Month: March 2016

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Guild Wars 2: ArenaNet Devs at SXSW on Creating Game Play for MMOs

Members of the ArenaNet team will be on hand at SXSW on Friday, March 18th at 12:30 pm Pacific / 3:30 pm Eastern as they participate in a panel called “It’s Your World: Creating Gameplay for a Massive Community. Guild Wars team members include Associate Game Director Steven Waller, Head of Narrative Leah Hoyer and Environmental Design Specialist Josh Foreman.

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Battle of the Five Gods Smash Invitational Streaming Live from Austin, Texas

This weekend, SXSW Gaming has partnered with Twitch and Curse to host Battle of the Five Gods, a unique Super Smash Bros. Melee invitational that seeks to pit the strongest players in the world against the unbeatable deities at the top of the food chain.

Alliance’s Adam “Armada” Lindgren, Team Liquid’s Juan “Hungrybox” Debiedma, Cloud9’s Joseph “Mango” Marquez, Most Valuable Gaming’s Jason “Mew2King” Zimmerman, and Evil Geniuses’ Kevin “PPMD” Nanney have been split into separate qualifying groups, and it’s up to the challengers to make sure they don’t move on.

The full breakdown of the groups is as follows:

Group AGroup BGroup CGroup DGroup E
  • a|Armada
  • GC|Silent Wolf
  • CLG|SFAT
  • HugS
  • EG|PPMD
  • TMP|Westballz
  • CLG|PewPewU
  • mYi|Ice
  • C9|Mango
  • TMP|Axe
  • SPL|MacD
  • TGL|DruggedFox
  • COG.MVG|Mew2King
  • PG|Plup
  • MIOM|S2J
  • SPL|Nintendude
  • l|Hungrybox
  • WFX|Shroomed
  • Lucky
  • PG|Wobbles

The action will take place over the next three days, starting at 10 AM PDT, 12 PM CDT, 1 PM EDT, 6 PM GMT. Thursday will be focused on group matches, playoffs begin on Friday, and the top eight kicks off this Saturday. The official stream and a tentative match schedule can be found below.

Watch live video from SXSWGamingEsports on www.twitch.tv

fivegods-schedule

Results

Group Stage

Standings

Group AGroup BGroup CGroup DGroup E
Rank Player Team Char(s) Wins Losses Game ±
– Armada Alliance Fox 1 0 +2
– Silent Wolf Game Clucks – – – –
– SFAT Counter Logic Gaming Fox 0 1 -2
– HugS – – – – –
Match Log

a|Armada (Fox) vs. CLG|SFAT (Fox) – 3-1
GC|Silent Wolf (Fox) vs. HugS (Samus) – 2-1
a|Armada vs. HugS
GC|Silent Wolf vs. CLG|SFAT
CLG|SFAT vs. HugS
a|Armada vs. GC|Silent Wolf

Rank Player Team Char(s) Wins Losses Game ±
– PPMD Evil Geniuses Marth 1 0 +3
– Westballz Tempo Storm – – – –
– PewPewU Counter Logic Gaming Marth 0 1 -3
– Ice mYinsanity – – – –
Match Log

EG|PPMD (Marth) vs. CLG|PewPewU (Marth) – 3-0
TMP|Westballz vs. mYi|Ice
EG|PPMD vs. mYi|Ice
TMP|Westballz vs. CLG|PewPewU
CLG|PewPewU vs. mYi|Ice
EG|PPMD vs. TMP|Westballz

Rank Player Team Char(s) Wins Losses Game ±
– Mango Cloud9 – – – –
– Axe Tempo Storm – – – –
– MacD Splyce – – – –
– DruggedFox Trail Gaming League – – – –
Match Log

C9|Mango vs. SPL|MacD
TMP|Axe vs. TGL|DruggedFox
C9|Mango vs. TGL|DruggedFox
TMP|Axe vs. SPL|MacD
SPL|MacD vs. TGL|DruggedFox
C9|Mango vs. TMP|Axe

Rank Player Team Char(s) Wins Losses Game ±
– Mew2King Most Valuable Gamers – – – –
– Plup Panda Global – – – –
– S2J Melee It On Me – – – –
– Nintendude Splyce – – – –
Match Log

COG.MVG|Mew2King vs. MIOM|S2J
PG|Plup vs. SPL|Nintendude
COG.MVG|Mew2King vs. SPL|Nintendude
PG|Plup vs. MIOM|S2J
MIOM|S2J vs. SPL|Nintendude
COG.MVG|Mew2King vs. PG|Plup

Rank Player Team Char(s) Wins Losses Game ±
– Hungrybox Liquid – – – –
– Shroomed Winterfox – – – –
– Lucky – – – – –
– Wobbles Panda Global – – – –
Match Log

WFX|Shroomed vs. Lucky
WFX|Shroomed vs. PG|Wobbles
Lucky vs. PG|Wobbles
l|Hungrybox vs. PG|Wobbles
l|Hungrybox vs. Lucky
l|Hungrybox vs. WFX|Shroomed

Source: SXSW Gaming

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Vice, Kim, and Newcomer Sylvie Join the King of Fighters XIV Cast

SNK Playmore just dropped another trailer for the King of Fighters XIV. This teaser showcases a few returning characters, as well as a brand new fighter named Sylvie.

With her cutesy outfit and demeanor, Sylvie is certainly an interesting looking addition to a franchise that hasn’t shied away from similar characters in the past. Her reveal also further confirms a recent leak, where she’s listed as a member of the “Official Invitation” team.

As for the returning characters, the trailer also unveils Vice and Kim Kaphwan. The former now rocks a look that combines elements of her classic and modern incarnations, while the latter is still the hot-blooded, justice obsessed Taekwondo-jin we’ve come to know and love.

The King of Fighters XIV launches on PlayStation 4 sometime this year.

Source: PlayStation