Month: December 2016

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H1Z1 – Just Survive Isn’t (Un)Dead

H1Z1 used to be one game, but it split into two over the course of development – the competitive flavored King of the Kill, and the MMORPG survival Just Survive. The latter has been slow in receiving updates, leading some to believe it was forgotten. Now it has a new game director and big plans for the next year. We chat with Daybreak’s Ben Jones about the silence and upcoming plans.

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Prepare for the Global Finals of the King of the Iron Fist Tournament 2016 with This Streaming Schedule and Player List

Even though Tekken 7 isn’t actually out on general release, the world of Tekken is gearing up for the biggest event of the year, with the Global Finals of the King of the Iron Fist tournament happening tomorrow, live from Tokyo. This event comes after multiple qualifiers held all around the world, to decide who is truly the best Tekken 7 player, even though the game is only available in arcades.

To help people organize their viewing for tomorrow, the official Tekken Twitter has released a viewing schedule, with the aid of master FGC statistician acekingoffsuit. The action kicks off at 4:30pm PST/7:30pm EST, with there being a scheduled break after pools play, before top 16 starts at about 7:30pm PST/10:30pm EST. Once the winner has been named, there will be a short awards ceremony and a special Tekken announcement, which will probably be the worldwide release date for Tekken 7: Fated Retribution.

You can find a picture of who is in which pool below, courtesy of FlyingWonkey. The bracket is dominated by players mainly from Japan and South Korea, with three American representatives and the countries of Italy, Malaysia, Poland, Indonesia, the United Kingdom and the Philippines fielding a player each. All the action will be streamed over on the Tekken Twitch channel so make sure to tune in to see the world’s best Tekken players have at it.

Sources: Tekken; acekingoffsuit; Flying_Wonkey

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Street Fighter Goes Presidential as Part of Twitch’s White House Game-a-Thon

Ryu and Ken will soon be visiting 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, as Street Fighter V will be featuring in Twitch’s special White House Game-a-thon, on December 12th. Organized by Shaq of all people–who is a part owner of NRG eSports–this special livestream event is to help promote the importance of getting healthcare coverage among gamers, with the event being streamed on the GetCovered Twitch page.

While there will be a host of other games being streamed live from the White House, the most important slot for the FGC will be an exhibition match between Mike Ross and EG|Justin Wong, commentated by gootecks. Who knows, we may even see the current President come round to throw a Shoryuken with Mike and Justin.

The White House Game-a-Thon begins on Monday 12th December at 1pm PST/4pm EST, so tune in to see if an arcade stick goes flying out of the Oval Office and onto the White House lawn, in the event someone gets double-perfected.

Source: Twitch