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He’s all warmed up!

Has Alex, as the first of Street Fighter V’s downloadable fighters, been forgotten admidst the hype over the Balrogs, the Guiles, the Uriens? Definitely not–the Street Fighter III favorite still has his supporters.

Xuses continues to find examples of impressive play from the Capcom Fighters Network–this time turning the compilation spotlight on Gunfight, to showcase some high-level Alex action. Aspiring grapplers: watch Gunfight’s Alex go up against Narikun’s Ibuki and ZOWIE|GamerBee’s Necalli–among others–in the video below.

Source: XusesGB

Capcom Cup is almost upon us and soon, we will be seeing the world’s best Street Fighter V players compete for the largest prize pool this year. That said, just how much will the top placers at Capcom Cup be making?

For those wondering about this, Capcom has released the official breakdown of Capcom Cup’s prize pool on the Capcom Pro Tour site.

As they’ve previously announced, there will be $250,000 from the Capcom Pro Tour and its sponsors alone. On top of this, there is also the over $100,000 extra coming from sales of the game’s CPT downloadable content. Of the initial prize pool, $120,000 will be going to this year’s champion. On top of this, they will also be getting an as of yet undisclosed amount from the CPT DLC sales.

Meanwhile, second place will be receiving $60,000 and third place $25,000. As with the champion, they will also be receiving an undisclosed bonus from the CPT DLC sales.

How the CPT DLC prize pool bonus will be broken down is as of yet unknown. This is likely because the items in question are still available for purchase, and will be so until November 29.

Capcom Cup will be taking place on December 2 at the Esports Arena, before moving to the Anaheim Convention Center on December 3 as part of the PlayStation Experience. For those interested, tickets for day one are available at Ticket Fairy, and PlayStation Experience tickets are available over at the PlayStation website.

Source: Capcom Pro Tour

Is a New Age of Heroes upon us?

Over the past two days, rumors that an upcoming Marvel vs. Capcom 4 reveal is immiment at the upcoming PlayStation Experience have been circulating throughout the internet–with their apparent origin point being in a NeoGAF forum thread, then ripping into Twitter like a Berserker Barrage.

Admist the discussion, the following images have surfaced–supposedly from a reveal trailer?

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VesperArcade took to his YouTube channel to discuss (and in some areas, debunk) these MvC4 rumors. He wisely reminds us of the Baiken “leak” that worked up the Guilty Gear community not too long ago, and how that turned out (spoiler: it was fake).

And of course, a Marvel vs. Capcom 3 producer has chimed in, denying anything is in the works for a Marvel vs. Capcom 4:

Thanks for keeping the love for the game going! I would love to make #mvc4, but nothing's happening on that front. RT @PG_Erdogan @JWonggg N

— Ryota Niitsuma (@Ryota_Niitsuma) September 27, 2016

Is it an orchestrated leak, or just lies gaining momentum from a fanbase eager for a follow-up to Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3? It is possible that Yoshinori Ono later denied that the Akuma reveal trailer from Red Bull Battle Grounds indicated Akuma was coming to Street Fighter V, because it was actually some kind of bait-and-switch for a MvC4 playable reveal at PlayStation Experience instead?

December 3rd’s Capcom Cup will put to rest what is real, and what is hope and speculation–but Mahvel may be be sooner than we expected.

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— Joey Cuellar (@MrWiz) November 25, 2016

Sources: VesperArcade; comicbook; MrWiz (Twitter); lupinko (Twitter)

You may have seen our article on the deals on Street Fighter V and Mortal Kombat XL, or about The King of Fighters Triple Pack, but there are still more deals in the Steam Autumn Sale; plenty more titles are available at a discounted rate.

First game up for sale is BlazBlue: Chronophantasma Extend for 50% off, and while it is one title update behind it is a great deal for only fifteen bucks. SNK’s The Last Blade, Skullgirls, Lethal League, Guilty Gear Accent Core +R, Vanguard Princess, and Battle Fantasia are all available for under five bucks each. Rivals of Aether is available for $9.74, with Brawlhalla’s “Legend Pack”, which unlocks every Legend for the game that has and will come out, can be picked up for $15.

Melty Blood is available for a 40% discount at $14.99, with UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH Ex:Late, Kohime Enbu, and Blade Arcus from Shining: Battle Arena both being available for just under twenty bucks apiece. You can even pick up a complete Street Fighter X Tekken pack for $15.59.

If you saw something you liked, buy it fast. The Autumn Sale only lasts until November 29th.

Source: Steam

Black Friday is upon us and to celebrate this event, Eighty Sixed currently has a sale on their site, offering some great discounts on some fighting game-themed merchandise.

Eighty Sixed’s Black Friday sale is offering discounts on various bits of merchandise for Street Fighter, Skullgirls, BlazBlue, and Lethal League. This includes some sick looking cellphone cases, keychains, and button pins. In addition to this, they also have some Skullgirls posters and mousepads, as well a Yo Videogames! posters featuring Maximilian.

Take note however that the sale is a limited-time thing only, so interested players should head on over to Eighty Sixed now. In the meantime, here are some photos of some of the items on sale.

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Source: Eighty Sixed

After the massive gameplay patch that dropped last month, version 1.04, the next fix SNK is aiming for has to do with online netplay rather than balance adjustments. They’ve added more ranks to ranked play, made some quality-of-life improvments to matchmaking, and overall improved the experience.

In addition to netplay improvements, boss characters Antanov and Verse are unlocked from the beginning, without having to clear story mode to unlock, which is nice for people who just want to jump in and play.

There are a few other notes to be aware of, including a couple character bug fixes, so be sure to give the patch notes a once over. The patch is live right now, so be sure to update your game.

Source: SNKplaymore

ArcadeShock.com, one of the premiere arcade parts retailers in the United States, has announce their Black Friday sales drive. From now until Friday night, they are offering 25% off products storewide. This means if you were in the market for sticks, buttons, or some circuit boards, now would be a great time to step over there.

Just use the coupon code BLACKFRIDAY at check-out in order to receive your savings. Bear in mind that this sale does exclude products from Brook–including their converters and circuit boards–and some select items from Sanwa Denshi and HORI.

Source: ArcadeShock

While most of the Black Friday sales seem to be concentrated on North America, the sales fever has managed to worm its way over to Europe, resulting in some great deals on certain fighting games. As part of Sony’s Black Friday promotion on the European PlayStation Store, The King of Fighters XIV is now 50% off.

With KOF XIV now costing £24.99 for UK customers and €29.99 for those on the continent, this is probably the best deal you’ll get for The King of Fighters XIV anywhere as of this moment. PlayStation’s Black Friday promotion ends on 11:59pm on Monday 28th so don’t delay if you are looking to give KOF XIV a go.

Source: Deep Silver