Bandai Namco Doesn’t Want Players to Eat Akuma’s Fireballs in Tekken 7 Fated Retribution

Tekken 7 Fated Retribution is looking pretty promising so far. In addition to visual and gameplay upgrades, Street Fighter’s Akuma will be making a high-profile cameo in the playable cast with an arsenal of fireballs behind him.

Because he’s drastically different than the rest of the Tekken cast, Bandai Namco Entertainment recently put together a quick guide showing players the various ways in which they can deal with the Akuma’s projectiles. In general, there are three options: sidestepping, jumping, or countering with character-specific attacks.

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While the first two are pretty self-explanatory, knowing which attacks to use and when will likely be a big part playing properly against the Street Fighter representative. Luckily, the developers also provided a huge list of moves that beat out Akuma’s fireballs, which includes Kazuya’s Devil Tail, Bryan’s Snake Edge, and Akuma’s own Tatsu.

For the full details, be sure to visit Avoiding the Puddle.

Source: Tekken via Avoiding the Puddle

Street Fighter V Pre-Load Available on Steam

Good news, Steam users! Numerous reports are flooding in that Street Fighter V is now available for pre-load on PC. While this won’t allow you to jump in at the moment, it will save you some download time next Tuesday when the game officially launches.

Those of you have yet to pre-order Street Fighter V can still do so, especially if you want to grab the alternate Chun-Li outfit (pictured above) free of charge.

Street Fighter V is set to launch for PlayStation 4 and PC on February 16. According to Capcom representative wbacon, Street Fighter V will unlock on Steam around 9 AM PST, 12 PM EST.

Source: Steam, tip via Renan N.