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Take a Tour of Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3’s PC Version with This Guide

Yesterday finally marked the release of the PC and Xbox One versions of Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. With the title coming to Steam for the first time, alb3530 has prepared a video taking players on a “tour” of the PC version, as it has likely attracted many interested and new players who may be unfamiliar with the game.

Throughout the video, we are taken through each and everyone of the game’s various modes, with timestamps available to direct viewers to specific sections they may be interested in. This includes the re-release’s new bonus content: a digital version of the game’s instruction manual, as well as artwork from “Marvel vs. Capcom Official Complete Works,” all in beautiful 1080p.

The title’s PC system requirements are also available, courtesy of the Steam Store, and can be seen below, both minimum and recommended.

Minimum System Requirements:

  • OS: Windows 7 32-bit
  • CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 2.4 GHz or AMD Athlon II X3 440 3.0 GHz
  • RAM: 896 MB System Memory
  • GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 or AMD Radeon HD 6790
  • DX: DirectX 9.0c
  • HDD: 16GB available space

Recommended System Requirements:

  • OS: Windows 7 64-bit
  • CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 2.66 GHz or AMD Athlon X4 740 3.2 GHz
  • RAM: 4 GB System Memory
  • GPU RAM: 1 GB Video Memory
  • GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 or AMD Radeon HD 7790
  • DX: DirectX 9.0c
  • HDD: 16GB available space

This release includes all DLC characters, costumes and patches, and is available on the Steam Store for $24.99. If you prefer a physical copy for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, you can pick up one exclusively at GameStop and EB Games–which includes a new 10-page collector’s comic, written by Jim Zub with art from Sean Chen and Gerardo Sandoval–for $29.99.

Sources: Steam Store; alb3530

 

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Chaos Code: New Sign of Catastrophe is Coming to PlayStation 4 and Steam on March 15th

It has been bubbling away in the background for a while now, but FK Digital and Arc System Works have finally announced a US release date for Chaos Code: New Sign of Catastrophe. Acting as an enhanced port of the original Chaos Code from the last generation of consoles, this fast-paced anime fighter adds two brand new fighters, Lupinus and Ray, a color change mode, and probably the most important feature: online play.

The lack of online play for the original Chaos Code really stifled the growth of its community, so this enhanced rerelease should garner a larger following. Plus, it’s only $19.99, so it’s one of the cheaper fighting games set to come out in 2017. FK Digital are currently working on the arcade sequel to Chaos Code, so potentially expect a port of that if Chaos Code: New Sign of Catastrophe does well.

Chaos Code: New Sign of Catastrophe launches on both Steam and PS4 March 15th.

Source: Arc System Works

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Panda Global Are Getting Back into Street Fighter V with the Signing of Victor “Punk” Woodley

Following the departure of Ryan “Filipino Champ” Ramirez as their main Street Fighter player, Panda Global have jumped right back into the fight by signing Victor “Punk” Woodley to the organization. Making a splash at last year’s Red Bull Battlegrounds–where he gained third after defeating heavy hitters like Echo Fox|Justin Wong and the aforementioned FChamp–Punk has gone from strength to strength with first place finishes at both NEC ’17 and Winter Brawl 11.

At only 18-years-old and a master of multiple characters, Punk represents the growing number of younger players who are really starting to shake up the old order of Street Fighter. In a statement to ESPN Esports, Panda Global CEO Alan Bunney M.D. said that “Punk is going to be one of the dark horses of 2017” and that Panda Global is “excited to support the new blood in the scene.”

The signing is ahead of the ELEAGUE Street Fighter V invitational, where Punk has to fight powerhouses like Echo Fox|Momochi, RZR|Infiltration, Echo Fox|Julio Fuentes, and Smug, to name but a few. Punk certainly has no shortage of chutzpah, so let’s see if the young buck from Philadelphia can make it through to the next round of the competition.

Sources: Panda Global; ESPN Esports; BasedMonster

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Rick “TheHadou” Thiher Joins Twitch to Help Build Competitive Gaming for the FGC

TheHadou pledges to help build the fighting game community even further through a new partnership.

FGC tournament organizer and community leader Rick “TheHadou” Thiher announced via Twitter today that he has accepted a new position with Twitch to support competitive gaming and help build towards the future of the FGC, beginning in April 2017:

TheHadou elaborated on Twitter by thanking various sources of support within the FGC, and explaining that while the job involves a relocation to San Francisco, he will continue to act as Event Director for Combo Breaker, Creative Director for CEO, and still help with Evo.

Source: Rick Thiher (Twitter) via iPlayWinner; feature image photo by Robert Paul

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French Esports Team Millenium Signs Jean-Baptiste “Will2Pac” Wilfred for Street Fighter V

Marking one of the first major European esports teams to get into fighting games, French esports organization Millenium has just signed Jean-Baptiste “Will2Pac” Wilfred as their first Street Fighter player. Known for their presence in other major esports like League of Legends, Starcraft 2, CS:GO, Hearthstone and Halo, Millenium is finally jumping on the FGC train.

Known for his electrifying Laura, Will2Pac is one of France’s top players and a force to be reckoned within Europe. With second place at both Furia Tica and Moscow Fighting Arena, fifth at EGX 2016, and seventh at DreamHack Austin, Will2Pac is primed to finally get a place within the Capcom Cup finals for 2017 and fly the flag for France.

Source: Millenium

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Team NINJA Shows Off Some More Arc System Works Crossover Costumes for Dead or Alive 5: Last Round

Last week, Team NINJA showed off the first batch of Guilty Gear and BlazBlue crossover costumes for Dead or Alive 5: Last Round. Now, they’re back with another batch of crossover costumes.

This time, the costumes features the ninja Ayane as Guilty Gear’s I-No, alongside Kokoro and Tina as BlazBlue’s Celica A. Mercury and Bullet respectively. With this, we have now seen 7 of the 16 promotional crossover costumes from Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- (and REV2), and BlazBlue: Central Fiction. This leaves 9 more that may or may not be revealed before the costumes’ March 14 release date.

Click to view slideshow.

Source: Team NINJA

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Street Fighter V Joins the Gfinity Challenger Series

Joining CS:GO in Gfinity’s new open tournament series, Street Fighter V has been selected as one of the three playable games in Gfinity’s Challenger Series. Designed for players of all skill levels, the Gfinity Challenger Series allows world warriors to compete in special Community Cups, climb the leaderboard and eventually win a place in the Gfinity Elite Draft.

At the end of the season, the top ranked players from the Challenger Series will be invited to the Gfinity Arena in London as part of the Elite Draft. Eight pro teams will then pick from these top ranked players to form part of their team to compete in the Gfinity Elite Series.

If you’re someone who is looking to try and make it in the world of esports, or are just looking for a new competitive league to play in, you can go sign up on Gfinity’s website.

Source: Gfinity

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– Gaming Without Women – Your Day May Be a Bit Quieter Today

Today is a big day around the world. It is International Women’s Day, a celebratory day for all females — mothers, sisters, wives, nieces, aunts, daughters, grandmothers, all of us. In 2017 it is also attended by A Day Without a Woman, a movement to bring to the forefront the contributions of women around the world. We’re taking time away from our jobs, our financial activities, even our games to show that our contributions matter.

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New Razer Panthera Firmware Update for PlayStation 4 Reduces Input Delay

Razer has released a new firmware update for their Panthera arcade stick for PlayStation 4. The firmware update is supposed to make the stick strike “faster, better and with greater accuracy” according to Razer.

Based on the wording of the tweet, it seems that Razer is addressing the slight input delay that the Panthera was found to have when compared to other arcade sticks on the market. We asked Mark “MarkMan” Julio, who consulted with Razer on the Panthera, about this and he stated “Our internal testing has proven it’s vastly improved the response time or ‘perceived latency’ with the Panthera performance.” He also gave out specific numbers: with the new firmware having a response time of 1ms to 5ms (average of 3 ms) compared to 8ms to 12ms (average of 10ms) for the old firmware in their testing.

To try to verify if the new firmware does make the Panther faster, we ran a test, comparing it with the MadCatz Tournament Edition 2, wiring up the square buttons of both controllers to a single button.

As you can see with the testing above, the Razer Panthera with firmware v.1.01 does seems to be faster than the MadCatz TE2, which is the opposite result of our previous tests with the older firmware.

For any interested Razer Panthera owners, you can download the new firmware here.

Source: Razer

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Street Fighter V Servers Down Overnight for 8-Hour Maintenance (Not Including Current Login Issues)

What surprises (if any) will tomorrow morning bring to Street Fighter V?

Street Fighter V players hoping to get in some late-night fights will be stuck with the offline modes tonight, as Capcom is shutting down the SFV servers overnight–between 10:00 PM PST and 6:00 AM PST tomorrow morning–for maintenance.

What service exactly is being performed in this maintenance window has not been clarified; Capcom has promised additional roster balancing and improvements to Street Fighter V’s online functions sometime in March, however with Final Round 20 coming up fast, it’s questionable that they would roll out major changes only a few days prior to the first Premier event of 2017’s Capcom Pro Tour. It is possible we may see Final Round’s signage added into the Ring of Destiny stage, though–and since Capcom snuck in some surprise rebalancing last week at Kolin’s launch, it’s likely there may be more unexpected changes to find on Wednesday morning.

However, the SFV servers have gone down ahead of schedule, but seemingly not intentionally:

At this time, it is unclear if online services will be restored for the few hours left before the scheduled maintenance is set to begin.

Source: SFV Server (Twitter)