Top players talk about how U.S. stacks up against Japan in Super Street Fighter 4 AE v2012

There's been a lot of discussion in the community on how the U.S. stacks up against Japan after the results of CEO 2012. EG|Justin Wong took first place in Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition v2012, and he and others beat some of Japan's best players along the way.

We wanted to gather some top player and prominent community member's opinions and see how they felt the U.S. stacked up with the competition in Japan for SSF4 AE v2012, so we spoke with coL.cc|Filipino Champ, EG|Justin Wong, TS|Arturo Sanchez, CVPR|PR Balrog and Gootecks to get their insights. Opinions differed a bit among the people we asked, but they all acknowledge the U.S. has leveled up.

To check out what everyone had to say, hit the jump.

Namco Bandai working on new Super Smash Bros. game, 'never-before-seen dream team'

It was announced today that Sora Ltd. and Namco Bandai are working together on the latest Super Smash Bros. title, for the Wii U and 3DS. Project lead, Masahiro Sakurai, and Namco Bandai producer, Masaya Kobayashi (Ridge Racer, Go Vacation), talked about the collaboration.

EventHubs community assist tiers poll for Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 - part 1

Expanding on our tier listing for Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, we've decided to take a closer look at the assists in the game, and ask the community to assign a letter grade to everyone's set of helper attacks/moves.

We've also simplified the rankings a bit here, no longer offering grades with a + ranking, and just going with a straight up letter. The available choices are S, A, B, C, D — with S being the highest ranking — and D being the lowest.

Important: Some assists can be powered up, like Arthur's. When voting please take this into consideration. You are not only voting for that assist in its powered up, form but also what it takes to gain access to it. So think of your vote in terms of overall effectiveness of an assist. Part 1 of the assist tiers is now available for your votes, it covers Akuma through Dr. Doom. Here are links to those areas.

Seth Killian announces departure from Capcom

Seth Killian has written a blog on Capcom Unity detailing his departure from Capcom. Below is a bit from Seth on the subject.

CEO 2012 results, battle logs and stream archives - SSF4 AE v2012, UMvC3, KoF13 and more

Updated with final results: This story has been updated with the final results for day 2 of CEO 2012.

Day 2 of CEO 2012 is underway now and a bunch of games are being played. There are two streams going, one hosted by Team Spooky and the other by IPWDeuce ran on CEO Gaming's TwitchTV channel.

You can view our preview for this tournament here, which recaps the notable players who are attending, who's expected to contend for top honors and more.

Hit the jump to check out the live video feeds, results, battle logs and more.

Street Fighter 3 Third Strike Online Edition Title update plan and details

Dave from Iron Galaxy the development team that worked on Street Fighter 3 Third Strike Online Edition has posted a blog with their current update plans and details for the upcoming patch.

Below is a list of the current issues they have the ability to fix, after the jump is the things that require more investigation before committing and lastly stuff they will absolutely not be fixing.

Facebook and Twitter social media buttons added to all news stories

We've added a couple of buttons to the top of every news story here on EventHubs to make sharing through social channels a little easier, specifically Twitter and Facebook. Here's a screen capture of how things look now when you click through to a news story.

Also, it's a good time to remind people we have an official Twitter and Facebook account setup for the site, so if you prefer keeping track of what's happening in the fighting game community through those avenues, it's easy to do so. Simply follow or like us there and all of our stories will show up in your feed.

King of Fighters 13 unlikely to return to MLG's lineup, future plans for fighting game growth

It's unlikely that King of Fighters 13 will continue to be in Major League Gaming's (MLG) lineup of fighting games, Carlos Arvelo, community manager, recently told EventHubs. He added that it's not impossible for the title to return, but due to poor performance at recent tournaments, it doesn't seem like it will happen.

I went back and tallied the number of entrants based off of the brackets MLG has posted, for King of Fighters 13, Mortal Kombat 9 and Soul Calibur 5. Here's what the turnouts looked like at previous events.

There's some positive news here though, as Arvelo added that MLG isn't going to slow down in regards to fighters, and if anything — they'll be growing in the future. He noted that Major League Gaming is looking to put a new strategy in place for fighting games that will be more in line with what people are used to.

We'll have more news here on EventHubs about MLG's fighting game plans, as it develops, so please keep checking back.

Ono discusses the cause and details of his April 2012 collapse and subsequent hospitalization

In April 2012 former producer of Street Fighter X Tekken and Street Fighter 4 Yoshinori Ono fell mysteriously ill and became hospitalized. EuroGamer recently sat down with Ono to discuss what exactly happened to the beloved Capcom employee.

Here is a bit from the interview.

You can check out the full article here.

TIps by Chameleonice, boba, Sunshine, Caivr and jkuc316.

MLG Anaheim Spring Championship tournament results, battle logs and stream - KoF13, MK9 and SC5

Updated with final results: This story has been updated with the final results and battle logs from the fighting game portion of the MLG Anaheim Spring Championship tournament.

The MLG Anaheim Spring Championship tournament live stream is getting underway now. The games in this weekend's lineup are King of Fighters 13, Mortal Kombat 9 and Soul Calibur 5, but KoF13 will be the only game on stream Friday.

Notable players in attendance include MCZ|Tokido, IGL|Bala, vVv|CD Jr., EG|fLoE, vVv|REO, VSM|Maxster, Keev, Kayane and vVv|Romance.

DMG's Juicebox Abel will be hosting the feed, along with EMP|Tom Brady, BrewtusBibulus and IGL|The Answer.

Hit the jump to check out the stream.

East Coast Throwdown 4 results, battle logs, stream archive and more

Updated with final results: This story has been updated with the final results and battle logs for East Coast Throwdown 4.

East Coast Throwdown 4, one of the biggest east coast majors this year is in full force. The first stream by Team Spooky is running the top 8 and top 4 parts of the finals. The second stream will have top 32 and other semi-final games and 8WayRun is also streaming other titles.

Notable players in attendance include: AVM|GamerBee, EG|Justin Wong, coL.cc|Filipino Champ, FC|NYChrisG, EG|Ricky Ortiz, coL.cc|Combofiend, BT|IFC Yipes, CVPR|PR Balrog, UVG|Noel Brown, AGE|Fanatiq, coL.cc|Mike Ross, among others.

Also, be on the lookout for the Fanatiq vs. RayRay $2,000+ money match on Saturday night at 8 p.m. EDT. This has been a much-hyped event that is supposed to demonstrate who has the stronger Magneto and Magneto-based team. There is also a $3,000 pot bonus for the UMvC3 tournament, so expect to see a lot of very serious play.

Hit the jump to check out all of the streams. This is a link for schedule of the event.

'Darkstalkers are not dead' T-shirt featured prominently in latest Street Fighter X Tekken episode #2 clip

Featured conspicuously in the latest Street Fighter X Tekken episode #2 clip, a boy is sporting a red T-shirt with the words, "Darkstalkers are not dead," written on it.

If you pay close attention to the trailer — it's pretty hard to miss, as there are multiple shots where the boy's shirt is clearly displayed. Here are a few screen captures.

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Yoshinori Ono posted a short note on Twitter that could be read a few different ways, as he was asked about the T-shirt and replied that:

North West Majors 4 results, battle logs and more

Updated with final results: This story has been updated with the final results, battle logs and additional details for North West Majors 4.

KhaosGaming is presenting North West Majors 4 this weekend which is taking place in Des Moines, Washington. This tournament is featuring SSF4 AE 2012, UMvC3, KOF13, Skullgirls, MK9, SFxT, SC5, BBCS Extend, Mystery Tournament, Tekken 6, Virtua Fighter 5: FS and Super SF2 Turbo.

High-level players include EG|Ricky Ortiz, coL.cc|Filipino Champ, CVPR|PR Balrog, CCG|Air DMG|iPeru, John Choi, Buktooth and Jason Cole are also in attendance. Hit this link to see the brackets for every pool.

Montreal Annual Tournament (MAT) IX results, battle logs and live stream

Updated with final results: The final results and some battle logs have been added into this story.

Toronto Top Tiers is streaming the latest MAT IX today, a Canadian tournament that begins at 11 a.m. EDT (8 p.m. PDT, 3 p.m. GMT) and is hosted at the Cafe Foonzo.

BT|Dieminion, MRN|WolfKrone, MTLSF|Chi-Rithy and MTLSF|Snafoo are in attendance at this tournament. Hit the jump to see the stream, results and battle logs.

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Thanks to TheUncharted we here at EventHubs have updated our News Submission / Contact Us forms so that users will no longer have to include their username and/or email in the form.

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