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Get Some More Guilty Gear in Your Dead or Alive 5: Last Round with Another Batch of Crossover Costume Reveals

Team NINJA has revealed another batch of Arc System Works crossover costumes for Dead or Alive 5: Last Round. This latest reveal focuses purely on Guilty Gear crossover costumes for some of DOA’s finest.

Guilty Gear veteran Jam Kuradoberi and newcomer Jack-O Valentine are represented costumes for Lei Fang and Christie, respectively. In addition to this, Ninja Gaiden characters Momiji and Rachel dress up as Baiken and Millia Rage in something of a triple crossover.

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With this, only five more crossover costumes have yet to be shown before the set’s March 14 release date.

Source: Team NINJA

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Fight for the Fate of Two Worlds with This Galactus Stage Mod for Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3

Since the games’ release, there has been one stage that’s never been playable in versus mode in both Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3: final boss Galactus’ stage. However, the release of the PC version has since brought hope–thanks to the ability to apply mods to that version.

In the video below, Spook Toque demonstrates a mod that allows Galactus’ stage to be playable in versus and training modes. Take note, however, that the mod isn’t perfect–there are more than a few issues with it, such as the ground lighting not being correct. That said, the stage mod itself does work despite these issues, replacing the Training Room stage in the select screen.

Interested players can download the mod here.

Source: Spook Toque

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Team NINJA Shows Off Some More Arc System Works Crossover Costumes for Dead or Alive 5: Last Round

Last week, Team NINJA showed off the first batch of Guilty Gear and BlazBlue crossover costumes for Dead or Alive 5: Last Round. Now, they’re back with another batch of crossover costumes.

This time, the costumes features the ninja Ayane as Guilty Gear’s I-No, alongside Kokoro and Tina as BlazBlue’s Celica A. Mercury and Bullet respectively. With this, we have now seen 7 of the 16 promotional crossover costumes from Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- (and REV2), and BlazBlue: Central Fiction. This leaves 9 more that may or may not be revealed before the costumes’ March 14 release date.

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Source: Team NINJA

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New Razer Panthera Firmware Update for PlayStation 4 Reduces Input Delay

Razer has released a new firmware update for their Panthera arcade stick for PlayStation 4. The firmware update is supposed to make the stick strike “faster, better and with greater accuracy” according to Razer.

Based on the wording of the tweet, it seems that Razer is addressing the slight input delay that the Panthera was found to have when compared to other arcade sticks on the market. We asked Mark “MarkMan” Julio, who consulted with Razer on the Panthera, about this and he stated “Our internal testing has proven it’s vastly improved the response time or ‘perceived latency’ with the Panthera performance.” He also gave out specific numbers: with the new firmware having a response time of 1ms to 5ms (average of 3 ms) compared to 8ms to 12ms (average of 10ms) for the old firmware in their testing.

To try to verify if the new firmware does make the Panther faster, we ran a test, comparing it with the MadCatz Tournament Edition 2, wiring up the square buttons of both controllers to a single button.

As you can see with the testing above, the Razer Panthera with firmware v.1.01 does seems to be faster than the MadCatz TE2, which is the opposite result of our previous tests with the older firmware.

For any interested Razer Panthera owners, you can download the new firmware here.

Source: Razer

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A History of Rights and Licensing: SSFF Takes a Look at Marvel vs. Capcom’s Convoluted Past

The history of the Marvel vs. Capcom series is one that is often defined by the on-again off-again relationship between Marvel and Capcom. The convoluted licensing deals that allow the games to be produced in the first place more often than not tend to define the direction of the series.

It’s through these deals that Stop Skeletons From Fighting frames this new video about the history of the Marvel vs. Capcom series. This includes how the series got its start with Marvel’s early licensing in the 1990’s, just as Capcom was trying to secure their dominance in the fighting game genre, to the first time licensing nearly stopped it, when Activision got the rights to the X-Men and Spiderman.

The video also covers more recent history, with Marvel’s parent company Disney’s attempt to break from licensing and produce their own games with Disney Infinity, as well as going over the–as of yet never explained–deal that allowed for Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. Finally, it touches upon the upcoming Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, and what the series’ past licensing history may mean for it.

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Watch Razer’s Infiltration Dominate with Juri in This Street Fighter V Match Compilation

Coming into season 2 of Street Fighter V, one of the biggest bits of news that was going around was that Razer’s Lee Seon-woo–more commonly known as Infiltration–would be switching to Juri. This was a bit of a surprise, since may considered Juri to be on the weaker end of the game’s tier list. However, it seems that Infiltration has stuck to his guns, and has been dominating with the character online.

In the video below, XusesGB showcases just some of Infiltration’s matches with Juri. Here, not only can you see how impressive Infiltration’s Juri is, but you can also track how he’s climbing back up the ladder as his rank goes back up into the hundreds. The video ends on a high with Infiltration going up against Mago’s Karin in a series of matches.

Source: XusesGB

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New Glitch Keeps Phoenix from Going Dark in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3

Dark Phoenix has cast a spectre over the Marvel vs. Capcom 3 series since the game’s launch; while she was adjusted in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, players such as Splyce|Filipino Champ, RyanLV, Noel Brown, and Neo have continued to show how Dark Phoenix remains a threat.

With Dark Phoenix continuing to be dangerous, players have come up with all sorts of ways to counter her. This new method, however, may be the most unique. Finisher of war has discovered a glitch using Firebrand that keep Phoenix from going Dark when she revives.

The glitch involves using a move or assist, such as Viewtiful Joe’s “Shocking Pink” bomb that damages both Firebrand and Phoenix, while killing the latter. Instead of Phoenix reviving as Dark Phoenix however, she instead simply gets all her life back, while losing the 5 bars of meter she would have used to activate the Dark Phoenix state.

You can see the glitch in action in the video below. Currently, it seems to work only with Firebrand; whether or not other characters can trigger it is–as of yet–unknown.

Source: Finisher of war via r/MvC3

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Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Can Be Pre-Loaded on Steam Right Now

For players looking forward to playing Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 on PC on March 7, here’s some great news that can help you play the game as soon as it’s available. The pre-load for UMvC3 is now available on Steam.

For those who don’t know what this means, pre-loading allows players to download all the files necessary for a game to their hard drives before the game’s official release date. This means that the game become available for players who pre-load as soon as it’s out.

Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3’s pre-load requires 3.5 gigabytes of hard drive space. While this isn’t large by today’s standards, it can still take awhile to download, especially for those on slower connections. Pre-loading then can help players get in game without having to wait on launch day.

Source: Steam via r/MvC3

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Pokkén Tournament Gains $2,000 Prize Pool at DreamHack Austin

Ever since it made second place during the Evo 2017 Player’s Choice drive, Pokkén Tournament has seen something of a revival. With this in mind, it should be no surprise that the game is seeing more support at tournaments. One such tournament is none other than DreamHack Austin: DreamHack has announced that not only will Pokkén Tournament be returning to this year’s installment of Dreamhack Austin (thanks to winning the community poll), but that the game will also get a guaranteed $2,000 prize pool.

Entry into the tournament will be free for any DreamHack Austin ticket holders. The tournament itself will take place on Saturday, April 29, at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, TX.

Source: DreamHack

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Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Hitting PC on March 7 — Get 16% Off at Green Man Gaming

Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 is finally coming to PC next Tuesday, March 7. For those looking to pick the game up on this platform, Green Man Gaming has an offer that allows players to get a discount on the game at launch.

For anyone who becomes–or already is–a Green Man Gaming member, they can purchase Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 at a reduced “VIP” price of $20.99; a 16% discount off the game’s regular price of $24.99.

Becoming a Green Man Gaming “VIP” member is absolutely free. All interested players have to do is register over at Green Man Gaming.

Source: Green Man Gaming via r/MvC3