Daigo Umehara: 'I've never thought of myself as talented', talks about his gaming career and views on what winning means

In a 7-page interview with Tokyo Keizai, Daigo Umehara's life is detailed, and he explains his thoughts regarding his pro status in fighting games and what it has taken to bring him there. This article will feature several translated quotes from Daigo, as the original article is exclusively available in Japanese.

Below, you'll find the line Daigo started the whole interview with, and after that, there will be several quotes and excerpts covering different periods of his career.

Hit the jump to read more about Daigo Umehara.

Ultimate Fighting Game Tournament 9 results featuring ChrisG, Mike Ross, Tom Brady, KaneBlueRiver, Air, Latif and more

Updated with final results: The results of Ultimate Fighting Game Tournament 9 have been added into the story after the jump.

Ultimate Fight Game Tournament 9 is now streaming from Chicago, Illinois. This is a Road to EVO 2013 event and many games will be giving EVO seeding points for its top place players. There will be a ton of games played including Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition v2012, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Injustice: Gods Among Us, Street Fighter X Tekken v2013 and more.

Numerous top players will be attendance including AGE|NYChrisG, EMP|Tom Brady, FNEX|Kbrad, KaneBlueRiver, Perfect Legend, RZR|Latif, BT|Viscant, EG|Floe, CCG|Air and more.

Hit the jump to check out the streams and check our tournament preview for a full rundown.

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.

ChrisG discusses pot splitting at Texas Showdown, reason he plays Morrigan and community bias against him in candid interview

EventHubs reporter, Jason24cf, recently interviewed AGE|NYChrisG at East Coast Throwdown V where they discuss many topics including how Chris feels the community has a bias against him. He explains that many members of the the FGC hope that he will lose and that he thinks people are putting Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 on too high of a pedestal.

He also talks about the pop off he had on Twitter that was directed toward a tournament organizer, where he explains that he knows he's supposed to be professional, but sometimes things are said in the heat of the moment after losing a match.

Additionally, they talk about a few other topics including his reasoning for playing Morrigan, the pot splitting at Texas Showdown, his grand finals match in Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition v2012 against EMP|Dieminion at Civil War and more.

After the jump you can check out some of Jason's pictures from the event.

Updated: New console entitled 'Xbox One', Microsoft's next-gen console reveal event streaming live today

Updated: We here at EventHubs have snapped a few quick screen shots of the new Xbox One console.

Microsoft will be holding an event today in Redmond, Washington, in order to unveil their next-gen console. A live stream will be available on Xbox.com, Xbox Live, Spike TV (North America), GameTrailers and many other media networks. After the jump, you will find a live stream featuring IGN's coverage of the event.

The event will officially be kicking off around 10 a.m. PDT / 1 p.m. EDT / 6 p.m. GMT. IGN will be having a pre-show beginning here shortly in which editors Ryan McCaffrey and Daemon Hatfield sit down with Lionhead boss, Peter Molyneux, for a look back at the Xbox 360.

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Hit the jump to check out the stream.

Batgirl, Killing Joke, Red Son skin pack and Bane Luchador costume now available on Xbox 360 and PS3, history of Barbara Gordon

The next wave of Injustice: Gods Among Us DLC is now available for download on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. This includes Batgirl as a playable character, the Killing Joke skin pack containing three new costumes for the Joker, the Red Son pack and the Bane Luchador outfit.

To commemorate this day, InjusticeGame put together a quick history of the character that touches on Barbara Gordon's origin and how she went about becoming Batgirl.

Be sure to check out the full list of patch notes for the Batgirl compatibility pack.

Tips by AlphaFox, TheTHCGamer and SqueakyBloom.

Injustice: Gods Among Us v1.03 official patch notes, general fixes and character balance improvements

The Injustice: Gods Among Us official website has posted the patch notes for the patch v1.03 of Injustice which will be launched tomorrow.

Additionally launching tomorrow is Batgirl, Bane Luchador costume, Killer Joke skins and Red Son costume pack. Check out our post for details on price.

Hit the jump for the character balance improvements.

East Coast Throwdown 5 results, stream archives and more featuring ChrisG, Justin Wong, Dieminion, PR Balrog, Filipino Champ, Ricky Ortiz

Updated with final results: This story has been updated with the final results from East Coast Throwdown 5.

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.

Capcom expects to announce balance changes to Street Fighter 4 around the time of EVO 2013 - Ono wants online edition of CvS2 on XBL

Capcom expects to announce the balance changes for the next version of Street Fighter 4 around the time of this year's EVO, which is taking place from July 12-14, 2013.

Ono doesn't say specifically that they'll be announcing the changes at EVO, just around that time.

Yoshinori had a few other interesting Tweets, which weren't in Japanese, that have been included below, most notably that he'd like to see an online edition of Capcom vs. SNK 2.

Source: Yoshinori Ono's Twitter. Contributions to this story by MajinTenshinhan.

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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Sent in by Creeper, Jahmere, Alexreaper shiningnegro and CBX.

Asking users to fill out their EventHubs profile with games & characters played - Tatsunoko vs. Capcom roster and Lobo in Injustice selectable

You may have heard earlier in the week that we're rolling out a new stats page here on EventHubs, which will tabulate all sorts of interesting data points for the community, including character usage, team position and a heck of a lot more.

To help make this data as far reaching as possible, we're asking all of our readers to please edit their profiles (or sign up for an account, if they haven't done so already), and fill in which games they play, and the characters they use. If you want to take things a step further, including yourself in our Fight Tracker will also help the process.

In the near future, we'll be showing the community the results of these efforts, via another preview of our new stats page, which will offer a character usage breakdown and some other data points for Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Street Fighter X Tekken, Injustice: Gods Among Us, and of course Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition v2012.

As the largest website in the fighting game community, we'll be able to offer a strong look at some really interesting bits of info — but the more people who sign up, the better and more accurate our stats section will be. This will all be in anticipation of our full on launch of our greatly improved stats area, which will make this information, and a heck of a lot more, accessible and constantly updated, all at the touch of a few mouse clicks.

We also wanted to let our users know we've added characters for Tatsunko vs. Capcom, courtesy of jtir123, and Lobo is now a selectable option as well, for Injustice: Gods Among Us, if these are things you'd like to add to your profiles.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please leave a comment below with them. Thanks for helping us out.

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.

Razer Atrox Arcade Stick officially unveiled, ships in June

The Razer arcade stick, officially named Razer Atrox, has finally been unveiled to the public after being in the works for the last few years. Available in June 2013 for $199, you can find pictures and full details on the product, directly from Razer themselves, below.

Razer promises that the stick's features will include premium quality Sanwa Denshi hardware components, a fully mod capable construction and internal storage compartments. You'll find a few pictures of the stick to get you started below.

Hit the jump for more pictures, details and technical specifications.

Justin Wong's Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 tier list - part 1

EG|Justin Wong has put together a new tier list for Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, and we've posted part 1 of it, covering the Capcom side of the cast, here on EventHubs.

Unlike more traditional tier lists, Justin takes things a few steps further, offering pros and cons for each fighter in addition to a letter grade. He also discusses partners and which positions on a team he feels each fighter is strong at. Here's a little blurb to get you started.

You can check out, part 1 here and stay tuned to the front page for part 2, which will cover the entire Marvel side of the cast.

You can find a full archive of EG|Justin Wong's columns here on EventHubs, and you can view his Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition v2012 tier list that was posted a little ways back.

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.

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