KOFXIII: Raiden Combo Video from Persona

Persona released a new combo video for The King of Fighters XIII featuring Raiden. You'll quickly see that he hits like a tank and even with just a handful of hits he can take off a good 50-75% of the opponent's health. Seeing how much damage he dishes out makes me wonder why more players don't pick him up, even if he isn't as ridiculous as he was in the arcade version of the game.

Most of these combos are pretty meter intensive but there's a lot of cool stuff in here nonetheless.  Check it out after the jump.

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Phantom Breaker Gameplay Preview from Coin-Op TV

Matt Lewis over at Coin-Op TV got his hands on an early copy of Phantom Breaker and was kind enough to put together a lengthy gameplay video for everyone. This video will give you a look at the roster, some of the gameplay mechanics and his thoughts on the game thus far. 

Phantom Breaker will be released on XBOX360 here in the states come June 12 though with all the other fighting games comes out this year I'll be very surprised if ends up catching on in the competitive scene. 

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SF x TK: Combo-a-Day No. 3 from Desk has Instant Overhead and Pandora Combos featuring Chun-Li and Julia

Desk released his next Street Fighter x Tekken combo video, this time around featuring some practical instant-overhead setups with Chun-Li that will end up netting you around 530-600 damage with a Pandora activation tagged on the end. Check out the video below and read up on the transcript here. 

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SSFIV AE 2012: The Forgotten CMV

Satwiden put together another Super Street Fighter 4: AE Ver. 2012 combo video with some epic visuals and music. Some of the combos will be nothing new to you but there are definitely a few sick ones in here, such as the one featuring Akuma's EX Air Hadoukens. 

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VF5FS: Chibita vs RZR.Fuudo First to Five Exhibition from Pre-Launch Party

If you're like me and happened to miss out on LevelUp's Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown Pre-Launch Party stream, you'll be happy to know they've already uploaded the first to five exhibition between the two Virtua Fighter Gods, Chibita and Fuudo. This is a great set with some fantastic commentary from both Shidosha and Myke and is not to be missed if you're a fan of the series. Check it out after the jump.

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SF x TK: Juri Re-Jump Combo Only Works on Hugo

Error1 uploaded a short but sweet Street Fighter x Tekken video featuring a re-jump combo with Juri that only works on Hugo. The combo alone without the follow up Cross Assault dishes out a solid 550 damage so it might be worth learning if you are a Juri player -- that is, until its patched out!

(I don't know if it will be patched out.)

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Skull Girls Combo Video 【Double Time】 By Abelcru

Skullgirls combo videos are really fun to watch.  I really love how the game is animated, and it makes the combos look interesting.  In this combo video, put together by Abelcru and hosted on jourdal's youtube channel, you get to see Double go into a combo frenzy, rocking the dummy up and down the screen.  Check it out.

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King of GGPO 2012 - Spring Edition Round 2! (Super Turbo)

We're back again with another week of Super Turbo and GGPO! Week 2 of the King of GGPO (Spring Edition) is back! Results for last week:

		1st		The Mexicutioner	T-Hawk / Chun-Li
		2nd		Real Decoy	Blanka
		3rd		Mad_Zero	E. Honda

Replay for last week can be found here in one convenient upload. As always, the King of GGPO series culminates into a FT10 round robin between the 3 winners of 3 separate tourneys. Myself and sf2kuroppi are using this event to blow up the Tournament of Legends at Evo2012 this year!

Stream for tonight is already up and can be found at the usual location - http://www.twitch.tv/nycfurby/

SF x TK: Desk's One Handed Dorya! Kazuya EWGF Mini-Combo Video

Now here's a video that will surely make you feel very bad about your fighting game execution. The latest Street Fighter x Tekken combo video from Desk features him pulling of various Kazuya EWGF combos -- with one hand! I can barely do these one out of ten times with two hands! Check it out after the jump!

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UMVC3: IGL|HONZO GONZO's Combo Archive Featuring Amaterasu, Includes Write Up on Best Combos and Top Players

Instead of spamming only my videos on the front page I figure I should do a write up with each video which includes what combos should be prioritized, notable players of that character, and video producers who create tech videos for that character. Check out the video and the write up after the jump.

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Soul Calibur 5: The Online Warrior Episode 11 'My Adidas'

Soul Calibur V fans rejoice, as another episode of Maximilian's Soul Calibur V: The Online Warrior is here.  This game is so fun to watch.  Not just because the game is interesting as a fighting game but also to see all of the cool custom character designs other players have put together.  The battle against that Hilde character that looks like she could have been in Asura's Wrath is a great example.  

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VF5FS: Pre-Launch Party Stream Tonight

SoCal stream Level-Up will be streaming the upcoming Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown pre-launch party tonight featuring two of the game's most well known players from the US and Japan.

Alex Valle and his Level-Up team will be hosting the invite-only event in Los Angeles, CA. Renzo, the winner of the NorCal Regionals 10 Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown side tournament is one of the many invited folks. Zero-chan, Shidosha, Akai and many others in the VirtuaFighter.com community are also confirmed to attend. In addition to our hometown players, Japan's own Chibita and Fuudo will also be there for special exhibition matches. Everyone knows Fuudo for his victory in Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition in EVO 2011 but is also proficient in the Virtua Fighter games. Chibita is regarded as one of the best Lion players in Japan and has played in Tougeki -Super Battle Opera- multiple times.

Make sure to check the jump below for the trailer to the event as well as an embed for the stream or you can check out Level-Up's official Twitch.TV page! Event starts at 8PM PST!

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FINALROUNDBATS 2012-2013 Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Tournament Premiere Commencing

The Final Round tournament series begun the newest season of their Japanese ranbat series FINALROUNDBATS as well as celebrate Scott Popular's birthday!

Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 is the only official game on the list with Skullgirls and Soulcalibur V being the side games in this month's iteration.

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KOFXIII Climax: Character Ratio Tournament Planned for June 23rd at Shinjuku Playland Carnival

Professor over at MMCAFE posted up about an interesting KOFXIII Climax character ratio tournament that will take place June 23rd at Shinjuku Playland Carnival -- one of the KOFXIII hot-spots in Tokyo.  Some of you may remember similar tournaments taking place at Arcade Infinity (R.I.P.) for the arcade version of vanilla KOFXIII to prevent stacked teams of Raiden, K and whoever else.  

The ratio or weight of each character is determined by the popularity of said character which in turn can be seen as a loose tier list. Each ratio class has an assigned point value and players will have 6 total points to form a team. 

Professor mentions that the breakdown of the roster is already getting criticism from the players. The fact that some stronger characters are placed in lower ratio classes just because they aren't used as much as some others makes it pointless to pick certain characters in higher ratio classes even though they are more popular. 

Hit the jump to see the breakdown and leave your thoughts in the comments on what you think about these types of tournaments.

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AquaPazza Online Functions to Include Spectator Mode and the Ability to Save Replays

AquaPazza is coming to Japanese PS3s on July 26th and Siliconera is reporting on a few of the features you can expect from its netplay. The game will include both ranked matches and player matches, with the player match lobbies allowing up to 6 players at a time. 

AQUAPAZZA SCREENSHOTS

You will also have the ability to save your replays. You can review each fight in a temporary log and decide to save or delete it. 

It's still not clear if this game will ever see a US release and the game was recently pushed back in Japan to release a week before the ever popular Persona 4: Arena -- a move in which many gamers feel will have a negative affect on it's sales.

Are you looking forward to eventually trying this game or do you agree it will forever live in the shadow of Arc System Work's Persona 4: Arena? 

UMVC3: IGL|HONZO GONZO's New Combo Project, Starting with Akuma

I am starting a new project, in which I will take combos ranging from simple to advance and make a video for each character, so there is a central place for you to find combos, see the notations, and see the video of the combo. I feel like trudging through SRK for combos is both confusing and time consuming, So I want to make it easier for people to find combos so they can learn new characters easier/better.

The first video I made focuses on Akuma and this is indicative to how all the other videos will look. Check it out after the jump.

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TTT2u: Images of Kunimitsu, Ogre and Angel, First Hint of Console Exclusive Characters?

Aris over at Avoiding the Puddle posted up a handful of images that were sent over to him from long time Lili player, Kane. These images are of Kunimitsu, Ogre and Angel and were hosted directly on Gamespot.com. Could this be our first look at the upcoming batch of console exclusive characters?

Check out all the renders at the link below.

NEW TTT2u CHARACTER RENDERS

SF x TK: Desk's Combo-a-Day No. 2 Featuring Ken & Law

Desk uploaded his next combo video for Street Fighter x Tekken, this time featuring a solo combo from Ken that dishes out about 900 damage. He also includes a variation that throws Law into the mix as well. Hit the jump for the video and read up on the transcript here. 

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IPW TV Best Bouts Play List Update feat. NorCal Knock-Outs, STA Ranbats & More

Another quick update regarding IPW TV Best Bouts -- our 24 hour stream featuring past tournaments and ranbats, both local and major! We made some additions to the play list including NorCal Knock-Outs -- our special invitational tournament featuring KOFXIII and UMVC3 -- which is not to be missed. We also added the STA ranbats 4.1 and 4.3 that feature top NorCal players duking it out in UMVC3, SF4, KOFXIII and more. We had some issues with the 4.2 recordings so it might be a while before they are added into the play list. 

We're also working on getting all of the KVO: The Ultimate Battle replays processed but it's turning out to be a huge project so it will probably be next week before those go live. These feature some amazing Japanese UMVC3 and P4:A matches so we're really excited to get them in the mix as well. 

Check out the stream, which is currently running now, by going to our TwitchTV Channel or simply clicking play on the player to the right. 

IPW Player Database Update: Gootecks, Clakey D, L2P, Filipino Champ, LPN, Japanese CvS2 Players & Many More!

Hey all. Another quick update on some more additions we've made to the Player Database here over the past 24 hours. We received a ton of submissions featuring great players from all over the world including a slew of Japanese CvS2 player entries courtesy of our own LionX.

Also, there seems to be a small glitch where not all the names are showing up in alphabetical order. It's nothing major but I'm looking into a fix soin the meantime simply scroll through the entries or use the search function to find what you're looking for.

Hit the jump to see what's new and as always, if you want to make an additon to the database, fill out the Entry Form.

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