Since the announcement that Skullgirls would be delisted from PSN and XBLA, naturally our amazing community has had a lot of questions about what happens next.

So, without further ado…

On December 31st, Skullgirls will be temporarily removed from the PSN Store and Xbox Live Marketplace while we transition the game to new publishers. To mark the console beginning of the era funded by our Indiegogo campaign, Skullgirls will be reborn as “Skullgirls Encore” when it returns. We expect this transition to be complete sometime in January 2014.

How this transition will work for you will depend on your platform and region.

US PSN

All PSN purchasers of the original release of Skullgirls will receive Skullgirls Encore free, similar to a PS3/PS4/Vita Cross-Buy

To download Skullgirls Encore, players will just need to visit the Skullgirls Encore store page and download it

Squigly’s character DLC will be released at the same time, and will be free for a period of three months, and will only be compatible with Skullgirls Encore

Skullgirls Encore will effectively be a “new” and distinct game from the original release

The original Skullgirls DLC will not compatible with Skullgirls Encore So that no one loses their previous purchases and also to thank everyone for their patience during this transition, the character color DLC bundle will be free for everyone for a limited time

Because Skullgirls Encore is effectively a new game, Skullgirls Encore will have fresh leaderboards, you’ll have a new set of trophies to go for, and your previous save data will not be compatible

At the time of the transition we will be phasing out the individual character color packs and will only be offering the character color bundle moving forward The Character Color Bundle DLC will unlock additional colors for all existing characters, as well as Squigly and all future characters

Players will still be able to download the original version of Skullgirls from their PSN Downloads list and play it, but we recommend that everyone transition to Skullgirls Encore as soon as possible. And you want Squigly, too, right?

EU PSN

The EU transition may take a little longer than the US transition, but we’re working to minimize any time difference

All PSN purchasers of the original release of Skullgirls will receive Skullgirls Encore free, similar to a PS3/PS4/Vita Cross-buy

To download Skullgirls Encore, players will just need to visit the Skullgirls Encore store page and download it

Squigly’s character DLC will be released at the same time, and will be free for a period of three months, and will only be compatible with Skullgirls Encore

Skullgirls Encore will effectively be a “new” and distinct game from the original release

The original Skullgirls DLC will not compatible with Skullgirls Encore So that no one loses their previous purchases and also to thank everyone for their patience during this transition, the character color DLC bundle will be free for everyone for a limited time

Because Skullgirls Encore is effectively a new game, Skullgirls Encore will have fresh leaderboards, you’ll have a new set of trophies to go for, and your previous save data will not be compatible

At the time of the transition we will be phasing out the individual character color packs and will only be offering the character color bundle moving forward The Character Color Bundle DLC will unlock additional colors for all existing characters, as well as Squigly and all future characters

Players will still be able to download the original version of Skullgirls from their PSN Downloads list and play it, but we recommend that everyone transition to Skullgirls Encore as soon as possible. And you want Squigly, too, right?

JP PSN

The JP transition may take a little longer than the US transition, but we’re working with Cyberfront to minimize any time difference

All PSN purchasers of the original release of Skullgirls will receive Skullgirls Encore free, similar to a PS3/PS4/Vita Cross-buy

To download Skullgirls Encore, players will just need to visit the Skullgirls Encore store page and download it

Squigly’s character DLC will be released at the same time, and will be free for a period of three months, and will only be compatible with Skullgirls Encore

Skullgirls Encore will effectively be a “new” and distinct game from the original release

The original Skullgirls DLC will not compatible with Skullgirls Encore So that no one loses their previous purchases and also to thank everyone for their patience during this transition, the character color DLC bundle will be free for everyone for a limited time

Because Skullgirls Encore is effectively a new game, Skullgirls Encore will have fresh leaderboards, you’ll have a new set of trophies to go for, and your previous save data will not be compatible

At the time of the transition we will be phasing out the individual character color packs and will only be offering the character color bundle moving forward The Character Color Bundle DLC will unlock additional colors for all existing characters, as well as Squigly and all future characters

Players will still be able to download the original version of Skullgirls from their PSN Downloads list and play it, but we recommend that everyone transition to Skullgirls Encore as soon as possible. And you want Squigly, too, right?

XBLA Worldwide

While the game will disappear from the Xbox Live Marketplace for a period of time, the publisher transition from Konami to MarvelousAQL should be pretty transparent to players

MarvelousAQL can’t submit the new build until after the holidays, so the game will be unavailable on the store while the patch is in testing, but will still be playable online

When the game’s transition is complete, there will be a title update and a new mandatory Compatibility Pack DLC, just as there was with the previous update

Unlike with the PSN version, Skullgirls Encore will be a patched version of the original game, not a separate product

This means that the leaderboards, achievements and save data will be unaffected by this transition

Previously purchased DLC will still be compatible with Skullgirls Encore

To thank everyone for their patience during this transition, the character color DLC bundle will be free for everyone for a limited time

Squigly will be available (and free) at this point as well, so be sure to download her immediately!

At the same time this publisher transition is complete, MarvelousAQL will enable Japanese XBLA sales of Skullgirls Encore

And for those new to the Skullgirls Development Saga, here is a not-so-brief summary of how we got here.

Steam Version

The title screen has already been updated to reflect the change to Skullgirls Encore

Since Konami had no involvement with the Steam release, there will be no effect whatsoever on that version

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