Here’s a look at the official press release;

CARLSBAD, Calif. – Feb. 5th, 2013 – Razer, one of the world’s pioneering supporters of e-Sports, and Evil Geniuses, the Western world’s premier professional gaming team, have formed a partnership to reinforce Razer’s support of e-Sports globally.

Team Evil Geniuses is one of the longest-running organizations in North American e-Sports, and they house arguably the most prestigious list of professional gamers in the region. Evil Geniuses makes for a fantastic addition to the elite ranks of Team Razer, from their Dota 2 division, which features fan favourites like; DeMoN, Maelk and Fear, or their broad roster of StarCraft 2 talent, including superstars like; Jaedong, Stephano and IdrA, to Justin Wong, Ricky Ortiz and their deep Fighting Game line-up, to Snoopeh and their newly-acquired League of Legends team.

“Evil Geniusesis one of the best gaming organizations to have ever existed,” said Min-Liang Tan, Razer co-founder, CEO and creative director. “Their roster reads as a Who’s Who of e-Sports and I am looking forward to partnering them in2013 and beyond. We’ve always been huge supporters of e-Sports and the community and this partnership with EG will take us even further.”

Evil Geniuses teamed- up with fellow Team Razer member Team Liquid to compete in this year’s Starcraft 2 Proleague, and are now the first non-Korean-based team to compete in the most prestigious professional league televised globally. Marcus “ThorZaIN” Eklöf, Evil Geniuses’ Swedish Terran player, who in December became the first non-Korean player to win a Proleague match in more than seven-and-a-half years, was recently awarded Proleague’s MVP award in consideration of his outstanding play and positive mentality.

“We are honoured to welcome Razer as our official partner for mice, keyboards and mousepads,” remarked Evil Geniuses CEO Alexander Garfield. “We have been lucky enough over the years to have received great support from companies that share our passion and enthusiasm for e-Sports, and we are grateful to see Razer join that group. With their support, we’ll not only continue to support our players better than any other team in the world, but we’ll also be able to introduce a number of great custom products – something we’ve wanted to offer or fans for a long time.”

The Evil Geniuses partnership further solidifies Razer’s already-established dominance within e-Sports and reinforces Razer’s commitment to the ever-growing e-Sports industry. Evil Geniuses players will be sporting their brand-new Razer gear in upcoming major tournaments, such as IEM Katowice, League of Legends Season 3 and IPL6.

For pictures of Evil Geniuses click here.

About Razer:
Razer has been a pioneering supporter of e-Sports since its inception. It is in our blood and we are driven to further the culture of professional gaming in all that we do. We work hand-in-hand with our pros to forge weaponry for the players who stake their livelihood on podium placements. Our gear is designed to perform flawlessly in high-stress tournament conditions where winning is everything and mistakes cost championships. Those who compete with our equipment will attest that we live by our credo: For Gamers. By Gamers.

For more information, please visit http://team.razerzone.com/.

About Evil Geniuses:
Founded in 1999, Evil Geniuses is the Western world’s best video game team and a leading new media agency with a client portfolio that includes such brands as Intel, Monster Energy, Kingston Technology, and other major technology and consumer brands. Featuring gaming celebrities like Greg “IdrA” Fields, Justin “JWong” Wong, Lee “JD” Jaedong, Geoff “iNcontroL” Robinson, and Stephen “Snoopeh” Ellis, Evil Geniuses consists of only the most popular, storied, and influential gamers from around the world.

Here’s a look at the press release;

Today, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment announce the details – and an invitation – to the ultimate battle of superhero supremacy for the upcoming fighting game, Injustice: Gods Among Us.

For the next 10 weeks, the roster of legendary DC Comics characters will enter the Injustice Battle Arena. Each week, a new pair of challengers will enter the arena, as fans are given the opportunity to vote on who they believe would come out as champion.

Every Monday, combatants will be revealed in weekly match-up videos. Detailing the skills, attributes and technology of the week’s competing DC Comics warriors, the videos also include man-on-the-street and celebrity experts explaining which character in the battle has earned their vote.

All votes and submissions must be submitted by Thursday night, and the results will be announced in a final fight video, showing the all-out battles and ultimate victor of that week’s match-up.

The teaser video that explains the campaign can be watched by clicking on the following link: Link is set to private, hopefully it will be unlocked soon

Fans can also view the first match-up video of the campaign here: Link is set to private, hopefully it will be unlocked soon

For participating in these show-downs, fans in the UK will be rewarded with an Injustice avatar item when they register on the site and an exciting piece of DLC content when they first vote. Voice your opinion via Facebook, YouTube or Twitter and join the debate!

To vote on each week’s battle, visit: injustice.dccomics.com

Injustice: Gods Among Us is an all-new game in development by award-winning NetherRealm Studios. The title debuts a bold new fighting game franchise that introduces a deep, original story featuring a large cast of favorite DC Comics icons such as Batman, Green Arrow, Cyborg, Harley Quinn, Nightwing, Solomon Grundy, Superman, The Flash, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and many others. Set in a world where the lines between good and evil are blurred, players will experience heroes and villains engaging in epic battles on a massive scale.

Also. NetherRealm Studios will reveal a new character(s) today as well. TestyourMight ran the story about the character reveal this past friday, where NRS tweeted the news. Looks like this will be a very busy Monday after all.

Also The Fighters Alliance got their arcade sticks and we have pictures (courtesy of Darryl “DeeDogg” Brown) of the stick;

Tecmo Koei released some screenshots of Helena and Lisa today. Its refreshing to see Helena back in action again and Lisa is actually La Mariposa with out the Lucha Libre outfit. Click the more button to see the screenshots.

Tecmo Europe also released some gameplay videos on their youtube page, here’s a look at them.

I’ve been in the FGC for about 2 years now and I had the chance to meet and greet some of the best Fighting Gamers on the planet. Some of them are nice and cordial to others and some are just intolerable. With each passing quarter, it seems that “the Line” between E-Sports and the Fighting Game Community (FGC) is getting blurry, however it seems like that line is reappearing again.

Since teams like Complexity, vVv, Evil Geniuses came into the FGC, people have been taking sides. “This could be good for the Future!” “YOOOOO E-SPPPPOOORRTTTS” are some phrases that have been spouted out over the internet or in person. Regardless where you live in North America, the whole E-sports/FGC debate has come up in some shape or form at some time. It has cause a rift within the community but nothing as more serious as the one between the two communities. If you think there is not a rift, then you are sadly mistaken.

Six months before the TFA Diablo III marathon, I inquired on how to get in touch with several known RTS players and try to do a cross promotion. “That would not work” was a reply I got back from one of the players management; “E-Sports players are not into fighting games like that.” Sad part is that, those two lines hold some truth. I’m not saying ALL FPS or RTS professional players are not into fighting games. I’m sure they are some of them that are, but when the last time you see Moon play AE? How about Swifty playing Mortal Kombat? With that being said, its totally the opposite for the FGC side. I see a lot of fighting gamers playing RTSes and FPS all the time. TFA have or had people on the team that plays WoW, SC2 and LOL. Speaking of LoL, Marn has a LoL team and I know he use to dabble with DoTA or DoTA2 as well.

From my personal opinion, I think a lot of this stems from the view points of each community. The E-Sports teams and players look down on the FGC like an older brother does his younger sibling when he’s trying to go out on a date and the younger sibling comes along. Just young, immature and don’t know where he wants to go. Whereas the FGC looks at the E-Sports as Suits and/or sellouts that have no dignity or pride, all they care for is the almighty dollar and never mind the hard work, sweat and tears a player put in his craft to get his name to every arcade (or household these days). FGC was born in the arcades.

The Good Ole days.

Arcades (or the best ones) was in the rural or outskirts of the inner city near or in the suburbs outlining the city. Diversity was common but a brotherhood was formed because of this. E-sports? You can come from just about anywhere, as long as you had a PC and network connection, you were good or if you had transportation you could travel to LAN parties. Both sides have a history and both are similar so where is the disconnect coming from? I think its in part of human emotion and the inability to adapt. The human part is of course Jealousy and fear. FGC is kind of jealous of the E-Sports community. LOOK. You may read that line and be like are you serious? I am. Lets be real. The FGC players may not be jealous of the E-Sports players skills or talents however they are jealous of those PAY CHECKS! FGC is now seeing some good pay outs, however E-Sports been paying out players and teams in the 4, 5, 6 figure range for years. You don’t think that burns Justin up to see that amount of money getting dished out? Wong loves the FGC, so do most of the players in the FGC, but you cannot tell me they don’t want to see that type of money come their way. The power players of the FGC are trying to get it that way but it takes time and in the meantime you can see why I say the jealousy portion of this situation.

Can the FGC get crowds like this one day? Aslong as people behind the scenes are willing to do so, it will happen. Only time will tell.

The Fear part is from the E-Sports side. Again you might be saying, “WTF ever! What do we have to fear from these Brazzer loving fools?” In all, you don’t have too, but you do however. FGC has been around for over a decade. True but since the revitalization of the FGC due to Capcom, it’s been growing very, very fast. Not only that, but now PC part makers are noticing this too. More and more sponsors are coming over to see what’s the hype is all about. And speaking of hype; FGC has that. LOTS of it. Im not saying E-sports don’t have any or cannot get as hype as the FGC, however it can get extremely explosive at FGC tournaments. The emotion, the passion, I’ve only see stuff like that at WWE pay per views. And it’s fast! It’s quick. Starcraft has its hype moments but there is a build up process, where as in AE, hype can come and go in less than a nanosecond.

Over 15 months ago, we did see the lines being blurred. Evil Geniuses signed Justin Wong, more PC sponsors coming over, etc. Things were looking good. However within the past 90 days, something has shifted. We see vVv drop their whole Fighting Game division. Hell they did that 2 days after EVO and one of their star players got second in Mortal Kombat, so it wasn’t due to lack of talent. Now there are some rumbling over at Complexity (this is pure rumor or speculation) about their dealings with FGC members. Let’s not even talk about the “bitchfest” we’ve seen on stream chats between e-sports fans and FGC fans. FGC fans defending the FGC on MLG streams against E-sports fans or vice versa.

Personally, I think this is all ridiculous. Both sides play competitive games at tournaments for a chance for profit and fame. So basically both communities are two different sides of the same coin. Also you don’t see this type of crap in the four major sports. I sat in the same area where Miguel Cabrera (Detroit Tigers) and Calvin Johnson (Detroit Lions) while watching Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals at the Palace of Auburn Hills (#&@#*$ Pistons lost that game badly. Still steamed about that). I’ve seen Rasheed at Red wings games or at Lions training camp practices. I’ve even heard of pro players from from different sports being good friends. FGC and E-sports has been around for a while now and I haven’t even heard of a FGC player having a good friend in the E-Sports field or vice versa. Not even one? Stuff like this needs to cease to exist. This is so bad it reminds me of this;

You may see that as being too extreme but I don’t. I see it just like that. Don’t get me wrong things are changing (DMG getting Kingston, TFA with Razer, MLG and Mad catz working together, IPL and Tecmo..) But we just hope the process speeds up somewhat and don’t revert back to the dark times in the process.

Here are the streams;

Watch live video from srkevo1 on www.twitch.tv

Watch live video from srkevo2 on www.twitch.tv

Capcom released a press release stating that they are releasing a disc in September called Marvel vs Capcom Origins. On this disc, will be Marvel Super Heroes game and the very first Marvel vs Capcom video game. Marvel vs Capcom origins is slated to come out this September on both the Xbox arcade and Playstation Network store.

Here’s a look at the official press release;

MARVEL VS. CAPCOM ORIGINS
Title: Marvel vs. Capcom OriginsStreet date: Sept 2012Also available on: PlayStation®3 systemMARVEL VS. CAPCOM® ORIGINS COMING TO XBOX LIVE ARCADE FOR XBOX 360 AND PLAYSTATION®NETWORK
Two Arcade Classics Tag-Team to Land a Power-Packed Combo in September 2012

SAN MATEO, Calif. — July 5, 2012 — Capcom®, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today announced MARVEL® VS. CAPCOM® ORIGINS, a compilation of two of the most popular arcade games of the 90’s; Marvel® Super Heroes and Marvel vs. Capcom®: Clash of Super Heroes. MARVEL VS. CAPCOM ORIGINS will be released in September 2012 on Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation®Network.

MARVEL VS. CAPCOM ORIGINS offers both the one-on-one gameplay of Marvel Super Heroes with its unique Infinity Gem system and the two-on-two carnage of the original Marvel vs. Capcom®: Clash of Super Heroes, featuring a tag system, assists, and the wild Duo Team Attack. Bringing forth a host of features never before seen in these games, MARVEL VS. CAPCOM ORIGINS features GGPO-enhanced online play with 8-player lobbies and spectator mode, HD graphical upgrades, dynamic challenges and replay saving.

MARVEL VS. CAPCOM ORIGINS will be available for download on Xbox LIVE Arcade for Xbox 360 for 1200 Microsoft Points and on PlayStation®Network for $14.99/€14.99/£11.99/AUD23.95. For more information on MARVEL VS. CAPCOM ORIGINS, please visit www.press.capcom.com

ABOUT CAPCOM
Capcom is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment for game consoles, PCs, handheld and wireless devices. Founded in 1983, the company has created hundreds of games, including best-selling franchises Resident Evil, Street Fighter, Mega Man and Devil May Cry. Capcom maintains operations in the U.S., U.K., Germany, France, Tokyo, Korea and Hong Kong, with corporate headquarters located in Osaka, Japan. More information about Capcom and its products can be found on the company web site, www.capcom.com or www.capcom-unity.com.

About Marvel Entertainment
Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of over 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media over seventy years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing and publishing. For more information visit www.marvel.com.

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Here’s a look at the trailer and screenshots;

Yesterday, various sites showed off the famitsu pictures of the new Dead or Alive Character; Rigs. Today, the FreeStepDodge website had pictures and a video showing off Rigs in action.

Here’s a look at Rigs going against Bass and Christie;

Here’s a look at his trailer;

Here’s a look at the game in action;