Month: April 2017

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Everyone is Maya in this Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 model swap combo video

With Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 now on PC, mods where players swap a characters model with that of another have become quite common. In fact, we’ve even featured some of them here on Shoryuken. However, what about swapping the model of a non-playable assist character? And not only that, but making a combo video out of a team consisting of that character’s model swapped into an entire team. That’s exactly what Lythero has done in his new combo video.

The video in question, which you can see below, has every single member of Lythero’s team of Dante, Viewtiful Joe, and Phoenix Wright swapped in for the latter’s assistant Maya.  The result is this frankly bizarre looking combo video where what seems to be three different versions of a character, beating up their opponent. The icing on the cake however has to be “Devil Trigger Maya” who turns invisible (likely because she has no equivalent Devil Trigger model, like Dante), with only her sword as an indication of where she is and what she’s doing.

Source: Lythero

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The Skullgirls Tour announces community fundraiser to bring international competition to Combo Breaker

The Skullgirls community has been granted an opportunity to bring some of the world’s top competitors to compete on the game’s largest stage. Combo Breaker will once again serve as the finale of The Skullgirls Tour, and StreamMe has contributed $2,000 to bring international players to the event next month.

Skullgirls is already guaranteed a spot on Combo Breaker’s main stage for the finale of the tour, and the opportunity to bring in more international talent should make Sunday’s Top 8 Finals that much sweeter.

The crew in charge of The Skullgirls Tour will host a fundraising stream announcing which players have been chosen on Saturday, May 6th starting at noon on www.stream.me/skullgirlstour. Additional funds will be used to fly in as many players as possible, and based on the reveal trailer from SkullgirlsTV, each chosen player will be from a different country of origin.

The Skullgirls Tour is a series of five offline events and seven online tournaments celebrating the indie title and its community. In August 2016, leaders within the community announced their intention to launch an event series focusing on the tournaments that best support the game.

CEOTaku kicked off the tour in October 2016, and in the time since several other fighting game communities have organized specific tours in support of their own games, such as the Curleh Series and Burst League.

Skullgirls Tour organizer, KPB|Sheila “Sharpie” Moore said the tour helps the community support the events that are most important to the players, content creators and tournament organizers that keep the scene alive. By including online tournaments in the mix, the tour is also working to help the netplay community transition into offline competition.

“I’m really happy to see other tournament organizers, players, and general community members working to organize series and tours for their communities,” Moore said. “It’s really nice to see people that have a genuine interest in making their community accessible to others, and helping their community grow in general. I honestly think it’s really important that tours and circuits are created because they help inspire members of communities to action.“

Echo Fox|SonicFox has won each of the tour’s offline events in North America, and is the current points leader on the tour with 950; his former teammate cR|dekillsage in second place, having come in second place at those same events. Swedish player zeknife is in third place on the leaderboard with his win at Revolution 2016, and was one of three international players who was able to attend Combo Breaker 2016 due to crowd funding.

Skullgirls developer Autumn Games has announced a $2,000 pot bonus for the Combo Breaker 2017 prize pool, and special events have been announced for Friday and Saturday evening. Last year’s Combo Breaker featured a 10-on-10 East Coast vs. The World exhibition. Be sure to tune in to the fundraising stream on May 6 to find out which international players will be competing at Combo Breaker, and check out the tournament starting on May 26.

Sources: KPB|Sharpie; The Skullgirls Tour; StreamMe, Combo Breaker

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UDON’s Street Fighter vs. Darkstalkers #1 arrives May 3rd, includes two exclusive UFS cards

The first issue of the new series will now come packed with two cards for the upcoming UFS game from Jasco.

The first issue of UDON’s new Street Fighter vs. Darkstalkers comic series was originally set for an April release, but it will instead arrive slightly later–on May 3rd. The delay comes with a new bonus, however: the comic will include two exclusive foil UFS game cards featuring the World–and Night–Warriors, usable with your current Universal Fighting System cards or with the upcoming Street Fighter-themed collection from Jasco that will be hitting stores soon!

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More details about the bonus cards can be found on UDON’s own blog.

The third issue of Street Fighter vs. Darkstalkers just became available for pre-order.

Source: UDON Entertainment