Month: January 2016

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General: Baldur’s Gate: EE – Story Teases Upcoming Expansion

A new short fiction story based on the Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition universe has been published on Dragonmag.com that foreshadows the upcoming Siege of Dragonspear expansion. While developer, Beamdog, is not ready to release all of the details we do know that the expansion will come complete with new zones, items, enemies, quests, 4 new characters and the shaman class. The expansion will reportedly be released later in 2016 for PC, Android and iOS.

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PSA: Kumite in Tennessee Registration Closes Today

If you are planning to attend Kumite in Tennessee 2016 but have yet to register, you might want to get on that as soon as possible. Online registration for the event is set to close today, leaving on-site registration and all the perils that come with it as your only option if you miss out.

This year’s installment will feature tournaments for Ultra Street Fighter IV, Mortal Kombat X, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Tekken 7, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Killer Instinct, Dead or Alive 5 Last Round, Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-, BlazBlue: Chronophantasma EXTEND, and Soulcalibur V.

In addition to the normal payouts, NetherRealm Studios has provided a $10,000 pot bonus to Mortal Kombat X, and Marvel vs. Capcom 2 competitors can look forward to a $500 boost of their courtesy of Memphis Bawse Battles.

Kumite in Tennessee 2016 is scheduled for January 15-17 in Memphis, Tennessee. More details can be found here.

Source: KITVandy

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Sega Shares Ten Hours of Chaotic APM D-1 FIGHTING FESTIVAL Competition

Just before the year’s end, Sega, Arc System Works, and Koei Tecmo hosted APM D-1 FIGHTING FESTIVAL, a massive tournament highlighting their various properties and the players who excel at playing them.

Competition was held in Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR-, Dengeki Bunko FIGHTING CLIMAX IGNITION, Koihime Enbu, Blade Arcus from Shining, and Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate Last Round, but as Japan is often wont to do, the format was rather…intense. Attendees were given only one game to defeat their opponent, and there wasn’t a losers bracket to use as backup if you lost. Yikes.

Sega recently provided a huge archive of the event’s broadcast, giving folks just under ten hours of footage to enjoy if they missed out on the live stream. Due to its extreme length, we’ve included four separate instances of the video below that jump to an appropriate timestamp to save you some searching.

Some of the players you can expect to see compete include Purepure, Mocchi, Nage, FAB, XYLiSH, Meru, OZ, gamera, and Jawa Curry Akira, among others. Various results can be found in our coverage hub.

Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR-

Dengeki Bunko FIGHTING CLIMAX IGNITION

Blade Arcus from Shining

Koihime Enbu

Dead or Alive 5 Last Round

Source: Sega

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General: Greed Monger Back In Production

Massively is reporting that Greed Monger’s original lead programmer, James Proctor, has revived the Greed Monger site and announced that the game is back in development. According to a post on the forums, systems are in development for PvE encounters and a ‘beta land rush’. The site itself is largely empty, though there are new forums for interested parties to check out.

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Desk Breaks Ultra Street Fighter IV’s Save States

Desk returned today with a brand new Ultra Street Fighter IV video. But this time around, instead of showing off some incredible combos, he’s managed to discover a weird glitch concerning training mode’s save states.

As shown in his demonstration, Desk uses Akuma’s teleport to dodge Sagat’s ultra, leaving him behind the emperor of Muay Thai afterwards. After saving the state of the game during the cinematic, Akuma continues to appear behind Sagat until Desk performs the hitbox bug to zip in front. After that, well…just watch the video below.

While not super game breaking or related to competition in any way, it’s yet another oddity we can add to Street Fighter IV’s history. Let us know what you think in the comments.

Source: Desk