Month: January 2016

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Capcom Picks the Best Timeouts (Seriously!) of Capcom Pro Tour 2015

So long as it’s not happening every match, rounds of Ultra Street Fighter IV (or any fighting game, for that matter) running until the timer ticks out generate a uniquely palpable tension. The commentary shifts, the crowds grows silent, and we may even find ourselves exploding with applause when Elena decides to back dash several times and pop out her healing Ultra.

With this in mind, the folks at Capcom decided to round up the best timeouts of the 2015 Capcom Pro Tour. While not the sort of content we expect to see in a typical highlight reel, the chosen segments–which feature Red Bull’s Bonchan, AVerMedia’s GamerBee, and plenty more–do an excellent job demonstrating just how hype an impending timeout can make a match.

Source: Capcom Fighters

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World of Tanks: Evolving Again on the PS4

With World of Tanks’ PS4 release looming, the Midwestern branch of the Wargaming.net empire is cranking away on the game, making sure it’s all that it should be. I visited the Wargaming Chicago-Baltimore office recently and discovered that having found their feet with the 360 and Xbox One versions, the team exudes confidence about the PS4–so much so that despite the demands of crunch, they had time to talk and show off their hard work.