Month: January 2017

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Evo News Incoming: Reveal Announcement Planned for January 24, 2017

What games will make the cut for Evolution’s main stage?

We know the when, we know the where–Las Vegas, Mandalay Bay, July 14-16, 2017. And on January 24th, a reveal show is planned to announce what titles will be in the official Evo arena, according to Mr Wizard. If you want to petition for your favorite to be one of Evolution’s main events, now’s the time!

Stay locked on to Shoryuken and the Evolution page for Evo news as it happens!

Source: Joey Cuellar

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Panda Global Waves Goodbye to Players Scar, SS and Trela

As we have seen with the recent departures from Evil Geniuses, now is the time of year for esports teams to announce who they will be losing for 2017. This time, it’s Panda Global’s turn to say farewell to some of its players, with Scar, Trela and SS setting off for pastures new.

Arizona Villager main Shane “SS” Bruce was one of the inaugural members of Panda Global, being among the first players signed to the team back in 2015. As the team has grown, SS has decided to forge his own path in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, leaving the team but intending to remain a long-term friend of the group. Albert “Trela” Miliziano joined Panda Global after some fantastic performances with the World Warrior Ryu, but got off to quite the shaky start with the team. Despite at ninth place finish at Evo 2016, the life of an esports player was simply not for him and Smash lost quite a lot of its luster. Much like the traveling karate master, Trela is now on the search for his next challenge and he will hopefully return to Smash 4 in the near future.

As for Brad “Scar” Vaughan, his decision to leave PG is due to him “receiving another opportunity” from somewhere else in the world of esports. Seeing as he has had a fantastic year in Mortal Kombat X, earning third at Evo 2016 and winning SCR 2016, it’s no surprise other sponsors have been looking to sign him up. Scar is currently recovering from a serious bout of ill health, so we at Shoryuken wish him all the best in his recovery and future endeavours.

Panda Global certainly show no signs of stopping though, in either NRS or Smash. Expect them to add more players to their roster during 2017, and definitely keep an eye out for the second Smash 4 Panda Global Rankings, which are set to release just ahead of Genesis 4 in over two weeks’ time.

Source: Panda Global