Skullgirls, Revenge Labs’ downloadable game coming sometime soon (“early 2012″ is the latest word) on PSN and Xbox Live, is a 2D fighter with a heavy multiplayer component. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t have a story explaining who its characters are, how they acquired their skills and powers, and just what the heck “Skullgirl” means, anyway.
Has one genre ever made you change your opinion of another? Commenter File2ish explains how Namco’s Tales of Symphonia made him a fighting game fan in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku.
A new contender steps into the 2D fighting ring when 7sixty brings Japanese developer 5pb Games’ brawler Phantom Breaker to the North American Xbox 360 this spring.
This glitch, found in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, has apparently been known or observed before; now there’s a tutorial for how to enter the game’s “Reverse World”, in which all combatants are silhouetted and all inputs are reversed.
You’ve drooled over the gorgeous screenshots, now take a look at the first official trailer for Persona 4: The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena, the welcome marriage of Atlus’ role-playing with Arc System Works fighting know-how.
Sega wants in on the Street Fighter IV-led fighting game resurgence. Their entrant? A new version of 2006′s Virtua Fighter 5, Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown, scheduled for a downloadable release on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 next year.
More than two million viewers tuned in for the Evo 2011 World Finals last weekend, tournament organisers declared today.
