General: Nosgoth: Open Beta Kicks Off with a New Class Trailer

Nosgoth: Open Beta Kicks Off with a New Class Trailer

The Nosgoth open beta has begun and the team behind the game has released a new trailer to introduce potential players to the character classes to be found. In addition, this weekend features double XP for intrepid players and the team will be taking to Twitch.tv on Friday, January 23rd to stream the game live.

Crowfall: Building Upon Star Wars Galaxies’ Crafting

Building Upon Star Wars Galaxies

Crowfall has some mighty lofty goals for itself. The new MMORPG being made in Austin and helmed by Todd Coleman and Gordon Walton seeks to make the sandbox MMO something great again. And they’ve enlisted the help of some serious talent to do so: namely Thomas "Blixtev" Blair and Raph Koster. Today, we learn all about Blixtev’s design for the crafting in Crowfall to build upon the near perfection that was Star Wars Galaxies.

King of Fighters ’94 Re-Bout Now Available on PlayStation Network

kof94-rebout-psnEarlier this month, a listing was discovered that led many to believe King of Fighters ’94 Re-Bout would eventually find its way to PlayStation Network. But I’m willing to put money down they didn’t expect it to be available in a little over a week.

A home console revision of the classic fighter, Re-Bout introduced higher quality visuals as well as additional playable characters. As a PlayStation 2 Classic, it has been ported to PlayStation Network exactly how it appeared on its original platform, which means no online play.

At this point in time, King of Fighters’ 94 Re-Bout is only available in through PlayStation Network in Japan and Hong Kong. The former will run you ¥1000 (~$8.45 USD), while the latter is a little more expensive at $70 HKD (~$9.03 USD).

No word has yet to be shared about this title’s future in other regions.

Source: PlayStation Network (12)

Get the Most Out of Your Dudley Reversal Punishes in Ultra Street Fighter IV

It’s never a good idea to toss out a reversal if you’re not positive that it’s going to hit. The massive recovery on these attacks combined with the relatively small amount of block stun that they cause allows defenders to perform nearly any combo at their disposal to answer for the poor decision.

Allinois Fierce of Forbidden Technique noticed that, against certain reversals, Ultra Street Fighter IV’s Dudley can not only net a major punish combo in retaliation, he can also start said combo with a jumping attack. This means that Dudley can spend a single bar and get about 400 damage–sometimes nearly 500–just because he decided to stop his pressure exactly when he expected a reversal. This makes the classy boxer’s overhead an even bigger threat; should we just eat the overhead or attempt to read it at the risk of losing half of our health? Tough call.

Since this doesn’t work against every reversal, Allinois has provided detailed text overlays to show the situations during which this jump-in punish is useful.

Source: Forbidden Technique TV