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We've been covering the development of 2D fighter Skullgirls, currently being worked on by Autumn Games and Reverge Labs, ever since its debut trailer back in February of last year. Since then, we've showed you some delightful artwork, picked the brain of the game's creator and creative director Alex Ahad, given you some E3 assets to chew on and played an umbrella-wielding princess named Parasoul who's able to chuck balls of napalm at her foes.

Reverge Labs' Designer, Producer and Community Manager Peter Bartholow has shed some more light on what exactly the story in Skullgirls is all about with a new trailer, as well as revealing that the upcoming fighter will feature a tutorial, ranked and unranked online play, an arcade mode and several extra PS3-exclusive Trophies.

Peter Bartholow also teased the announcement of the 8th and final character, release date and price of Skullgirls so that'll be something to keep an eye out for.








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Ukato's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2012 13:04
Ukato
I´m really looking forward to this! It is looking awesome so far. I want a release date!
tomothy25's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2012 13:16
tomothy25
I'm super excited about this. I cannot wait to finally get my hands on it when it's eventually released. It's a rare fighting game that features a really intriguing story. I hope this sells a crazy amount of copies so they can make all the other characters they have in the pipeline.
GoofierBrute's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2012 13:17
GoofierBrute
On one hand, I really like the art style and the game looks to be really fun to play. On the other hand, the roster only has eight characters (granted eight well designed, fleshed out characters), and any future characters will come via paid DLC, which is rather annoying considering they'll do game tweaks for free. Then again, I paid money for Freddy Krueger in MK 2011, so maybe I could bite the bullet and get on board with this.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'm really not sure whether I'm going to download this right away or not, though this recent video isn't make that decision any easier.
El Dango's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2012 13:29
El Dango
That's a story alright.
Halo64's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2012 13:57
Halo64
my weiner likes this game
Chewy Dinosaur's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2012 14:01
Chewy Dinosaur
Konami nabbed this!? Wasnt it just an indie title?
Jonathan8112's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2012 14:12
Jonathan8112
Still is really
FrankHowley's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2012 14:21
FrankHowley
This game is going to be awesome.
rancor09's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2012 14:26
rancor09
I want this game!
El Dango's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2012 14:30
El Dango
Painwheel freaks me the hell out.
PiggyGamer's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2012 14:36
PiggyGamer
Peacock x Painwheel pronz nao plz.

Also the game might be good.
Masodx's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2012 14:48
Masodx
this will be the best figting game of this years
TSAVO's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2012 14:50
TSAVO
@Francesca Deandre

Does your best friend's mother have any Air Jordans for sale? Also, can she make my cock bigger with more stamina? These are the answers I'm looking for.
GoldBlaze's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2012 14:57
GoldBlaze
Nice Gurren Lagann reference.
PhilK3nS3bb3n's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2012 14:59
PhilK3nS3bb3n
@tsavo: she could have made your cock bigger, but then she took a dildo to the knee. By knee I mean pussy. By dildo I mean dildo.
PhilK3nS3bb3n's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2012 15:02
PhilK3nS3bb3n
Ah shit. Forget to say I do want this game and its looking great. Hope it turns out good, balanced and fun. We can never have enough of those, imo.
Redreap3r's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2012 15:53
Redreap3r
I'm still excited to play this game.
Dynamic Sheep's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2012 16:08
Dynamic Sheep
Dude... why isn't the video embedded?
Dynamic Sheep's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2012 16:10
Dynamic Sheep
haha... nvm it's there now. Super excited about this one! I can't believe they got the composer from C: SotN for this game! Every time I hear about this game, I want it more!
TSAVO's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2012 16:26
TSAVO
Now that the original spam comment is deleted, my response became pretty creepy ten fold.

On topic, this should be a fantastic downloadable game. I'm hoping it's well-received.
naninani's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2012 17:09
naninani
@Chewy Dinosaur
Reverge has aspirations of selling a retail version in Japan, so they needed a big-time partner to assist.
Faux Furry's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2012 17:30
Faux Furry
As with Dragon's Crown, the story I really want to know about is the one with the release date. At least they will be forthcoming with that information very soon.
Yet again, a Japanese game company is lagging behind an American development company on something.
VeggieH8R's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2012 17:43
VeggieH8R
This is the Fez of fighting games.
GrimmTrixX's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2012 18:44
GrimmTrixX
wow.. couldve sworn this game was out and people were playing it in tournaments already... lol it was at LAST years PAX east.. how is it not out yet?
Cornelius Klein's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2012 19:22
Cornelius Klein
I dont get all the hype about this?


It just doesnt look visually apealing to me.

A fighting game can be as good as it wants to be, if the characters doesnt look badass I cant relate.
LazyAza's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2012 00:38
LazyAza
I didn't even need a story mode to want to get this but awesome another reason to add to the list. With SC5 being a disappointment I'm hoping this ends up my fighter of 2012.
Epic-Kx's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2012 08:15
Epic-Kx
The game doesn't look very appealing to me either. It's really odd to see 3v3 matches in a fighter w/ only 8 characters tbh.

I think, if reviews can woo me over, I'll probably get it on sale. Until then, KOFXIII and SCV to tide me over...
Epic-Kx's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2012 08:23
Epic-Kx
The game doesn't look very appealing to me either. It's really odd to see 3v3 matches in a fighter w/ only 8 characters tbh.

I think, if reviews can woo me over, I'll probably get it on sale. Until then, KOFXIII and SCV to tide me over...
Masodx's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2012 09:09
Masodx
^
it's quality over quantity >_<

it's also a custom team , this can be 2v2 , 2v1 , 3v1 , 3v2 or 1v1.
Auggie's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2012 17:08
Auggie
@Cornelius Klein
I have to completely disagree with you on that. One of the main reasons I find this game so interesting is because of the characters themselves. Each one of them possess a very unique design; especially when it comes down to their appearance. May not be the best thing to base my excitement off of, but I have yet to be disappointed overall.
scikoolaid's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2012 23:25
scikoolaid
I'm in love with Peacock as a character already, so awesome
the7k's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/06/2012 02:36
the7k
@Cornelius Klein
Personally, I've very happy to see the lack of Weskers and Akumas in this game. Every other fighting in human history is 85% composed of such characters. Gets damn boring after a while.
DrButler's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/07/2012 01:10
DrButler
DLC is always a terrible idea.

Other than that, I'm cautiously optimistic for this. It reminds my of CvS2.
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