After the somewhat sticky move over to a self-published new version of Skullgirls (Free) this past January, developer Hidden Variable has been firing on all cylinders since then, bringing tons of new functionality to the game throughout 2018. They have one last big update to ring in the new year and that update has gone live in the App Store. Version 3.0 of Skullgirls brings a new mode called Rift Battles to the fold. It’s for players who are at least level 25 and it allows you to populate a “Base" with 20 of your most fearsome fighters. Over the course of each Season, which lasts just a week, your Base of fighters will battle against others and defend against attacks with rewards and rankings being dished out when each Season ends. This mode also introduces the Rift Battle Tokens currency which you can use to purchase a bunch of exclusive items in the Cabinet of Curiosities shop.
That is just a very light overview of what Rift Battle are all about, and if you want the nitty gritty details then head over to the update notes thread at the official Skullgirls Mobile forums where Hidden Variable, as they always do, has done a fabulous job of breaking it all down. The other big notable part of version 3.0 is the introduction of Diamond tier fighters into Relics. Previously you could only obtain Diamond Fighters by leveling up your existing Gold fighters, but now a new cast of twelve Natural Diamond Fighters can be found in any of the Relics that offer Fighters...