Bitmob's Chris Hoadley published a great interview with Mike Z on Reverge Labs' upcoming 2D fighter Skullgirls, due out on XBLA and PSN this summer. The interview touches on how Skullgirls came to be, the game's similarities to Marvel vs Capcom 2 and their unique approach to warding off infinites. Head on over to Bitmob to check it out!
KYSG re-uploaded a bunch of their old Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike combo videos in HD over on YouTube. If you'd like to check them out, hit the jump to find direct links to them.
Kumo | Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 6:52AM 
Ahead of the release for both characters next week, Capcom finally decided to show off some footage of Jill Valentine and Shuma Gorath by way of new character trailers. Aside from the leaked footage of both characters, this is the first official look of both characters outside screenshots. Go ahead and check them out after the break!
I know that everyone is all about MvC3 lately because it's new and fresh, but don't forget about SSF4 just yet! This time I wanted to showcase some matches from top Guy player, Kiryu Tsukimiya, he is currently one of the top two ranked Guy players in Arcade Edition.
I hope you enjoy the matches. Find them after the break!
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If you thought Mortal Kombat was just going to be all fun and gore with no competitive scene, the upcoming National Tournament may change your mind about all that. This tournament will take place on May 14th through the 15th at Bally's in Las Vegas, NV. With a shared prize pool of 21K, I think it's safe to say that players will be grinding real hard as soon as the game drops for a chance to get some of the cash.
The official website for the tournament is now open, and while there aren't too many details about the event itself, you can submit your email to be notified when registration is open. Check it out by clicking here.
I saw this link on Facebook just a few minutes ago and I guess it's good to know I'm not the only person who thinks Wolvie's theme in MVC3 is identical to the Power Rangers theme. This is a video that mixes the two together, and while it's off key in a few spots, the similarities are pretty hard to miss. Gotta' love the "album art" as well. Hah!
Kumo | Monday, March 7, 2011 at 11:19AM 
Guardian.co.uk has a great -- and really long -- article about the resurrection of 2D fighting games and shmups over the past few years. It's got Arc System Works' Daisuke Ishiwatari discussing how BlazBlue came to be, what inspirations it draws from and a bunch more. Below is a taste of the article, and you can find the full thing over at this link.
" 'The main goal was to create a brand new fighting title that introduced systems and gameplay elements that people had never experienced before,' says Mori who counts sci-fi movies Bladerunner, Gattaca and Brazil as well as the manga series, Trigun, among his key influences. 'With this in place, I wanted to then create a 'universe' on top of it. We focused on creating very strange, very unusual characters with special attributes. These very 'different' characters meant inventing new gameplay mechanics by necessity – the 'Drives' are special abilities that can alter the direction of the wind, magnetise opponents, absorb health and so forth. With these kinds of mechanics in place, it was inevitable that BlazBlue ended up being such a unique and interesting experience.' "
G4 posted up a brand new look at Mortal Kombat with G4's Adam Sessler and NetherRealm's Erin Piepergerdes over on their site. The video shows off more of the new Challenge Tower mode, and Erin talks about a couple of returning faces and how the cast's moves have changed for Mortal Kombat 9. Check it out below.
Kumo | Monday, March 7, 2011 at 8:44AM 
Neo Empire spotted a video yesterday with Sanford Kelly going off on Marvel vs Capcom 3. Sanford speaks.. "passionately" about how easy he feels the game is for around nine and a half minutes. You can find the video embedded below and, while you're here, let us know if you agree or disagree with what was said.
Kumo | Monday, March 7, 2011 at 8:08AM 
MLG may have decided to drop Tekken 6 from its roster, but it looks like WCG decided not to follow suit. World Cyber Games announced over on their site the five games to be played at the WCG grand finals in Korea later this fall, and one of those games just so happens to be Tekken 6. If you'd like to know more, head on over to the WCG website.
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Danny D sent over a link containing a list of achievements for Mortal Kombat that reveal that Cyber Sub-Zero and Quan Chi will be unlockable characters. If they are playable or not is yet to be seen, but I wouldn't doubt it considering it looks like there will be no end to additional characters via DLC.
The same list also hints at a few other things, such as "Complete-ality" where it mentions you must perform one of each "-ality". Does that mean we can expect things like Anamalities and Babalities? Hmmm! Check out the full list by clicking here.
Kumo | Sunday, March 6, 2011 at 3:10PM 
NerdJosh posted a couple of videos over on his YouTube channel that shows off a glimpse of the new Chinatown Fair location. Nearly everything is still being set up, but at least the AE cabs are up! As an added bonus, the videos have NerdJosh going against Min and HZY with Spooky on the mic.
Chinatown Fair as it was will be missed, but it's nice to see that they're getting back on their feet so quickly. If you'd like to check out the vids, see below.
Desk is back again with the next Marvel vs Capcom 3 combo video. This one features some wild and creative C. Viper combos with a couple of glitches thrown in for good measure. Also, Desk teases a pretty strange glitch at the end of the video, which we should be seeing more of soon.
In the meantime, watch the C. Viper combo video below!
Gootecks and Mike Ross are back for another episode of The Marvelous Adventures of Gootecks & Mike Ross! In this episode we learn whether or not Gootecks has leveled up since the previous episode, and Mike Ross attempts to show Gootecks how to play Sentinel.
Professor on MMCAFE translated a recent interview from 4gamer.net with Ryota Niitsuma on why spectator mode wasn't included in Marvel vs Capcom 3 and the state of additional DLC characters beyond Jill and Shuma-Gorath. In short, Niitsuma said there is too much going on with MVC3 to include a spectator mode, and no other DLC characters are planned at this time even though they are easy to implement.
There are a few other notes from the interview such as how the developers went about implementing X-Factor among other things. Check out a small excerpt after the break, and read the rest by clicking here.
GameSpot posted up an interesting interview with Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon on a number of Mortal Kombat 9-related topics, such as NetherRealm's use of 'tournament players' to influence the game's balance as well as more info on the Challenge Tower and more. The gameplay footage shown is the same from the On the Spot video from yesterday, but Ed Boon does drop a few new bits of info in the video.
Hit the jump to watch the interview.
Kumo | Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 3:04AM 
If you're looking to take a break from Marvel and watch some great Super Street Fighter IV matches, you should definitely tune in to DojoSPORTS and Team Khaos' stream of round 2 of the Virtual Martial Arts 5-on-5 Fighting Game League at 3 PM PST today, March 5. The event will see team AfroDojo consisting of Jason "AfroCole" Cole, Jason "X-Rolento" Nelson, TanakaForce, Francis "AwesomeJones" and Carlos "Bokkin" go against Team SoCal consisting of Combofiend, Mike Ross, Gootecks, Warren "Galactic Indian" and ClakeyD.
Also, DojoSPORTS will be showing up at Final Round XIV next week, where Empire Arcadia and Team Georgia are set to play their match. This one will be streamed by Team Spooky.
If you'd like to check out the 5 on 5 battle later today, head over to the DojoSPORTS website to be notified when Team Khaos' stream goes live around 3 PM PST!
Spotted over on SRK are a handful of new Mortal Kombat videos from GDC uploaded by TheUltimateRyu! They feature some one vs one action and -- what I hope to be the most popular mode for this game -- some tag team battles as well. I embedded a few of the videos below and you can check out the rest here.
SMOAI2010 uploaded a pretty wild combo from Kusoru that clocks in at over 300+ hits. He uses a lot of clever DHCs between X-23, Sentinel and Dark Phoenix to make this happen, all while building plenty of meter through out the combo to keep it going.
A word of warning, before you watch this video you'll probably want to mute your speakers as the music could potentially make your ears bleed!
zero3japan uploaded nearly an hour's worth of King of Fighters XIII footage over on YouTube yesterday. If you've been fiending for something new out of King of Fighters XIII, this will have to do until SNK (hopefully) has something to say about a console port.
