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Paulow3b is back with two more installments of his slick Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 combo videos, lending some of his time to both Jill and Super Skrull. Continuing from his earlier Hawkeye video, Paulo showcases what makes the individual parts of his main team special with support from the other two on assist. Be [...]

FINALROUNDBATS Japan is kicking off its 2012-2013 Ranbat season with Tokyo Pizza Club: FINALROUNDBATS//01 HAPPY BIRTHDAY SP★!!!, held at NAKED Communications in Tokyo. FINALROUNDBATS: Noun; A series of American style monthly video game events in Japan. During a typical FRB, our guests will have a chance to play video games, socialize and meet other gamers [...]

Taito Station Shinjuku West Game World has been celebrating its 20th Anniversary with a number of daily events for the past week. This Saturday is the Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition ver. 2012 tournament and exhibition featuring special guest Daigo Umehara of Team Mad Catz. There will also be an advice corner with Umehara [...]

Live from CLUB SEGA Shinjuku West is the First Guild Battle: KICHI-GUY vs. GACHI-MUCHI. This is a massive 20v20 SSFIV AE Ver.2012 team battle featuring an incredible number of high-level players, including Darui, -R-, kichijojiKEN, -Rai-, Kawaguuchi, Kuroken, ACQUA, Y., and many more. Kazunoko and Yoshiwo will also be at the event to provide commentary. [...]

In order to give new players a readily available video resource for basic, intermediate, and advanced combos, Honzo Gonzo of Immortal Gamers League recently started a new project where he plans to put together short compilation videos for each character in the Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 cast. The first fighter to receive this treatment [...]

TheoryFighter recently put out a new video about option select dashes that was inspired by the matches between Banbaban and Eita at this year’s Shadowloo Showdown. They are very useful in applying consistent pressure and, as this video will show, can be used in a variety of situations depending on your needs. This short guide [...]

It looks like Human Ogre, Angel, and Kunimitsu might be coming to the console version of Tekken Tag Tournament 2. Artwork for all three characters were apparently found in the image section of Gamespot earlier today. The images don’t appear to be on the site anymore, though you can still access them if you have [...]

Maximilian is back with another installment of his “Week of” series, this time dedicated to…Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. Yep, it’s a whole new week of Marvel featuring a variety of online match replays and live commentary, so check this out if you can’t get enough of his regular UMvC3 coverage. Source: Maximilian

Mayonaka Midnight recently uploaded a new Akihiko Sanada combo video for Persona 4 Arena. Akihiko isn’t really capable of the huge damage output that characters like Elizabeth or Chie are, but his ability to perform simple jump loops and combo his uppercut super into itself still make him an extremely viable character. Source: Mayonaka Midnight

Desk’s second Street Fighter X Tekken Combo-a-Day features Ken and his instant air tatsu. Taking advantage of Hugo’s gigantic hurtbox, Desk is able to link three together right at the beginning of the combo which seriously increases Ken’s damage output. He manages to get 899 damage by Ken alone, but by adding a launch and [...]

Max returns with yet another episode of Street Fighter III: Third Strike The Online Warrior. In Max’s opinion, the online competition in Third Strike has been stepping up it’s game recently. Max faces off against the same competent Oro from past episodes, as well as a Yang, Chun-Li, Akuma, and even a Remy. Source: Maximilian

Now that SF X TK is out for PC, Error1 has been fooling around with the combo system. His first tool assisted combo video focuses on Guile and his revamped charge mechanics. Error’s explanation of the mechanics is included below. Charge tricks like precharging have been removed in sfxt. Basically you lose your charge right before he [...]

Early this morning Capcom updated the Street Fighter X Tekken official blog regarding several topics, including the freeze glitch introduced in the May 16 patch, caused when the knife from Rolento’s Stinger collides with a normal projectile. Producer Tomoaki Ayano apologized for the fatal bug in the latest update, stating that the development team is [...]

The folks over at Level|Up Series are just about to go live with The Runback, their weekly tournament series dedicated to Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and King of Fighters XIII that’s broadcast out of Super Arcade in Walnut, California. These tournaments regularly feature some of the best players SoCal has to offer in their [...]

This week’s edition of Shoryuken’s Thursday Night Throwdowns is now under way, bringing you some great tournament action from Milpitas Golfland in Milpitas, California. You can look forward to a bit of Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition ver. 2012 tonight, played by some of NorCal’s best. If you [...]