Skullgirls made quite a splash when it arrived on the Japanese PlayStation Network back in February, and a recent development regarding its future in the country shows that the indie fighter’s domination is far from finished. An image appeared online earlier this evening that reveals the game will be making its way to arcades in [...]

Much like the release of Lobo, Batgirl’s appearance in Injustice: Gods Among Us will bring with it a brand new patch and a whole host of changes that make it much more extensive than the previous update. Below, you’ll find a full list of patch notes that detail the general fixes and character balance adjustments [...]

Tomorrow, Sony will be launching a brand new discount promotion for the PlayStation Network with Ultimate Edition bundles for many popular titles. Each Ultimate Edition will come with the digital version of the game as well as any downloadable content that has been released between its release and now. To celebrate their launch, each of the [...]

UPDATE – Due to a cancellation by Team AGE, the “Victory, Controversy, & Promo Codes” panel will be replaced by “Testers Among Us” featuring Carl “Perfect Legend” White and Empire Arcadia’s Bill “Tom Brady” Menoutis, the full details of which have been included below. Testers Among Us (1 PM) For many years now Perfect Legend and [...]

Earlier today, Major Nelson posted details regarding the discounts scheduled for a variety of titles on Xbox Live in the coming weeks. While deals for fighting games are a bit slim this time around, Iron Galaxy Studios’ recent Darkstalkers Resurrection release will be available for only 800 MSP, a 33% drop from its original price. This [...]

Next month, some of the country’s most dedicated Darkstalkers players will converge on Arcade Legacy in Cincinnati, Ohio for Darkstalkers: Death & Rebirth, the largest tournament the series has seen in the United States. This will provide top-notch competitors an avenue to showcase their skills and fans in the larger fighting game community an opportunity [...]

Nintendo of America’s official Twitter account was updated earlier this morning with news straight from president and CEO Satoru Iwata. While the company will not be holding a traditional press conference at this year’s E3, major news on upcoming titles will be presented through their new Nintendo Direct live stream series, the next of which [...]

Today in Japan, Arc System Works’ 25th celebration event, ARC SYSTEM WORKS FESTIVAL, was held in Japan. After the conclusion of the ARC REVOLUTION CUP tournaments and award ceremony, BlazBlue producer Toshimichi Mori came to the stage with a few surprises. The audience’s attention was directed to the stage projector for a special video treat. [...]

Today is your last chance to pre-register for Ultimate Fighting Game Tournament 9 (UFGT9)! The 4th stop on the Road to Evo 2013, directed by SRK’s own Adam ‘Keits’ Heart, UFGT9 will be at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare in Chicago, Illinois, from Friday May 24 to Sunday May 26. The UFGT series has built [...]

2013 is both the 25th year of operation for game developer Arc System Works and the 15th anniversary of its popular fighting game series Guilty Gear. Today, at the 25th anniversary celebratory event ARC SYSTEM WORKS FESTIVAL, the developer unveiled that the Guilty Gear series would finally be receiving an all-new fighting game title, GUILTY [...]

Persona is back with another impressive looking combo video. This time he tackles the EX version of Kyo Kusanagi from King of Fighters XIII. While at first EX Kyo’s combos don’t look overly complicated, Persona explains that there are bits where he does require a lot of strict timing for both links and juggles. Persona [...]

This Sunday, Arc System Works is celebrating its 25th anniversary with ARC SYSTEM WORKS FESTIVAL (ArcFes). Its largest event in history, Arc will be commemorating the occasion with live music and programs, original products and their biggest national tournament ever, ARC REVOLUTION CUP (ArcRevo). ArcFes will be held at the Pacifico Yokohama National Convention Hall in [...]

With Arc System Works celebrating its 25th anniversary tomorrow with ARC SYSTEM WORKS FESTIVAL, it wouldn’t be surprising if the developer had some major announcements planned for the occasion. One such announcement has already been revealed today: BlazBlue will be receiving an anime adaptation. A mini-jacket that comes with the second volume of the BlazBlue [...]

The employment section of SNK Playmore’s website was recently updated with some interesting job listings that may hint at the direction their future projects will take. According to MMCafe’s chazumaru, they’ve put out a call for game designers, CG artists, and programmers for new 3D installments of King of Fighters and Samurai Spirits (known as Samurai Shodown [...]

Now that the Skullgirls: Slightly Different Edition patch is out on the Xbox 360, Lab Zero can finally release the new DLC color palettes that they’ve had lying in wait. These palette packs cost $1 each and include four extra color schemes to choose from. You can also purchase all of the character palettes in a special bundle [...]