A posting at 8:34 AM Tuesday morning by NeoGAF member Shard asserted that Marvel vs. Capcom 2 had been rated "teen" by the Entertainment Software Ratings Board, intended for release on Xbox 360, PS3, and PS2. Marvel vs. Capcom 2 was released previously for Dreamcast in 2000.

Both 1UP and Joystiq then followed with reports featuring screen grabs of the purported listing that no longer exists in the ESRB database (as of 12:15 PM PST).

Lending further credibility to the purported ESRB listing is a second screen grab, one that may have been taken from PartnerNet, Microsoft's closed developer version of Xbox Live. If a reality, the image would imply that a new Marvel vs. Capcom 2 would support online play.

I wouldn't bet money on the release, as a seemingly de-listed ESRB rating and unverified web image is hardly confirmation. Just know that worlds are colliding.