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Early this morning, Capcom executive Yoshinori Ono shared an interesting Street Fighter V image with the community that appears to show off a brand new stage, albeit from a strange angle.

As you can see below, the perspective appears to be from outside the stage itself, with R. Mika in the background either waiting for or participating in a match.

While it’s likely the figure in the foreground is just a spectator, some have speculated that we are looking at a redesign for Street Fighter III’s Sean. There’s certainly nothing to confirm or deny his appearance at this point (as much as I would personally like to see him return), but Capcom has prepared us for a character announcement at Brazil Game Show next month.

Ono is scheduled to make an appearance at the Electronic Game Show in Mexico City, Mexico this weekend, so stay tuned for more details on this updated Street Fighter V build in the near future.

Source: Yoshinori Ono

At the recently concluded TwitchCon in San Francisco, California, Venture Beat’s Stephen “Sosage” Kleckner got a chance to talk to Capcom of America’s director of marketing and eSports Matt Dahlgren about Street Fighter V.

The interview itself covered many things, including competitive gaming, Capcom Cup, and how Street Fighter V plays into both. Dahlgren also mentioned a couple of things that fans eagerly following the upcoming title’s development are bound to be excited about.

First, Dahlgren confirmed that the game will have a character announcement at Brazil Game Show next month, following up on Yoshinori Ono’s teasing earlier this year. This is interesting, as reveals at regional trade shows have been quite specific to that area. Could this mean that one of the franchises Brazilian characters could be making a return?

As for how Street Fighter V will revolve around various community events, Dahlgren mentions a specific time frame for adjustments, tailored around the competitive season. “The beginning of spring is where we would make any kind of drastic changes, to kind of work things out for the season,” he explains. “We’ll make sure to not do any significant balance adjustments before a huge event like an Evo or a Capcom Cup.”

Dahlgren also took the time to touch on Street Fighter V’s next beta phase, saying that Capcom will be mixing the roster up so that players will get to try different characters. While not outright confirmed, this seems to hint that some characters from the first phase may not be in the second one.

Of course, that’s not all there is to the interview, so be sure to head on over to Venture Beat to learn more about Capcom’s plans for Street Fighter V.

Source: Venture Beat

If you’ve yet to pick up a copy of Skullgirls Encore on Steam (and really, why haven’t you?), you can now do so on the cheap thanks to Humble Bundle. While not part of the core package, scoring Skullgirls and all of its downloadable content is as easy as meeting or exceeding the average donation, which as of publishing sits at $6.45.

Other titles featured in this bundle include Gang Beasts, a silly party brawler that was featured at Evo 2015’s indie showcase, and Sir, You Are Being Hunted, a title with so many genre descriptors that you might as well check it out for yourself and see what all the hoopla is about.

But that’s not all! Folks on Mac and Linux need not go without any longer, as Skullgirls Encore is now compatible with those operating systems. Interestingly enough, Humble Bundle themselves handled porting the title these additional platforms, so be sure to check it out.

This bundle will be available through October 13 at 11 AM PDT; take advantage before the two-week window is up!

Source: Humble Bundle

While these days, a title like Street Fighter II is considered a classic, some of the younger fighting game fans out there may not know that there was a generation before even the original Street Fighter that introduced shades of gameplay that would eventually become our beloved genre. Among these was Karate Champ, itself often cited as the foundation for all fighters that would come after it.

Developed by Data East and released in 1984, Karate Champ featured elements both similar and distinct when compared to later titles. Though it boasted a wide array of moves and typical best-of-three sets, it steered closely to realistic martial arts championships by awarding points for clean hits instead of the health bar system that’s now standard.

After launching in arcades, Karate Champ eventually made its way to a variety of home platforms, including the Nintendo Entertainment System and Commodore 64. Recent years have seen ports spring up in Japan by way of the Wii’s Virtual Console and Hamster Corporation’s Arcade Archives on PlayStation 4, the latter of which just arrived in North America earlier today.

If you’re interested in checking out this unique piece of fighting game history, you can purchase Karate Champ on the PlayStation Network for $7.99. We’ve included a short gameplay video below for those of you unfamiliar with the title.

Source: PlayStation Network

Developer support for SoCal Regionals 2015’s main event continues to ramp up as we near the tournament next month, with Aksys Games being the latest to provide their backing.

According to new details from Level|Up Series, Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-, BlazBlue: Chronophantasma EXTEND, and Under Night In-Bith Exe:Late will all see $500 added to their respective prize pools for a grand total of $1,500.

But Aksys is far from alone in this endeavor. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and NetherRealm Studios have teamed up to provide $10,000 for Mortal Kombat X, and Smash has seen similar backing courtesy of Twitch.

SoCal Regionals 2015 is scheduled for October 9-11 in Ontario, California. More information can be found through their official website.

Source: Level|Up Series

Smash legend Daniel “KoreanDJ” Jung announced earlier today that he will be leaving Team Liquid and retiring from competition altogether, citing his continuing battle with hand injuries as the impetus behind his decision.

“I am forever grateful for the love and support of my fans even when I was struggling with my injuries. It truly meant a lot to me. Unfortunately, it is time for me to put an end to my Smash career as the progression of my injuries renders me unable to participate in tournaments,” Jung said in an official statement. “For me, leaving the team is the only way I can find closure in this up-hill battle.”

After Super Smash Bros. Melee’s resurgence in 2013, numerous players were picked up by competitive gaming organizations looking to expand their presence in the community. Jung was among the first, thanks in part to his prominent feature in Travis Beauchamp’s documentary series on the Smash scene.

The following year saw Jung return to regular competition, but he never quite attained the same success as he did in the 2000s. His most recent major appearance at Apex 2015 saw him bow out at 33rd.

“We picked up Smash in March of 2014 and we have not regretted it for a second since. KDJ has played a big part in a scene that continues to grow after 15 years, and we will always cherish what we were able to accomplish with each other,” Team Liquid owner Victor “Nazgul” Goossens said of Jung’s tenure with the team. “This amazing game has given us the opportunity to work with equally amazing people. Thanks, KDJ, for being a part of Smash and Team Liquid.”

Ken Hoang, who signed with Liquid at the same time as Jung, will continue on as part of the team, which also includes Curse pickups Juan “Hungrybox” Debiedma and Kashan “Chillindude” Khan as well as recent Brawl acquisition Nairoby “Nairo” Quezada.

Source: Team Liquid

The folks behind Killer Instinct have announced their intention to drop a brand new patch tomorrow, September 28. While this isn’t exactly what we had in mind when they said more details were on the way, this update appears to be tying up a few loose ends in the form of bug and other issues.

Apart from a ton of fixes, this patch will make it so that Kan-Ra, Aganos, and Hisako are available in the Shadow Lab, giving players the opportunity to use these newcomers in the training mode.

The full list of changes can be found below.

Killer Instinct’s ver.2.10 patch is expected to roll out starting tomorrow 4 PM PDT, 7 PM EDT. After that, an automatic update will be required around 8 PM PDT, 11 PM EDT.

Source: Ultra-Combo

Last month, the team at Marvelous Essentials launched a podcast dedicated to all things Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. After just two episodes, the show garnered enough positive feedback from the community to warrant a partnership with the illustrious Team Spooky–no doubt an exciting merger for all of the Marvel heads out there.

This merger means that the podcast will be appearing under a new name, Marvel LIVE, and will be airing on Twitch every first and third Tuesday (changed from the previous Monday airings) at 6 PM PDT, 9 PM EDT. Otherwise, the show will remain largely the same, bringing Marvel news to the masses in the form of round table discussions involving Kinderparty, BT|Persia, KIT|SBK, KIT|Potato Salad, and ME|Merkyl, among others.

We spoke to Kinderparty earlier today and he was excited to tell us that the team hopes to regularly bring guests on as part of the show. To get things started under the new name, they’ll be joined by Michael “IFC YipeS” Mendoza on their October 6th episode. Given that YipeS himself exudes hype, even those who typically shy away from Marvel may want to tune in to see what he has to say.

If you missed the first and second episodes of this podcast, you can check them out by following their respective links.

Source: Team Spooky