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Any and all items selected will become Genuine-quality pre-order bonuses on all existing and future pre-orders, including those from our wildly successful Indiegogo campaign!

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Since we first announced our intention to bring Skullgirls to the PC, people have been clamoring for updates. But I’m ecstatic to report that  Autumn Games is in the final stages of signing an agreement with Marvelous AQL to fund and publish the PC version of Skullgirls, and work will begin on the PC version in the coming weeks.

We presented Marvelous with two options: a relatively quick port that would mirror the feature set of the console releases, and a slower port with expanded multiplayer functionality such as lobbies. Marvelous AQL has graciously opted for the second option.

Once we begin working on it we expect the project to take around four months to complete. As we get closer to release, we’ll have more information for you about the public beta, what new features you can expect,  and much more.

And, like before, the PC version will be released on pretty much every digital distribution platform: Gamefly, GamersGate, GameStop PC Download, Origin, and Steam.

We hope you’re as excited as we are by this new partnership! And, once again, everyone at Lab Zero would like to thank our long-suffering fans for their patience!

• Unlocked three additional colors for each character
• Added eight DLC Character Color packs
• Character color packs will be available for purchase soon from the PSN Store and Xbox Live Marketplace for $1 each, or $5 for all eight
• Each pack contains four additional character colors
• A bonus color will unlock if all eight character color packs have been purchased, either separately or as a bundle
• Purchasing DLC colors for a character will also unlock all previously available colors, as well as their story mode if applicable
• Added in-game Move Lists
• Added Tournament Mode to Versus menu
• Disables in-match Achievements/Trophies to prevent gameplay interruption
• Forces the following menu flow: Controller Select > Button Config > Character Selection > Play
• Forces default rounds and time settings, regardless of current options
• Disables Sparring Mode toggle
• Allows all non-DLC colors to be used regardless of in-game unlock status
• Returns to the controller select screen if 1P or 2P controller is unplugged at the post-match menu
• Forces button config whenever both players choose to return to character select
• Greatly expanded Training Mode
• The Select/Back button can be set to…
• Save/load state
• Record/playback dummy actions
• Do both at once
• Dummy recordings can be set to play back as a reversal
• Added Input Displays
• Options for List / Realtime Stick / Both
• Added numerous dummy action options
• Options for Manual / Crouch / Jump
• Blocking
• Options for Never / After First Hit / Always / First Hit Only / Random
• Block Type
• Options for High / Low / All
• Pushblock
• Options for Never / After 1 to 10 Blocked Hits
• Throw Tech
• Options for Never / Always / After First Hit / Random
• Ground Recovery
• Options for Never / Forward / Backward / Random
• Escape Infinite Combos
• Options for Never / After 1 to 10 Hits
• Dummy Playback
• Options for Once / Repeat / As Reversal
• Dummy Playback Side Correction
• Allows player to choose whether the dummy recording is treated as relative directions (D, DB, B) or absolute directions (Down,Down-Left,Left) when the dummy changes sides
• Added additional controls to help players using the default gamepads
• Added LK+HP as an additional command for Ensemble 1
• Added right-stick Ensemble calls
• Up for Ensemble 1
• Down for Ensemble 2
• Can be disabled in Button Config

Single Player

• Rebalanced AI difficulty
• Added new “Nightmare” difficulty level
• The mysterious final boss has received the following adjustments:
• All attacks now give the opponent meter on hit or block
• Added a glow to small skulls to make them easier to see
• She can now be hit-stunned if she receives damage quickly enough, and more easily by Blockbuster attacks

Tutorials

• Added new Character Tutorials
• Each character now has simple tutorials to teach beginning players how to perform all of their Special and Blockbuster attacks, as well as provide strategic advice for their usage
• Note: Completing these new tutorials is now a requirement for the “Sküllgirls” trophy/achievement
• Completely re-localized all existing tutorials in French, Italian, German and Spanish
• Tutorial text now displays button icons instead of text
• Added “Next Unfinished Lesson” option to tutorial end menu
• Improved the visibility of the right-side text in tutorials

Online Play

• Fixed a bug that rendered the North American and European/Australia-New Zealand versions incompatible in online play
• Greatly improved GGPO performance when playing with moderate-to-high pings
• Changed ranked matches online to be blind-pick
• Players will no longer be able to see their opponent’s choices until a stage has been selected
• Online opponent’s account name is now displayed during matches
• Added screen flash and notification sound when a ranked match is found
• The end-of-match timer in Unranked Online play is now 90 sec instead of 15
• On “Press Button to Invite” screen, Circle/B are now cancel instead of inviting
• Improved PS3 ranked matchmaking
• Fixed X360 leaderboard ranking issues
• Addressed a number of sound issues while playing online
• Added the following new regions to multiplayer filters:
• North America (West Coast)
• North America (East Coast)
• North America (Midwest)
• North America (Gulf Coast)
• North America (Canada)
• Central America
• South America (North)
• South America (Brazil)
• South America (South)
• Europe (UK)
• Europe (Continental)
• Middle East
• Asia (Continental)
• Asia (Southeast)
• Asia (Japan)
• Australia
• Africa
• Pacific

Other Changes and Improvements

• Now display players’ chosen assist types on the character select screen when offline or in Unranked online
• Improve character streaming issues
• Now, instead of briefly displaying hitboxes when switching characters, low-res versions of the characters will be displayed
• Added PAL-50 support with correct frameskip on both consoles
• Added the ability skip startup logos
• Sparring Mode now saves game state when turned on, and loads it when turned off
• Hit voiceover is now played after hit-stop rather than upon impact
• Only the player in charge of the menu can press the “Cancel” button to leave the Controller Select screen for Versus and Tournament mode
• Button config screen will now keep a player’s screen open when the other player dismisses their screen when mapping the same button or moving the selection
• Button config no longer ignores button presses when another button is held
• Main Menu and Training Mode now have 2-player button config, rather than just first player
• Team size selection now starts with the two character option highlighted
• Holding the Assist 1 or Assist 2 button combinations during loading or between matches will change your starting team order as follows:
• If you have a team of 2, holding any assist button swaps the characters
• If you have a team of 3:
• Holding Assist 1 swaps the first and second characters
• Holding Assist 2 swaps the first and third characters
• Holding both Assists swaps the second and  third characters
• Once changed, team order stays as the new order
• Works in Arcade Mode, Versus Mode, and Tournament Mode, but not Online
• When either player chooses Return to Main Menu, it immediately happens rather than waiting for the other player to have to choose
• Improved the setting of button macros:
• Eliminated unnecessary button presses: when on a macro line, simply press the buttons you wish to assign to the macro
• Updated company logos in the opening sequence and Medici Tower stage
• More information on this change can be read here

PS3-Specific

• Improved online matchmaking
• Reduced the number of matchmaking tiers for from 9 to 3
• Lowered the “acceptable match” threshold so more matches will be found for a given number of players online
• Fixed an issue that could occasionally result in save data corruption when quitting the game

Xbox 360-Specific

• Completely overhauled the game’s file system to greatly improve load times
• Addressed an issue with leaderboard behavior, so that rank will no longer be lost when winning matches
• Fixed the super-shadows in Blockbuster attacks to be shaded properly

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where Player 2 used a Blockbuster Sequel at the same time as any superflash or Blockbuster Sequel from Player 1 froze the game
• Fixed an issue where Outtakes didn’t work properly against Cerebella’s Battle Butt attack
• Fixed an issue that caused Ms. Fortune’s head to occasionally float offscreen when she’s KO’ed
• Fixed unnecessary checking for achievements after they are already granted
• Fixed an issue with Unranked play online, in which Player 2 picking “Change Stage” would freeze the game on Stage Select
• Stunt Double actions can no longer be overridden by pressing a button on the frame the character lands
• Fixed an issue that caused a floating “15” to occasionally appear after Unranked matches online
• Fixed an issue in which the next character could come in attacking backward after a character was KO’ed
• Fixed a bug when airblocking an attack right at ground level which caused the character to land and be vulnerable during hit-stop
• Removed R1 as a confirmation button on menus, to fix some remaining issues with non-standard controllers
• Fixed an issue where the game dropped inputs for P2 in button config if P1 hit a button on the same frame
• Stopped Peacock’s item dropping noise at the end of a round/match fadeout
• Fixed an issue with hitting a dead character with an Outtake

Trial Mode

• Now allows play as Peacock and Filia, rather than Cerebella and Filia
• Difficulty now defaults to Easy
• Fixed a bug that kept the difficulty level the same, regardless of which was chosen

Gameplay Changes

General

• Increased the speed of gameplay by 3%
• Also increased frames-per-timer-second to offset the speed change, so time-outs still take roughly the same amount of real time
• Added 5 frames of input leniency to chained normals, as well as to normals and airdashes input during jump/superjump/doublejump startup
• Adjusted the health and damage for solo characters:
• Increased health boost from 200% to 210%
• Decreased damage boost from 175% to 160%
• Changed the damage formula for combos:
• The new formula is as follows: 100%, 100%, 100%, 87.5%, 76.5%, with each additional hit reduced to 87.5% of the previous hit until a minimum of 27.5% on hits greater than equal to 1000 base damage, and 20% otherwise
• For comparison, the old formula was as follows: 100%, 100%, 100%, 85%, 72.2%, with each additional hit reduced to 85% of the previous hit until a minimum of 25% on hits greater than or equal to 1000 base damage, and 15% on all other hits
• Outtakes (A.K.A. “Snapbacks”) received the the following adjustments:
• Ensemble characters no longer get knocked off-screen along with point characters
• Now allows for double Outtakes if close enough to the corner
• While the Ensemble character is being comboed:
• The previous point character regains health at a higher-than-normal rate
• Their opponent’s team auto-generates meter slowly
• The timer stops until the character is KO’d or leaves
• Getting hit by an Outtake will always allow an OTG afterward, even if the OTG had already been used
• OTGs from Outtakes do not accumulate: hitting with three Outtakes in a row only allows one OTG afterward
• All regular and special throws now scale follow-up combo damage to 50%
• Throws which previously scaled the damage lower (Excellebella, Pummel Horse) still scale it to the lower amount
• Added 3 additional frames to all blockstun
• Added additional, secret functionality to Reaction Shots (A.K.A. “Pushblocks”), reminiscent of some other, older games
• Ensemble characters now jump out away from the opponent, even if they switch sides during their attack animation
• Increased the Throw Break window from 6 frames to 10 frames
• Cerebella’s “Grab Bag” Throw Break window is still 4 frames
• Slightly reduced the entrance delay of the next character after an Outtake or K.O., from 92 frames to 75 frames
• Added a new, green ground bounce type:
• All knockdowns from Ensembles attacks that would be red bounces are now new green bounces
• Green bounces are:
• Still completely vulnerable
• Ground Recoverable after 9 frames
• Vulnerable as normal if not recovered from
• Ensemble Attacks (A.K.A. “Assists”) received the following adjustments:
• Throw plus Ensemble call inputs (such as LP+LK+MK or LP+LK+MK+HP) are now specifically disallowed
• Ensemble calls are now valid for 5 frames after the input is entered
• Increased damage taken by Ensemble characters from an additional 6% to an additional 20%
• Ensemble characters are now always drawn behind point characters except when grabbing someone
• Fixed Ensemble call priority to prevent cases of getting the wrong one
• Infinity Breakers (A.K.A. “Bursts”) received the following adjustments:
• Infinity Breakers now scale damage to 50% and count as one hit
• Using an Infinity Breaker now correctly resets your Off-the-ground and stagger status
• Blockbuster Sequels (A.K.A. “DHCs”) received the following adjustments:
• Reduced the duration of the black-and-white Blockbuster background effect from 15 frames to 8 frames to better communicate when Blockbuster Sequels are possible
• Using a Blockbuster Sequel on the frame before a hit would have made contact will no longer allow the hit to connect after the Blockbuster Sequel
• Ground recoveries received the following adjustments:
• Ground recoveries now use the newest input if both inputs are entered during the ground recovery window
• Tweaked the early and late recovery windows
• Time now stops when the point character is KO’ed
• Attacker now gains zero meter from the act of hitting a KO’ed point character
• The KO’ed character’s player still gains meter by being hit
• KO’ed point characters now become invincible as soon as the Infinite Prevention System triggers on them
• Corrected neutral-to-blocking transitions
• Changing block directions on the frame you are touched no longer results in blocking a low attack with stand stance or blocking a high attack with crouch stance
• All characters except Double can now cancel forward dash directly into backdash and backdash directly into forward dash
• It is now possible to PP backdash from the pre-block animation
• Forward/back jumps no longer override each other
• UF > UB will now jump forward and UB > UF will jump backward
• Either direction will still override a neutral jump
• Ensemble attacks that hit through an invincible opponent no longer use up your Ensemble call for that combo
• All characters’ throws now face the opponent properly
• All characters’ air throws now face the opponent properly during a super jump
• Pressing up-back while airborne near an attacking enemy if you have a double-jump remaining will no longer cancel double-jump start-up into pre-block, and cause the character to wrongly fall straight to the ground

Infinite Prevention System

• The IPS now counts standing, crouching and command normal attacks of the same button strength as the same attack
• The IPS now counts all strengths of a given special move as the same attack
• The IPS Infinity Breaker hit-sparks no longer show up on anything except the point character
• The IPS now counts Tag-in attacks
• All tags and DHCs now start you at the correct IPS stage when comboed into
• IPS now correctly handles 1-frame links
• For example, in Parasoul’s {s.LK->s.HP xx LP Tear Shot, s.LK->s.HP, tear explosion, s.LK}, the last s.LK is now correctly flagged by IPS every time
• IPS state no longer continues across zero-frame resets
• Without a jump-in attack, your first ground combo no longer erroneously counts as your jump-in chain

• The Hairball (ground) special attack received the following adjustments:
• Increased hit-stun on the last hit so Gregor Samson should always combo afterwards
• It’s no longer unsafe on hit against characters performing aerial Blockbuster attacks
• The Airball special attack received the following adjustments:
• Now possible with negative-edge
• Now correctly allows assist calls alongside the move
• Shortened recovery
• No longer unsafe on hit, still unsafe on block
• Will always do the air version of the recovery even if Filia lands during the attack
• Now allow forward-dash-cancels from the last hit on hit or miss, but not on block
• Only possible if you have not airdashed
• Filia is unable to crouch or jump out of the dash if the HK variant is cancelled into a ground dash, but can do ground attacks as usual
• The Gregor Samson (Lv1) Blockbuster attack received the following adjustments:
• Increased recovery time by 4 frames
• Aerial Gregor Samson attacks are now possible with negative-edge
• The Tricobezoar (Lv3) Blockbuster attack received the following adjustments:
• Adjusted damage
• 4750 if it connects on the first frame, and 3000 after
• Was previously always 4200
• Startup improved
• Was 12 + 3 frames, and is now 8 + 1 frames
• Reduced recovery time by 9 frames
• Enlarged the first frame’s hitbox
• When cancelling Checkmate Incision’s last hit into Fenrir Drive against another Filia, the rest of Fenrir Drive will no longer miss
• Extended j.HP and j.WP hit area closer to Filia’s body to prevent missing up close
• Extended j.WP’s  vertical hit area
• Filia’s j.HP has received the following adjustments:
• Increased hit-stun by 2 frames
• Slightly reduced knockback against airborne opponents
• Increased j.HK’s hit-stop on opponent by 3 frames
• Enlarged s.HP’s hitbox slightly to allow it to combo in situations where it would previously miss by one pixel
• Missed ground and air throws by Filia no longer cancel assist calls
• Shortened air throw recovery when missed match everyone else’s
• Re-added two previously-removed win poses
• Selectable by holding various buttons after the round

• The Cat Scratch series of special rekka attacks have received the following adjustments:
• Rekka series strength is now determined by first Punch used
• Any Punch can still be used to continue the attack, but it will not change strength
• Rebalanced damage and redistributed it so most is in the 3rd hit
• LP: Old 450+500+650=1600
  New 300+350+950=1600
• MP: Old 575+625+775=1975
  New 350+400+1100=1850
• HP: Old 700+750+900=2350
  New 400+450+1250=2100
• Increased the speed of the El Gato overhead rekka
• The El Gato overhead rekka can now be canceled into Blockbuster attacks up through the hit
• The Headbutt and Zoom detached head attacks have received the following adjustments:
• Equalized the damage of both attacks to 675
• Now give give meter equivalent to that of a projectile rather than a physical attack on hit
• The Screw Attack detached head attack from attacking her own head has received the following adjustments:
• Reduced damage from 575 to 500
• Now gives meter equivalent to that of a projectile rather than a physical attack on hit
• As with other “cinematic” Blockbuster attacks, Fifth of Dismember (Lv3) will now prevent time-outs until it finishes
• When used with Ms. Fortune’s head attached, Cat Scratch Fever’s last hit now:
• Knocks the opponent higher
• Slides further
• Is easier to combo after in the corner
• The headless variant of the Cat Scratch Fever (Lv1) Blockbuster attack now connects properly against crouching Painwheel and crouching Ms. Fortune
• During the Omnomnom detached head throw, Ms. Fortune’s head will now fly away from the nearest screen edge when the move ends or is interrupted
• The head-recalling Cat Call special now always plays 9 frames of the loop even if the button is not held
• Headless Stunt Doubles (A.K.A. “Alpha-counters”) have received the following adjustments:
• With s.HP and c.HP no longer play the head-attached attack animation
• Now have a recovery longer than 1 frame
• Cat Spike now causes knockdown instead of ground bounce
• Reduced the hit-stun of a headless s.MP normal attack by 5 frames
• Head attacks will no longer hit out of the air (will always OTG) after: Cat Scratch 3rd hit, Cat Scratch->Slide, chained j.HK
• The detached head Feline Allergies special attack will still juggle off chained j.HK, however
• Can now perform the detached head Feline Allergies special attack after the last hit of a successful air Blockbuster with her head on, in order to continue the combo headless

• The Pinion Dash special attack received the following adjustments:
• Can no longer rev-up for an extended period of time after winning a round
• Can be started with either (Hold) D+KKKKK… or D,D+K.  Mashing K to charge and released D to attack is the same for both versions.
• Can press P while revving to cancel
• Using different Kick strengths to choose Pinion Dash as custom assist will now give different strengths in-game:
• D,D+LK = Lv1
• D,D+MK = Lv3
• D,D+HK = Lv4
• The Buer Reaper special attack received the following adjustments:
• Can now be canceled into flight on hit
• Adjusted hitboxes to further differentiate the LK / MK / HK variants
• Ground LK Buer Reaper no longer knocks down
• The Buer Thresher (Lv1) Blockbuster attack received the following adjustments:
• Increased minimum damage to 1100, to make it comparable to other Blockbuster attacks
• On hit, recovers to jump state which prevents it from being punishable if opponent had already been OTG’d
• Post-flash invincibility has been reduced from 45 frames to 17 frames
• Now always fully connects off any hit
• Can be canceled into flight on the last hit
• Improved start-up from 6 + 5 frames to 3 + 1 frames
• The Death Crawl (Lv1) Blockbuster attack is now vulnerable to throws, but the strike invincibility is unchanged
• The Hatred Install (Lv3) Blockbuster attack’s startup was reduced from 5 + 6 frames to 3 + 3 frames
• MP/HP Gae Bolga Stinger special attack variants now correctly face the opponent
• When using Flight, flying upward is slower if the opponent’s point character is also rising, to reduce purely vertical runaway opportunities
• The following changes have been made to Painwheel’s s.HP
• Reduced damaged from 1000 to 900
• Reduced hit-stun by 5 frames
• When cancelling into flight, flying MK no longer combos afterward against a grounded opponent
• The following changes have been made to Painwheel’s c.HP:
• Reduced damage from 1050 to 950
• Decreased the floorbounce height
• Flying MK no longer combos without OTGing
• The following changes have been made to Ratchet Poppy (F+HK x4):
• Reduced damage
• Decreased the floorbounce height
• Flying MK no longer combos without OTGing
• Decreased leniency between hits by 3 frames, making it impossible for the opponent to block in the middle by delaying it too long
• j.MP can now be properly pushblocked in the middle now

We’re proud to announce that Autumn Games will be sponsoring an official Skullgirls side-tournament at Evo 2012 at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, NV!

Here are all the relevant details:

• The tournament will take place on July 6th and 7th, starting at 3:00 PM
• Registration is open from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM on July 6th
• $5 entry fee
• Type of tournament: Singles, double elimination, each match is best 2/3 sets
• Top 8 will be Saturday, unless we’re running late, at which point it will be Top 16

• Autumn Games will be kickstarting the prize pool with $1000
• The 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners will receive custom FoeHammer dual-system fight sticks

Unfortunately, the FoeHammer custom sticks won’t be ready in time for the tournament, so they will be mailed to the winners afterwards.

We’re going all-out on these, and here’s a sneak peek at the art for them…

 3rd Place

 2nd Place

Grand Champion

See what we did there? The winners of the Evo 2012 tournament are the bossest Skullgirls players out there, we figured a trio of boss-themed sticks was only appropriate!

In addition to the tournament, the patched version of the game will be playable as well! And for those of you who can’t make it, you can look forward to us sharing the tournament replays online!

Also, our friends at BrokenTier will be selling two limited-edition Skullgirls shirts!

There will only be 100 of each design, so be sure to pick one up!

We can’t wait to see you there!

We are currently investigating the issue, and will begin work on a fix as soon as the problem is identified.

In the meantime, the best way for PS3 users to minimize the potential for crashes when playing online is to limit your online play to players in the region from which you purchased the game.

This means that…

• If you live in North America and purchased the game from the North American store, you should limit your online play to North American players
• If you live in Europe and purchased the game from the European store, you should limit your online play to European players
• If you live in Europe and purchased the game from the North American store, you should limit your online play to North American players

Know that everyone at Reverge Labs and Autumn Games will do everything in our power to address this problem as quickly as possible. We apologize for the inconvenience, and appreciate your patience.

Sorry to have kept you waiting.

While the store does feature a wide variety of spiffy pre-designed items, its TRUE POWER is that it allows you to create your own custom designs from the wide variety of art assets we’ve provided.

Want to make a shirt featuring your team? Go for it. Like a character’s catchphase? Put it on a water bottle. Want to sleep under Double’s twisted visage? Print it on a blanket and, please, immediately seek therapy.

Starting tomorrow, we’re going to be giving out hints for promotional codes on Twitter and Facebook each day at 5 PM PDT. The hint will come in the form of a question, and entering the answer in the Coupon Code field will get you 30% off your entire order, not including shipping.

To prove that this is both fun and fashionable, the Skullgirls team recently made its own shirts. Brace yourself and your wallet, because the stunning, Blingee-beblinged results are sure to set many fashion trends (and seizures) into motion.

Ben

Brian

Emil

Jon

Mariel

Peter

Richard

Vince

To get you in the fighting mood, Skullgirls will be making appearances at a number of regional tournaments in the coming months, with official sponsorship from Autumn Games!

• Texas Showdown Championships : Houston – April 6-8
• PowerUp 2012 : Cincinnati – April 13-15
• Stunfest : Rennes, France – April 13-15
• ESC - The Elite Series at Wizard World Toronto Comicon : Toronto – April 14-15
• Civil War 4 : Richmond, Virginia – April 27th-29th
• FFM-Arcade : Frankfurt, Germany – April 27th-29th
• Shadowloo Showdown : Melbourne, Australia – May 4-6
• Toryuken : Toronto – May 19-20
• Ultimate Fighting Game Tournament 8 : Chicago – May 25-27
• Northwest Majors : Seattle – June 2-3
• Montreal Annual Tournament: Montreal – June 2-3
• East Coast Throwdown: Morristown, N.J. – June 9-10
• CEO 2012 : Orlando, Fla. – June 15-17
• Midwest Championships 2012 : Nashville, Tenn. – June 22-24
• Evo 2012 : Las Vegas, NV – July 6-8
• ESC: Elite Series (Finals) : Toronto – July 28

Keep checking this page, as more tournaments will be added in the coming days and weeks!

Autumn Games will be supporting the tournaments with prizes and, in some cases, prize money. Prize packages will vary from tournament to tournament, and monetary rewards will be paid out by the tournament organizers according to their rules.

The first place winner of every tournament will receive a one-of-a-kind FoeHammer custom dual-mod Skullgirls fight stick. As you can see from the pictures, the FoeHammer guys have really outdone themselves.

Want to see more? Check out our Flickr collection!

Keep checking this page, as more tournaments will be added in the coming days and weeks!

So download early and start practicing! Hope to see you there!

Skullgals Coming to Handheld Gaming Systems in Early 2013

Los Angeles – April 1, 2012 – Skullgirls, the award-winning 2D fighting game from Autumn Games and developer Reverge Labs, will be expanding onto handhelds in early 2013 as Skullgals.

Slated for release on SNK’s Neo Geo Pocket Color system, Skullgals will feature gorgeous full-color graphics and precise, clicky controls. Drawn and animated by famed Australian pixel artist, Paul Robertson, Skullgals captures all the charm of the console original in only 1/38th the pixels.

In addition to the full console cast, Skullgals introduces two all-new characters. Squigly is a zombie opera singer inhabited by the parasite Leviathan, and bests her opponents using “stance cancels” and spatial control powers. Umbrella, little sister of Skullgirls mainstay Parasoul, wields her voracious living umbrella in battle, which grows hungrier and more powerful the longer it isn’t used.

Finally, in a first for the Neo Geo Pocket Color platform, Skullgals’ cartridge will feature online play using a proprietary 3G-enabled 2 megabyte cartridge. Autumn Games has selected AT&T as the exclusive U.S. service provider. Service pricing and additional regions will be announced at a later date.

“Very soon, fans will be able to enjoy the old-school fighting gameplay of Skullgirls in their living rooms, and next year we’re going to let them take it anywhere on an old-school handheld gaming platform,”  said Jason Donnell, President and COO, Autumn Games. “From the crisp 40×40 pixel sprites, to the new characters and the first-of-its-kind 3G online play by AT&T, Skullgals is the handheld gaming experience our fans have been clamoring for.”

Skullgals puts players in control of ten female warriors in an extraordinary “Dark Deco” world, where they battle for control of a mysterious artifact known as the Skull Heart. Legend says it has the power to grant a woman’s wish, but those judged impure will have their wish twisted and be transformed into the new Skullgirl.

The Skullgirls team is led by renowned fighting game champion Mike “Mike Z” Zaimont and artist Alex “o_8” Ahad, whose work has been featured in many publications, including Lava Punch and Girls of Gaming. For Skullgals, they are joined by Paul Robertson, whose previous works include Scott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game and Pirate Baby Cabana Battle 2006.

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About Autumn Games
Autumn Games is a premier publisher of interactive entertainment focused on empowering independent, world-class game developers to create cutting-edge video games, and related media. As the pace of change accelerates in the games’ business, digital and mobile gaming explodes, and the best game developers increasingly look for independence, Autumn Games’ mission is to support talented creative teams in their efforts to make culturally impactful entertainment.

For more information, please visit http://www.autumngames.com.

About Reverge Labs
Reverge Labs, LLC is a new independent developer committed to creating high-quality downloadable games. Founded by CEO Richard Wyckoff and CTO Emil Dotchevski, Reverge draws on combined game development experience of more than 40 years to create unique artistic visions using cutting-edge development techniques.

For more information, please visit http://revergelabs.com/.

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