Let's Go Crazy! Capcom Announces Marvel Vs. Capcom: Origins

To be released on PSN and XBLA, the downloadable duo of old-school arcade games includes Marvel Super Heroes and MVC1. The games will have "HD graphical upgrades," GGPO, 8-player lobbies, spectator mode, dynamic challenges, and replay saving. I wonder if MVC will have all its insane glitches intact. One thing is for sure, though: Marvel Super Heroes will feature gems! MVC: Origins will be available this September for $14.99/1200 MSP.

SFxTK: How Hard Can We Troll? The Evolution of Mega Man's Design

HeatMan over at The Mega Man Network has a new piece about the evolving design of everyone's favorite gravity-defying, out-of-shape, middle-aged company mascot. He takes a look at the various early designs, as shown in the Street Fighter X Capcom artbook (now available in Japan). Among them are some decidedly less obese variations, as well as some that remain closer to the Blue Bomber's original color palette. It's hard to believe that Mega Man's creator, Keiji Inafune gave this inclusion his blessing before leaving the company. Or, was it simply his final act of trolling on his way out the door?

Either way, take a look at a few examples after the break, or head to the Mega Man Network for the full story!

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SFxTK: Vita Version Has Cross-Platform Play, Free Characters for PS3 Owners

Capcom released a bunch of new info about the Vita version of Street Fighter X Tekken, and most of it is great news for PS3 owners. The Vita version can be played multiplayer — locally or via Wi-Fi or 3G — against other Vita players or even against PS3 players. Also, Capcom will allow those who buy the Vita version to download all of the additional characters for free on their PS3.

Check out the new trailers and info straight from the press release after the break!

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Skullgirls: Prepare for Trouble (and Make it Double) in New Trailer

What is a fighting game without shape-shifting, move-copying characters like Dural, N. Boss, and Seth? Skullgirls has its resident shapeshifter, Double, and she stars in her own trailer on the PlayStation Blog today. Not only does she mimic the rest of the cast, but she can also temporarily turn the fighting arena into a Gradius stage.

In addition, developer Reverge Labs announced a rather fully-featured, free trial version of the game, a PSN release date of April 10, and some upcoming sponsored tournaments offering custom-built sticks as prizes.

Check out the Double trailer after the break, and if you're still hesitant to spend a measly $14.99 next week, at least give the demo a try!

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Shun Slider Satsu Brings Home the Bacon in IPLAYWINNER's First Ever Cooking Contest

It is with great pleasure that we announce Jay Jay's cross-food masterpiece, the Shun Slider Satsu, as the winner of our first ever Super Dynamic Cooking Contest. Laura took a close second with her delicious Bob's Fat Jab - Panini Sweep. Deserving an honorable mention, in third place, is Armin Rm Ramazyan's Blanka Ball Breakfast, which was also the first entry!

Choosing just one of these to win was incredibly difficult, but I'll explain the decision-making process after the break!

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SoulCalibur V: Take a Look at the Complete Patch Notes

Namco released full patch notes for the upcoming SoulCalibur V patch. The fuzzy guard option select will be fixed, along with a ton of tweaks to move properties. It seems like most of these adjustments are nerfs, but I guess we'll see how it all plays out when the patch gets released on March 21.

SDTekken is hosting a PDF of the entire list here, or you can read a sampling of the system changes below.

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SFxTK: Gravity Loses Its Grip in Desk's CMV2

Desk uses a floaty glitch to make Akuma drift away in his latest combo music video. He does so by exploiting the glitchy quick-combo system, which causes strange results when kara-canceled into from another move, much like an Alpha 3 kattobi cancel (kara into custom combo activation). In addition to the glitch shenanigans, the video has some nice combos, including a high-damage Cammy combo. 

Watch the video after the break!

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SF x TK: Trag Combos Focus on the Ladies

Tragic released the second part of his Random SFxT Combos. This edition is all about the ladies of Street Fighter and Tekken. Juri and Cammy dive around the screen, Nina and Asuka chain into launcher, and Pandora gets activated mid-combo.

Check it out after the break!

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SF x TK: Desk CMV1 Has Combos and Glitches Galore

Desk kicks off his Street Fighter X Tekken combo music video series in style, with Pandora-on-Pandora glitchiness. He's also got combos into and out of Supers, Jin floaty combos, Happy Birthdays, triple-crumple combos, and a variety of characters frozen in place. I particularly like the post-Gigas Breaker backbreaker, though I have no idea how it was done.

Check it out after the break!

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SF x TK: "The Devil Within" Live-Action Short Film by Thousand Pounds is Weighty

This little piece of cinema takes a more serious look at the conflict between the Street Fighter and Tekken worlds.

The Devil Gene. The Satsui no hadou.
Both hide in the depths of one's soul and are unrelenting powers that plague the heroes of the Tekken and Street Fighter universes respectively. "Is the quest for power just when the cost is your own humanity?"

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SF x TK: Invitational Exhibition Tournament This Weekend at SXSW

Updated on Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at 8:28AM by Carmine

IGN's IPL is hosting an eight-player exhibition tournament at this weekend's South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas. All eight participating players have been announced.

Check after the break for the list of players, event time, and stream info!

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SF x TK: Capcom Confirms Upcoming Paid Downloadable Content is Already On-disc

You may have seen some suspicious videos of unreleased Street Fighter X Tekken characters circulating the Internet over the past few days. Capcom has confirmed that this is a result of all of data for the upcoming, for-pay DLC characters existing completely on the retail disc.

While their explanation is all about being able to "reenergize" the game at a later date, the update is already complete! We bought the disc that has the update on it! This is like 3rd Strike secretly existing on the 2nd Impact CD-ROM. Why would we practice on a earlier, gimped version of a game when we have the update right in front of us? Why can't we have a deeper game, with twelve more characters for EVO? Don't worry, though. When the "update" is released at the end of the year, "it'll be a great value."

Check after the break for the full PR statement from Capcom, and please let us know how you feel about this in the comments!

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Win a Copy of Street Fighter X Tekken: Super Dynamic Cooking Contest!

Want a chance to win a copy of Street Fighter x Tekken? Get your chef's hat on and make some Street Fighter X Tekken-inspired eats!

During Cross Assault, contestants were fed some Street Fighter-themed meals, like the Ryu's Shoryuken ("Savory Pulled Pork, Muenster Cheese, Jalapeños with a Liquid Dragon Fire uppercut"), courtesy of Adam's Grub Truck. Can you do better? Create your own fighting game-themed food, with a clever name, a brief description, and a link to a picture (if possible) and post it in the comments.

Read past the break for the complete rules!

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DOA5: Virtua Fighter's Akira Appears as Guest Character in New Trailer

Dead or Alive 5. Virtua Fighter 5. Crossovers are the new hotness. Need I say more?

Were you interested in DOA5 before? Does this change your mind? Would you like to see more Virtua Fighter characters in DOA5?

Check out the trailer after the break and sound off in the comments!

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SF x TK: Latest GamesRadar Character Demos are Totally Staged

In these latest GamesRadar videos, the training dummy doesn't even fight back! Seriously though, Crackfiend and LPN do a fine job breaking down what another bunch of characters are capable of. For example, Marduk has two additional wakeup options that other characters don't!

Check after the break for Sagat, Cammy, Rufus, Guile, Dhalsim and Marduk!

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SF x TK: Desk Team Combos Feature Nine-Shoryuken Juggles, Pandora Mode, Cats

The inimitable Desk has released a team-combo complement to his previous Street Fighter X Tekken solo-combo video. The exhibition features "the tightest link in the game," Marduk's Gator Slam xx switch-cancel, and other completely impractical, flashy combos. Damage scaling puts a damper on these combos' usability, but Desk also admits that they just scratch the surface of what is possible. He also included a megamix hype video with the awesomely nostalgic SFxTK Final Fight stage music.

Check out both videos below!

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Street Fighter X Tekken Launch Party Assaults LA March 1

Capcom has announced the official launch party for Street Fighter X Tekken. The bash takes place March 1st at Majestic Hills, 650 Spring Street in Los Angeles, CA. The event is for age 21+ and you need to RSVP here.

Producer Yoshinori Ono will make an appearance, MadCatz will be slanging its latest FightSticks, exhibition matches will be streamed, and there will be prizes handed out.

Anyone who's been to a Capcom launch party or Fight Club knows that they take care of their fans, so if you're in the area, don't miss out on this!

SF x TK: Crackfiend and LPN Demo Six More Characters for GamesRadar

The latest batch of Street Fighter X Tekken characters covered by GamesRadar are Julia, Raven, Asuka, Kuma, Juri and King. If you've been looking for more Tekken character action (or the new and improved Juri), you might want to check these demos out.

Also, did he just say that Kuma plays like Twelve?!

See if you agree, after the break!

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SF x TK: SDTEKKEN Combo Video Lands Meterless Supers

SDTEKKEN released a combo video for a recent build of Street Fighter X Tekken that covers a bunch of characters, including Street Fighters. The video showcases some simple, effective loops using EX moves and also manages to land free supers after specific tag-cancels. Be sure to stay until the end for the last combo, with its jumping chains and multiple tags.

Check out an early look at the combo possibilities after the break!

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SF x TK: Heihachi, Steve, Abel, Nina Character Walkthroughs by Crackfiend & LPN

A promising trend has cropped up recently: general gaming sites are employing top players to help cover fighting games with the requisite knowledge and attention to detail. On that note, GamesRadar got Crackfiend and LPN to do some video walkthroughs of Street Fighter X Tekken characters. If you're interested in playing any of these four characters, you should definitely study the videos.

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