Month: December 2016

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Get a Grip on Luong’s Basics with This Character Breakdown for The King of Fighters XIV

Learning a new character can be intimidating, especially in a game like The King of Fighters XIV, where you have to pick up at least three for team play. This character guide breaks down the basic moves of Luong, the femme fatal of Team Kim. Since Luong is a newcomer, there are no previous King of Fighters titles that can be used to reference her moves–though she is noted to have a similar style to Kim’s friendly rival Jhun Hoon.

If you find this guide helpful, be sure to check out Ra3bones’ other fighting game content.

Source: Ra3bones

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Fans Break Down Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite Trailers — Gameplay, Characters, and Other Analysis

The whirlwind of hype and speculation has been raging for the new Marvel vs. Capcom title nonstop since it was announced. Between the release trailer and the extended trailer, there’s a lot to digest. If you’ve been uncertain what to make of all the information, we’ve rounded up a few breakdown videos for you.

The first breakdown is from jmcrofts, who tackles a lot of the gameplay we’ve gotten to see. He addresses combo starters, OTG states, and tag mechanics.

Gameplay wasn’t all there was to the trailer, of course. Here, Professor Thorgi tackles things like which characters are being used, which universes the game is borrowing from, and what potential references could be in the final game.

Source: Professor Thorgi; jmcrofts

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SNK Offering Support to Tournament and Community Efforts, Including NEC17

SNK has not been shy about offering assistance to the fighting game community and The King of Fighters XIV events; the most recent example of such support is being offered to upcoming North East Championship 17:

The company has also been offering support to smaller community endeavors, such as the survey that James Alderson has been circulating.

This support is extending to many smaller venues, along with the bigger ones, so it’s clear that SNK is paying attention to the tournament scene. This bodes well for the game moving into 2017.

Source: James Alderson; Big E Gaming

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Vainglory – World Championship 2016

Eighteen months ago, we got to know a new entry in the MOBA genre–a sweet little touch screen game called Vainglory. Made exclusively for mobile by small Bay Area development team Super Evil Megacorp, Vainglory dreamed its unique approach to competitive play would one day amount to something big. This weekend in Hollywood, California, that dream became reality as Super Evil Megacorp pulled off the first ever Vainglory World Championship.

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Black Desert Online – Ninja and Kunoichi Awakenings Revealed

Black Desert Online News – Kakao will be fulfilling its promise to release all Black Desert Online Awakened class versions by the end of 2016 with today’s big update. Once complete, the Kunoichi and Ninja Awakened versions will arrive. To hype players, a new trailer has been released to show off the pair’s Awakened forms.