General: Shakes & Fidget Celebrates Seven Big Years This Weekend

Shakes & Fidget, the multiplatform MMO, has reached the impressive achievement of seven years. With tons of improvements since release in 2009, the game now resides on PC, iOS, Android, and on Steam and keeps its quirky sense of humor by taking an ironic look at fantasy settings and RPG cliches.

Tokido Discusses Japan’s Success in Street Fighter V: ‘We Practice a Lot; We Don’t Play Online’

Japan has always been a dominant force when it comes to competitive fighting games. Even in Street Fighter V–a game without an arcade release–Japanese players are still doing well in tournaments.

In a short interview with Yahoo! Esports’ Dylan Walker, Hajime “Tokido” Taniguchi addresses Japan’s dominance, saying that it’s because they do practice a lot. Additionally, he states that they do not play online, opting instead to play together whenever they can. When pressed further about this, Tokido goes on to say that the players in Japan share information with each other so that all the players can continue to grow stronger.

Of course, that’s not the only thing that they discuss. Tokido also talks about competing as one of the best players who currently doesn’t have a sponsor.

Source: Yahoo! Esports

Tokido Discusses Japan’s Success in Street Fighter V: ‘We Practice a Lot; We Don’t Play Online’

Japan has always been a dominant force when it comes to competitive fighting games. Even in Street Fighter V–a game without an arcade release–Japanese players are still doing well in tournaments.

In a short interview with Yahoo! Esports’ Dylan Walker, Hajime “Tokido” Taniguchi addresses Japan’s dominance, saying that it’s because they do practice a lot. Additionally, he states that they do not play online, opting instead to play together whenever they can. When pressed further about this, Tokido goes on to say that the players in Japan share information with each other so that all the players can continue to grow stronger.

Of course, that’s not the only thing that they discuss. Tokido also talks about competing as one of the best players who currently doesn’t have a sponsor.

Source: Yahoo! Esports

General: Baldur’s Gate 2 EE Soundtrack Released on Steam

Fans of the original Baldur’s Gate II and of Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Edition will be happy to hear that the iconic music from both, also including Throne of Bhaal, has been released on Steam. Some of the best known game composers created the soundtrack for the game including Jeremy Soule, Inon Zur, Howard Drossin and Sam Hulick.

General: Taichi Panda Updated – New Pet, Battle Mode & More

Snail Games has sent word that Taichi Panda, the company’s mobile dungeon crawler ARPG, has been updated with a large new content expansion. Among other things, players can look forward to a new pet called the Earth Guardian, two new pet enhancements, the new cross server PvP battlefield and much more.