Month: September 2016

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Vikings – Ready to Compete for the Hearts & Minds of ARPG Players

Vikings: Wolves of Midgard is an upcoming ARPG from Kalypso media. Set in the era of the Vikings, both on Midgard and into the realms of Norse myth, Wolves of Midgard aims to compete with the likes of Diablo for the attention of PC and console gamers in early 2017. We went hands on with the game at PAX West. Did it enrapture Bill’s inner most desire to be a bearded Viking braving the cold and downing mead?

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Daigo Umehara Awarded Two New Guinness World Records: Ultra Street Fighter IV Ranking and Most-Watched Match

Guinness World Records is honoring BST|Daigo Umehara once again, this time with two awards: one for holding the highest overall rank in Ultra Street Fighter IV–as based on his Lifetime Score of 2187714 in SRK’s own USF4 rankings–and another for the most-viewed video game match: naturally the famous “Evo Moment #37” from 2004.

In addition to his prior Guinness World Record from 2010 for highest pro-gaming earnings, this gives Umehara a “Triple Crown” of World Records to be proud of.

You can watch a bit of the award ceremony (in Japanese) on Twitch here. Shoryuken.com extends our congratulations to The Beast. おめでとうございます!

Thanks to Bavo for the tip!

Sources: Daigo Umehara (Twitter); Red Bull Games (Japan); bavobbr (Twitch)