Marvel vs. Capcom 3 News

UPDATE 3/12/16: Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite has been announced, right on time at PSX.

Singaporean player Xian has been crowned Street Fighter 4 Evo 2013 champion after defeating Japanese player Tokido in the grand final.

Eerie survival horror game Amy headlines this week's European PlayStation Store update.

It's a game about a troubled child who can make things happen with the power of her mind. Oh my god! Amy's also out on Xbox Live Arcade today.

"Neither quirky enough to be forgiven its unfinished feel nor polished enough to satisfy the base gaming itch, Amy is a crushing disappointment with little to recommend it," Dan Whitehead wrote in Eurogamer's just-published Amy review.

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Fighting game Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds has popped up on Amazon France (spotted by Gematsu) for the PlayStation Vita.

There is a new Street Fighter world champion: Japanese player Fuudo.

You'll be able to watch fighting game tournament Evo 2011 in PlayStation 3 virtual world PlayStation Home, Sony has announced.

Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 will debut at Comic Con in San Diego next weekend, according to insider sources.

Japanese fighting game legend Daigo "The Beast" Umehara has thrown down the gauntlet to his Western rivals and declared he will enter the Marvel vs. Capcom 3 ring at this year's Evo Tournament.

The money-year is up for Capcom and the numbers are in. They're positive - very.

UPDATE: A source has indicated to Eurogamer that Capcom's suggestion that additional downloadable characters will be sold for Marvel vs. Capcom 3 is the result of a mistranslation.

Capcom has nerfed Marvel vs. Capcom 3's Sentinel – who many consider to be the most annoying character in the game.

Capcom has postponed the launch of Jill and Shuma-Gorath downloadable characters for fighting game Marvel vs. Capcom 3 following last week's earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

New Marvel vs. Capcom 3 fighters Jill Valentine and Shuma-Gorath will be available to download from Xbox Live Marketplace on 15th March.

A 1.3GB single-player demo for Call of Duty: Black Ops can be downloaded from the PlayStation Store today. It coincides with arrival of the Black Ops First Strike Map Pack (locked until tomorrow), which costs £11.49 and measures 1.4GB.

PixelJunk Shooter 2 also arrives today (7/10 Eurogamer), as does old PSone game Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver.

There's a lorry-load of DLC to bolster your games with, as revealed by the EU PlayStation Blog, even some for Dragon Age II, which isn't out until next Friday.

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Record-selling shooter Call of Duty: Black Ops has manoeuvred back to the top of the UK all-formats chart.

Alternative costumes for three-on-three fighting game Marvel vs. Capcom 3 will be available to download from the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live from 1st March, Capcom has announced.

Ryu wears his Street Fighter 1 costume, Chris Redfield wears his Resident Evil 1 outfit and Dante turns into his devil dad, Sparda. Marvel superheroes Captain America, Thor and Iron Man turn up in new threads, too.

They'll set you back $5 on PSN and 400 Microsoft Points (£3.43) on Xbox Live. Screenshots of the alternative costumes are below.

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Want to play upcoming three-on-three fighting game Marvel vs. Capcom 3 with its officially-licensed fighting stick? Then there's only one place you can buy it.

The officially licensed, Mad Catz produced Marvel VS Capcom 3 Arcade FightStick will be sold exclusively from Mad Catz' own online shop.

The stick will appear on GameShark.net "shortly", Mad Catz told Eurogamer this afternoon. It "may" be sold by other shops "in due course".

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It's not even on the shelves yet, but the first batch of post-launch DLC for brawler mash-up Marvel vs. Capcom 3 has been confirmed.

Darkstalkers' Hsien-Ko and robotic Marvel villain Sentinel have joined Marvel vs. Capcom 3's bulging roster.

Exclusive, uninterrupted gameplay videos of the pair going at it are below.

Fan favourite Hsien-Ko, from China, is a jiāngshī, a stiff corpse – or, a Chinese vampire.

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Fighting game fans who enjoy the thrill of online competition hate one thing more than any other: lag.

Akuma and Taskmaster have joined three-on-three fighting game Marvel vs. Capcom 3's roster.

Akuma is a long-standing Street Fighter. He stalks do-gooder Ryu with burning red eyes and a gravel voice.

Taskmaster is a Marvel assassin for hire with a photographic memory that allows him to copy and predict the movements of other people. He uses a sword and shield and has a skull for a face. Really.

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Cowardly Marvel vs. Capcom 3 users who repeatedly choose to rage-quite in the face of ignominious defeat will find a nasty surprise in store, Capcom has revealed.

X-Man Phoenix and Final Fight wrestler Haggar have joined Marvel vs. Capcom 3's bulging roster.

Exclusive videos and screenshots of the pair going at it are below.

Jean Grey-Summers (Phoenix) is a long-standing member of superhero mutant group the X-Men. She struggles to control the awesome power of the Phoenix Force as she licks Cyclops' rugged face.

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The full Achievements list for upcoming three-on-three fighting game Marvel vs. Capcom 3 has found its way online, and it suggests the inclusion of a number of unannounced characters.

X-Man Storm and Street Fighter Crimson Viper have joined Marvel vs. Capcom 3's bulging roster.

Exclusive videos of the pair going at it are below.

Storm is a long-standing member of superhero mutant group the X-Men. She commands the weather and so can fly, fire electricity bolts out of the sky and make it rain.

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Fighting game fans hoping for new games in the Darkstalkers and Capcom vs. SNK series are in for a long wait, Capcom said.

Marvel vs. Capcom 3's already bulging roster is set to swell even further – according to Japanese magazine Famitsu there are still 10 characters left for Capcom to reveal.

Capcom has defended its decision to make characters from upcoming three-on-three brawler Marvel vs. Capcom 3 downloadable content amid increasing anger from the fighting game community.

Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds will launch in Europe on 18th February 2011, Capcom's announced.

Resident Evil's Jill Valentine and Capcom's Shuma Gorath will be downloadable characters for upcoming fighting game Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 – in the US, at least.

Zero and She-Hulk are the latest scrappers confirmed for Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds.

In the Marvel corner comes leggy green lawyer She-Hulk, otherwise known as Bruce Banner's cousin and the last ever character legendary scribbler Stan Lee created for the comic book publisher.

Over in the Capcom corner you've got Zero. You might remember him from Mega Man X, or perhaps you unlocked him in Tatsunoko vs Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars for the Wii?

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Capcom's launched a competition to get fan artwork into the official Marvel Vs Capcom 3 art book to be released with the special edition of the game.

Hot on the heels of Capcom confirming Sir Arthur and Nathan Spencer for Marvel vs. Capcom 3 comes word of two more: MODOK and Magneto.

Capcom has confirmed two new fighters for Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds - Sir Arthur and Nathan Spencer.

The new additions were unveiled at a New York Comic Con panel, reports Joystiq.

Sir Arthur, from rock hard platformer Ghosts 'n Goblins, appeared as an assist character in Marvel vs. Capcom, but will be fully playable in the forthcoming threequel.

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Two new fighters have been announced for Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds – Tron Bonne on the Capcom side, and X-23 for Marvel.

Marvel villains Doctor Doom and the Super-Skrull, and Capcom fighters Chun-Li and Trish, have been added to the list of playable characters in upcoming fighting game Marvel vs. Capcom 3.