Alex Jebailey Promises Another CEOtaku Pot Bonus: $500 if BlazBlue: Central Fiction Reaches 150 Competitors

Alex Jebailey is at it again: after offering a $1000 boost to the CEOtaku prize pot for Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- if it reaches 200 entrants, he’s now offering a $500 pot bonus to BlazBlue: Central Fiction if registration for the game reaches 150 players.

BlazBlue fans have until this Sunday (September 25) to rise to his registration challenge! CEOtaku 2016 runs October 1-2. Head over to the CEOtaku 2016 site to sign up, and to see the full selection of game events!

Thanks to Domenic for the tip!

Source: Alex Jebailey (Twitter)

AmedoS310 Explores The King of Fighters XIV’s Situational Corner Cross-Ups

When it comes to cross-ups in the corner, The King of Fighters XIV tends to handle things in the traditional way: by not allowing them.  This is in contrast to the Street Fighter series which has allowed them since Street Fighter IV.

However, it seems that there are still ways to be able to cross-up your opponent in the corner.  It seems that certain normals will move a character’s pushbox (the main hit box that determines the physical boundaries of a character) far enough forward that they can be crossed-up while doing them.

In a post on the Shoryuken forums, AmedoS310 put together a bunch of videos showing some of these moves that enable cross ups in the corner. While aren’t sure if these are intentional–and whether or not these’ll be fixed in a future patch–knowing how to identify these normals could lead to another dimension to KOFXIV’s corner game.

Kyo crouching C.

Kyo close B.

Benimaru far B.

Benimaru crouching D.

Iori close C and far C.

Of course, these are just some of the moves with these properties. AmedoS310 lists a few more in the forums and there a bound to be a few others that have yet to be discovered as well.

Source: Shoryuken Forums

UDON’s Street Fighter Legends: Cammy #3 & Swimsuit Special Hit Stores Today

It’s Street Fighter comics day: head to to your local comics retailer and you can pick up issue #3 of UDON Entertainment’s Street Fighter Legends: Cammy miniseries, as well as the first Street Fighter Swimsuit Special! Both issues sport a $3.99 USD cover price and multiple variant covers.

sfl_cammy3_cvraStreet Fighter Legends: Cammy #3 features art by Omar Dogan and is written by Jim Zub, both longtime UDON contributors. In this issue, Cammy’s new Delta Blue team (comprised of herself, Abel, Ginzu, Juli, and the missing Juni) attempt a mind-linking experiment to tap into Decapre’s memory, in order to find their lost team-mate–but things go terribly wrong! The issue also includes a bonus story by Ken Siu-Chong and Brendon Tapper, which features a fierce and furry showdown between Blanka and Sasquatch of Darkstalkers fame–and acts as a preview for UDON’s upcoming Street Fighter vs. Darkstalkers limited series!

sfswimsuitspecial_cvraToday’s second offering is of course UDON’s first Street Fighter Swimsuit Special, full from cover-to-cover of spectacular pin-up art from a wide variety of artists; check out UDON’s preview of the comic here. The issue features all of your favorite ladies from the Street Fighter franchise–and some of the men! The legacy of Hot Ryu continues.

 

 

 

Kings and Heroes – Livestream with the Devs Tonight!

Our own Bill Murphy will be checking out Kings and Heroes’ latest updates tonight live on Twitch with Industry Games’ Warren Weems. The game’s added and polished a ton of features since Early Access launched, and we’ll get the scoop directly from the devs tonight at 9pm ET, 6pm PT.

Blizzard to Stop Using Battle.Net Name After 20 Years

Blizzard has announced that it will gradually begin moving away from the Battle.Net name, a title used for the technology platform behind all of the company’s games since 1996. According to the post, the functionality will remain the same, but various services associated with the platform will be rebranded as in Blizzard Streaming and Blizzard Voice.