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Frosty Faustings, organized by Mike “ElvenShadow” Boczar, prides itself as one of the few Guilty Gear-focused events. As Boczar has been playing Guilty Gear since around 2002 and has played with the best in Japan, he decided to host a winter tournament in Chicago, starting in 2008.

The following highlight video showcases Frosty Faustings VIII, which took place earlier this year in January. Among interviews with Adam “Keits” Heart and Boczar, there’s footage from Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- and Ultra Street Fighter IV.

Remember that you can be part of the upcoming Frosty Faustings. There’s still time to register for Frosty Faustings IX, which happens on January 27-28th in 2017. It will feature over 30 tournaments, including the famous Chicago Mystery competition.

Source: Frosty Faustings

Bursting can create on of the most hype moments in Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- and related games with similar mechanics. While this mechanic has everyone’s back, it also involves a metagame of burst-baiting and punishing that turns the match into a mindgame.

The latest episode of the Guilty Gear Crash Course is an in-depth coverage of how Bursts work. Novril begins by explaining how the gauge itself works. It’s important to remember that it retains over rounds, so using it at low health while the opponent is winning can turn out in wasting it. The episode ends with some very helpful tips on how to decrease the chances of the opponent reading a Burst and punishing it.

In -REVELATOR-, it’s also possible to do a Burst-enhanced Overdrive and to drain the opponent’s Burst gauge with a charged Blitz Attack.

Source: novriltataki

Ever since Japanese fans got their hands on a physical release of Skullgirls for PS4 and PS Vita, fans all over the world have been excited about getting their hands on one too. Lab Zero Games has been hinting at a limited physical edition of Skullgirls 2nd Encore for PS4 and PS Vita for a while and this physical run is coming soon, through collaboration with Limited Run Games, a company that specializes in such releases.

The edition will be coming with lobbies, a long awaited feature on consoles, as well as the final patch that has been under heavy testing in the PC Skullgirls Beta since August. Pre-orders are starting next Monday, October 31st. As an extra bonus, most likely due to the poll Lab Zero held recently, this was also announced;

As an added bonus, if we get at least 10,000 pre-orders we'll patch Japanese voices into the US and EU PS4, Vita and Steam releases!

— Skullgirls (@Skullgirls) October 24, 2016

This is huge for fans of the Japanese voice overs, which are amazing. Pre-orders will also be shipping to the EU with a flat $15 charge for shipping, with no other charges at customs.

Sources: Skullgirls; Limited Run Games

The ESL has been a big supporter of Mortal Kombat X’s competitive scene. That looks to continue with the announcement of the Mortal Kombat X Community Cup for PlayStation 4, which will tie into the new Tournaments app on PS4.

The Community Cup, which has already started in Europe and will start this weekend in North America, allows players to fight each other in online tournaments. Signing up for these is free, and can be done through the ESL’s Mortal Kombat Community Cup listing on the PlayStation 4’s Events tab.

For anyone interested in following the action, check out ESL’s brackets for Europe and North America. The European cup will have its first event tomorrow while North America will start this Saturday. Prizes for the cup have yet to be announced.

Source: ESL via Test Your Might

Gathering together avid Mortal Kombat fans from around the world, Galloping Ghost Arcade is hosting a weekend of all things MK with Kombat Kon, held in McCook, Illinois. This konvention will have the original motion capture actors from the original Mortal Kombat series meeting fans and signing autographs, alongside hosting special real life “Test Your Might” events. There will be cosplay competitions, an artist alley filled with artists selling special Mortal Kombat themed art, as well as a dedicated freeplay arcade for attendees to enjoy throughout the whole weekend.

There will, of course, be some kombat during the weekend, with Galloping Ghost hosting Shang Tsung’s Fight Night VI. This will feature tournaments across Mortal Kombat’s history, with MK, MKII, UMK3 and MKX all having a spot on Shang Tsung’s Challenge Tower. The Mortal Kombat X tournament will be on Saturday the 19th, as well as a $10 buy in UMK3 tournament. If you cannot make those, there will be tournaments for the original trilogy throughout the weekend so there will be plenty of time to uppercut someone into the Pit.

More details are available on the Facebook event page for Kombat Kon and you can buy tickets right here. Two day passes are $40 while special VIP passes go for $100 and there are only 50, so get buying now if you want to spend your weekend treated as one of Shao Kahn’s greatest warriors.

Sources: Kombat Kon; Galloping Ghost Arcade

Japan’s legendary 5 on 5 Third Strike teams tournament, Cooperation Cup, is back for its 15th installment this coming January. Bringing together squads of absolute killers and reigniting old rivalries, this one day tournament guarantees some stellar Third Strike action and acts as a nice appetizer to kick off yet another year of fighting game action.

The 15th 3rd Strike Co-op Cup will be held on January 8th, 2017! https://t.co/1oWb5vbj6n

— Ryan Harvey (@fubarduck) October 24, 2016

Expect more details on the official Cooperation Cup website in the coming months and get booking your tickets to Japan if you want to compete in this great gathering of Third Strike talent. Expect current Street Fighter V stars like MOV, Nuki and Haitani returning to bring the pain, so load up those old copies of Third Strike and start practicing.

You can check out all the action from this year’s Cooperation Cup in this giant, 10 hour VOD of the event.

Sources: matsuda4951 via Ryan Harvey; Aymane Farissi