Somewhere between the choices of slim and who knows anymore?

Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite had a rocky launch to say the least. The long-awaited title featured its own pro circuit in 2017, but it was left off of the EVO mainstage and the Capcom Pro Tour this year.

Neither company in the namesake have said anything about the fighting game in months either after it had soft sales, but all hope may not be lost for those looking for continued support for Infinite and the franchise as a whole.

Prominent leaker Vergeben previously stated that Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite was once again being worked on and will be re-branded as Marvel vs. Capcom 4 at some point in the future. He's correctly predicted characters like Ridley and Simon Belmont for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for Injustice, but his track record for Capcom titles have been shakier certainly.

If these rumors about an updated Marvel vs. Capcom game are indeed true, then Capcom Cup 2018 would be the likeliest place to reveal the new / re-worked title to the die-hard fans and players who will likely already be in attendance or watching from home for the Street Fighter 5 finals.

The previous two years Sony and Capcom had teamed up to bring their events together with the PlayStation Experience and Capcom Cup in December plus Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite's separate Battle for the Stones finals.

Marvel Infinite had also been first revealed at the PSX 2016 press conference, but Capcom Cup is now its own singular event in 2018 due to Sony choosing to skip PlayStation Experience this year.



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Street Fighter data-miner X-Kira also recently posted that we'd be getting a "double release" at Capcom Cup this year which could mean a potential reveal for both SF5 and Marvel vs. Capcom at the event. It is doubtful, however, that Street Fighter's files contain any information about another Capcom title unless X-Kira knows something that we don't.

Capcom will also be pushing their eSports brand even harder in 2019 according to their financial plans including growing the Capcom Pro Tour and league-based events even further with their own company division, but their only eSports / competitive title right now is Street Fighter 5.

Street Fighter 5 and MvCI's producer, Yoshinori Ono, previously stated that Infinite was developed to support the casual and hardcore audiences along with the company's eSports initiatives.

"On this title, we have pursued a satisfying competitive experience for core users, while providing less experienced users with a way to casually enjoy fighting games," said Ono before Infinite's release. "We've made it with our continued support of eSports in mind, and moving ahead we eagerly anticipate players from the different segments bringing their enthusiasm and energy both as participants and as spectators."

It all still feels like a long shot for many different reasons, but the game has still managed to sell an additional 100,000 units without the support of either company plus Peter "Combofiend" Rosas is now on the other side of the pond with Marvel Games studios.

Capcom Cup 2018 feels like it could be the earliest if not best place to learn about any future Marvel vs. Capcom updates even with all of the hurdles it would need to overcome to once again earn a spot in the fighting game spotlight that games like Dragon Ball FighterZ have grabbed hold of.