Month: April 2015

This weekend is giving you a double dose of the Capcom Pro Tour with two premier tournaments. First up is NorCal Regionals 2015 in Sacramento, California. Now in its thirteenth year, NCR represents the longest-running tournament series in Northern California.

As a Capcom Pro Tour premier event, the top 16 players in the Ultra Street Fighter IV singles tournament will earn points towards Capcom Cup 2015, while the winner will claim one of the 32 coveted spots in the finals bracket.

Not only will NorCal players be in force, but also players from rival regional SoCal as well some famous faces from overseas. Quite a few players from Asia will be taking a part in the event in hopes of qualifying for Capcom Cup, including MCZ|Daigo Umehara, EG|Momochi, RZR|Fuudo, Kazunoko, FGC|Pugera and Bonchan of Japan; INFILTRATION, POONGKO and BIGDANMUL of South Korea; and AVM|GamerBee of Taiwan. While East Coast players can be a rarity at West Coast events, EG|K-Brad and TL|NuckleDu have made the trip across the country to attendance.

Tournament Games

• Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-
• Super Smash Bros. Melee
• Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
• Ultra Street Fighter IV
• Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3

• BlazBlue Chronophantasma
• Dead or Alive 5 Last Round
• Killer Instinct
• The King of Fighters XIII
• Marvel vs. Capcom 2
• Person 4 Arena Ultimax
• Project M
• Super Street Fighter II Turbo
• Street Fighter III 3rd Strike Online Edition
• Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late

In addition, Tekken 7 will be playable at the Mad Catz booth.

Streams

Four streams will be bringing you the action from NCR. Team Spooky will be handling the main stream, with IPLAYWINNER bringing a secondary, while Capcom Fighters and ShowdownGG will be covering Ultra Street Fighter IV singles and Super Smash Bros., respectively.

Friday’s action will focus on the team and the smaller single events as well as exhibition matches.

For more Capcom Pro Tour action this weekend, also tune into Hypespotting 4 in Scotland beginning this Saturday.

Team Spooky

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IPLAYWINNER

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ShowdownGG

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TEKKEN

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CapcomFighters

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The most recent Killer Instinct textual stream is hot off the presses and loaded with information on Leagues, as well as the upcoming character, Cinder.

Viewers who caught a brief glimpse of the fiery fighter at the end of Hisako’s launch trailer last week likely noticed that he is no longer simply a “dude on fire” as Microsoft Studios representative Ishmae1 notes. While he did lose the pure, simple form that fans used to know, he has gained much that makes him truly stand out as a character beyond something akin to a victim of Dhalsim’s Yoga Fire in the early days of Street Fighter II.

But those who do prefer the clean lines of Cinder’s classic look will find peace in the fact that the team is currently developing a version of that skin for use, which you can see below.

A new look demands a new back story, and Cinder has received that as well. Ben “Cinder” Ferris served a wildly successful term in the military which he followed with a career in the exciting and dangerous world of paramilitary contracting. His skills landed him in good standing with his bank account, but bad standing with plenty of important people. When tasked with stealing information regarding Ultratech’s “Project Cinder,” Ferris uncovered mind-boggling secrets including signs that pointed to the extraterrestrial nature of the information that he sought.

Sadly, the Killer Instinct team still isn’t ready to divulge the nature of Cinder’s move set, as he is still very much a work in progress.

Additionally, fans of Killer Instinct’s online ranked leagues will be pleased to learn that a few changes have been implemented:

• We have adjusted the score system to make the climb from Bronze to Killer more challenging (requires better win/loss ratio).
• In Killer vs Killer matches, we have added a ‘catch-up’ mechanic to the scoring system, which will give you more points when defeating a player higher up in the Killer ladder than you.  After winning a match, just watch your points go up to see if you crushed someone higher than you. The base is still +50, but if it was someone really ahead of you, you could earn up to 1,000 points! Top guys, you are officially on notice, everyone is now gunning for you- hunting the top Killers just got very profitable!
• We also want to acknowledge the many requests for an option to Rank Down.  We hear you loud and clear, this is something that we are looking into for the future along with other changes to help make your experiences within the different Tiers better.

As with their previous textual streams, the team ends this segment with a lengthy Q&A. To check out the Q&A, as well as to learn even more about the upcoming fiery fighter, head over to the official Killer Instinct forums to take a look at the original post.

Source: Ultra Combo