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As we previously reported, Arc System Works is collaborating with Koei Tecmo for a Guilty Gear and BlazBlue X Dead or Alive costume pack. In March, this DLC will be purchasable to those who own Dead or Alive 5: Last Round and available to holders of the season pass.

The promotional Japanese image lists the release date as March 14th. Altogether, there’s going to be 16 different costumes from -REVELATOR-, REV 2, and Central Fiction. So far, there are four promotional images as teasers. In the gallery below, you can see Kasumi as Noel Vermillion, Hitomi dressed as Tsubaki Yayoi, Nyotengu sporting Dizzy’s outfit and wings, and Honoka as Elphelt Valentine.

Source: Dengeki Online; thanks to Quinnjdq for the tip.

Another esports organization has chucked their hat into the ring of the FGC, as Splyce have recently signed Marvel god Ryan “Filipino Champ” Ramirez as their first “traditional” fighting game player. While Splyce aren’t a complete stranger to fighting games, having signed Michael “Nintendude” Brancato and McCain “MacD” LaVelle for Super Smash Bros. Melee back in 2015, FChamp’s addition to the team is Splyce’s first foray into the world of franchises like Street Fighter and Marvel.

This signing follows FChamp’s departure from previous team Panda Global, and coincides with Splyce’s recent “strategic partnership” with Delaware North, a global leader in food and hospitality and the owner of the TD Garden arena in Boston. The arena also acts as the home for the Boston Bruins, linking yet another esports team with the world of traditional sports.

With FChamp gaining numerous Top 8 placings for Street Fighter V in 2016–alongside a 13th-place finish at Capcom Cup–and Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite on the horizon at the end of this year, Splyce have chosen well for their first Street Fighter player.

Sources: ESPN Esports; Splyce

The next installment of this wild crossover battle is now available for pre-order from your favorite comics retailer!

Continuing the crazy crossover action, UDON’s second issue of Street Fighter vs. Darkstalkers–an 8-issue limited series–is now available to pre-order. UDON’s issue synopsis:

Chun-li and Ken are trapped in dark dimension full of ghouls, demons, and monstrosities, and things only go from bad to worse with the arrival of Lord Raptor–the heavy metal god of the undead! The crossover chaos continues in STREET FIGHTER VS DARKSTALKERS!

Street Fighter vs. Darkstalkers #2 offers two standard covers: Huang’s Story cover (CVR A), and Rob “Robaato” Porter’s Midnight Bliss cover (CVR B), that links with the CVR B from issues 1, 3, and 4 to form a single Midnight Bliss-tribute image. This issue also features two retailer incentive covers: The classic-styled “Movie Poster” incentive cover (CVR C) by Joe Vriens, and South African illustrator Warren Louw’s  provides a guest artist incentive (CVR D) that showcases Juri and Q-bee.

Expect Street Fighter vs. Darkstalkers #2 to hits comic stores everywhere in May 2017, with the digital version available via comiXology.

STREET FIGHTER VS. DARKSTALKERS #2
32 pages, full color; $3.99; available May 2017
MAR172153 STREET FIGHTER VS DARKSTALKERS #2 (OF 8) CVR A (HUANG)
MAR172154 STREET FIGHTER VS DARKSTALKERS #2 (OF 8) CVR B (PORTER)
MAR172155 STREET FIGHTER VS DARKSTALKERS #2 (OF 8) CVR C (10 COPY INCENTIVE)
MAR172156 STREET FIGHTER VS DARKSTALKERS #2 (OF 8) CVR D (20 COPY INCENTIVE)

Street Fighter vs. Darkstalkers #0 is available now, with issue #1 expected in April.

Source: UDON Entertainment

Last weekend, the Japan eSports Association organized the 2017 Championships for a variety of games, including Dead or Alive 5: Last Round and Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR-. After a few qualifier tournaments, the finals played out to ultimately reveal this year’s winner.

While unfortunately not every match nor block was streamed–over on GodsGarden and Japan E-Sports Twitch accounts–this YouTube compilation has content from both. The quarterfinals included:

• Samitto Chipp
• CO|Dogura Raven
• Tomo Leo
• Daru I-no
• Omito Johnny
• Fumo Elphelt
• Nakamura Millia
• Hamburg Elphelt

Check out this exciting top 8 and top 4 footage, all contained below–starting from 32:00 and 1:21:27, respectively.

Source: Mdesilva

Last weekend, the Japan eSports Association organized the 2017 Championships for a variety of games, including Dead or Alive 5: Last Round and Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR-. After a few qualifier tournaments, the finals played out to ultimately reveal this year’s winner.

While unfortunately not every match nor block was streamed–over on GodsGarden and Japan E-Sports Twitch accounts–this YouTube compilation has content from both. The quarterfinals included:

• Samitto Chipp
• CO|Dogura Raven
• Tomo Leo
• Daru I-no
• Omito Johnny
• Fumo Elphelt
• Nakamura Millia
• Hamburg Elphelt

Check out this exciting top 8 and top 4 footage, all contained below–starting from 32:00 and 1:21:27, respectively.

Source: Mdesilva

Street Fighter V servers will be down for maintenance until Kolin’s release tonight.

As has become the usual system for incoming Street Fighter V content, the SFV servers will be down for maintenance today from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM PST, to get things ready for today’s new DLC character launch.

We will perform scheduled server maintenance from 10am on 2/28 to 6pm on 2/28 PST. Thank you for your patience and continued support.

— SFV Server (@SFVServer) February 27, 2017

Kolin–the “Phantasm of Snow and Ice”–joins the cast officially today as the first of five all-new fighters promised for Season 2. Check out her release trailer, details on her history and play style, and on-hand play impressions from Lupe Fiasco’s DROGAS Light release event and Capcom UK’s WinnerStaysOn stream.

Source: SFV Server

Following some location tests in arcades and general tweaks, Arc System Works have announced–via the latest edition of Famitsu–that Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 will launch in Japan on May 25th for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4, for console players looking to get in on this updated version of -REVELATOR-.

Along with the release date, the Famitsu article revealed the new Episode Mode for REV 2, where players play through fighter-specific scenarios, and are introduced to all of REV 2’s game enhancements. REV 2 will be available physically and digitally for PS4, with the PS3 version being digital only. If you already have a copy of Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR-, you can upgrade to REV 2 via a special digital purchase.

While Arc System Works has promised a Western demo of REV to help players practice ahead of Evo 2016, it may pay to crack out that Japanese PSN account or import a copy to start your training as soon as possible. However, with Japan getting its official release date, expect news on the Western version in the near future.

[As this date lines up nicely with the Amazon UK May 26 release date, it lends credibility to that being the actual street date, rather than a placeholder; but we’ll have to wait for official confirmation to be sure. – Editor]

[CORRECTIONS: initially misreported that the May 25th release date referred to the Arcade/PC version as well; thanks to BloodWolf for catching the error. – Editor]

Source: Gematsu via Famitsu

During a recent Injustice Watchtower livestream, NetherRealm Studios Community Specialist Tyler Lansdown mentioned that things would “get crazy” in March, regarding Injustice 2 news. It seems that’s going to begin on Thursday, March 2nd with a new character reveal, according to the official Injustice website.

Last week, we saw the return of Cyborg in Part 1 of the “Shattered Alliances” story trailer. Could we see Green Lantern or Scarecrow (who were leaked in Injustice 2 mobile), or someone else entirely? Perhaps we’ll see the conclusion of “Shattered Alliances” with more information on the title’s narrative?

Stay with us here at Shoryuken, where we’ll provide all the latest Injustice 2 news as soon as it’s announced!

Injustice 2 will be released on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on May 16th, 2017.

Source: Injustice