You have seen footage of her in-progress gameplay, now Skullgirls' ninja fighter Valentine has now her own official character trailer by Reverge Labs and GameTrailers. With the game close to planned release, it seems safe to say that this iteration of the nurse is complete.
Enjoy the video after the jump and have a happy Valentines Day!
Just announced, publisher Majesco just announced their entry into fighting games with their own downloadable game coming in the upcoming spring season.
Titled Girl Fight, the game is developed by Kung Fu Factory who created the critically mixed game Supremacy MMA. Their Facebook page details that the game will feature "sports leaderboards, customization options, a deep scoring system and the best fighting on the digital platform."
Girl Fight is also dated for a spring 2012 release on both PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade with only non-game teaser images of scantly clad women and little info as of now. Around that release time is when Skullgirls is planned to come out. What are your thoughts on this game suddenly announced?
FingerCramp hosted a special pre-release tournament of Street Fighter X Tekken last weekend with many well-known East Coast players.
Players including Brokentier's Yipes, Team Spooky's own Arturo Sanchez, Long Island Joe, and Local Battles' Chris G. were among the 16 players invited to this single elimination tournament bracket. Make sure to check out the full tournament archive after the jump!
The Phantomnaut | Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 7:25PM | in Japan, SSF4: AE VER. 2012, tournaments 
The hill from the bottom to the top in the second half of the TOPANGA League has begun. From rounds seven to 12, it will be a battle of elimination until the last player fights current first place competitor Haitani.
For round seven, Tokido fought against RF and Kindevu and was able to defeat and remove them from the brackets. Bonchan followed the same fate to the "Murderface" but the rein ended going against Momochi.
Round eight next week will have Momochi fight Team Mad Catz player Mago with the winner going against "The Beast" Daigo Umehara. Make sure to check out the full statistics and match info thanks to Tokido fan blog Tokido77 after the break. If you are interested in watching, follow Fubarduck's article on how to pay through Nico Nico Douga and go to this link to help get started.
Last week marked the end of the FINALROUNDBATS' second season. This Japanese monthly ranking battle season supervised by FINAL ROUND's own Scott Popular (@scottpopular) brought not only native players but also international visitors to play some fighting games. The first season of FINALROUNDBATS had Tokido as the only member to attend FINAL ROUND XIV but now a total of four players will serve as ambassadors from the land of the rising sun.
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Fighting stick maker QanBa is about to release its newest product allowing left- and right-handed fighting game players to use it with ease. US distributor Eightarc confirmed that they will be bringing it out.
According to their Facebook, Eightarc shared the new QanBa stick with the words "Soon..." hinting that they will be having it available. The release date for the Q2 Pro will be available in April.
Interested in getting a stick from Eightarc? Check out RogerDodger's review on the sticks. As of this post, Eightarc is sold out of all their sticks online so make sure to keep an eye on their website, Twitter and Facebook for updates.
Fellow member WorstGiefEVER has gone live to stream a SoulCalibur V tournament in London sponsored by Hori and Namco Bandai.
The stream is provided by his channel ARMSHOUSE and archives are available on his YouTube channel. Make sure to check after the jump for the feed!
After four months being in arcades, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 will be getting an update to the current version.
Dubbed as New Tekken Tag Tournament 2, this version will be playable at Japan's arcade and amusement event called AOU 2012. There will be new additions to the game according to Namco Bandai but nothing has been specified.
It will be featured with Namco Bandai's other upcoming arcade games including Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Versus Full Boost. If you are interested in attending, AOU 2012 will only be open to invited guests and members of the press on Feb. 17-18 and later to the public on Feb. 19.
With the US location tests finished and the console version a while away, will this be the version everyone will play?
Some people were likely wondering why Mr. Online Warrior Maximilian didn't apply for any of the Cross Assault teams. On his channel, he announced that he will be involved with IPLAYWINNER and Team Spooky for the production of the reality show.
This unfortunately will postpone production of his in-house Assist Me series for a small bit but it will continue after Cross Assault. He also has plans for making new videos on upcoming games including his take on Street Fighter X Tekken and more episodes of The Online Warrior after Cross Assault ends. While Maximilian will be involved in production, he will try to keep active with uploading quick video blogs and appearing on the Cross Assault stream on occasion.
If you are still planning to submit a Cross Assault video, you have until Feb. 8 to get it done. Make sure to submit the video URL here: http://www.capcom-unity.com/go/crossassault/signup
Aris at Avoiding The Puddle got some of the products to help promote SoulCalibur V and reviewed these on the YouTube channel.
Aris also got both arcade sticks from MadCatz and Hori to try out as well. He compared some of the cosmetic differences between both sticks and other specific nuances like Hori's addition of the keyboard and headset support.
Check out the video reviews after the jump! Also included is his praising review of the strategy guide by Future Press.
The Beast has finally sat down with a hands on of Street Fighter X Tekken.
Daigo Umehara was at Capcom to try learning all of the main game's aspects including Cross Assault and Switch Cancelling. After going through the tutorial mode, he examins the game in the more active versus mode but only against the computer. You will notice a bit of stuff he tries to transfer from Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition Ver. 2012 but he seems to be getting the hang of it.
Check out the video after the jump!
Doromac23 uploaded a video with some useful high damaging combos with the help of assists getting it to work.
Some of the combos include a Dormammu only combo that obliterates a full health Thor thanks to creative uses of his hyper combos and basic bread and butter techniques. There is another combo with emphasis on links from Hulk.
Check out the video after the jump!
Last week, it was announced that Persona 4: The Ultimate In Mayonaka Arena by Arc System Works and Atlus was coming to Japanese arcade in March and console players wont have to wait long for their version too.
According to Famitsu, the upcoming fighter will be available on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 during the summer season this year.
No news has been announced for a worldwide release but hope it might not be very long to wait. Otherwise, you can import the PlayStation 3 version to get your practice early.
With the six preliminary rounds over, the TOPANGA League will now be at its second phase.
Instead of various matches against one another, the league will now have special bracket style where it will be the fight to the current first place competitor. Each session will be based on winning two first to six sets where the player will move up the bracket to compete against the next higher up player.
RF is currently last place so if he wants to go against leader Haitani, he will have to win every session from the bottom up. Haitani though will have to relax until the final day of the league to go against the second place competitor.
Check after the jump for round 6 results and match info and the schedule for the next six days of play. Thanks to Tokido77 for the info! If you are interested in watching, follow Fubarduck's article on how to pay through Nico Nico Douga and go to this link to help get started.
The dudes at Giant Bomb have uploaded their preview video of SoulCalibur V. Jeff Gerstmann is at the helm while Brad Shoemaker watches and asks various questions regarding the game.
They might not be the best guys to play the game but their direct feed shows off what's available in the game. Also find out the MarkManSDT gamertag in the video after the break!
The upcoming North American release of Phantom Breaker is bringing the hype by teaming up with an up and coming arcade stick company with a contest.
7sixty collaborated with Eightarc to give away a special custom Fusion stick. This version of the Eightarc Fusion is from the limited Sapphire color line with a special panel and button art. Winner of the contest also gets a copy of Phantom Breaker on Xbox 360.
Everyone has two chances to win the contest. You can fill out your name and email on Phantom Breaker's North American site and like the official Facebook page. Also check out RogerDodger's review on the sticks!
Giant Bomb's news editor Patrick Klebek got to ask some questions to Street Fighter X Tekken producer Yoshinori Ono during his recent promotional trip to various press.
Some of Ono's answers concern topics like gem system and othe features in the game. Ono also mentioned some neat insight of development and the future of fighting games including talk about expanding character customization.
Make sure to check out the full interview!
The TOPANGA League is nearing the halfway mark with the momentum shifts in round five.
Kazunoko, who was placed first place for a while already has been knocked down to fourth place after losing his games. One of those games featured Haitani who currently has the top wins and least losses in the whole league so far. Sako is still standing high after the rounds passed by. Bonchan's fight against Uryo put him last place.
Make sure to check out the full statistics and match info thanks to Tokido fan blog Tokido77 after the break. If you are interested in watching, follow Fubarduck's article on how to pay through Nico Nico Douga and go to this link to help get started. Round six will be airing soon!
There were rumors regarding popular arcade stick and button company Sanwa Denshi's noiseless hardware for a while. Recently Japanese website 4Gamer visited the company's headquarters to check out the new tech they have been developing.
All the work Sanwa has been doing has indeed been made to reduce noise dramatically. For the joystick, they have individual microswitches with a special harness cable that can connect to regular default Sanwa harness cables through an adapter. The buttons also recieved some upgrades to lower common noise.
Sanwa tested the differences with a Hori stick where they compare stock Hori hardware, the new tech from Sanwa, and stock Sanwa hardware that can be currently bought. Make sure to check out the videos in the link and share your thoughts on it.
SoCal's most famous commentators in the fighting game community, UltraDavid and Jchensor, have now begun their premier broadcast of their collaboration stream!
They will be taking a look at various tactics in fighting games and other topics.
Check out the video after the jump! Also follow them on Twitter (@UltraChenTV)!
