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Being part of the fighting game community and having internet access, it happens to all of us from time to time. We all get sucked into heated forum arguments about which character is superior in head-to-head battle.

That's right, i'm talking about ... Theory Fighter!

I'm sure everyone's going to skip over this article and go right back to theory fighting, but it was worth a try. ...

A 'final roster', stolen from the source code of Capcom's own website, for Marvel vs Capcom 3 has been revealed...! Err, actually, no. That list is fake, and has done an amazing job making its rounds on the internet due to a good number of solid guesses, based probably on the silhouettes provided and other logical data consumed. (Who saw Amaterasu coming? Well, most anyone who played TvC's single player and saw an Okami villian as the last boss probably would have called her a safe bet).

Capcom's Wes Phillips, one of their PR people, let the cat out of the bag (or did he put the cat back in the bag?) on his twitter. He stated "These supposed "final" MvC3 character lists are inaccurate. No one has nailed it thus far. Stay tuned for the realness."

Rest in peace, fake list. ...

Ryota Niitsua, producer of Marvel vs Capcom 3, stated on the official MvC3 blog that we can expect more announcements about the game sooner than Tokyo Game Show.

"Capcom will not have a booth at next month's Gamescom event in Germany, but we'd like to make an announcement of some form, so please look forward to it."

Gamescom starts on August 18th, so hopefully we get to see more playable characters and a new build of the game. ...

Not much to say here. The official website for Super Street Fighter 4 for Nintendo 3DS is now open. It has a bunch of new screenshots, but it doesnt have any other real details yet. Stay tuned for more as it becomes available. Thanks to Iplaywinner.com for the tip. ...

Making his media rounds, Marvel vs Capcom 3 producer Ryota Niitsuma sat down for a quick Q&A with SiliconEra.com. They talked about the goals of the team, possible roster balance, and what goes into selecting which characters make the roster in a collaborate project like this. The best (possible) news from this interview is that the team wants to avoid forcing you to unlock characters and that DLC is a possibility for MvC3's future. Head over to read the whole thing.

"We’re working on that right now. We don’t want to make too many unlockable or hidden characters because it will take away from the game’s balance. Because its the type of game where you have all of these characters to choose from its more fun to be able to choose who you want to use.

I’m not going to rule out there won’t be any unlockable or secret characters, but for the most part we want players to be able to choose characters from the beginning."


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MarkMan here! We had the honor of interviewing both Katsuhiro Harada and Michael Murray from the TEKKEN PROJECT ...

Capcom Unity mentioned today that, while Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike Online Edition is indeed coming, they cannot say when or for what platforms. They are, however, very interested in what you want to see in the final product. Balance revisions? GGPO?

Head over to this Unity thread to tell them what you want, what you really really want. Capcom is listening, and it may be more than early enough in the project for your voice to actually have a massive effect on the course the developers take. ^Go! ...

One time child, now adult, actor Joseph Gordon Levitt did an interview on the Jimmy Fallon show the other night to promote the film "Inception". On the show, he dropped a positive mention for the one and only Street Fighter II!

JGL at Evo next year? Make it happen! Video after the break. ...

Earlier today, a large update has been implemented for the Media Library here at SRK. As we know, the media library has become a bit cluttered and users have been getting a bit overzealous with their uploading habits. Today's update will make it easier to find the videos you are looking for, by allowing users to define custom information about their video, in which users will be able to define in search terms. In addition, users will be able to create custom playlists. ...

Three time zones, 36 hours worth of flight time later, my Evo journey is finally coming to an end. For me, the journey started almost a year ago. Seeing the grand finals between Daigo Umehara and Justin Wong in SF4, in that massive hall, tempted me to be part of the experience.

Once EVO2010 was announced to be held at Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas, I already set the date in stone. All I needed was some companions along for the ride.

Being part of OzHadou, I was lucky enough to be part of the first Shoryuken-OzHadou joint venture, known as EVO APAC. A tournament held in the Asia-Pacific region, to send a representative to EVO2010. We liaised with many Asian countries such as Korea, Singapore, China, Japan, as well as local neighbours New Zealand. In the end, we had the grand master himself, Daigo Umehara, attend the event in an attempt to gain an advantageous seed at EVO2010. ...

A new trailer has been released for the UK's huge Super VS Battle event. Check it out. If you live in Europe, it could be your first chance to get hands on time with Marvel vs Capcom 3. Not to mention 8 great tournaments and Daigo Umehara coming out to wreck shop. ...

Refreshed, just like after drinking a lemon-lime soda. Thats how I feel when I get to read a review of a fighting game by a competitive player. Haunts, from Iplaywinner.com, actually wrote the Blazblue Continuum Shift review for 1up.com, and I cant say enough how much I appreciate 1up letting fighting game savvy people take the helm on reviews like these.

For us, the criteria that makes a fighting game good, or purchase worthy, are much different that the average player. Every time a new games comes out, fighting or not, we are guaranteed dozens of reviews by said average players.

So what are you waiting for? Head over to 1up.com and read the review, if you haven't purchased BBCS already and are busy playing it right now. Bang, Bang Bang Bang! ...

Even though it may be odd to think of Comic Con as a place where an award like "Best Game" might be neccessary, the massive San Diego event has become a mecca for all kinds of geekdom. This, of course, makes it a great place to show off and talk about your upcoming video games.

Capcom had quite an amazing show, offering a mega-ton announcement in Street Fighter X Tekken, 3rd Strike Online, and a silly little Darkstalkers tease. But the crowning gem for them has to be the IGN award for Game of Show, given again to Marvel vs Capcom 3. This game is winning accolades at every event it appears, and rightfully so. It has the potential to grow our community the same way that Street Fighter 4 did, and that is never a bad thing. Congrats to everyone working hard on Marvel 3 for taking home another award. We look forward to the next show. ...

According to an interview given to Famitsu Magazine (summarized by Adriasang.com), Yoshinori Ono, producer of the Street Fighter 4 family of games, wanted to set the record straight about the 3DS version of the game.

While the game will sport 3DS visuals, no alterations are planned for the gameplay. Players will not be sidestepping in and out of the screen or anything like that, and they plan to stay as true to the original version of the game as possible. In fact, Ono confirmed that Super Street Fighter 4 for 3DS will feature all 35 characters. They also plan to use the wireless capabilities of the 3DS to help you play against friends all over.

The game is listed as being only 10% complete, but stay tuned to SRK for any updates. ...

If you watched Evo from home, or had the pleasure of attending the event live and in person, you were treated to Redrapper's rhymes as he lead us in to each new game on finals Sunday. This week, Redrapper sits down with Ski and I to talk about Street Fighter and what it is that makes Redrapper and people like him special. We know there are a ton of you out there who are both good at and knowledgeable about the game, but have tons of other talents you can bring to the table. We salute all of you, and hopefully you'll find a way to put whatever talent you have to work to build something for the community. Enjoy the long episode! ...

The USA representatives for Super Battle Opera 2010 (Tougeki 2010) were also selected recently for Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike, so I wanted to give them a quick mention, too!

Pictured left to right, Kentaro "Ken I" Inoue (Makoto), Michael "Pyrolee" Fauson (Yun), and Yi "5 Star" Wang (Ken) will be going to Japan to try to take top honors home for the USA in 3rd Strike. Congrats, guys, and may your travels be safe and productive! ...

The Three-Man-Team the USA is sending to Japan to represent us in the Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo tournament at Super Battle Opera 2010 (aka Tougeki 2010) have been chosen. Crowned by running three separate tournaments, each of the winners were able to take 1st place to secure their spot on the team. The event went down this last weekend at DreamTR's arcade, Game Galaxy, in Tennessee. The winners are John Rambo (Dhalsim), Damdai (Ryu), and Biran Su (Claw). Congrats guys, and all of our support goes out to you. ...

BlazBlue Continuum Shift is now available here in the United States! Get out to your local retailer and get your copy today! Happy BBCS Day! ...

This was my 4th Evo tournament. First and foremost, seeing how Evolution...evolved (sorry), from the first Evo in 2002 to the grand spectacle it is today is surreal. In 2002, we were at UCLA, in 2010 we are in Ceasar's Palace. I want to say that there were more entrants in Super Street Fighter IV this year, than all of the events combined in 2002.

In 2002 we played on cabinets, where as today we sit down in front on consoles with our TE's or Hori's or in this years case, our Xbox 360 arcade sticks. In 2002 the big match everyone wanted to see was Rowtron vs. Justin in MvC2. In 2010 it was Justin vs. Daigo in SSFIV. In 2002 I'm gonna guess that there were no more than 10 women that entered in any of the tournaments. In 2010, we actually had a women's tournament. In 2002 we saw Justin join Empire Arcadia, in 2010 we saw Justin sign with EG.

I probably could go on for hours for all of the changes that have happened in the span of 8 years, but in short, to see where things were at the start of Evolution, and to see where they've come is something that I am proud to be apart of. ...