After Nintendo revealed the next Super Smash Bros. game, many in the competitive community were left wondering how the title will stack up to its predecessors, Melee and Brawl. Fortunately, we now have a bit of insight on this matter thanks to Kotaku’s Jason Schreier. During a recent interview with director Masahiro Sakurai, Schreier asked [...]

UPDATE – The show has ended for the night, but you can check out Divekick’s brand new character Stream in the archive below. Watch live video from irongalaxy on TwitchTV Interested in what else the folks at Iron Galaxy Studios have in store for Divekick? Well, you’re in luck, because tonight they will be streaming [...]

Kenin Black brings us several Skullgirls videos featuring Parasoul today that cover mid-screen, corner, and throw combos. She may not have the best combo options in the game and is somewhat execution heavy, but Parasoul does a lot of damage and has incredibly dangerous reset options with her standing overheads and high/low/throw mix-up game. Source: Kenin [...]

During tonight’s Salty Cupcakes stream, it was revealed that Beowulf garnered enough support from fans to be made the second backer-chosen Skullgirls DLC character. He will be joining Squigly, Big Band, Eliza, and Robo-Fortune in the indie fighter’s roster expansion, bringing all sorts of new playstyles to an already interesting cast of characters. Be sure [...]

UPDATE – An archive of this broadcast has been added below. The Iron Galaxy Studios team revealed a new Divekick character, The Baz, and also provided a look at the work that’s been done on their future update to Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition. Check it out below and let us know what [...]

The official Injustice: Gods Among Us Facebook page recently confirmed that Batgirl will be the next DLC character available after Lobo. Game art released along with this announcement (included below) shows Batgirl fighting with a pair of bat shaped katar, or Batar, if you will. An official timeline for her release was not given, though we were assured that we [...]

The vote for the first fan chosen mystery DLC character in Skullgirls has ended, and the winner is Eliza. Eliza is a lounge singer with a darker side. By day, she organizes several blood drives for charity. By night, she feeds that blood to her parasite, which keeps her young and immortal. Beneath her beautiful [...]

UPDATE – The stream is now live with a demonstration of the new character, Jefailey. Look familiar? Interested in what else the folks at Iron Galaxy Studios have in store for Divekick? Well, you’re in luck, because tonight they will be streaming the second installment of their brand new weekly series, which is dedicated to [...]

While we’ve known for quite some time that BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma will be receiving a console port, developer Arc System Works has been rather quiet regarding a concrete release date. But now, thanks to the latest issue of Famitsu, fans have something to look forward to. According to Siliconera, Chrono Phantasma is set to release [...]

UPDATE – The event tonight has been postponed due to the tragedies that occurred earlier today in Boston. We’ll be sure to keep you updated as more information regarding a new date is announced. The folks behind the release of Injustice: Gods Among Us have planned a very special event for the Battle Arena finale [...]

Earlier today, the folks over at Capcom opened areas on the Unity forums in which the community can offer their thoughts on balance changes for ten more Street Fighter IV characters. Like with earlier threads, these will be used to gather suggestions for the recently announced update. This last group consists of Cammy, Seth, Akuma, C. Viper, Adon, El [...]

kronik24709 recently put together a great Tekken Tag Tournament 2 multi-character combo video that shows off several team permutations of Miguel, Lei, Raven, Steve, Zafina, and Anna. Most of these combos go for absolute swag, using several tag mechanics, stage-specific positioning, and wall splats to do their damage. This makes for a pretty entertaining watch, so [...]

ColonelGilgamesh‘s new Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 guide shows off how to perform untechable resets with Nemesis. The tutorial talks about how these resets have to be altered to account for character height and recovery arc distance. They work on most of the cast, though some characters with special aerial movement options can get out of them. Source: ColonelGilgamesh

The Skullgirls character wars have begun and everyone who contributed to the Indiegogo is picking up their pitchforks and torches…or, you know, voting in an online survey. Same thing. The rules of the vote are simple. The voting consists of multiple rounds, each cutting down the playing field by half. The first round included every [...]

As part of their ongoing dialogue with the community regarding the recently announced update to Street Fighter IV, the folks over at Capcom have opened threads on the Unity forums for ten new characters. Like with earlier discussions, these will be used to gather suggestions for changes to each individual character. This week’s group consists [...]