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Exactly twenty years ago, Capcom released X-Men: Children of the Atom, its first fighting game to use the Marvel Comics license. What followed was explorations of other Marvel superheroes, crossovers with Street Fighter, and finally a full-on Marvel vs. Capcom war.

What better way to celebrate this momentous anniversary of the Versus series with one of the most stylish combo videos you’ll ever see? Izumojin recently put together nearly fifteen minutes of footage showcasing an extensive assortment of classic, spanning the timleine from X-Men: Children of the Atom through Marvel vs. Capcom 2.

You can behold all the beauty of Marvel in the video below. Here’s to twenty more years!

Source: Izumojin

Kagecchi is keeping the training going in Japan with the second of a two-event Ultra Street Fighter IV weekend. While its sister tournament -INVOKE A VICTORY- was a qualifier-based event, STARTING OVER -Final Resolution- is an open 5on5 tournament, featuring over 82 teams. You can catch this huge event live on Kagecchi’s Twitch channel.

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Source: Kagecchi

Unequalled Media is teaming up with Meltdown to spice up its monthly Ultra Street Fighter series, The BEATDOWN. Evo 2014 champion Luffy of Meltdown will be joining the event this month as part of the Luffy Beatdown Special. The champ will be joined by UK veterans such as Dignitas’ Prodigal Son aka Ryan Hart, Cyber Gladiators’ Problem X, WinnerStaysOn’s Andreas and more.

You can find brackets on Challonge and check out the stream on Unequalled Media’s Twitch channel.

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Source: Unequalled Media

Kagecchi sends season’s beatings from Japan with a pair of Ultra Street Fighter IV tournaments. Today’s event is STARTING OVER -INVOKE A VICTORY-, a 2on2 team event. A series of qualifiers have been running throughout Japan for the past two months, and now reaches its climax with the finals tournament. The event will begin with the final qualifier to determine the final three spots in the sixteen-team bracket and will conclude with the finals tourney.

You can catch the event on Kagecchi’s Twitch channel below. Be sure to tune into tomorrow’s 5on5 tournament, STARTING OVER -Final Resolution-, which will feature over 82 teams.

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Source: Kagecchi

The Capcom Pro Tour has reached its final stop. Capcom Cup 2014 is a culmination of tens of offline and online tournaments and thousands of players seeking one of the coveted qualifier spots. The road has led us to The Warfield in San Francisco, California for the Grand Final. Sixteen players have risen above the rest and will now compete for crown and prize pool of over $50,000.

Capcom has a few other plans for the event beyond the main tournament. One such event is the Omega Mode exhibition. Pitting Level|Up’s Alex Valle against Filipino Champ, and AVerMedia’s Kelvin Jeon against Pandora House’s HooDaMan.

In addition, Capcom will be streaming the very first match for the recently announced Street Fighter V, live to the world. If you want to the latest of the next numbered entry in the series, be sure to tune it.

Players

• d|Prodigal Son – FINAL ROUND XVII
• EG|PR Balrog – NorCal Regionals 2014
• EG|Momochi – South East Asia Major
• INFILTRATION – Community Effort Orlando 2014
• MD|Luffy – Evolution 2014
• GL|Valmaster – VSFighting 4
• NISHIKIN – Isshuu Sengeki Cup
• Snake Eyez – The Fall Classic
• MCZ|Daigo Umehara – Capcom Pro Tour Asia
• RZR|Fuudo – DreamHack Winter 2014
• Bonchan – Qualified via points
• RZR|Xian – Qualified via points
• EG|Justin Wong – Qualified via points
• EG|Ricky Ortiz – Qualified via points
• CNB|ChuChu – Qualified via points
• Crs|Nuckledu – Qualified via points

Prizes

• First Place – $30,000 + Teespring Campaign Pot Bonus
• Second Place – $15,000
• Third Place – $5,000

Streams

Capcom Cup 2014 will be broadcast in English, Japanese, French and Spanish. You can watch the official stream at the capcomcup.com website with a live bracket view, or tune in directly at the Capcom Fighters Twitch channel. Capcom Japan will also be providing a stream for the Japanese audience on the Capcom TV! Twitch channel, with commentary provided by R and Yoshiwo. Ken Bogard will be hosting a French language for jeuxvideo.com. And finally, you can check out the Spanish language stream courtesy of Meristation.

Capcom Fighters (English)

Watch live video from CapcomFighters on www.twitch.tv

CAPCOM TV! (Japanese)

Watch live video from CAPCOM_CHANNEL on www.twitch.tv

jeuxvideo.com (French)

Watch live video from officiel_jvcom on www.twitch.tv

Source: Capcom Cup, Capcom Fighters, Capcom TV!

It’s only been a few weeks since the last event, but Mix Up Night is back for its final event of the year. Live from Maid Café CCOcha in Osaka Japan, MUN #24 will feature the debuts of GUILTY GEAR Xrd -SIGN- and DENGEKI BUNKO FIGHTING CLIMAX. With players like GO1, Woshige, N-O and Dogura participating, you’ll definitely want to watch. You can check out the stream below.

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Entry List

Source: Mix Up Night

Today World e-Sports Championship Games (WECG) is hosting its Ultra Street Fighter IV Japan qualifier at e-sports SQUARE AKIHABARA in Tokyo, Japn. The winner will represent Japan in the WECG Grand Final this February. The qual features quite of few of Japan’s Street Fighter veterans such as NISHIKIN, Reiketsu, Kyabetsu, Pugera and Michael-tan. The event will be broadcast on the e-sports SQUARE Niconico Live channel.

Results

Ultra Street Fighter IV

source: e-sports SQUARE, Niconico Live

DreamHack has been one of the major esports tournaments in Europe for the Street Fighter IV series since the console release of the original in 2009. This year’s Ultra Street Fighter IV Championship at DreamHack Winter in Jönköping, Sweden however has special stakes: the winner will claim the coveted final spot for Capcom Cup 2014 in December.

As the final Capcom Cup qualifier, the event is drawing competitors from outside Europe looking for a last shot to make Capcom Cup: RZR|Fuudo, RZR|Itabashi Zangief and FGC.r/Kappa|Pepeday of Japan; AVerMedia|GamerBee of Taiwan; and FA|Bigbird of the UAE. Attending from Europe are players who have become DreamHack regulars, including Evo 2014 and multiple DreamHack champion MD|Luffy, d|Ryan “Prodigal Son” Hart, Problem X, Skatan and more. Even for players who have already qualified for Capcom Cup, DreamHack Winter has a sizable prize pool of 50,000 Swedish krona (~6700 USD), so the incentive to win is just as high.

Capcom will be providing live broadcast coverage of the event, viewable on the CapcomFighters Twitch channel. Tune in to see who will be going to Capcom Cup in two weeks.

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Source: DreamHack, Capcom Fighters