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The guys over at Fingercramp recently got the chance to get their hands on an alpha build of Dead or Alive 5. Hak and Jago try out the game’s new mechanics, including supers that can destroy the stage and cause cinematic events to occur resulting in huge damage to your opponent. Only Hayate and Ayane [...]

After working his way through the tutorial and story modes, Maximilian decided to take his new-found Skullgirls skills online for some ranked matches. He pits his solo Filia against a wide array of opponents, so check this out if you’d like to see how the online mode performs. Source: Maximilian

A new trailer for the upcoming .hack//Versus Hybrid Pack was recently uploaded by Namco Bandai. While much of the trailer shows off the upcoming .hack CGI movie and other extras that you’ll receive in the Hybrid pack, it also shows off some of the first examples of .hack//Versus in motion. The game appears to be very fast [...]

jadeshikonapan recently posted this new Street Figther x Tekken combo video that features tool-assisted combos for the entire Tekken side of the cast. Full notations are included for each combo performed. Challenge the machine by trying out these combos without tool assistance. Source: jadeshikonapan

Both Xbox 360 and PS3 owners have had their hands on Skullgirls for a few days now. Let’s see what sort of tech the community has come up with. BrawlersUpTv starts us off with a Cerebella combo video. It shows how to use her s.MP stagger to score multiple jump-ins. klownboy shows off Cerebella’s run cancel loop [...]

ReNiC‘s latest episode of Growing the Beast shows off his brand new Armor King and Alex costumes for Abel and King. On a less aesthetic and more practical note, he also discusses defensive strategies with King and mix-up options for King, Abel, and grapplers in general. Source: ReNiC

Maximilian comes back with yet more Skullgirls in this run-through of the game’s single-player story mode. He only plays through Filia’s story but he plays it all the way through… and dies repeatedly at the incredibly difficult final boss. Still, this has given Max the confidence to take on Skullgirls’ online mode. Might we see [...]

Friday April 13th through Sunday April 15th is Stunfest XII: 8th Battles of Roazhon in Rennes, France. Organized by 3 hit combo, this  video games festival, in its 8th year (don’t be fooled by the “XII!”), features arcade games, retro games, indie games, concerts and conferences, as well as fighting game tournaments. The number of [...]

Persona’s been hard at work on Skullgirls since its release, and he’s released his first full combo video dedicated to the game. Filia is the subject here, and Persona makes great use of all her gameplay properties to extend each combo. He was also nice enough to include transcripts, so check those out below the [...]

Jourdal recently uploaded a brand new Persona 4: Arena combo video by J|M from Nico Nico Douga. This video features Teddie and focuses on his options off a fatal counter. Many of his combos require the corner, one more cancels, strategic item placement, or a combination of all three, but when the conditions are right he [...]

Footage of Topanga’s Charity Cup event recently found its way to Youtube, courtesy of faithful uploader XblackvegetaX. This 5 on 5 tournament drew a fantastic group of players together to raise money for charity, providing both entertainment and support to the community around them. We’ve included the finals for both blocks and the grand finals [...]

A recent tweet from Ryan “Fubarduck” Harvey mentions some very interesting news regarding Persona 4: Arena. While it was only released last month, word is the game will already be receiving a “Version Up” patch sometime in May. Details are scarce at the moment, but rumors state that the patch will focus mainly on balance [...]

The video archives from Monday’s UltraChen TV broadcast were recently uploaded to Youtube. Both First Attack and Lv. 3 Focus dedicated time to Skullgirls, presented by project lead Mike “Mike Z” Zaimont. The former focused more on the basics of the game, while the latter tackled characters, matchups, and advanced strategies. These were great segments, [...]

While the recent patch for Street Fighter X Tekken fixed the games online sound issues, there have been some concerns about the overall quality of the netcode. The main concern is that the updated netcode seems to have more input delay leading to some speculating that Capcom may have taken the rollback system (one of the [...]

Tonight’s installment of The Runback is set to start in just over half an hour, bringing you some fantastic gameplay from Super Arcade in Walnut, California. As always, the stream will be featuring tournaments for Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and King of Fighters XIII, played by some of the best competitors SoCal has to [...]