happy holidays

• The tentative game lineup for Tougeki Super Battle Opera 2009 has been announced:

• 1 on 1:
  
• Street Fighter IV
• Tatsunoko VS Capcom: Cross Generation Of Heroes
• Fate: Unlimited Codes
• Blazblue

• 2 on 2:
• Sugoi! Arcana Heart 2

• 3 on 3:
• Virtua Fighter 5R Revision 1
• Tekken 6 Bloodline Rebellion
• Street Fighter III 3rd Strike
• Guilty Gear XX Accent Core

• Some good footage of console specific characters Fei-Long and Cammy in Street Fighter 4 right here ( japanese blog linking nico video ).
• The Tougeki Super Battle Opera '08 DVDs are on sale at Amazon Japan.
  
• Famitsu has a ton of high quality screens of Gen and Rose in Street Fighter 4.
• Haraheriwolves updated their blog with footage of new Garou Mark Of The Wolves matches from TRF.
• Nohoho has Komoda Blanka matches against top Chinese players, X-Mania 9 info and vids and a ton of Street Fighter 4 tournament footage from international sources.
• Reddish Region is participating in the upcoming Comiket, and will be demoing a new version of their doujin fighter Hinokakera. A couple new screens lie here.
• Two new characters revealed for Examu's upcoming Daemon Bride: Eve and Dusk
• Famitsu reports that Dissidia: Final Fantasy is the top selling title in Japan, as of last week.
• Dragonball Evolution, the PSP fighter based on the live action movie, will release on March 19th, 2009.

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• FireLiu updates with Virtua Fighter 4 Final Tuned match footage.
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• psychochronic updates with Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix match footage.
• ErickDamon updates with Kengo Legend Of The 9 match footage.
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• wx1682 updates with The King Of Fighters XII location test footage.
• koyori6671 updates with Melty Blood Actress Again match footage.

Happy holidays, and a happy new year that hopefully you can share with good family and friends. Peace and love to all.

we can't stop

• The King Of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match is on schedule for a February 26th 2009 release date. Dengeki has new screens.
• Check out the PV for Studio Zan's hot looking mech versus game in the style of Armored Core and Virtual On entitled "Overturn". The game apparently makes use of the Wii Balance Board ( !!!! ) and has been released in Japan on November 30th, but there are currently no plans to ship the game overseas ( importers take note ).
• Tatsunoko Vs Capcom: Cross Generation Of Heroes comes out December 11th in Japan for the Wii and the arcades!
  
• Bleach Versus Crusade is out for the Wii in Japan on December 18th.
• Fate Unlimited Codes will release on Japanese PS2 on December 18th!
• Street Fighter IV comes out for Xbox 360 and PS3 February 12th, 2009.
• Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix has been released for PSN and Xbox Live Arcade. Check out the Special Edition Pack that may be made available soon via the Capcom store.
• Stop by the front page of Cyberfanatix for a ton of info and updates on the King Of Fighters XII from the official premiere event, a bunch of screens and vids are popping up and the game looks absolutely amazing.
• nohoho updates with a very in depth look at tournament results for Street Fighter IV, covering info about the pending nationals, character data and player info, and videos!
  
• Korea's Jungin Arcade's Live Street Fighter 4 Stream
• Tokyo Ranking Fighters Live Blazblue, Guilty Gear XX Accent Core, Hokuto No Ken, Street Fighter 4 Stream

• clublqoo updates with Senko No Ronde tournament footage.
• ( nico video ) "Heart Of A Lion" Super Smash Brothers Brawl combo footage.
• ( nico video ) darusu updates with massive playlists of Chaos Breaker match footage.
• Plexosolarasolas updates with Galaxy Fight: Universal Warriors combo footage.
• geesendou updates with Blazblue match footage.
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• Saiyanjin2 updates with Dragonball Z Shin Budokai 2 skill and combo footage.
• Soh85 updates with Neo Geo Battle Coliseum match footage.
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• LiSyaoran3063 updates with Battle Fantasia combo footage.
• ikillbutterflies updates with Soul Calibur IV combo footage ( Darth Vader CMV! )
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• ReXXXSoprano updates with Dissidia: Final Fantasy match footage.

this is delicious!

• November 29th, this Saturday, marks SNK's premium trial event for The King Of Fighters XII, to be held at Enterbrain's 2nd floor locale, the Winpa Event Space. Look forward to a new location test with more characters from the full roster to be revealed!
• As of yesterday Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm for Playstation 3 and Dragon Ball Z Infinite World for Playstation 2 should be available at game retailers across the US.
• The official website of the World Cyber Games has posted the tournament brackets and match schedule for its final run of Virtua Fighter 5, to run from November 6th through the 9th. You can watch the recently completed Japan leg of the qualifiers here.
• November 6th through 9th also will mark the first location test run for Tekken 6 Bloodline Rebellion, at Namco City and Namco Wonder Park.
  
• Based on the popular anime, Soul Eater Battle Resonance is coming to the PSP January 29th 2009. Famitsu has preview screens here.
• Famitsu has a nice recap of the November 3rd Capcom Fighting Festival 2008, featuring the national tournaments for Street Fighter IV, Tatsunoko VS Capcom and Fate Unlimited Codes, as well as the official reveal of new playable characters Viewtiful Joe, Saki, Jun The Swan, Daimao, Roll and Ippatsuman in the TvC roster and Gen, Cammy, Feilong and Dan to SF4.
• Naruto: The Broken Bond, the sequel to Naruto Rise Of A Ninja, has a demo available via Xbox Live Marketplace. The full game will be out November 18th.
  
• Doujin fighting game Mai Hime: Fuuka Taisen has been updated to version 1.02. Official site.
• High quality video and screens of Sakura and the other assorted new additions to Street Fighter IV lie here over at Neo Arcadia.
• Gametrailers' page for all current media of Mortal Kombat Vs DC Universe is here. ( Is it some kind of coincidence that the html page marker reads "6666"? ) The game ships in less than a week.
  
• Later this month on November 20th the PSP port of Mobile Suit: Gundam VS Gundam will be released, with 2 0n 2 support via ad hoc networking. Trailer is here.
  
• The King Of Fighters: Orochi Saga is now out for PSP!
• If you're keeping an eye out for Blazblue, please check out the Aksys Games's official US arcade distributor's blog here, they regularly update with combo footage, high quality images and news on how to get the game.
• 8WayRun has a very thorough wiki on Soul Calibur IV up now, with frame data, combo guides, backstory and pretty much everything you would want to know to get serious about the game.
• The Global Gaming League's final stages of their Soul Calibur IV series of tournaments are approaching, and in league with G4TV the finalists will compete on a live final to be aired on G4's X-Play on November 22nd and 23rd. Interview with top Raphael player and finalist Chi Pham here.
• David Sirlin's new update ( part 15 for those keeping count at home ) about the rebalancing of Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix.

• meattofu updates with Virtua Fighter 5R match footage.
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• BrettH123 updates with Marvel Vs Capcom 2 match footage.
• ReXXXSoprano updates with Sugoi! Arcana Heart 2 match footage, Tatsunoko Vs Capcom match footage.
  
• Omega2040 updates with Dragonball Z Infinite World footage.
• geesendou updates with Melty Bloood Actress Again match footage.
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• gipson123 updates with Super Street Fighter II X match footage.
• psychorarity updates with Street Fighter III 3rd Strike match footage, Vampire Savior match footage.
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yes we can ( update! )

• Gpara has an article on the upcoming ADK Collection from SNK for the Playstation 2 revealed at TGS, which features the fighters Ninja Masters and Aggressors Of Dark Kombat and the versus shmup Twinkle Star Sprites, among other Alpha Denshi classics. ( It may be worth noting that some of the titles are already available for the Wii's Virtual Console )
  
• Gpara reveals SNK's plan for a PSP port of Samurai Spirits: Rokuban Shoubu / Samurai Shodown Collection here. The port should be out in 2009.
• Capcom is holding a national tournament for Street Fighter IV in Japan starting November 3rd, official page is here. There will also be tournaments for Tatsunoko Vs Capcom: Cross Generation Of Heroes and Fate: Unlimited Codes.
  
• A Japanese tier list /ranking chart for Street Fighter IV's 2008 arcade release is here.
  
• Famitsu has a report from TGS 2008's playable near-finished Wii version of Tatsunoko Vs Capcom: Cross Generation Of Heroes.
• The official site for Dragonball Z: Infinite World today posted a new PV that can be viewed here. The game will be released in the US on November 4th. TGS Trailer here
  
• December 18th will mark the Japanese release of Bleach: Versus Crusade for the Wii, developed by Treasure. Official page is here. You can watch the TGS '08 trailer here.
• Takara has shown early development pictures courtesy Famitsu of a new title in the Battle Arena Toshinden series for the Wii. Release date is currently unknown, tentatively 2009.
• Final Fantasy characters Exdeath and Butz have been confirmed for Dissidia: Final Fantasy, rounding the current roster out at 12 characters. The game will be downloadable via the Playstation Network and released over PSN and UMD simultaneously on December 18th.
• Bandai's Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm for the PS3 will be releasing on November 4th. See the TGS 2008 trailer here.
• Gigazine's recap of the AM Show has details of Senko No Ronde DUO: Disunited Order, G.Rev's sequel to the groundbreaking original ( released here as Wartech: Senko No Ronde for the 360 ). Gameplay 1 Gameplay 2
• If you're at all looking forward to the December 18th release of Fate Unlimited Codes, check the Neo Arcadia article featuring the TGS 2008 trailer and heaping of screens ( featuring newly revealed character Bazett ).
• Check out the TGS 2008 trailer for Tatsunoko VS Capcom in high quality here at Gamekyo. Wii version releases in Japan on December 11th.
• The King Of Fighters XII, as of TGS, is 65% complete, and now has Andy Bogard, Iori Yagami, and Raiden / Big Bear as playable characters. TGS 2008 trailer
• Mortal Kombat VS DC Universe will have a special collector's edition with art done by comic painter Alex Ross. Game releases on November 16th for PS3 and Xbox 360. A newer vid of Midway developers explaining some of the game mechanics lies here.
• The official website of The King Of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match is open here. Game will be tentatively released sometime in early 2009. PS2 Opening And Character Select
• Tekken 6 Bloodline Rebellion is slated for a full arcade release in December. Namco's press has revealed they will not be releasing the current build of Tekken 6 for console, but instead, tentatively in fall 2009 Tekken 6 Bloodline Rebellion will come to PS3 and Xbox 360. New trailer here!
  
• Capcom revealed Sakura as a playable character in Street Fighter 4 at TGS, joining the recent announcements for Gouken and Seth's additions to the roster. New Trailer Sakura Trailer Gouki Trailer
• Kotaku has new screens of Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix.
• This week on October 23rd, via Soul Calibur IV's online content, Yoda and Darth Vader will appear as downloadable content for the console they were not exclusive to ( for 400 Microsoft Points / 4.99 on PSN ).
  
• Castlevania Judgement will release for the Wii on November 18th. New TGS trailer
• Blazblue is due out from Arc System Works in Japanese arcades in November. TGS Trailer
• The Korean arcade Jung-in that is known for broadcasting Street Fighter 2 Champion Edition matches over the web now has a live stream for their Street Fighter IV matches here.

• AHOJagi updates with Street Fighter IV match footage.
  
• feichunwong updates with Tekken 6 match footage.
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Intergalactic planetary

• The developer diary of the official King Of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match site has updated with some thoughts on the game's appearance at Tougeki '08, making a noted nod to the Taiwanese finalist / runner-up's use of Extra Mode Heavy-D and generally recapping the occurances.
• Dengeki Online and other sites have revealed Luviagelita will be a playable extra character in the PS2 version of Fate Unlimited Codes.
• Gpara has more news and screens of Street Fighter Online: Mouse Generation.
• AM Show is next month, from the 18th through the 20th, and among the games expected to make an appearance are the consumer version of Street Fighter IV and the premiere of The King Of Fighters XII.
• After a long hiatus, System 16: The Arcade Museum has updated, with some info on the Taito Type X2 hardware that powers Fate Unlimited Codes, Street Fighter IV, Sengoku Basara X and Tatsunoko VS Capcom., among other hardware kits like System 357 that powers Tekken 6 and the VF5R Lindbergh, interesting if you're an arcade hardware techie.
• The official website of the Duelling The KOF series of tournaments held at A-Cho recently updated. In their 6th season, set to take place November 22nd and 23rd, they'll be holding a 3 on 3 King Of Fighters '98 event, a a 3 on 3 King Of Fighters 2002 event, and a 3 on 3 for King Of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match.
• Get Your Tournament reports that next week's Axis Gaming sponsored Super Smash Bros. Brawl tournament at Expression College For Digital Arts in Emeryville California will be a massive major tournament for the West Coast Smash scene, with the top placer taking home $2,000.
• IGN Comics has an interview with Udon Entertainment about their upcoming October release of Street Fighter II Turbo #1 in comic stores and book retailers, and other associated Udon projects.
• A literal TON of new screens for the followup to Burst Limit and the Budokai series lie here on the official Atari site. Dragonball Z Infinite World looks fairly complete and ready for a December launch on the PS2 this year.

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• sibladeko updates with Gleam Of Force footage ( opening movie ).
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• ( VF5R really is popular, isn't it? )
  

Playing for high stakes

• SNK has released details about their Iroha ( Samurai Shodown Tenka ) dating sim for Japanese cellphones.
• Kind of cool for VF fans; there's a new blog post at the official Virtua Fighter 5R site detailing different methods of hearing music from the different games using a combination of the Start button and other keys before the fight begins on different stages.
• GameWatch has new screens and artwork for Higurashi Portable for PSP.
• Ko-hatsu arcade is doing a huge official Akatsuki Ausf.Achse set of team and singles regional tournaments at the end of the month, very cool.
• At Leipzig Games Convention in Germany today, Midway confirmed the additions of Wonder Woman, Deathstroke, Raiden and Kano to the Mortal Kombat VS DC Universe character roster.
• Gamespot has an article detailing new Mortal Kombat VS DC Universe gameplay details from Leipzig, including talks of the playable version of The Joker and the new Rage system mechanic. New teaser trailer here.
  
• SF2CE Korea / Korean Jungin Arcade Live has completed a King Of Fighters 2000 tournament, and is getting Street Fighter IV soon, which may have a live stream of matches being broadcast in the very near future.
• 1UP has an interview with Yoshinori Ono about Street Fighter IV, Dimps, the Wii, and other topics, from Leipzig.
• Less Than Three's homebrew fighter Skullgirls has undergone some tremendous changes, check out their official site.
• Jeuxactu has new screens of Castlevania Judgement from Leipzig GC08.
• Street Fighter IV will be releasing around the same time as the new Street Fighter: Legend Of Chun-Li live action movie slated for release in theatres on February 27th 2009.
• I somehow neglected to mention that Hardcore Gaming 101 also has an article detailing the Treasure development of Yu Yu Hakusho: Makyo Toitsusen and Bleach DS / Bleach DS 2nd.
• There's a fairly big gallery of Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm screens over at Hokage's Room; CyberConnect2 confirmed that the PS3 release will see downloadable content from day one release.
• A couple of new promos for EA's Super Punch Out / Ready 2 Rumble knockoff Facebreaker lie here and here.

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Once more with feeling.

Let's try and pick up right where we left off, shall we?

• Evolution 2008 has come and gone, results here.
• Tougeki Super Battle Opera also passed, results here.
• Amazon Japan is taking orders for Draglade 2.
  
• Tatsunoko Vs Capcom: Cross Generation Of Heroes is having its 4th location test from August 21st through the 28th, details here.
• Gouki has begun to appear in Street Fighter IV as a secondary boss after the fight with Seth at the end of Arcade Mode; no word has been released on whether or not he will be playable in the console version.
• Examu's official site of Arcana Heart 2 "Arcana Party" has a blog post about their experience with Tougeki.
• A new version of "Miki The Fighting Girl" was released over the past weekend at Comiket.
• Famitsu has the newest trailer PV for "BlazBlue" up, the game is steadily nearing completion and Arc System Works plans to make it a huge success.
• The play mechanics of the game looking similar to Virtual On moreso than a traditional fighter, Higurashi Portable looks to hit the PSP sometime in 2008.
• Some info here about the PS2 release of Fate: Unlimited Codes SP-BOX, with a really cool Saber figurine. Game is due out December 18th, 2008.
  
• Some of the doujin fighters released and presented at C74 / Comiket: Monster: AncientCline, Gleam Of Force, Crucis Fatal/Fake, Lucky☆FighterII , Little Battlers ver.2.1, Angel Star Road 2, and DragonBlast, among others.
• nohoho has an overview of Tougeki 2008 from the Super Turbo perspective as well as some nuances of the Super Street Fighter II X matches from Tougeki 2007.
• Worldscollide.com has newish renders of Jax, Kitana, Catwoman and Green Lantern from the upcoming Mortal Kombat VS DC Universe, due November 2008. Magic Box has screens here. Midway also will soon be releasing the "Mortal Kombat Kollection" for PS2, which features Deception, Armageddon and Shaolin Monks ( to say nothing of the curious omission of Deadly Alliance, which is getting very hard to find and is arguably one of the best in the series ).
  
• Scroll down a bit here over on Neo Arcadia for official artwork for Street Fighter IV's upcoming console character exclusives, Dan and Fei-Long.
• The original Street Fighter Alpha is now available on the Playstation Network.
• Ignition Entertainment has apparently officially gotten around to releasing World Heroes Anthology in Europe ( thank goodness ).
• Melty Blood Actress Again is location testing and still on track for its fourth quarter Naomi release. Vids are here.
• Battle Fantasia is still getting a US console release for Xbox 360 before the end of 2008. The Japanese console release for PS3 and Xbox 360 dropped in May, but a US PS3 release is sketchy, as details are up in the air.
• GameWatch has some details and pictures on Examu's new fighter Daemon Bride.
• Might be difficult to find by now, especially post-Tougeki, but the 100th issue of Arcadia Magazine was released, with a special DVD featuring Street Fighter IV, Blazblue, Tekken 6 and Tatsunoko Vs Capcom details, among other games ( and an Otomedius superplay if you're into shmups, but I digress ).
• David Sirlin's blog has an Evolution 2008 retrospective.
• Some nice Guilty Gear II Overture materials were released recently, an artbook, a Valentine pillow, and new downloadable content including a new multiplayer map and an EX costume for Sol.
• The 2008 CGS Season wrapped up and left fans of Dead Or Alive 4 competition floored. A retrospective article on the game's evolution over the season is here. Then, you can go here and check out vids of all the matches you may have missed.
• August 7th through 10th marked the end of World Cyber Games's Virtua Fighter 5 championship. Myke has a retrospective and recap here.
• This is pretty cool; a device now lets you pay for credits for arcade machines like Virtua Fighter 5 R and Street Fighter IV using your cellphone.
• There is evidently a very strong chance Yoshinori Ono will be flying out to the Leipzig Games Convention in Germany to show off the consumer version of Street Fighter IV.
• Not particularly fighting game centric, but good to see; the creative mind behind Weaponlord unleashes his team's newest game for Xbox Live Arcade, a top down multiplayer piece of artistic shooting craziness called Shred Nebula.
• Square Enix's Dissidia: Final Fantasy should be out December 2008 in Japan, check the most recent images here.
• Namco Bandai has sold over 2 million copies of Soul Calibur IV worldwide.
• The PS3 version of Tekken 6 will be released in Japan December 2008.
• The Wii Konami fighter Castlevania Judgement will be released October 2008, check pictures and info here.
• Ikki Tousen: Eloquent Fist releases for Japanese PSP on October 2nd, 2008.
• Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm releases in October 2008 for the PS3, and looks really good! Magic Box pics here.
• Hardcore Gaming 101 now has a big King Of Fighters series retrospective.
• In other doujin fighter related news, Takase of Arm Joe fame is working on a major update to Dot Fighters, and Toribash version 3.4 is out.

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burnout

• Nohoho has an article concerning the current Super Street Fighter II X Tougeki qualifications.
• The official site of Arcana Heart 2 has updated.
• The Japanese Nintendo Wii VC lineup now includes SNK’s Neo Geo version of Art Of Fighting 2.
• The official Virtua Fighter 5 site developer blog has updated.
• Gamespark has a virtual TON of new Soul Calibur IV footage, highly recommended viewing.
• Ko-hatsu arcade, with cooperation from other locations, seems to be planning a rather large and officially sponsored Akatsuki Blitzkampf Ausf.Achse regional tournament.
• The official site of Ikki Tousen: Eloquent Fist has a movie trailer available for your viewing pleasure right here.
• As of yesterday the US Nintendo Wii’s Virtual Console now has the Neo Geo version of Samurai Shodown available for 900 Wii points.

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• SBNnamz updates with a Dragon Ball Z Burst Limit advanced combo example ( Goku ).
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a matter of time

• Nohoho recently updated with an article detailing Vampire Savior footage from Mikado.
• New screenshots and promotional details of Ikki Tousen: Eloquent Fist have surfaced over at Dengeki.
• The official site of Windy X Windam updates.
• The official site of Tatsunoko VS Capcom: Cross Generation Of Heroes has updated.
• Game Watch has a ton of new quality screenshots taken from the current build of Blazblue.
• The official site of the ambitious MUGEN project Card Sagas Wars recently updated with a fourth trailer, check it out, looks promising.
• Capcom is offering fans a chance to submit a high resolution photo for the opportunity to potentially appear in the background of a stage in Street Fighter IV.
• The Magic Box has shots of Samurai Michi for PSP, which will feature a new versus mode with one on one previously absent from the PS2 console version. It also features a trailer for Samurai Michi 3 for PS3 which may also end up including a similar mode.
• Play Asia has a nice importer combo deal going right now for a preorder combo pack of The King Of Fighters ‘98 Ultimate Match ( due in stock June 26th ) and Sunsoft Collection ( Galaxy Fight + Waku Waku 7 ) for PS2.

• yashinayytu updates with Tekken 6 match footage.
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• Shwa updates with a MUGEN combo example ( Heita of Big Bang Beat ).
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• StridaJin updates with Tekken 6 tournament footage.
• OOFMATIC updates with a Soul Calibur 3 stage / game modification exhibition.
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regularly scheduled programming

• The official mook for Sengoku Basara X can be ordered through Amazon.jp for 1,550 yen.
• The official website of The King Of Fighters ‘98 Ultimate Match has updated.
• Arc System Works will be having another Blazblue location test from June 13th through the 16th ( this weekend ) in Osaka.
• Courtesy Famitsu, on June 16th, Guilty Gear XX #Reload The Midnight Carnival will be added to the Xbox Live Marketplace as a downloadable title with netplay.
• Tidus and Jecht of Final Fantasy X fame have been confirmed as playable characters in the upcoming Square-Enix PSP fighter Dissidia: Final Fantasy. Magic Box has shots here.
• The official Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix beta begins June 25th.
• The official website of Mortal Kombat VS DC Universe has preview renders of two new stages ( Gotham City, The Batcave ).
• Dragon Ball Z Burst Limit for PS3 topped console software sales for the week of June 2nd through 8th, boasting just over 92,000 copies sold by week’s end. ( Source: Magic Box )
• AkibaCh has an article about the June 11th official arcade release of Fate Unlimited Codes.
• The official website of EA’s Facebreaker is here.
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• Pharaon92i updates with Hokuto No Ken match footage.
• BoyUzi updates with Marvel VS Capcom 2 match footage.
• bellreisa updates with Touhou Hisouten Scarlet Weather Rhapsody combo footage.
• bigooooooohh updates with Guilty Gear XX Accent Core match footage.
• atheisticfury updates with Hokuto No Ken match footage.
• getyourtournament updates with Super Smash Bros. Brawl tournament footage.
• kingofvf4 updates with Virtua Fighter 5 match footage.
• nanaseakasumi updates with Soul Calibur 3 match footage.
• xDragonInstallx updates with Guilty Gear XX Accent Core match footage.
• koyori6671 updates with Sengoku Basara X match footage.
• Hyperhelen updates with Arcana Heart 2 match footage.

playing catchup

My computer was out of commission for a few days, let’s see if I can recap what I missed.

• This Gamestop preview for Capcom’s Commando 3: Wolf Of The Battlefield reveals that a purchase of the downloadable title to PSN or XBLA will net you the beta of Super Street Fighter II HD Remix and has a ticker counting down until the game’s release. Seth Killian has uploaded sample combo footage of the game here.
• The Street Fighter Zero 3 / Street Fighter Alpha 3 10th Anniversary Cup recently happened at Club Sega, with over 60 players, you can get footage from the official site ( please do not repost anywhere ). This year’s Japan national, Ultimate Zero Direction 8, will happen in October at A-Cho.
• This website seems to be the homepage of a team of players in Japan releasing a comprehensive combo mook DVD called “Heart 1/2″ for Arcana Heart 2. You can view the trailer for the pending DVD’s release right here at Hatena Diary.
• 2008 continues to be a year full of new fighting game franchise releases that seem full of promise, check out the official website for High Five Entertainment’s Extreme Fighter for PC / Windows.
• The official blog of doujin fighter developer circle D.C.S. has updated, check it for information and trials of their projects Rena Fighter, Haruhi Grapper and Lucky Fighter II.
• The official site of Success’s Windy X Windam updates with details on the game’s system, official movelists and some nice artwork / wallpaper.
• Namco Bandai have revealed that the as of yet unnamed Sith apprentice of Darth Vader from the upcoming game Star Wars: Force Unleashed will be playable in Soul Calibur IV. Magic Box has high quality shots here.
• The first major online Japanese tournament for Touhou Hisouten: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody has concluded, having had well over 300 players. Results are here. Replay files have been uploaded here, you will need the game to replay them. Serikamo is currently uploading all of the matches to his Youtube channel.
• Nohoho’s blog updates with an entry about the A-Cho Olympics tournament for Vampire Savior and Super Street Fighter II X.
• Hori, beginning June 10th, will start taking preorders for the Hori Real Arcade Pro EX for the Xbox 360 at 12,000 yen. Check Play Asia’s page on it here.
• The official website of The King Of Fighters ‘98 Ultimate Match has updated.
• The full arcade release of Street Fighter IV is currently dated for July 18th, and PCB orders will begin August 10th ( source: professor @ MMcafe forums, insert credit ).
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• feichunwong updates with Tekken 6 match footage.
• daruism updates with Melty Blood Act Cadenza ver.B match footage.
• DVCrecROOM updates with Super Smash Bros. Brawl match footage.
• bellreisa updates with Touhou Hisouten: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody match footage.
• Hyperhelen updates with Arcana Heart 2 match footage.
• trueninjatactics updates with Jump! Ultimate Stars match footage.
• psychochronic updates with Capcom VS SNK 2 match footage.
• BrettH123 updates with Marvel VS Capcom 2 match footage.
• CHECK4900 updates with Mortal Kombat Armageddon combo footage.
• gipson123 updates with Super Street Fighter II X match footage.
• meattofu updates with Virtua Fighter 5 ver.D match footage.
• WhiteKhakis updates with Super Smash Bros. Brawl match footage.
• AlphaZealot updates with a Super Smash Bros. Brawl character exhibition ( Diddy Kong ).
• SuperArcadeBox updates with Tekken 6 match footage.
• SpaceMandono updates with Mortal Kombat 3 ( SNES ) match footage.

naturally....

• Neo Arcadia reports on the release of the new Arcadia Magazine, with a lovely cover illustration of Chun-Li by Kinu Nishimura and featuring articles concerning Street Fighter IV, Tatsunoko VS Capcom, Fate Unlimited Codes, Melty Blood Actress Again and Virtua Fighter 5 R. ( May also have Blazblue info? )
• Joystiq has an article concerning the future of Tecmo’s Dead Or Alive series developers Team Ninja in the aftermath of Tomonobu Itagaki’s resignation and legal proceedings. Gamasutra has Tecmo’s official statement and thoughts here.
• Dengeki Online has new screens of Street Fighter IV- Dan and Fei-Long have been confirmed for the console roster.
• The official blog for the new movie “Street Fighter - The Legend Of Chun-Li” has updated- Ken and Ryu will not be appearing in the film.
• IGN has a hands on report of Super Street Fighter II HD Remix.
  
• Near the end of May a new version of the doujin fighter Super Cosplay Wars Ultra was released, check creator Suneo’s official blog here.
• The doujin fighter Mind Arms is now up to version 0.70 and has netplay, you can get it from the creator’s official page.
• As of the new Comicket the official website for doujin fighter Mai-Hime Fuuka Taisen has updated.
• A bit late on this, pretty old actually: Gamespot Japan has hi-res shots from the HEY@Akiba Blazblue location test featuring Rachel Alucard and Taokaka.
• The official site of Mortal Kombat VS DC Universe has updated with a preview render of Batman.

• sf2ce updates with Street Fighter 2 Champion Edition / Street Fighter II’ Dash match footage.
• kingofvf4 updates with Virtua Fighter 5 match footage.
• bloodybladesboys updates with Dragonball Z Burst Limit sample footage.
• sibladeko updates with Touhou Suimusou: Immaterial And Missing Power tournament footage.
• gipson123 updates with Street Fighter Zero 3 / Street Fighter Alpha 3 match footage from a-cho.
• AmusementStagePOPY updates with Tekken 6 tournament footage.
• jerichompm updates with Samurai Spirits IV combo footage.
• Mind4Media updates with Guilty Gear XX Accent Core match footage.
• xDragonInstallx updates with Tekken 6 match footage.
• MrMamation updates with a Guilty Gear XX Accent Core combo exhibition ( Ky / Eddie ).
• Rollcancel updates with Capcom VS SNK 2 match footage.
• BrettH123 updates with Marvel VS Capcom 2 match footage.
• highkickradio updates with Virtua Fighter 5 ver.D match footage.
• kijounokuuronn updates with Sengoku Basara X match footage.
• MarkMan23 updates with a new Street Fighter IV trailer from CAPTIVATE’08.

serial experiments

• Lost Games Blog has a feature on the very underexposed fighter for Windows entitled “The Untouchable”, which used digitized 2D fighters much like the earlier Mortal Kombat games.
• GameVideos.com has new HD quality match footage of Soul Calibur IV ( Hilde VS Raphael, Sophitia VS Voldo ).
• The official site of Fate Unlimited Codes has updated.
• According to the official Japanese Nintendo Wii VC schedule lineup, Ryuuko No Ken 2 / Art Of Fighting 2 has been added as of June.
• Dengeki, in this post, and Gpara, in this post, respectively have new screens of Soul Calibur for XBLA.
• Nohoho’s blog updates with Battle Fantasia frame data!
• The official site of NRF’s Million Knights Vermillion has updated.
• The 2008 Championship Gaming Series, which prominently features Dead Or Alive 4, has begun in North America and will run until the World Finals on July 14th, check the official website to watch exciting Dead Or Alive 4 qualifier match footage and see the full schedule of gaming events.
• HobbyBlog has a feature from the Taito HEY Street Fighter IV location test, displaying the first look at the game’s move list.
• Xbox Kings has a retrospective on the Killer Instinct series and details of the rumors surrounding the possibility of a Killer Instinct 3.
• EDIT: 1up.com just ran this piece of breaking news: Dead Or Alive 4 creator Tomonobu Itagaki is leaving Tecmo and Team Ninja and has filed a lawsuit for unpaid compensation with Tecmo Ltd. In the letter concerning the lawsuit’s circumstances he also apologizes to gamers and strikes down the possibility of a Dead Or Alive 5.

• atheisticfury updates with Hokuto No Ken match footage from Taiwan.
• axcx444 updates with Virtua Fighter 5 ver.D match footage.
• getyourtournament updates with Super Smash Bros. Brawl tournament footage.
• megamands updates with Marvel VS Capcom 2 tournament footage from Family Fun Arcade.
• DjB13 updates with Marvel VS Capcom 2 combo and strategy footage ( Ruby Heart ).
• feichunwong updates with Tekken 6 match footage.
• koyori6671 updates with Sengoku Basara X match footage.
• Tapion013 updates with a Super Smash Bros. Brawl match footage compilation.
• jaykho213 updates with Tekken 6 match footage.
• sibladeko updates with Touhou Hisouten: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody match footage.
• McWzakky updates with Virtua Fighter 5 ver.D match footage.
• MasterBigode updates with the new Street Fighter IV promotional trailer ( Guile VS Abel ).
• Rollcancel updates with Capcom VS SNK 2 match footage.
• akatubaki updates with Touhou Hisouten: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody combo footage ( Aya ).
• trueninjatactics updates with Jump! Ultimate Stars match footage.
• sf2ce updates with Street Fighter 2 Champion Edition / Street Fighter II’ Dash match footage.
• xtmnx updates with a Touhou Hisouten: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody glitch example ( weather crystal glitch ).
• Tronich updates with Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection match footage.

back once again

Sorry for the lapse in posts: had some computer troubles / woes to sort out.

• June 20th will mark the release of the King Of Fighters ‘98 Ultimate Match Master Guide Arcadia Extra mook from Enterbrain.
• See the new “Transcendence” trailer from UBIDAYS 2008 of Soul Calibur IV right over here at Game Spark.
• Famitsu reveals the cover art for the PS2 release of Sengoku Basara X.
• The official site of Tatsunoko VS Capcom: Cross Generation Of Heroes has updated.
• The official site of Windy X Windam has updated.
• The mysterious character “Raven”, who has appeared a few times before in the Guilty Gear storyline, has been confirmed for the character roster of Guilty Gear II Overture by Famitsu.
• Famitsu has new screens of Soul Calibur for Xbox Live Arcade. The version seems to be based on the Dreamcast revision?
• Famitsu has reported that Yoshinori Ono has confirmed that Street Fighter IV will have online multiplayer in its console release.
• WorldsCollide.com has updated with a render of Sub-Zero from the upcoming Mortal Kombat VS DC Universe.
• Haze’s MAME WIP has a progress update that reports that Tecmo’s little known fighter Angel Eyes is now emulated in MAME properly.
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• BoyUzi updates with Marvel VS Capcom 2 match footage.
• daruism updates with Touhou Hisouten: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody match footage.
• axcx444 updates with Virtua Fighter 5 ver.D match footage.
• Xenozip updates with Touhou Hisouten: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody match footage.
• UberCyberBeast updates with Hyper Street Fighter II match footage.
• xDragonInstallx updates with Guilty Gear XX Accent Core match footage.
• Monopr updates with Street Fighter III 3rd Strike match footage.
• typeYoshi updates with Battle Fantasia match footage.
• raybladex updates with Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection match footage and Virtua Fighter 5 footage from World Cyber Games South.
• altergenesis2 updates with Fate Unlimited Codes combo footage.
• bigooooooohh updates with Guilty Gear XX Accent Core match footage from TRF.
• TheShend updates with Street Fighter III 3rd Strike tournament footage from Gamers Vision’s 8th Ranking Battle.
• psychorarity updates with Street Fighter Alpha 3 / Street Fighter Zero 3 match footage from VIPZero3.

summer madness

• Monster: AncientCline is finally undergoing some serious testing phases, as revealed by AyaImmortal’s blog post here, and 8105Monster updates with testing footage where you can see some of the new system changes in place. Many thanks to AyaImmortal and ShoK for keeping the community updated.
• Famitsu has a ton of new Street Fighter IV screens with never before seen shots of Rufus, El Fuerte and newly revealed character Seth ( who seems very Urien / Gill-like….possibly a boss? ).
• Nohoho has a Tougeki qualifier for Super Street Fighter II X from Popy Niigata.
• Windy X Windam’s official site now has the complete character roster, very diverse looking cast.
• Comicbookresources.com ran some very nice quality preview images of Udon’s Street Fighter Tribute artbook.
• Dengeki Online has new screens of the PS2 Sengoku Basara X.
  
• Famitsu has new Soul Calibur IV screens and footage from UBIDAYS 2008 in Paris ( scroll down a bit ).
• Circa May 20th, Garou Densetsu 2 / Fatal Fury 2 has been added to the Japanese Nintendo Wii Virtual Console.
• This Korean site has magazine scans that seem to point towards Fei-Long and Dan Hibiki as possibilities for the Street Fighter IV roster? ( UNCONFIRMED )
• The official site of Draglade 2 has updated.
• Tokyo Game Show 2008 is coming!
• Joystiq has some info on EA’s Facebreaker, a stylized fighter in the style of Super Punchout and Ready 2 Rumble which looks surprisingly good.
• G4TV has new footage of Soul Calibur for Xbox Live Arcade.
• There are insider predictions for the 2008 CGS Dead Or Alive 4 pro season right here, interesting read.
• The Street Fighter Blog has a translated interview with Street Fighter IV creator Yoshinori Ono. The game will be released for PS3, 360 and PC / Windows.

• psychochronic updates with Soul Calibur III and Hyper Street Fighter II Anniversary Edition match footage.
• bigooooooohh updates with Guilty Gear XX Accent Core match footage.
• ram0nist updates with Arcana Heart 2 combo footage.
• nanaseakasumi updates with Soul Calibur III match footage ( create a character matches )
• Tapion013 updates with a Super Smash Bros. Brawl match footage complilation.
• daruism updates with Touhou Hisouten: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody match footage.
• Soh85 updates with Last Blade 2 tournament footage from Alpha Station.
• tingsesh updates with Tekken 6 match footage from the UK.
• Marstorious updates with Virtua Fighter 5 match footage.
• gogetassj4666 updates with Dragonball Z Budokai 3 footage ( VS CPU Cell in Dragon Universe mode ).
• ftnr18 updates with Arcana Heart 2 match footage.
• EDIT: these next ones are from later in the day/early next morning
• PlagueVFDC updates with Virtua Fighter 5 match footage.
• Xenozip updates with Touhou Hisouten: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody netplay matches.
• itsumobasho updates with Virtua Fighter 5 ver.D match footage.
• koyori6671 updates with Arcana Heart 2 match footage from Game41.
• CursedTiamat updates with Guilty Gear XX Accent Core tournament footage.
• bdcool187 updates with Super Smash Bros. Brawl match footage.
• BillyPancakes updates with Super Smash Bros. Brawl match footage ( Heavy Gravity ).
• Monopr updates with Street Fighter III 3rd Strike match footage from Puerto Rico.
• shadetail updates with a Bloody Roar Extreme / Bloody Roar Primal Fury infinite combo example ( Ganesha ).
• axcx444 updates with Virtua Fighter 5 ver.D match footage.
• kahikusu updates with Street Fighter III 3rd Strike match footage ( Note: I think this is really cool what they’re doing: picture in picture shot of players, players’ hands, subtitled commentary, you can see reaction shots with the crowd, etc. More match footage should adopt these things in order to draw interest in my personal opinion, makes things seem more professional )
• getyourtournament updates with Super Smash Bros. Brawl tournament footage.

bonus points

• Nohoho updates with Vampire Savior tournament footage from the Nagoya Stories 5 2 on 2 event.
• Gpara has high quality shots of Tatsunoko VS Capcom: Cross Generation Of Heroes. Game Watch has a featurette located here.
• Famitsu updates with a few new screens of Soul Calibur IV.
• The official website of Touhou Hisouten: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody has updated.
• In a bold move, Microsoft is going to be expunging any title in its XBLA online store that fails to reach a metacritic rating of %65. Garou Densetsu Special / Fatal Fury Special is reportedly among one of the titles facing possible expungement, according to this Joystiq post. Please, if you have an Xbox Live Arcade account and enjoy fighters, do yourself a favor and grab it before its too late!
• IGN has an article featuring a hands on with the guest character Yoda in Soul Calibur IV.
• If you missed any of the World Cyber Games 2007 match footage for Dead Or Alive 4, you can watch it all right over here on the official WCG site.

• sibladeko updates with Touhou Hisouten: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody combo footage.
• kornssbm updates with Super Smash Bros. Brawl match footage. ( digicam )
• geesendou updates with Arcana Heart 2 match footage.
• odjnryu updates with Dragonball Z Burst Limit demo footage.
• Realyst updates with Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection match footage.
• meattofu updates with Virtua Fighter 5 ver.D match footage.
• Rukaroa updates with Touhou Hisouten: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody match footage.
• MasterBigode updates with Street Fighter IV location test footage.
• ElChibo updates with Super Smash Bros. Brawl tournament footage.
• CHECK4900 updates with Mortal Kombat Armageddon combo footage.
• TheShend updates with Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike match footage.
• USMCJAGUAR updates with Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection match footage.
• yuuichipey updates with Touhou Hisouten: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody combo footage.
• OOFMATIC updates with Soul Calibur IV demonstration footage ( Yoda ).
• Soh85 updates with Goketsuji Ichizoku / Power Instinct Matrimelee combo footage.

pressing forward

• GoNintendo has awesome character art for Windy X Windam, some very nice quality images and very cool character design.
• Famitsu ran a piece featuring Dead Or Alive Online, a ton of new screens there revealing how the MMO-like matchmaking works.
• Dengeki Online serves up a heaping helping of new screens of Dragonball Z Burst Limit, with new character art and shots of the online modes as well as character and stage select themes.
• For those craving Guilty Gear action on the go, Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus releases for the PSP on July 31st.
• Canned Dogs reports on massive lines to pick up the official release of Touhou Hisouten: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody in Akihabara on its official release today.
• The Magic Box updates with nice new screenshots of Soul Calibur IV.
• Get Your Tournament has blogcasts from the latest Super Smash Bros. Brawl action from Family Fun Arcade.
• Might have neglected to mention this before: the 2DF Freeplay Client’s official site has updated ( and changed location since that last post ).
• RUMOR: According to this post, next week’s release of Commando 3 to PSN and XBLA will herald the initial beta / demo release of Super Street Fighter II HD Remix.
• This site reports on Namco Bandai’s official statement of the finalized character list and story of Tekken 6 and confirms a fall release exclusively for the Playstation 3.
• If you haven’t noticed, 2008 is looking to be the renaissance year for fighting games! So for those not keeping track, on arcade boards:
• Samurai Spirits Sen
• Sengoku Basara X
• The King Of Fighters ‘98 Ultimate Match
• Virtua Fighter 5 R ( Sega AM2 - Lindbergh - July )
• Street Fighter IV ( Taito Type-X - August )
• Melty Blood Actress Again ( NAOMI - Summer )
• Fate / Unlimited Codes ( Cavia/8ing/Capcom - System 246 - Summer )
• BlazBlue ( Arc System Works - Taito Type X - November )
• Tatsunoko VS Capcom: Cross Generation Of Heroes ( Taito Type X - Winter / Year’s End )
• Senko No Ronde 2 ( NAOMI - TBA )
• The King Of Fighters: Maximum Impact Regulation A-2 ( Taito Type X - TBA )
• The King Of Fighters XII ( Taito Type X - TBA )
• Monster: AncientCline ( Examu - TBA )
• DaemonBride ( Examu - TBA )
• And for consoles:
• Battle Fantasia ( 360, PS3 May 29th )
• Garou Densetsu / Fatal Fury Battle Archives Vol.1 (
• Garou Densetsu / Fatal Fury Battle Archives Vol.2
• Kizuna Encounter Super Combo Collection “The Best”
• The King Of Fighters NESTS Collection “The Best”
• SNK Arcade Classics Vol.1
• The King Of Fighters ‘98 Ultimate Match ( June 26th, PS2 )
• Sunsoft Collection ( Waku Waku 7 + Galaxy Fight )
• Sengoku Basara X ( June 26th PS2 )
• Samurai Spirits Collection / Rokuban Shoubu ( PS2, Wii - July 24th )
• Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus
• Soul Calibur ( XBLA, Summer )
• Kinnikuman Muscle Grand Prix 2 ( PS2, August 2nd )
• Tekken 6 ( PS3 - Fall )
• Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix ( XBLA, PSN - TBA )
• The King Of Fighters: Maximum Impact 3 ( PS3 - TBA/Possibly cancelled? )
• Thanks to Neo Arcadia for the dates.

• Xenozip updates with Touhou Hisouten: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody footage.
• itsumobasho updates with Virtua Fighter 5 ver.D match footage.
• McWzakky updates with Virtua Fighter 5 ver.D match footage.
• geesendou updates with Arcana Heart 2 match footage.
• SpaceMandono updates with Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection match footage.
• Hellmonkey2 updates with Guilty Gear XX Accent Core match footage.
• meattofu updates with Virtua Fighter 5 ver.D match footage.
• JaimeDL updates with Garou: Mark Of The Wolves tournament footage from TRF.
• PlagueVFDC updates with Virtua Fighter 5 team tournament footage.
• CHECK4900 updates with Mortal Kombat Armageddon combo footage.
• AlphaZealot updates with Super Smash Bros. Brawl match footage. ( shaky / blurry cam, but good matches )
• psychochronic updates with Super Street Fighter II X match footage.
• bigooooooohh updates with Guilty Gear XX Accent Core match footage.

late morning

• Hardcore Gaming 101 has a nice retrospective of the 2D Gundam fighting game series right over here as of 5/21.
• Jeux France updates with tons of screens and artwork for Soul Calibur IV.
• The official website for Tatsunoko VS Capcom: Cross Generation Of Heroes is up here. Famitsu has a huge pile of screens of the game in action over here.
• The official website for the PS2 Summer 2008 console release of Kinnikuman Muscie Grand Prix 2 is up here, albeit with no actual content to speak of. The main site with content for the game lies over here.
  
• Amazon.jp is taking preorders here for a new anime based 2D fighter for the PSP, Ikki Tousen: Eloquent Fist. You can see a nice scan right here.
• The official site for Capcom/Type-Moon/Cavia/Eighting’s Fate Unlimited Codes has updated.
• The official site for Banpresto/Bandai Namco/Dimps’s Draglade 2 has updated.
• GPara’s article here on this weekend’s Street Fighter IV location test, among other sources, seems to confirm that Balrog, Vega, Sagat and M.Bison are now fully playable.
• Neo-Arcadia has better quality screens of the console Sengoku Basara X version and console specific characters.
• Capcom’s community blog has the first shot of Kristin Kreuk as Chun-Li from the upcoming Street Fighter movie.
• RUMOR: 1up recently ran a piece stating that Rare may indeed be working on a new Killer Instinct title.
• The official site of NRF’s Million Knights Vermillion has updated.

• feichunwong updates with Tekken 6 match footage.
• ACXIAO updates with Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection match footage.
• OOFMATIC updates with Soul Calibur 3 match footage.
• geesendou updates with Arcana Heart 2 match footage.
• meattofu updates with Virtua Fighter 5 ver.D match footage.
• sibladeko updates with Touhou Immaterial And Missing Power tournament footage ( from what I believe is the third Tohgeki tournament ).
• Hellmonkey2 updates with Guilty Gear XX Accent Core match footage.
• axcx444 updates with Virtua Fighter 5 ver.D match footage.
• GetYourTournament updates with Super Smash Bros Brawl tournament footage from California.
• bigooooooohh updates with Guilty Gear XX Accent Core match footage.
• itsumobasho updates with Virtua Fighter 5 ver.D match footage.
• konqrr updates with a Mortal Kombat II / Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 glitch infinite example / exhibition ( VS Shang Tsung )
• tianyuan2k4 updates with Sengoku Basara X match footage.
• MasterBigode updates with Street Fighter IV location test footage ( Guile VS El Fuerte ).

counter!

• Scans of Tatsunoko VS Capcom: Cross Generation Of Heroes have appeared in Famitsu, scan here. Gatchaman, Casshern, Ryu and Chun-Li confirmed playable so far, info will be revealed circa Winter 2008.
• SD Tekken updates with the first imagery of the new Tekken movie, and also reports about more Tekken 6 machines being imported into the US.
  Sonichurricane.com updates with a LOT of very nice articles, on the idea of combos, game engines and the randomness therein, the conventions of “charging”, and other very interesting topics, thanks Maj for keeping the desire alive!
• Worldscollide.com, the official site of Mortal Kombat VS DC Universe, has updated with the first renders of Superman and Scorpion, and their Metropolis and Hell levels respectively.
• Nohoho’s blog presents the SBO qualifiers of Super Street Fighter II X from Shanghai, China.
• Amazon.jp has the official soundtrack now commercially available for Samurai Spirits Sen.
• Famitsu has a bunch of new screens for Samurai Spirits: Rokuban Shobu.
  The official Street Fighter IV blog confirms that the 5th location test will take place this weekend from the 23rd to the 25t
• The official site of Guilty Gear II Overture has updated, and features some VERY nice information about the forthcoming downloadable content over Xbox Live, including previews of dashboard themes for your 360 and a ton of custom user profile pictures.
• Windy X Windam is still lined up for a July 31st release, at 3,990 yen, you can see a very small preview shot of Izuna here.
• Dengeki Online previews Mobile Suit Gundam DX, a new 2D fighter in the Battle Assault series…..for cellphones?
• GPara also has a preview here.
• Magic Box has new direct screens of Virtua Fighter 5 R.
• Get Your Tournament has the current schedule for the Championship Gaming Series ( featuring Dead Or Alive 4 ) and a play by play blogcast from UCLA’s Monthly VI for Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
• As reported by this MMO blog, Dead Or Alive Online has entered alpha testing. The game itself seems to be based on Dead Or Alive 2 Hardcore with a highly enhanced online play client similar to 4’s where you battle for items and are personalized via an online chibi character which will reflect your stats in its ranking system. The game will probably require a high powered PC to run but the client size is 740mb. Fairly sure this is a localized, closed alpha, by the way, so don’t expect much news on this outside of Korea.

• MissPhae updates with Arcana Heart 2 match footage.
• Hellmonkey2 updates with Guilty Gear XX Accent Core match footage.
• jimywolf updates with Sengoku Basara X match footage from gamechariot.
• karlsimposter updates with King Of Fighters ‘98 online casual footage.
• odjnryu updates with Dragonball Z Burst Limit demo footage, displaying some of the cancel combo properties of the Goku VS Raditz scenario.
• neojinbe updates with Vampire Savior match footage from Mikado.
• feichunwong updates with Tekken 6 match footage from Hong Kong.
• yashinayytu updates with Tekken 6 footage from Korea.
• Rollcancel updates with Capcom VS SNK 2 match footage from last month’s team tournament at A-Cho.
• gipson123 updates with Super Street Fighter II X team tournament match footage.
• Sf3lp updates with Super Smash Bros Brawl tournament footage.