Month: November 2016

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Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown in Yakuza 6 Can Be Played Online via Share Play

As previously reported Virtual Fighter 5 Final Showdown will be playable inside Sega’s upcoming Yakuza 6. Now, while many may have assumed that this would just be a strict arcade port playable only locally, it seems that there’s more to it than that.

VFDC is reporting that VF5 Final Showdown inside Yakuza 6 can be played online. However, the catch is that it can do so only via the PlayStation 4’s Share Play feature. The information comes from a recent Sega live stream. Originally, many had thought that Sega had confirmed actual online play, however those who had actually seen the stream confirmed that it was only via Share Play.

For those who aren’t aware, Share Play allows a second player to come play on a PlayStation 4 over the internet via streaming. This means that appears on the second player’s screen is simply stream from the host PlayStation 4. As with any game streaming service, Share Play does introduce some lag–so don’t expect online VF5 tournaments to be run through Yakuza 6.

Source: VFDC

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Rising Up, Part Two: Street Fighter V’s Basic Combo Mechanics, feat. Bafael

Hello, and welcome to another episode of Rising Up. As you may recall, I’ve partnered with Shoryuken.com to create an instructional series on YouTube, focusing on getting new players into Street Fighter V. Continuing from Part 1, we’re going to be defining combos and discussing both the mechanics associated with combos and the resources players can use to find and learn combos. In this video I cover links, cancels, juggles, punishing, and hit confirming, as well as your game and online resources.

I imagine I’m preaching to the choir here, as most of you probably either already have a good grasp on how combos work, but nevertheless I hope to reach out to at least some prospective new SFV players are reading this, whether they’re new to fighting games or just Street Fighter. More than that, I imagine many people would appreciate a video to simply link to, rather than to explain the mechanics personally, so I wanted this video to be that resource you could quickly and easily share. Let me reiterate that it is in the best interests of the FGC as a whole if we expand our userbase, and the easiest and most important way to do that is to create a hospitable environment for new players to quickly understand and learn. I try to do my part by making these videos, but I rely on you guys to share them.

I’d also like to personally thank Paul O’Shea for creating Frame Assistant Tool, FATonline, and for hosting and distributing my character notes. Remember to subscribe to the Shoryuken channel and keep an eye out for future updates!

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Path of Exile – The Exiled Tribune – POE’s Funniest Home Videos & More

The spotlight of this week’s Path of Exile: The Exiled Tribune is a great video from Grinding Gear’s Bex and her very own version of POE’s Funniest Home Videos. Who’d have thought that each week’s Build of the Week could not only be educational but so damned entertaining! Not only that, but we take a look at a pair of Skill Gem reveals, improvements to the Master Missions and the upcoming release timeline for updates. Read on!

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Orcs Must Die: Unchained – Extra Life Stream to Preview Massive Forthcoming Update

Robot Entertainment devs will be on hand this Friday to support Extra Life and to show off a massive v1.6 update to Orcs Must Die! Unchained. The team will be supporting a local Dallas children’s hospital during the event that will kick off at 4:00 pm Pacific / 7:00 pm Eastern on Friday, November 18th. Players will get a look at the new and improved OMDU that features better prepared heroes, squishier minions, new map structures and a brand new starter experience.