me to get lost, and then one year I met some new Capcom people who sat and listened to my crazy ideas for a while. They ended up offering me a job.” – Seth Killian

Through persistence Seth was in the right place at the right time, with the right attitude to realise a chance many fighting game enthusiasts have dreamed of – the power to turn Capcom’s attention towards the fighting game community from the inside.

Be sure to check out OzHadou's full article here.

Tip by an anonymous submitter.

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