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You asked for it, so we’re finally doing it! Fan favorite “Fight Night” is now here in old-school tri-color poster form, printed huge on 22″ by 28″ poster board by one of LA’s longest running print shops. It’s perfect for framing for your game room or haphazardly stapling to the nearest telephone pole.

The first batch of Fight Night posters will be available at this week’s Game Over 4 show at Giant Robot San Francisco in limited supply. If you’re unlucky enough not to attend the show (which, incidentally, runs from March 4 to March 30), we’ll have some for sale on the online store soon. Keep an eye out!

Don’t miss Game Over 4, which kicks off with a big reception this Friday.

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San Francisco, CA 94117
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Next week, Giant Robot will hold its fourth “Game Over” show at GRSF in San Francisco. Meat Bun will be there with something special, happy to join some of our favorite friendly artists. Like who? Well, pixel master Jude Buffum for one.

Jude is bringing some beautiful 8-bit terrariums to the show, which you can see at his blog.

Also showing will be the talented Cory Schmitz, maker of Controller magazine and other cool things that go to print. You may have seen his excellent Killer 7 inspired tee at Attract Mode or his Wisdom, Courage, Power tee from Fangamer.

Other artists we’re extremely excited to see new video game inspired work from include Derek Yu, Hilary Florido, Nick Gazin, Superbrothers and Little Friends of Printmaking.

Here’s a much longer list along with details on Game Over 4, which opens on March 4.

This week’s Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds Fight Club was, well, pretty huge. Our friends at iam8bit captured the whole thing on beautiful time-lapse footage, showing what 1,500 fighting game fans crammed into a club looks like. Dudes started lining at 1 AM the night before–and not on downtown LA’s cleanest alley, mind you–to get in, but the Fight Club offered a first glimpse at Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition and plenty of hands-on time with MVC3.

This looks like it might be the last Fight Club for a long, long time… at least until Street Fighter X Tekken comes closer to release. So savor it!

Come play Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds early with us this Thursday, February 3 at the latest Fight Club event thrown by the fine folks at Capcom USA. I Am 8-Bit is hosting the latest beat ‘em up get-together at Club 740 in downtown LA, where prize packs and early access to MVC3 can be had. Starts at 8 p.m., ends at 11 p.m.

No RSVP, just show up. But show up early if you want goodies and want to get in at a reasonable hour. Here’s where!

MVC Fight Club
Club 740
740 South Broadway
Los Angeles, CA 90014

We’ll see you there?

Last night, we co-hosted Game Night 4: The Revenge of Xmas with Attract Mode and Giant Robot at GR2, a party with candy canes, Christmas lights, hot cocoa, holiday chiptunes and the festive new George and Jonathan album, “The Best Christmas,” as well as Christmas-themed video games. Some of them were exclusive to Game Night 4, featuring special versions of Super Crate Box and 8BITar Hero.

And Daze Before Christmas, Sunsoft’s 16-bit Santa Claus game. Leave it to Carlos and the guys from Angry Bananas to have a copy of this lying around.

Here’s Arthur Lee, creator of 8BITar Hero, setting up. He’d picked a long list of snowy, icy levels from NES games like Contra, Super Mario Bros. 3, Mega Man 2, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and many more to play along with.

While we were setting up, we checked out the Meat Bun stuff over at the original Giant Robot store. If you’re looking for an out of print Miserable Little Pile of Secrets, you’ll have to go here.

Look! It’s Adam Robezzoli of Attract Mode fame playing some Super Street Fighter IV.

Super Crate Box was a huge hit, even if no one could manage to collect more than 17 crates in a row all night. Vlambeer created a special Xmas version of the game, complete with snow and Santa hats. So good!

Here’s Mike, Mike Z and Daniel playing/admiring a little 8BITar Hero.

People really got into playing classic Tetris themes with Rock Band instruments.

If you find yourself on Sawtelle Ave and find yourself hungry, try the sushi burrito. Or don’t, because it sounds incredibly vile to eat sushi that’s been packed into a flour tortilla.

The “tornado potato,” on the other hand, is Mike Z approved. It’s a fried potato coiled around a savory sausage — a natural disaster of flavor, from what we hear.

New Year’s Eve has been stepping on Christmas’ toes for over two centuries. In 2011, Christmas is fighting back! Game Night 4: The Revenge of Xmas throws down at GR2 on January 22! Meat Bun, Attract Mode and Giant Robot will co-host the next Game Night waaaaay in advance of Christmas 2011 with a special night of holiday-themed video games.

The line-up includes:
- An X-mas edition of Vlambeer’s hit indie game Super Crate Box made exclusively for Game Night
- Arthur Lee’s Merry Gear Solid games
- A custom “holiday pack” edition of 8-BITar Hero, which mixes the Rock Band experience with old-school Nintendo games

Maybe there will be a few surprises too? Maybe! Hot cocoa and cookies will be served, but bring your own nog if you plan on having adult drinks. Please RSVP to the Facebook event page if you can come!

GR2
2062 Sawtelle Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90025
gr2.net
(310) 445-9276