Month: August 2015

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Capcom to Conduct Region-Specific Stress Tests for Street Fighter V’s Beta

Everybody knows the story by now; when Capcom first started the beta tests for Street Fighter V, their servers where overwhelmed with the sheer number of players trying to get in, keeping fans from being able to play and forcing the developers to reschedule.

To make sure that the same issues don’t crop up when the beta does come back, Capcom has announced that they will be conducting regional stress tests to gather information. The first of these will be for Europe, scheduled for Thursday, August 20 between the hours of 4 PM and 12 AM BST, and again on Friday, August 21 during the same time period.

Once Capcom has enough data from Europe and is confident with the results, North America and Asia will be able to get in on the action during their own stress tests. The official global beta will follow sometime afterwards.

Take note that these stress tests will not count against the rescheduled beta; rather, Capcom states that these five days are an added bonus.

Source: Capcom-Unity

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EverQuest II: No Redemption for Troublemakers Sentenced to Prison Server

No Redemption for Troublemakers Sentenced to Prison Server

EverQuest II players who are flagrant violators of others’ game play fun and who continually break the rules will be flagged for a new "prison server" called Drunder, an experiment being conducted by Daybreak within the game. The trip is one-way with no chance for redemption. Customer Service Game Masters will be the ultimate decision-makers on who ends up taking the trip to Drunder.

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Perfect Legend Begins Mortal Kombat X Tutorial Series

Razer’s Carl “Perfect Legend” White recently released the first video in a series dedicated to teaching the basics of Mortal Kombat X to newcomers. Based on this first entry in the series, as well as Perfect Legend’s brief mentions of upcoming episodes, viewers can expect to learn everything that starting players will need to know, right down to terminology.

The first video, which you can find below, breaks down how frame advantage works, and how that plays into decision making for both the aggressor and the defender. As Carl himself has become synonymous with Kung Lao, the examples given tie directly to the bearer of the bladed hat, but do apply across a much broader spectrum.

Source: Perfect Legend