Month: September 2016

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Sign-Ups for Europe’s Premier CPT Event at EGX 2016 Have Been Extended to September 16th

Good news for anyone still on the fence about attending Europe’s Premier event for the Capcom Pro Tour, as EGX and Unequalled Media have announced that sign-ups have been extended until September 16th. This event is taking place during EGX 2016, the UK’s biggest-ever games event, where Capcom will have its own zone for all things Street Fighter.

Entrants to this Premier must buy a three-day pass for EGX 2016, as there are no on-the-day sign-ups. The special EGX Pro Tour pass costs £35 and will give you access to the general exhibition hall, as well as the Fight Zone via a special CPT entrance. There are only 384 places available in this tournament and no more will be made available so make use of the extended sign up period and get your tickets now.

The pools stage of the EGX premier will take place over the 23-24th of September, with Friday having groups 1-16 play while Saturday has groups 17-32 play. Players will find out their pools allocation on the 19th of September and lateness will not be tolerated by the tournament organizers. If you do not arrive by the time stated over on the official CPT EGX website, you will be disqualified into Losers Bracket with no exceptions. They don’t care if you were in the queue to play Yooka Laylee; be at the Fight Zone on time so the tournament runs smoothly.

Top 64 will happen on Sunday the 25th, starting at 11am GMT with top 8 aiming for a 2:30pm start. As with all major Capcom events, the Premier will be streamed over on the official Capcom Fighter Twitch channel so tune in on the Sunday to see all the action. With big name Europeans like BX3.TP-Link|Phenom attending the event, as well as overseas heavy hitters like BST|Daigo Umehara, this Premier is set to be a big one.

Sources: Unequalled Media; EGX 2016

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Stunning Combos, Broken Throws and One Touch Kills: It’s Your King of Fighters XIV Roundup

Now that King of Fighters XIV has been out for a two weeks, we’re starting to see the really disgusting stuff–like this Joe Higashi Combo Exhibition from Opsclerk:

Also from Opsclerk comes a little something for Benimaru–as long as you have a couple of bars handy!

And now that we’ve had some time, some people are really getting down to the nitty-gritty with some detailed character guides. Check out this guide to newcomer Alice from TrueUnderDawgGaming:

And if that whet your appetite, well, Coliflowerz has fantastic breakdowns of fellow debutant Luong…

…and returning fighter Andy Bogard:

Superbrawl98 shares a nasty trick to pull if you ever find that your Chin has five bars on hand:

And to polish it all off, here’s an awkward revelation for anyone who was hoping to do work with big baddy Verse, courtesy of James Weaver:

Sources: Opsclerk; TrueUnderDawgGaming; Coliflowerz; Superbrawl98; James Weaver

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Get Inspired by These New Mortal Kombat X Option Selects

We’ve talked about MKX’s Ketchup and Mustard before–a commentating duo that are leading lights in the Mortal Kombat kommunity. They’re more than just wordsmiths though, as results like fifth at Evo 2015 show.

After some insight into the upcoming Injustice 2, they’re back to digging through Mortal Kombat X and, this time, are exploring something familiar to the wider FGC: Option Selects. After a patch that removed some of the more notorious Option Selects in the game *cough* Raiden *cough*, there hasn’t been much exploration of what might remain. Now however, Ketchup and Mustard are challenging the kommunity to do a little more digging, and have kicked things off with some OS tech of their own. Check out the video below to be inspired, then it might be time to hit the lab!

Source: PNDK&M