Month: August 2015

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Check Out TheBlackHombre’s Specialized Super Smash Bros. Arcade Stick

One thing that can discourage any player from trying out Super Smash Bros. is the fact that the series isn’t built for traditional fighting game controls. Smash is still best played with a gamepad–preferably the GameCube pad–with an analog stick.

But that hasn’t stopped some players from figuring out how to play the game on an arcade stick. In this new video, FRC|TheBlackHombre explains how he modified an arcade stick, specifically a Qanba Q1, to work with Super Smash Bros.

Most of the work went towards creating a comfortable way of mapping Smash’s inputs onto the eight-button layout. The tricky bit was to allow a semblance of Smash’s analog controls using the standard digital joystick. This was done using a trick that folks who’ve played Smash with a keyboard on the Dolphin emulator might be familiar with: using a separate button to toggle the sticks inputs between full tilt and various degrees of tilt.

Check out the video below to see how this all works.

Source: FRC|TheBlackHombre

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Diablo 3: Cross-Game Incentives (D3 & Heroes of the Storm) Unleashed

Cross-Game Incentives (D3 & Heroes of the Storm) Unleashed

Blizzard has unveiled a new set of incentives for Diablo III and Heroes of the Storm players. From now through September 8th, Diablo III players who log into HotS will receive the Lord of Terror himself for free. Those who manage to raise a HotS character to level 12 will also receive a special banner and portrait frame in D3.

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General: Goliath KickStarter Initiative Launches

Goliath KickStarter Initiative Launches

Whalebox Studios has announced that a KickStarter initiative for Goliath, its "open world ARPG robot-crafting game". Goliath is looking to raise $50,000 to add new features to the core game that has been shown to the world prior to this point.