Month: February 2015

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Korea’s Best Street Fighter, Guilty Gear Players to Compete at Double Elimination in April

Korea’s ArcadeStream have just dropped the announcement trailer for Double Elimination. Part of the Beast of the East tour, the event will play host to tournaments for both Ultra Street Fighter IV and Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-.

Top players from the Korean peninsula, including Lee “Infiltration” Sun-woo and Ryan “Laugh” Ahn, as well as those from around the region such as AVerMedia’s Bruce “Gamerbee” Hsiang, will be in attendance. At stake are points towards both Capcom Cup 2015 as well as a shot to go to the Capcom Pro Tour Asia Finals in Singapore this November.

On day two, competitors will be able to take part in singles and doubles tournaments for Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-. Over $1,000 in prizes awaits the winner of these tournaments.

Double Elimination will take place April 25-26 at DartStream in Seoul, Korea. Those interested in joining can head on over to the official registration page.

Source: ArcadeStream via Beast of the East

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Crowfall: A Preview of the Universe and Economy

A Preview of the Universe and Economy

Red Thomas braves the frigid Texas winter and Austin traffic to get an early peak at ArtCraft’s new game, Crowfall in this first of a two part series previewing the new game in development. What he finds, leaves him feeling more than a little giddy.

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Learn the Ins and Outs of High-Level Persona 4 Arena Ultimax Competition

Persona community figurehead Anne recently put together another great stream focusing on some high-level Persona 4 Arena Ultimax competition out of Japan. Along with fellow American players Bace and TS|LordKnight, she breaks down a brand new match between Tahichi’s Margaret and Mokke’s Yosuke, which was played out online in a first-to-ten format.

Even if you’re not a huge fan of the game, this video (and subsequent releases) do a fantastic job of explaining the decision-making that goes into matches of this caliber, as well as how advanced techniques shape this game into something very unique, even when placed alongside other, more popular airdashers like Guilty Gear and BlazBlue.

With an appearance at Evo 2015 just around the corner, you definitely don’t want to be the only person in the audience who has no idea what’s going on, so give the video below some of your time (it’s almost two hours long, so take breaks!) and see what you can learn.

Be sure to follow Anne on Twitch, as well as Bace and LordKnight on Twitter, for more Persona-related content.

Source: AnneIFrank

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NetherRealm Studios May Be Ready to Reveal Mortal Kombat X’s Brutalities

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Earlier this month, a variety of previews by IGN provided us with quite a few details on what kind of content Mortal Kombat X will include, from concrete details on the title’s Living Towers and online Faction battles to more subtle clues about playable characters.

One thing that’s for certain, however, is that brutalities will be returning to the series in some form with the upcoming tenth installment. First introduced in Mortal Kombat 3, these finishing moves functioned more like extended combos than simple finishing moves like fatalities, but still managed to deal out some nasty retribution to the unfortunate opponent on the other end.

With Mortal Kombat X’s launch rapidly approaching, NetherRealm Studios has been pumping out new content on a regular basis, and it appears as if they may be on the verge of officially revealing the game’s brutalities.

The developers will be going live this Thursday, February 26, with another one of their fantastic Kombat Kast broadcasts, and a teaser mentions that the festivities are bound to be brutal.

We won’t have exact specifications until the show concludes later this week, but we’re interested in what our readers are hoping from this returning finisher. Let us know in the comments and stay tuned for official details.

Source: NetherRealm Studios