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Marvel vs Capcom 3 has been confirmed to be in development under Capcom. The Madman's Cafe has received the following information and images from a closed-door beta tester of the game, who has requested to stay anonymous for logical reasons.

Marvel vs Capcom 3 is currently under development on the System 246 board in place of the Naomi. Similarly to Marvel vs Capcom 2, MvC3 will be released for the arcade and home console simultaneously. However, MvC3 will be released on the Sony's Playstation 2 this time, and not the Sega DreamCast. Marvel vs Capcom3 will be a minor updated version of Marvel vs Capcom 2 with additional characters. New characters confirmed to be in the game goes as follows:

Capcom side-
Dante (Devil Must Cry), Zero (Rockman series), Nemesis (Biohazard series), Rouge (Power Stone series)

Marvel side-
Bishop (Xmen), GhostRider (Ghost Rider), Thor (The Mighty Thor), Jubilee (Xmen)

In addition, Sagat, Blanka (both Street Fighter Alpha graphics), Abyss (first stage type) and Onslaught (first stage type, redrawn) are scheduled to be in the game as well, although possibly not by default selection. All characters from Marvel vs Capcom 2 are scheduled to return in Marvel vs Capcom 3.

While the game system will mostly stay intact, some additional changes will be included. A new system "Guardian Burst" allows a player to guard counter with an assist character's super. At the current time, the Guardian Burst requires two stocks of power, but can be continued onto a Delayed Hyper Combo. There are also minor changes in normal assists; both assist characters in a team can now be called out simultaneously. However, assist calls now require some power meter as well. (Note: Details may be subject to change in the product version.)

Two images of Marvel vs Capcom 3 have been provided- the title screen (home version), and in-game screen (arcade version). Please note that the game itself is still under major development, and details such as fonts and numbers used in the battle screen will be changed in the product version. For the images, check below.

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Sammy and Arc System works has announced through Japanese anime magazine "Animage", that their popular fighting game series "Guilty Gear" will begin airing as a TV anime series.

Titled "Guilty Gear - Jikuu no Serenade", not much has been announced about the series except that the storyline will center on Axel Low as the main character (image unavailable as of yet), traveling through the unique world of Guilty Gear as he searches for a way to to return to his own world. Characters from both Guilty Gear XX and previous in the game are scheduled to appear in the series.

"Guilty Gear - Jikuu no Serenade" is scheduled to begin airing in June, simultaneously with the release of the arcade game (GD-Rom release). For additional images, check below.

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I just had to write a short comment about this, but that new spanking move that Combot (Type II) has in the PS2's Tekken 4 is quite hilarious. Althought there might not be many new hidden characters for the PS2 version, this makes it worth the purchase, at least for me. -H. Moriarty