Month: December 2014

With Capcom Cup 2014 drawing ever closer, speculation has begun to run rampant regarding everything from bracket placements for the sixteen qualified players to the format they will be competing in.

Just this morning, Capcom’s Neidel “Haunts” Crisan laid one of these points to rest by revealing the tournament will be played in best of three sets (otherwise known as two out of three) until grand finals, where it will then shift to best of five (or three out of five). This was done, he says, in the interest of time, mentioning that even with these restrictions the event is set to run for at least six hours due to the 30+ matches that will be necessary to crown a champion.

Crisan relayed to us that more details, including an official bracket, will be released later today, so stay tuned.

Source: Haunts

With Capcom Cup 2014 drawing ever closer, speculation has begun to run rampant regarding everything from bracket placements for the sixteen qualified players to the format they will be competing in.

Just this morning, Capcom’s Neidel “Haunts” Crisan laid one of these points to rest by revealing the tournament will be played in best of three sets (otherwise known as two out of three) until grand finals, where it will then shift to best of five (or three out of five). This was done, he says, in the interest of time, mentioning that even with these restrictions the event is set to run for at least six hours due to the 30+ matches that will be necessary to crown a champion.

Crisan relayed to us that more details, including an official bracket, will be released later today, so stay tuned.

Source: Haunts

Earlier this morning, Capcom TV went live with another special broadcast focused, in part, on Ultra Street Fighter IV. As part of the show, they welcomed Evil Geniuses’ Momochi and ChocoBlanka onto the program to lend their competitive expertise to the proceedings.

Before that, however, producers Tomoaki Ayano and Koichi Sugiyama ran through a handful of changes coming to characters like Adon, Cody, Hugo, Cammy, C. Viper, Vega, and Dan. These are the same clips the Capcom representatives premiered at WECG 2014’s Japanese qualifier this past weekend, fortunately providing a look at these updates outside of a live stream and making coarse rips of their property unnecessary.

After that, further additions made in this unique mode are demonstrated through matches between the aforementioned players and producers, giving us previews of how Sakura, Rolento, Evil Ryu, Ryu, Blanka, and Ken may perform in actual competition.

To close out the segment, Momochi faces off against a trio of mysterious masked fighters from Capcom before being paired up against ChocoBlanka for one final exhibition.

You’ll find all the footage mentioned above in the video below. Check it out and let us know what you think of Omega Mode in the comments.

Source: Capcom Channel, tip via David I.