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Joining fellow Super Smash Bros. Melee legends like Chillindude, Ken, and Hungrybox, Daniel “ChuDat” Rodriguez has become the newest member of Team Liquid. Starting his career back in 2005 and still managing to make top 8s, ChuDat is at the top of the Ice Climbers mountain and in contention for the coveted sixth place spot, underneath the Gods of Melee.

ChuDat has seen a real return to form in the past few months, gaining first at Battle of BC 2 over Echo Fox|MVG|Mew2King earlier this month, alongside second place at DreamHack Austin, fifth at Smash Rivalries and ninth at Genesis 4. By joining Team Liquid, he looks to climb even higher along with his long-time partner and friend, Chillindude.

With both players being famous for their Smash diss tracks, the two have teamed up for a special track to celebrate ChuDat joining Team Liquid. It’s not quite Respect Your Elders, but the beat’s pretty good.

Source: Team Liquid

Some time ago, we wrote about FGC Scouter, an Android app that provides a listing of community members. The creator, AnBi, has now remade and renamed the app as AirdashDB. If you were ever curious for some intel on whom you might face in tournaments, this app will probably do the trick.

AirdashDB — as the name suggests — is currently focused on Guilty Gear Xrd, potentially expanding into other titles after CEOtaku. AirdashDB has a new look and UI, offering a search function and an alphabetical listing. Every player can have their main character(s), home state or country, and picture displayed. Additionally, the app can link to their Twitter handles, display what tournaments they participated it, important placements, and interesting tidbits.

While the app has been available on Google Play Store, AirdashDB is now available on the iOS store as well for Apple device owners. If you’d like your info to be in the app, or you want everyone to know what your catchphrase is, you can DM info to the AirdashDB Twitter account.

In related news, AnBi’s other app, GunFrame, which lists frame data for several games, now also includes Injustice 2. You can view that either on the web version or on your device of choice via Google Play or the iTunes Store.

Sources: AirdashDB (Google Play; iTunes); AnBi

If titles like Rocket League can be played across multiple platforms, what’s stopping fighting games?

As per every E3, there’s a bit of a “console war” revival as the biggest corporations behind our platforms of choice get ready to wow us with glamorous trailers. While we each hold our own preferences, we’ve seen many more fighting games find communities on both consoles and PCs. Unfortunately, when it comes to online play, those servers are still blocked off by invisible walls.

One of the announcements at E3 regarded a Nintendo Switch port for Rocket League — a sort of racing-soccer hybrid competitive game — and Minecraft, the builder everyone and their younger siblings play. Not only are those titles are coming to Nintendo’s latest gizmo, but furthermore, gamers across Xbox One, PC, and mobile platforms can all join hands and enjoy the titles free of console-war boundaries.

An obvious omission from this list is Sony, which doesn’t have nearly as strong bonds with the PC market as the Microsoft-powered Windows, but the company never has been particularly opposed to porting. When Eurogamer pressed the question of cross-platform gaming to the creators of PlayStation, Global Sales and Marketing Head Jim Ryan tip-toed around the questions. While open to ideas and conversations, there are no such plans in motion.

It’s certainly not a profound philosophical stance we have against this. We’ve done it in the past. We’re always open to conversations with any developer or publisher who wants to talk about it. Unfortunately it’s a commercial discussion between ourselves and other stakeholders, and I’m not going to get into the detail of that on this particular instance.

When Eurogamer pressed on, Ryan explained that the PlayStation universe has to be curated across demographics, which can get complicated when you have younger Minecraft players in the mix. Traditionally, the company most worried about age-restricted content and interactions has been Nintendo.

“I don’t think anything is ever a done deal,” Ryan followed up. “Anybody who is dogmatic in that manner is typically a fool. That said, to my knowledge, there is no live conversation ongoing at the moment.”

Outside of Street Fighter V’s PS4/PC interaction, can we expect more cross-platform play for fighting games at some point? The more games from other genres that get that treatment, the more likely we will. Let’s hope Sony joins the crowd in making the effort to do so. In related news: a GameSpot interview has Head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, expressing desire to co-exist and grow alongside Sony.

“We don’t have to see another company fail in order for us to succeed,” Spencer said.

Sources: Eurogamer.net; GameSpot

While people have been focused on the game’s Story Demo and the updated playable version at E3, some news regarding Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite quietly slipped out. Based on new retailer listings for the game, it seems that the PlayStation 4 version of MvC:I will be getting some exclusive content.

Specifically: Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite players on PlayStation 4 will be getting an exclusive Major Carol Danvers costume for Captain Marvel. The costume, which has her in a bomber jacket and shades, recalls her days as an officer in the Air Force before gaining her gaining her powers.

The Major Danvers costume will be included with both the standard and deluxe editions of Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite on PlayStation 4. Of course, the latter also comes with a host of other costumes, though not console exclusive.

Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite launches on PlayStation 4, PC, and XBox One on September 19. In the meantime, here’s the PlayStation 4 box art for the game.

Source: Amazon