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One of the keys to inflicting insane damage with Akuma in Street Fighter III 3rd Strike is to reset your combo. Because these resets, recorded by PikachuAkuma, strike an airborne opponent, they can only be parried and not blocked outright. All of these setups, except the KKZ setup, can be parried. A few of the [...]

A short but awesome combo video was released yesterday in which Desk performs the MvC3 Viper infinite and leads it into the Chun Li post-exchange infinite. As a bonus, you’ll see just how deadly the Viper infinite can be at the end of the video, as Desk lands it off of overheads and throws. [tip [...]

Kayane was lucky enough to get her hands on the demo build of Soul Calibur V, and was nice enough to write up a ton of impressions about the game for all the of the players eagerly awaiting the game.  After talking about new systems, she goes on to talk about each of the characters [...]

The official Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 website has been updated with character pages for Iron Fist, Nova, Rocket Racoon, Virgil, Phoenix Wright, and Frank West. Unfortunately, these pages just say “coming soon” and lack anything meaningful, like screenshots or video. ScrewAttack’s Death Battle series continues with a bouncy battle between the two leading ladies [...]

Though short and to the point, TheNobleEskimo caught up with Seth Killian during PAX 2011 to talk Marvel vs Capcom 3. The questions answered are focused on character changes for Ryu, Wolverine, Viper, and Arthur. The answers will be pretty interesting if you’ve been following the game closely. TNE: So how about his rapid hadokens? [...]

SumoSlamMan over at iSpeakComics continues his Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 character introduction series by telling us all about Doctor Stephen Strange. Just who is the Sorcerer Supreme? Where does he come from and what has he accomplished? Find out now!

AnomuraSe uploaded a great highlight video that replays his top 10 favorite moments from the recent GodsGarden 4 event. This is very well put together and gives you enough lead-in on each moment to fully understand the situation. [tip from ThoMazx]

3 Green Bars, a travel-log that explores local fighting game communities around the world, has returned for its third season. Episode 1 is all about the Melbourne Australia scene, which has seen quite a bit of spotlight lately thanks to their epic Shadowloo Showdown tournaments. The next episode covers the scene in Christchurch New Zealand, [...]

Maximilian released episode 2 of The Online Warrior series for 3rd Strike Online Edition. In it, he plays a bunch of ranked matches and talks in depth about parrying. There is great information here for players new to the game, so take some time to listen in.

NetherRealm released a trailer for Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection today. This bundle pack includes Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat 2, and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3. This begs the question, is anyone looking forward to playing MK1 again? [tip from Noel V, via IGN]

SickZack Andrew is back doing his acoustic guitar plus beatboxing thing, this time on Fei Long’s theme. Beautiful! Noah “The Prodigy” Solis was signed to an endorsement deal by The Traveling Circus. This deal reportedly includes sponsorship and a line of t-shirts. Complex.com published an article about Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 in which Marketing [...]

As you are hopefully aware, 3rd Strike allows you to parry incoming attacks out of blockstun. This is called a red parry, and the timing is a lot more strict than your standard parry. That said, being able to red parry certain things can put the fear of god into your opponents. Renic explains why, [...]

Capcom’s Summer Battle event is underway at the Taito Bigbox arcade in Japan. A number of high profile Japanese players are in attendance, including Reiketsu, Ryukichi-kun, Nekojita, Kazunoko, Uryo, Shiro, Tokido, and Mago. The real treat comes after the tournament, though. The stream will continue with match play on the location test version of Super [...]

For those of you who remember, Evolution went to the community to create original songs for the game intros played during Finals Sunday.  For Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition, we reached out to none other than combo extraordinaire Desk, who created a Street Fighter medley to accompany Seth Mussey‘s video. And now, the full [...]

The Skullgirls facebook page is going to be releasing match footage from the test player group every Friday for a while. This week, we get a great match between Grinta and Mike Z, and all four of the currently playable characters can be seen here. [tip from Gabe]