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Namco Bandai dominates the 3D fighting game scene here in the US with the Tekken and Soul Calibur series. Fans who wanted to learn more about the future of these franchises packed into the Namco Bandai panel at EVO 2011 for a look. GameSpot was dutifully on hand recording the proceedings. [tip from Christian H]

The trailer for the console version of King of Fighters XIII was made available over EVO weekend. You’ll get a good look at Billy Kane and the other two new playable characters, Saiki and Iori 98. The Atlus representatives at EVO 2011 confirmed for us that the game would be receiving a balance pass before [...]

Who would have thought that the loser’s finals in Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition would be a fight between two Daigo-killers? The hands down favorite to win, MadCatz Daigo Umehara, announced last year that he wanted to show us what Daigo using the best character in the game (Yun) looked like. Unfortunately for him, [...]

Perhaps one of the greatest Top 8s of all time just happened at Evolution 2011. The Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition competition had a lot of nailbiters and surprises. Here’s the Top 8: Winner: Fuudo (Fei Long) 2. Latif (C.Viper) 3. Poongko (Seth) 4. Daigo Umheara (Yun) 5. Kindevu (Yun) 5. Tokido (Akuma) 7. [...]

The two names on everyone’s lips this year for Marvel vs Capcom 3′s inaugural EVO had to be EG Justin Wong and Viscant (representing the Box Arena). Viscant’s Wesker, Haggar, Phoenix team cruised its way to the grand finals on the winners side of the bracket with a few close calls, even sending Wong’s Wolverine/Akuma [...]

Hearts were pounding, voices were lost and arms were raised as the crowd watched the Top 8 in Marvel vs. Capcom 3 battle it it out for the title. Here’s the Top 8 results: Winner: Viscant (Wesker/Haggar/Phoenix) 2. PR Balrog (Wolverine/Dante/Tron/Amaterasu) 3. Justin Wong (She Hulk/Wolverine/Akuma/Storm/Wesker) 4. Combofiend (She Hulk/Taskmaster/Spencer) 5. Noel Brown (Wolverine/Wesker/Akuma/Phoenix) 5. [...]

At a panel here at EVO 2011, Street Fighter 4 series producer Yoshinori Ono announced that Capcom would indeed release a free balance patch for Arcade Edition before the end of the year. What would you like to see changed? Is this the start of SSF4:BE? [via GamesRadar]

Excitement filled the room during the very first match of the top 8 in Mortal Kombat at EVO 2011. vVv REO set the mood with back to back Mileena fatalities that would lead him to the grand finals out of losers. MCZ|DMG Perfect Legend shrugged off most of his opponents today, finessing his way to [...]

The Top 8 in the Tekken 6 tournament at Evolution 2011 put on some tough battles. Here’s the results: Winner: Kor (Bob) 2. NYC Fab (Bob/Miguel) 3. Rip (Law) 4. JustFrameJames (Law) 5. Crow (Bob) 5. Mr. Naps (Bryan) 7. Tokido (Bob) 7. Ryan Hart (Kazuya)

Amazing Hakumen player Spark came rampaging out of the losers bracket this morning, defeating Lord Knight’s Litchi six to zero to become the Evo 2011 BlazBlue Continuum Shift II champion! Congratulations to him and the rest of the top 8 finishers.

Mortal Kombat 9 made its debut in the Evolution 2011 World Finals, and the Top 8 did not disappoint, putting on a show in front of a packed house. Here’s the Top 8 results: Winner: Perfect Legend 2. REO (Mileena) 3. JOP (Raiden/Johnny Cage) 4. Chris G (Reptile) 5. Denzell Terry (Liu Kang) 5. 16-bit [...]

In our second finale of the day, yet another amazing contender fought his way out of the losers bracket to take the title. Kor’s Bob defeated NYC Fab’s Bob and Miguel three to zero to force a second set in the grand finals, and lost only one game in the final set. Kor showed little [...]

GameSpot is on hand here at Evo 2011 putting together a ton of great footage. You won’t want to miss their highlight reels from the Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 panel, at which Niitsuma and the team revealed a changelist, including new moves, found in the current build of the game. [tip from Alex M]

At the conclusion of the Street Fighter X Tekken panel here at Evolution 2011, producer Yoshinori Ono dropped a few teaser trailers on the crowd. The first of which had the crowd shouting “Ibuki”, and the second is clearly everyone’s favorite giant brown bear, Kuma.