Month: March 2015

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Team St1ckbug feat. Persona, BlazBlue, and Guilty Gear Streaming Live from Next Level Arcade

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The folks over at Team St1ckbug return this weekend with a brand new tournament for the local New York City community. Today’s event will feature competition in Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-, BlazBlue: Chronophantasma, and Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R, featuring some of the best players the region has to offer.

If you’re interested in checking out this event but can’t make it in person, Team Spooky’s Arturo Sanchez has got you covered with a live broadcast. You can tune in live below or over on Twitch if you prefer to chat. Full brackets have also been provided by Challonge to help folks at home follow along.

Watch live video from nycfurby on www.twitch.tv

Sources: Dustloop, Arturo Sanchez

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Smash @ Xanadu March Monthly feat. Super Smash Bros. Melee, Project M Streaming Live

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The folks over at VG Bootcamp recently went live with another installment of Smash @ Xanadu from Xanadu Games in Baltimore, Maryland. Unlike the often single-game weekly broadcasts, this monthly tournament will feature both Super Smash Bros. Melee and Project M.

If you’re interested in some Smash Bros. action, be sure to tune in. The stream is live below, but you can also head on over to Twitch to join the chat.

VGBootCamp (Super Smash Bros. Melee)

Watch live video from VGBootCamp on www.twitch.tv

Liquid|Chillindude (Project M)

Watch live video from chillindude on www.twitch.tv

Sources: SmashBoards, VG Bootcamp, Chillindude

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First Gameplay Details Emerge for Killer Instinct’s Ghostly Hisako

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During a joint panel at PAX East 2015, Microsoft Studios and Iron Galaxy Studios discussed a variety of upcoming content for Killer Instinct, including an updated story, a new gameplay mode, and the first official details for season two’s next character.

In June, Killer Instinct’s story mode will be upgraded to include fighters introduced in season two. Few details were revealed as to where the narrative will go with this additional crop of cast members, but a teaser was provided that hints at an exhibition match between TJ Combo (whose last name is Garrett, apparently!) and Fulgore.

Season two will also receive an entirely fresh gameplay mode called Shadows this April, which will allow players to upload a version of themselves to the online servers for other competitors to face off against. This form of “asynchronous combat” should give folks a chance to take on tournament-level opponents without actually needing an actual human to spar with.

And finally, the big news: season two’s next character, the oft-teased ghost girl, now has a name and launch window! Hisako, who will be available near the end of this month, comes equipped with her own unique Wrath meter, and using this resource apparently grants her a reliable way to counter-hit opponents and thus deal out some serious damage.

Her gameplay is further boosted by high and low counters as well as a pretty nasty command grab, which you can see in a quick bit of footage from Iron Galaxy’s Alex Jebailey below.

Hisako's command grab and movement in action!

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While there was unfortunately no live stream for this panel, a full video is expected to land online sometime later today.

Source: Iron Galaxy Studios