General: Mobile Game, Rune Story, to Launch in the West Soon

Mobile Game, Rune Story, to Launch in the West Soon

COLOPL has announced that its mobile city building game with ‘classic RPG’ elements, Rune Story, will be launching in the west in the near future. Already in soft launch in several worldwide locations, Rune Story brings guild functionality, cooperative battles, customized play styles and more to mobile gamers.

Killer Instinct’s Cinder Gets Hot and Heavy with This 231-Hit Triple Ultra Combo

Killer Instinct is a series that’s built on ridiculous combos, so the following video should be no surprise to anyone familiar with it.

Here, VIRUS916 takes on series’ veteran Cinder and demonstrates an amazing 231-hit Triple Ultra combo. As an added bonus, he’s also included hand-cam footage that allows viewers some extra insight into how combos like these are performed. Furthermore, it shows how the usage of certain moves, as well as the aforementioned Ultras, can help increase the number of hits with minimal input, which should help encourage those who want to try pulling off big combos of their own.

Source: VIRUS916

Churning the Butter #45 feat. Ultra Street Fighter IV Streaming Live from San Francisco, California

The folks behind Churning the Butter have just gone live with another installment of their weekly tournament series.

Tonight, they have once again taken over Folsom Street Foundry in San Francisco, California to put on an Ultra Street Fighter IV tournament for the regional players. If you’re interested in seeing what the NorCal cats have up their sleeves, be sure to check out the stream below and show your support. You can also head on over to Twitch if you prefer to chat.

Watch live video from showdowngg on www.twitch.tv

Want to check these tournaments out for yourself? Well, you’re in luck, because even if you missed out this week, Churning the Butter is held every Thursday at 8:30 PM PDT during ShowDown’s game night at Folsom Street Foundry.

Source: ShowDown

General: Atlas Reactor – Trion’s New Tactical Experiment

Atlas Reactor - Trion

Trion’s first new game since bringing Scott Hartsman back as CEO was the now certified hit, Trove. Today, they’re unveiling the second game to come out of the Trion Labs initiative: Atlas Reactor. A turn-based tactical combat game, Atlas Reactor has the looks and personality to stand on its own, and the tactical gameplay reminiscent of XCOM or Shadowrun to make us take notice.