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Catch up on the past week’s battles in this new recap program.

Capcom Fighters is bringing you a new way to stay informed on the developments of Street Fighter V‘s Capcom Pro Tour and Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite‘s Battle for the Stones circuit: Wake Up Wednesdays, a new recap show on their YouTube channel, hosted by Capcom’s new Esports Social Media Manager Michael Martin. The show is planned to feature weekly news and highlights from both games’ ongoing professional events.

This week, the show looks at Mousesports|Problem X’s win at EGX in SFV with his powerful M. Bison, as well as results and highlights from Dueling Dragons Dojo, Treta LATAM Championship, Northwest Majors, and Milan Games Week, including the Soul Stone stop for MvC:I!

Source: Capcom Fighters

Last month, we reported that PC Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite players were able to make boss characters Ultron Sigma and Ultron Omega playable. Fortunately at the time, players were simply using the fused mechanical monstrosities — who were clearly not intended to be played by humans — in Arcade Mode and vs. the CPU. However, this situation has already seemed to reach its next logical step, as a player by the name of Lily Pad Lady Pad Lucky Pad has brought Ultron Sigma into the world of Ranked Matches, replacing Hulk’s files to select the amalgamation.

Utilizing them alongside Doctor Strange and the Soul Stone, this player battled Milton “PRK Patron” Sanchez, who managed to secure a 2-0 victory with Mega Man X/Nemesis + Time, despite the odds, which he then uploaded to his Facebook account. You can see the full set of matches below, during which you’ll likely notice that neither Strange nor Ultron Sigma have call-out audio when tagging in each other.

It remains to be seen whether or not Capcom will address this exploit in an upcoming patch. Have you run into Ultron Sigma in any online matches? If so, how did you fare? Would you like to see a balanced, fully-playable version of the character released in the future? Sound off in the comments below.

Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite is currently available in North America, Europe and Japan on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Steam PC.

Source: Milton Sanchez (Facebook)

As previously reported, Game Informer is focusing heavily on Dragon Ball FighterZ in their latest issue. The issue covers a lot of topics: such as how certain cast members were selected, why we have separate Super Saiyan Blue versions of Goku and Vegeta (there were too many references for them to add in a single character), why Android 21 (they wanted a new female villain that could stand up to the rest of the cast), and who’s working on the game (Junya Motomura and Seiji Fukumoto, who worked on the Persona 4 Arena games).

However, the big news from the articles is the reveal of a brand new mechanic. Dragon Ball FighterZ will allow players to actually collect all seven Dragon Balls in a single match. By completing certain actions, players will be granted Dragon Balls during the match. As for what collecting all seven does, this hasn’t been revealed as of yet. However, producer Tomoko Hiroki did say that the Dragon Balls “represent a system that isn’t found in any other fighting game, and is a brand new feature in the Dragon Ball series.”

Now, while neither Bandai Namco nor Arc System Works have given any more specific details about the Dragon Balls, Game Informer accidentally published gameplay footage showing the mechanic early on their site, and a reddit poster named Huffee has been able to analyze these to figure out how to collect them. Basically, Dragon Balls are rewarded every ten hits of a combo, with the 1 star ball at 10 hits, the 2 star ball at 20 hits, and so on and so forth.

Now while Game Informer has taken the footage down, FadedRevolution has shared copies of these onto their YouTube. You can check these out below.

For a more specific breakdown, a short animated GIF has been uploaded showing the specific moments from the above videos where Dragon Balls are earned.

We’re bound to learn more about Dragon Ball collection mechanic in the coming months, so stay locked on to Shoryuken for more on this and other news on Dragon Ball FighterZ.

Sources: SRK forums; r/dragonballfighterz

Following up on Monster Hunter‘s reveal from Tokyo Game Show, Capcom has now shared some gameplay footage of two more of Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite‘s upcoming DLC fighters: the defender of Wakanda Black Panther, and Mega Man X’s arch-nemesis Sigma. Black Panther wields his claws as effectively as one would expect — with flurries of slashing attacks — while Sigma brings energy beam and bladed attacks to bear, and a mind-hacking Hyper as well. See the trailer below:

The trailer closes promising the arrival of Monster Hunter, Black Panther, and Sigma on October 17. This is confirmed on the Capcom-Unity blog, which also clarified that each DLC fighter will cost $7.99 USD if purchased individually, including a premium costume.

2017 Character Pass holders will receive all six of the first-run DLC fighters automatically.

Source: Marvel vs. Capcom via MVC: Infinite (Twitter); Capcom Unity

Tonight, Warner Bros. Games had something special for people tuning into the CW. Aside from details of the “Chasing the Cup” last chance qualifier, they also showed world exclusive footage of the next DLC character for Injustice 2.

Joining the roster of Injustice 2 is none other than the size-changing hero Ray Palmer, a.k.a. the Atom. As expected, his moveset revolves around shrinking down to set up some hard-to-catch special moves, and then growing to deal some massive damage.

After being shown on the CW, the Atom’s trailer was accidentally published early on Nether Realm Studios’ official Injustice 2 YouTube channel. While the trailer was initially taken back down, it’s now up again for everyone to see. Check it out below.

Source: NetherRealm Studios