Month: November 2015

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Albion Online: Consumables Overhauled in Time for CBT

Consumables Overhauled in Time for CBT

With the Albion Online closed beta test set to begin on November 23rd, the team is busy profiling significant changes players can expect to find in game since last summer’s alpha. Today, a new note has been posted on the official site to discuss the alterations in consumables.

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Capcom Pro Tour Asia Last Chance Qualifier Streaming Live from Singapore

This weekend, GameStart 2015 will play host to the Capcom Pro Tour Asia finals in Singapore. A number of high-level qualifiers have led to this main event, which will see Poongko, Red Bull’s Bonchan, Nemo, Xiao Hai and Dakou of Qanba, MOV, Misse, and Razer’s Xian face off for one of the few remaining Capcom Cup bracket positions.

But first, the organizers are scheduled to hold a special last chance qualifier, allowing one final competitor join this prestigious group. Of course, just getting there will require some serious skill, especially with players like God of Sky, GambleBoxer, PR Balrog of Evil Geniuses, HZY, BrawL’s Haitani, Leslie, Chuan, Kindevu, and Gackt of Razer have all made the trip to secure that spot for themselves.

Full brackets for the last chance qualifiers can be found here.

With the stakes this high, there’s sure to be no shortage of excitement. Fortunately, all the action is set to be broadcast live by the fine folks at Capcom Fighters. You’ll find their stream below along with a list of start times adjusted for various time zones.

Stream

Watch live video from CapcomFighters on www.twitch.tv

Schedule

Event SGT (Local) JST PST EST GMT
CPTA Last Chance Quals (Fri) 3:00 PM 4:00 PM 11:00 PM (Thu) 2:00 AM 7:00 AM
CPTA Finals Day 1 (Sat) 11:00 AM 12:00 PM 7:00 PM (Fri) 10:00 PM (Fri) 3:00 AM
CPTA Finals Day 2 (Sun) 11:00 AM 12:00 PM 7:00 PM (Fri) 10:00 PM (Fri) 3:00 AM

Sources: Beast of the East, GameStart, Capcom Fighters

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Andre Ward vacates WBA super middleweight title

Unbeaten American Andre Ward (28-0, 15 KOs) has vacated his WBA super middleweight title.
Ward’s decision to vacate the WBA title has been expected, as he will now move up in weight to the light heavyweight division and pursue a showdown with WBO, IBF and WBA champion Sergey Kovalev in 2016.
Ward had not defended the title since a dominant decision win against Edwin Rodriguez in November 2013.
He won the belt in November 2009, when he defeated Mikkel Kessler by a one-sided 11th round technical…

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Gloria Victis: New Official Gameplay Trailer

New Official Gameplay Trailer

The new gameplay trailer of Gloria Victis has just been released, as the version 0.5 is very close to being finished and released. It will introduce the long-awaited UI overhaul including the wipe of characters, as well as switching to Alpha.

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Ronda Rousey Faces Street Fighter II’s World Warriors

Some of you may have wondered what would happen if a real life martial artist ever got the chance to mix it up in the Street Fighter universe. The folks at sports humor site The Kicker pondered this question as well, and decided to take it to the next level. By editing Cammy’s spite, they were able to add UFC’s rowdiest (and possibly geekiest) brawler, Ronda Rousey, to Street Fighter II.

Can the baddest woman on the planet weather the flames of Ken’s Shoryuken? What happens when she throws down with the Red Cyclone? And will Capcom ever make her a guest character? Find out the answers to two of those questions in the video below.

Source: The Kicker via Maxim, Chris Ceglia