Month: May 2015

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Echo of Soul: Closed Beta Hands-On

Closed Beta Hands-On

Echo of Soul has been out for a few years now overseas, finally making its way to North America and Europe courtesy of Aeria Games. A traditional theme park MMORPG, complete with now "old school" tab targeting, does Echo of Soul pack enough punch to make you take notice? Read on for our first impressions from the closed beta.

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Transcendental Orchestra -Sou- Melty Blood Japanese National Tournament Streaming Live from Saitama, Japan

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The Golden Week tournament extravaganza in Japan still has a little bit of juice left. Things will be getting melty today with the second movement of the Transcendental Orchestra Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code national tournament, hosted at the PLAY SPOT BIG-ONE 2nd game center in Saitama.

The main event will start off with the finals league. The 16 teams will be broken down into 4 blocks of 4, with the top team from each block proceeding to the finals tournament.

As a national event, this is one of the best opportunities to check out some high-level Melty Blood play. If you want to catch the action, check out the streams on Niconico Live. Play is set to start at 3:00 PM JST (2:00 AM EDT, 11:00 PM PDT), with finals play beginning 30 minutes after. The finals tournament is scheduled to begin at 7:00 PM JST (6:00 AM EDT, 3:00 AM PDT).

Finals League

Finals Tournament

Finals League Teams

A Block

  • Shakai-teki Chii – Gakusei (Kohaku), NEET (Kouma), Shakaijin (Miyako)
  • PCS Quality – Akahoshi (Satsuki), Raku-chan (Len), Chen (Aoko)
  • Java Shie wa Chikoku Shita – Moai (Satsuki), Java Shige (Neco & Mech), Iwashi (Warachia)
  • 3-nenme no Honki – Kata (Akiha Vermillion), Shinya (Seifuku Akiha), Masa (Red Arcueid)

B Block

  • Mondaiji – Chikoku no Kou (Seifuku Akiha), Breo no Eve (Archetype: Earth), Shachiku no GO1 (Akiha)
  • Arigatou Ohsu Sky – Tatsuya (Ciel), Maccha (Ciel), Oozora (Riesbyfe)
  • KPYD – Dash Inu@HK (Kouma), Yasai (Ciel), Peach (Red Arcueid)
  • Omise wa Kamisama, Kyaku wa Kuzu – Hegochin (Hisui), NewRin (Kohaku), Nanjoru-nyan (Kouma)

C Block

  • Bermuda Triangle – Waka (Hisui), Kouki (Arcueid), Hare (Satsuki)
  • Nani ga Yariyou ja! – Takashi (Arcueid), Sumochi (Len), Tsa (Kohaku)
  • Domuun Fan Club
  • Fukkatsu no D

D Block

  • Sokuseki – Suu-chan (Powerd Ciel), Hiko-nyan (Koha & Mech), Maruyan (Mech-Hisui)
  • Sekai Level – Italian Style (Aoko), World Is Mine (Hisui), SUHADA Style (Kouma)
  • San-kan Shin – Akai Melon (Roa), Hirohiro (White Len), Futsuka Yoi (Aoko)
  • Athena kara no Shikaku – sola (Seifuku Akiha), Ragu (Roa), Yuu (Sion)