Author: Franz "d3v" Co

With the move to Unreal Engine 4, Street Fighter V has become pretty open to a broad variety of aesthetic costume mods for its characters. While its predecessor also had a healthy amount of mods, the scene has really blown up with Street Fighter V, with a number of artists making names for themselves for their custom costumes.

However, this growth hasn’t come without controversy. A few of these modders and artists have started finding ways to monetize their mods, either via commissions, or as rewards on Patreon. This has caused a some backlash among some members of the community, and it seems that Capcom has taken notice.

Capcom has apparently sent DMCA notices to the Patreons of certain modders. Specifically, the DMCAs have targeted artists Brutal Ace and Khaledantar666. We’ve featured mods from these creators before, such as this Zero Suit Samus costume for Cammy, from the latter (after it became available to download for free). In addition to these, both have been known for making rather risque costumes and mods for the game.

While the Patreon pages of both have now been taken down, both were known for charging for their mods. Khaledantat666 charged up to $30 to $50 for his mods, the latter pledge level letting anyone who pledge that amount to ask for anything they wanted, according to iSports Times. Meanwhile, Brutal Ace would usually make his costumes exclusive to patrons for a week before releasing them to the public.

Speaking with Kotaku’s Compete blog, Brutal Ace blames the actions on “the ruckus on Reddit.” He further clarifies that “It wasn’t my intention to keep Patreon hidden from Capcom, because I still think that Capcom supports PC modding even if indirectly, but the reason why I got targeted is because of the fuss over Reddit.”

As a result of this, he will be taking a break from modding and the “toxic community” for awhile. However he eventually plans to continue modding the game — and sharing his mods for free — once he returns.

Khaledantar666 on the other hand posted a message on his DeviantArt page stating that he continues to create mods as if nothing happened.

Paid mods for any game have always been a controversial subject. Valve famously failed at trying to implement a paid mods system with Bethesda’s Skyrim back in 2015. A move that, in Valve CEO Gabe Newell’s own words, ended up “pissing off the internet.”

Sources: Compete; iSports Times; r/Kappa

Yet another classic Neo Geo game is coming to the Nintendo Switch. The European eShop has given a sneak peak of the next ACA NEO GEO game hitting the portable-console hybrid: the King of Fighters 2000.

The second game in the “NESTS Chronicles”, the King of Fighters 2000 serves as a further refinement of the systems introduced in the King of Fighters ’99, including the new Striker Match system. While the striker system was never a competitive favorite, it’s still interesting to see SNK try to refine the system over time in succeeding games.

In addition to this, KOF2000 also has the dubious distinction of being the last KOF game made by SNK before the company went bankrupt (the next two games were made by Eolith instead).

The King of Fighters 2000, will be available at the Nintendo eShop for €6.99 (US $7.99, UK £6.29)  on August 10.

Source: Siliconera

While we’ve done a lot of coverage on Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, we haven’t really covered too much about how the game actually plays. Even though there’s a Story Demo out, it still isn’t the best place to learn about the game, and its cast.

For those interested in MvC:I’s gameplay, veteran player Olaf Redland has put together an extensive Google Doc with his notes on the game’s systems as well as how certain characters play. Regarding the game’s systems, the notes confirm things we already know — such as the return of the combo system from the games prior to MvC3, as well as a variant of MvC2’s undizzy system. In addition to this, he also notes some new things, such as a new hit state he’s calling “slam,” the new “light armor” state, as well as the new perfect pushblock system that reflects projectiles, reduces chip, and possibly also block stun. In addition to this, he also lists what is currently known about all effects of the five currently revealed Infinity Stones, with a slot reserved for the Soul Stone when it’s eventually revealed.

As for characters, he’s still completing the notes. Currently, he has extensive notes on Gamora, Morrigan, and Nemesis. These include all the move inputs for Gamora, as well as the new moves and properties for the latter two returning characters.

Olaf states that he plans to continue updating this based on people’s comments. Any other players with question should hit him up on Twitter. In the meantime, you can check out his complete notes here.

Source: Olaf Redland (Twitter)

While we’ve done a lot of coverage on Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, we haven’t really covered too much about how the game actually plays. Even though there’s a Story Demo out, it still isn’t the best place to learn about the game, and its cast.

For those interested in MvC:I’s gameplay, veteran player Olaf Redland has put together an extensive Google Doc with his notes on the game’s systems as well as how certain characters play. Regarding the game’s systems, the notes confirm things we already know — such as the return of the combo system from the games prior to MvC3, as well as a variant of MvC2’s undizzy system. In addition to this, he also notes some new things, such as a new hit state he’s calling “slam,” the new “light armor” state, as well as the new perfect pushblock system that reflects projectiles, reduces chip, and possibly also block stun. In addition to this, he also lists what is currently known about all effects of the five currently revealed Infinity Stones, with a slot reserved for the Soul Stone when it’s eventually revealed.

As for characters, he’s still completing the notes. Currently, he has extensive notes on Gamora, Morrigan, and Nemesis. These include all the move inputs for Gamora, as well as the new moves and properties for the latter two returning characters.

Olaf states that he plans to continue updating this based on people’s comments. Any other players with question should hit him up on Twitter. In the meantime, you can check out his complete notes here.

Source: Olaf Redland (Twitter)

Ever since Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite was announced, there has been a lot of discussion on who may not make it into the game (either on launch, or as DLC) due to Marvel’s complicated relationship with Fox. For the most part, people have assumed that anyone related to the Fantastic Four or X-Men — which Fox holds the movie rights to — would likely not make it into the game.

However, it seems we can know who specifically cannot be used. The folks over at the r/MvCI subreddit have picked up on an article that Bleeding Cool ran last May on a list of restricted characters, that Marvel has sent out to sketch artists for trading cards. Now while the list is for trading cards, it’s highly likely that the restrictions here match those for video games as well.

The list itself is pretty broad and comprehensive, covering various properties, including those which Marvel either licenses from other companies or has shared ownership of (e.g. G.I. Joe, Red Sonja). What’s of more interest for Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite are those which Marvel fully owns, but are still restricted. This includes the entirety of characters related to the Fantastic Four, including villains such as Galactus, Doctor Doom, and Super Skrull. Meanwhile, some X-Men related characters are also included, but not all of them. Popular characters such as Magneto, Cyclops, and Wolverine, and more are not on the list, while other characters such as Gambit and Apocalypse are.

Take note that the copy of the list that was acquired dates from March of 2016, and that it may have also changed since then.

Head on over to Bleeding Cool to check out the whole list.

Source: Bleeding Cool via r/MvCI