After pulling in over 100 competitors in 2016, this weekend’s Capcom Pro Tour premier event in Jönköping, Sweden, DreamHack Summer, only saw 46 players in attendance. That enabled everyone to get points for the circuit rankings, moving them one step closer to qualifying for Capcom Cup in December.

Injustice 2 received its first major update on June 5, courtesy of developer NetherRealm Studios. The patch largely addresses lingering bugs in the DC Comics fighter, but it also included a new indicator that notes whether online opponents are playing over wi-fi. While it may seem like a minor addition, this represents a major step forward for the genre’s netplay community, one that could also tear them in two.

The Philippines played host to a major Tekken 7 event this past weekend, allowing local competitors to try their skills against two of the world’s strongest players. South Korean masters Hyun-jin “JDCR” Kim and Jin-woo “Saint” Choi stopped in the city of Makati for the Rage Art tournament after placing first and second, respectively, at Combo Breaker in the United States. Saint’s status on the world stage, however, was put in jeopardy by an unlikely local.

While one-on-one battles are commonplace in many fighting games, it’s not really something you see go down in Skullgirls all that often. But the Combo Breaker grand finals last weekend featured Dominique “Sonic Fox” McLean and Jeremiah “WingZero” Beaty, two of the community’s best competitors, using just one character apiece. Both players left a path of destruction behind them as they journeyed to the championship match with their unconventional playstyles.

The recent fighting game tournament Combo Breaker featured the obvious big games such as Street Fighter V and Injustice 2, but a less-heralded game had one of the event’s best and most unconventional showings. Vampire Savior, a 1997 fighting game featuring demons, zombies, and mummies, drew perhaps the greatest collection of North American competitors it’s ever seen, setting the stage for an amazing grand finals match between characters thought to be two of the weakest on its roster.

Christopher “NYChrisG” Gonzalez was in a tricky spot during the tail end of Combo Breaker’s Street Fighter V tournament in St. Charles, Illinois this past weekend. His opponent, Japanese fighting game god Naoto Sako, had him on the ropes in their losers bracket match. Down two games and on the brink of elimination, Chris took a deep breath and waited for what could be his last round to begin. And that’s when he was tapped on the shoulder.

When you enter a gaming tournament, you usually know what you’re in for. Unless you’re entering a mystery game tournament. Do that, as dozens of people did at the Combo Breaker event in St. Charles, Illinois last weekend, and you’re playing the notorious Dong Dong Never Die. That’s just for starters. Weird picks followed in bracket after bracket throughout one of the weekend’s most entertaining events.

Injustice 2, the dark take on the DC Comics universe from Mortal Kombat developers NetherRealm Studios, is out now, and I’ve spent the last week trying out every character in the huge roster to learn their strengths and weaknesses. While it’s a bit too early to say if one or two stand above the rest in terms of competitive potential, that won’t stop me from ranking them on more arbitrary terms.

Balrog is Street Fighter V’s One Punch Man. Capable of dishing out an insane amount damage, the fighting game community is divided over the power he has at his disposal, with some writing him off as an overpowered brawler to be nerfed as soon as possible. But does a character who few players are finding success with deserve such scrutiny and stigmatization?

Masato “Bonchan” Takahashi is on a tear in the Street Fighter V community, earning three straight victories at the most recent Capcom Pro Tour events. While an impressive feat on its own, the Japanese competitor did so over just three weeks at events in Europe, Australia and Asia, utilizing a character many of his contemporaries have given up on.

Injustice 2 is just a week old, but competition is already heating up thanks to Deadshot’s frustrating zoning gameplay. After losing to the character during a recent tournament, one player gave his controller a good bounce.

Injustice 2 launched last week, and we’ve taken the time to dig into its unique systems and gameplay mechanics. Fighting games can, at times, be a brutal mistress, but this NetherRealm Studios release offers a ton of content for both casual and competitive players to enjoy. We’ve compiled a bunch of tips below that will hopefully make your time in this dark DC Comics universe and enjoyable one.