Author: Franz "d3v" Co

Evo Moment #37 is one of the most iconic moments not just in competitive fighting games, but in all of sports. Daigo Umehara’s epic full parry comeback against Justin Wong in Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike at Evo 2004 has likely been seen by more viewers–and inspired more players–than any other moment in the history of competitive video gaming.

In a new installment of their series on iconic esports moments, theScore Esports takes a closer look at Evo Moment #37. Here, they look at the background of the moment building up to the actual match. With insights from the UltraChen duo of David “UltraDavid” Graham and James “jchensor” Chen, they look at how important the moment may have been for the fighting game community, including how the moment captures the community’s spirit in pixel form.

Source: theScore Esports

Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3’s TAC infinite’s continue to be the gifts that keep on giving. This new TAC infinite for Morrigan, however, is a bit unique for one reason: it involves a Hyper Combo.

Michael “Chamakito” Benitez has discovered that Morrigan can perform a Team Aerial Combo infinite in the corner that involves her combo-ing back into her Finishing Shower hyper combo. While this technically means that the combo isn’t a true infinite (she can’t continue once she’s out of meter), the video below demonstrates that she only really needs to use 2 bars to effectively kill most characters.

Source: Chamakito

Tekken 7 isn’t just a new installment in Bandai Namco’s long running franchise–the game is supposed to be the finale of the Mishima family storyline that has dominated the series’ plot for over two decades. Thus the game’s story, and how it closes out this chapter, is something many fans are looking forward to.

This is the focus of a new trailer for Tekken 7; the trailer below shows the connections that everyone has to the Mishima family, while also building towards what may be the epic conclusion of this story arc.

Source: Bandai Namco Entertainment America

With people tending to focus on whatever new games are out these days, it’s easy to forget that new things can still be found in older games, even decades later. On creator however who’s been doing a great job highlighting older games is Clayton “Final Showdown” Chapman who has returned with a new Marvel vs. Capcom 2 video.

In the video below, Final Showdown demonstrates a concept for a new infinite combo for MvC2’s Hayato. Now the loop he shows below is just a concept. There are a few other things that need to be done before it can be considered usable, such as figuring out good ways to get into the loop, as well as seeing if it deals enough damage in the long run before the game’s loop killing “undizzy” system hits. That said, the combo itself looks promising, and we can likely expect it to appear in one of Final Showdown’s combo videos in the future.

Source: Final Showdown