Month: December 2016

Tune in tonight for a conversation on how Twitch has shaped our current gaming landscape.

Season 2 of Red Bull’s documentary series “The Ripple Effect” is now available to watch here on Red Bull TV. The first episode tells the story of Twitch–a platform that many of us use to watch and connect with our favorite fighting game players (both amateur and professional), view major FGC events, or show off our own gameplay.

Tonight at 7:00 PM PST, a live Q&A stream will be held on Red Bull’s Twitch channel (appropriately!) during which fans can submit questions to Twitch’s co-founders Justin Kan and Emmet Shear, via the chat sidebar; the co-founders of Reddit–featured in The Ripple Effect’s third episode–Alex Ohanian and Steve Huffman will also be present.

Later episodes of The Ripple Effect feature Wired, Reddit, Juxtapoz Magazine, Moog, and Atari, all viewable here.

Source: Red Bull

Joining fellow Californian Joey “Lucky” Aldama, Selfless Gaming has added another Super Smash Bros. Melee player to their roster, with the signing of Hugo “HugS” Gonzales. A veteran in the Melee scene with his competitive career stretching all the way back to 2004, HugS is arguably the progenitor for the current generation of Samus mains.

Currently ranked 20th on the 2015 Melee It On Me World Rankings, HugS’ main achievement of 2016 has been growing his stream, becoming one of the biggest Melee streamers out there, with his mix of serious play and humorous chat. Hopefully, his addition to the Selfless Pride should allow him to grow his stream even more and help aid his growth as a player.

His signing also comes after his departure from Dream Team at the start of this month, with Selfless swooping in out of the blue to snatch HugS up. HugS will be competing at Don’t Park on the Grass in Seattle, Washington this weekend, so look for him rocking a brand new Selfess jersey on stream during the tournament.

Source: Selfless Gaming

In a special festive livestream straight from Capcom’s UK headquarters, this week’s WSO Session saw some of the UK’s finest Street Fighter V players gathering to compete in a special random select tournament, as well as to show off Akuma ahead of his launch next week.

The random select tournament saw players like Imstilldadaddy, UM|Hurricane, PxP|Problem X, Perilous|Packz and others picking numbers from a hat to decide their character. These numbers were tied to specific kidrobot Street Fighter figures, which the players then had to use in a special eight-player bracket. It’s definitely a fun idea, and I’d personally like to see more of these light-hearted side tournaments at more events–if there is the time to run them.

However, the main event was the Akuma showcase, where Capcom community manager Matt Edwards and Jammerz ran through everything you could possibly want to know about Akuma before he is unleashed on the world on December 20th. Along with going through all of his kit, the rest of the stream was dedicated to Akuma mirrors between players like Hurricane and Problem X, so give the whole thing a watch if you want that headstart next Tuesday. The Akuma showcase starts at 1:58:50 on the video, so skip to there if you are just here for the gameplay.

Source: Capcom Fighters