Category: Fighting Games

Today, when you think “Justice League fighting game”, you think Injustice: Gods Among Us, and when you think “fighting game by Double Helix Games,” you think of the Killer Instinct reboot for Xbox One (more specifically, the first season). But what if that wasn’t the case? What if instead of NetherRealm, Double Helix got the chance to make a fighting game based on DC Comics properties? The funny thing is, this actually almost happened.

Sometime around 2010, Double Helix was hard at work on a Justice League fighting game for previous-generation consoles. This title was supposedly a tie-in to the Justice League movie helmed by Australian director George Miller (Mad Max, Happy Feet) that never surfaced. This, combined with the fact that DC Comics’ parent company eventually bought what was left of Midway Games to form their own fighting game developer – NetherRealm Studios – meant that the game never saw the light of day.

That said, footage of the game does actually exist. The fine folks over at Past to Present Online, the same guys that shared with us footage of the early Xbox 360 builds of Killer Instinct, have been able to get their hands on a prototype, gameplay of which you can watch below.

The game itself plays quite differently from either Injustice or Killer Instinct. Instead, the game is a free-roaming 3D fighter similar to Power Stone or even the Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm and Gundam Vs. games. Additionally, it seems to respect the characters power levers better than other games, with Superman easily shrugging off Batman’s blows while floating in the air.

Source: Past to Present Online via Kotaku

Curleh Mustache has been all over the country with West Coast editions, South editions and Battle Royales, but it’s been quite a while for Curleh Mustache proper to return to the East Coast. For the first time in over two years, Curleh Mustache is back in the Big Apple. NYC’s finest will be at Next Level Arcade in Brooklyn to have it out in this Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 invitational. This Curleh will also be host to a first-to-ten exhibition between Bifuteki’s Coach Steve and Control Gaming’s RayRay. Tune into Team Spooky on Twitch today for a fresh dose of Marvel!

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Sources: IFC Yipes, Team Spooky

With the release of Ultra Street Fighter IV, more and more organizations have adopted the league stylings seen in Japanese events like TOPANGA when conducting their tournaments. A refined system that brings together some of the most talented players in a respective region, leagues arguably do a better job of showcasing skill thanks to the round-robin format.

This weekend, Gaming Live is set to host a league of their own, comprised entirely of European competitors. Instead of being thrown into one large group, however, KAKUTOP League’s eight invitees will be split into two pools. Each player will compete in a first-to-five match against every other player in their pool, and the two with the best records will move onto the Sunday finals.

That feat alone will put them in the money, but their winnings obviously raise the higher they place in the competition. The total prize pool adds up to €1500 (~$1680 USD), and the four players who manage to reach the finals will also be qualified to attend the next KAKUTOP event.

The full list of competitors is as follows:

A stream will be provided by James “WorstGiefEVER” Bardolph through Twitch, so feel free to check it out and see how the participants of Europe’s first Ultra Street Fighter IV league fare.

Watch live video from ARMSHOUSE on www.twitch.tv

Sources: Ken Bogard, ARMSHOUSE, other contributions by iantothemax

With qualifiers out of the way, the folks behind NorCal Fight Club League 2 are set to move forward with the main B League event. Much like TOPANGA LEAGUE, this Ultra Street Fighter IV event will decide who moves into A League with EG|Ricky Ortiz, Julio, pH|HooDaMan, pH|LPN, and AVM|Kelvin Jeon.

The current standings can be found below.

There are sure to be a ton of great matches thanks to the event’s round-robin format, so be sure to tune in live below or over on Twitch. More details on NorCal Fight Club League can be found here.

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Source: Pandora House

The Midwest will be showing their stuff this Friday and Saturday with the seventh edition of Frost Faustings, coming to you from Northbrook near Chicago, Illinois. With a large number of titles including the latest entry in the Guilty Gear series, this may be the frostiest Faustings yet. Iron Galaxy Studios will also be at Frosty Faustings on Saturday to show off the Killer Instinct newcomer Omen, so if you want to see what KI season two has in store for you, this is a great opportunity. Nobodyexe and BGCallisto will be providing streams for the event, so if you’d like to tune in, check out the streams below.

Nobodyexe

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BGCallisto

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Sources: Frosty Faustings, Nobodyexe, BGCallisto

It’s been quite some time since we heard from Canada Cup Gaming’s Air and Behrudy, but they recently returned with the first installment of the AirBehr Dojo’s sophomore season.

Much like the previous round of videos, which focused on useful lessons for Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition ver. 2012, this outing is all about one aspect of Ultra Street Fighter IV that should help players gain a deeper understanding of how to play the game. And what better way to begin a season than with a discussion of a mechanic that’s new to Ultra?

Delayed wakeup was added to Street Fighter IV as a way to lessen the strength setup-heavy characters had in competition. Whether it achieved that goal is still up for debate, but that doesn’t mean you should forget about it entirely. In the video below, the helpful duo describe how the technique works, how to deal with it on offense, and more.

Source: AirBehr Dojo