Month: September 2016

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A Tale of Two Players: Xian and Commander Jesse Talk Brooklyn Beatdown

With ESL’s Brooklyn Beatdown just days away from hitting New York City, everyone is in preparation to fight for a chunk of the $75,000 prize pool up for grabs. Today, there are two interviews available from two players on different ends of the spectrum.

Firstly, theScore esports sat down and talked with Team Razer’s Xian, Evolution champion for Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition in 2012, runner-up at Korea’s Street Fighter V Crash, and currently ranked #6 in the world rankings. Xian has built a reputation for playing characters not viewed as viable and achieving immense success with them, and his pick of F.A.N.G in Street Fighter V is no exception. In the interview, he talks about his pick, as well as Ibuki–his pocket character–and hints at having a new strategy going into Brooklyn Beatdown.

On the opposite end, ESL talked with Commander Jesse, an up-and-coming player who is currently ranked #216, who qualified for winning at Wednesday Night Fights. While not favored to win Brooklyn Beatdown–which sports a stacked bracket including Razer’s Infiltration and the aforementioned Xian to name just a couple–the Southern California Dhalsim player states that he is excited to face off against the best in the world.

Sources: theScore esports; ESL

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Here’s When You Need to Plan to Be in Atlanta for Final Round 20

Final Round is one of the most storied events on the major circuit in the FGC. The Atlanta, Georgia, based event has been in existence since 1997, and next year will be its 20th anniversary of bringing the FGC together in the south.

Today, we learned that Larry “ShinBlanka” Dixon has set the dates for Final Round to March 10th through 12th of 2017. While a venue has yet to be set, if you are someone who can’t miss a Final Round, you now have dates to plan your flights around!

Final Round is always one of the biggest events, with one of the broadest range of service toward fighting games, so if you are a fan of games new and old, you need to be there!

Source: TekkenGamer

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Slice, Shoot, Stab and Stomp on Fellow Fencers in Nidhogg II

Revealed in a brief teaser ahead of Twitchcon this weekend, the dueling tug-of-war simulator Nidhogg is getting a sequel in 2017. Nidhogg II has duelists now fighting with axes, throwing knives and bows–on top of the standard swords and fists–brutally slaughtering their opponent on as they race to the finish.

The most notable and divisive shift is the change in artstyle, going from the minimalist pixel art of the original, to a much more cartoony and vibrant aesthetic. Gone are the lithe stick figures of the original Nidhogg; instead Nidhogg II has fleshy, bulging fighters which look like the offspring of a Jelly Baby and a Simpsons character. While the character models may not be to everyone’s liking, the new backgrounds and weapons look great, bringing to mind old Amiga platformers which were bursting with color.

We may see more footage of Nidhogg II at Twitchcon, complete with more curb stomps and double KOs, but in the meantime watch the short teaser below.

Source: messhof