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Capcom dished out hearty serving of screenshots from the upcoming Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 for PS Vita today, showing some awesome skull-cracking fights between our favorite Marvel superheroes and legendary Capcom video game characters. They also give us a look at some of the game's new features.

The new game takes all of the action from the original Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 and crams it into a bite-sized portable rendition of the game. Players will also have the ability to spruce up characters with new Gold Herald color schemes and check out new “replay” and “spectator” game modes that let us share and watch battles via PS Vita's WiFi connection. Read more...

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UPDATE: It seems Capcom wasn't too careful about where they hid the remaining "Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3" characters, as members of NeoGAF spotted artwork for each of the 12 new characters on Capcom's servers. If you're not worried about spoilers, the full list is at the bottom of this post.

Original Story: If you thought Capcom was limiting its re-releases to the "Street Fighter" franchise, you clearly don't know Capcom. As the publisher that basically inventing DLC in cartridge form back in the 90s, the company has seen plenty of success with recent re-releases like "Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix" and "Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition," even if it hasn't seen much success in keeping its game titles under 6 words. It recently expanded the trend outside of "Street Fighter" with the upcoming "Dead Rising 2: Off the Record" and now they're giving the re-release treatment to "MvC 3" with "Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3," coming in November for $39.99.

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Marvel and Gazillion Games, working together on the massively-multiplayer "Marvel Universe," finally let out a few details about the game last night. While those details are still a bit slim, one item that did catch my eye was the group's announcement of the lead writer. Brian Michael Bendis, the brain behind "Secret Invasion," "House of M," and "Powers" to name a few, will head up writing duties on the title.

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Possibly the greatest thing about Capcom's Vs. series of games has always been the crossover aspect – seeing your favorite characters from one universe interacting with your favorite characters from another is a fanboy's dream come true. As the third game in the "Marvel Vs. Capcom" series, "MvC3" follows in this great tradition smashing Marvel and Capcom worlds together once again. However, in the game itself, there are only 36 characters to choose from, leaving hundreds of other characters, from both universes, out in the cold. Fear not, Marvel and Capcom were able to come up with a solution: cameos.

We've seen cameos before, but "Marvel Vs. Capcom 3" seems to take them to a new level of fan service. A variety of unexpected characters are actually in "Marvel Vs. Capcom 3," they just aren't playable characters. The endings for many of the fighters in the game not only wrap up what happens after Galactus is defeated, but they also play into the idea that the two worlds have collided. Check out a full list of cameos in "Marvel Vs. Capcom 3" to see just how crazy things get.

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD

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Capcom's "Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds" hit stores this week and it's apparently pretty darn awesome. There are fewer characters that the last game and newly streamlined controls, but they change works to the game's benefit, broadening the appeal to a wider range of players. Of course, it can't be a new software release until the tech-minded folk of the world step up to rip apart the code and see what secrets it hides. In the case of "MvC3" it amounts to two characters: "Dead Rising" hero Frank West and "Spider-Man" villain Doctor Octopus.

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A decade is a long time to wait for a sequel, but when Capcom lost the license for Marvel fighting games after "Marvel Vs. Capcom 2" it became apparent that hope could be lost for a third title in the series. However, it seems that the last ten years was actually more of an incubation period than anything else, allowing both Marvel and Capcom time to hone their skills when it comes to the cross-over fighting game, and wait for the right time to strike with "Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds." Bringing together some of the most recognizable characters from both universes, "MvC 3" may be the biggest example of a fan service game ever released on a console.

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As "Marvel vs. Capcom 3" nears release, we already know that two characters, Jill Valentine and Shuma Gorath, will be strictly available as DLC. It seems the pair won't be the only content coming to the game after release, though. Capcom revealed a surprising new feature called "Shadow Mode" which will be released as DLC and will allow players to battle against AI fighters based on real-world "MvC 3" experts.

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After a ten year lapse, the "Marvel Vs. Capcom" franchise has returned with a new game, "Fate of Two Worlds," and a new lineup. Although "Marvel Vs. Capcom 3" only has about half of the characters that its predecessor had, there's still a lot of variety and newcomers on both the Marvel and Capcom sides, which means that there's a whole lot of new moves to learn.

To help you out, we've put together this handy move guide for the characters in "Marvel vs. Capcom 3," complete with all of their special moves and hyper combos. While things may not have changed too much for Chun-Li and Ryu, even veteran fans will have new moves to master (particularly the extensive combos for Dante and She-Hulk).

UPDATED: This is now a complete "Marvel Vs. Capcom 3" moves list, featuring all of the characters from the game. Jill Valentine and Shuma Gorath have now been added, check back for more DLC character move lists as they become available.

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The recent boom of fighting games, thanks in no small part to the success of "Street Fighter 4," has led to some pretty intense bouts. But in an age where online gaming is the primary source for multiplayer, problems often arise. Take, for example, the rage quitter, who decides to yank his or her ethernet cord the second they think they're going to lose the match. It's sadly a common occurrence in online fighting games, but for "Marvel vs. Capcom 3," Capcom has come up with a clever way to combat those impatient, tempestuous souls.

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Marvel Comics has tapped their rich history of mega-crossovers like ""The Infinity Gauntlet" and "Civil War" for video game material in the past. Such stories provide great excuses to stuff as many characters as possible into a book, and the same truism applies to Xbox and PlayStation titles. Now, a freshly filed trademark shows that the company at the very least wants to keep their gaming options open for "Secret Wars," too, whether that means they have something specific in mind yet or not.

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