Month: June 2016

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Core-A Gaming Analyzes the Process of Picking the Perfect Fighting Game Character

Choosing a main in the ever-changing fighting game landscape is the primary worry of every player — after all, the first battle occurs on the character selection screen. Whether you’re going through a character crisis or are thinking of maining a new character in an upcoming version, Core-A Gaming provides a refreshing look at the process.

They break down the factors that go into picking a character, first looking at “perceived strength,” more commonly known as “tiers.” A drawback to picking a fighter universally thought as a top-tier is running into more prepared opponents. While frequent patches shake up the metagame, some titles, like Super Smash Bros. Melee, saw a significant tier change with Yoshi thanks to Japanese player aMSa.

Core-A Gaming rounds off the discussion by looking at playstyle and personality and how that seeps into game design.

Source: Core-A Gaming

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VSFighting Returns to Birmingham on August 6-7

One of Europe’s greatest tournament series, VSFighting, is coming back for its 6th installment this August, as it returns to Birmingham to host a weekend of top flight fighting game action. This year sees players of Street Fighter V, Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR-, Killer Instinct, Tekken 7, Mortal Kombat XL and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U descend on the UK’s second city to battle it out for supremacy.

VSFighting 2016 acts as one of the European Ranking events on the Capcom Pro Tour, so if you want to earn some Ranking points and check out the competition ahead of the EGX Premier event–also held in Birmingham–this is the event for you. Registration is open over on the official VSFighting website, so make sure to sign up now to secure your place. So far, the only major names that have confirmed their attendance are Red Bull’s Luffy and Team YP’s Valmaster but more will appear in the coming weeks so stay tuned. I have personally attended VSFighting for the past 2 years and can attest to this being a tournament that should not be missed if you have the opportunity to compete, so sign up before July 19th.

Source: Electronic Dojo, VSFighting