Month: January 2017

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Mark “MarkMan” Julio is Now Justin Wong’s Manager

As many of you already know, Justin Wong has left the Evil Geniuses esports team to be a free agent. However, just because he’s a free agent doesn’t mean he’s going to be handling things on his own when it comes to the business end of all things esports! Mark “MarkMan” Julio and Justin Wong have announced that the former will now be Justin’s manager.

With all he’s already accomplished, MarkMan is likely the perfect choice to manage a free agent like Justin. Since he left MadCatz early last year, Mark has accomplished a lot: becoming the community advisor for Tekken, the FGC consultant for Razer, as well as handling business development for Evo, the latter of which has in part led to the confirmation of Evo Japan next year.

We here are Shoryuken look forward to what Mark and Justin can accomplish with this new relationship.

Sources: Justin Wong; MarkMan

 

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Celebrate the Holidays with the BlazBlue: Central Fiction Tournament from Tokyo Button Mashers

In order to celebrate the Christmas holiday, Tokyo Button Mashers hosted a Blazblue: Central Fiction tournament, dubbed the “Blazblue Christmas Festa”. It featured several top players from the Land of the Rising Sun, including Ryussei, Minami, Goro, Dora, Tetsuwo, Kaqn, Yutta, Fumi and Ronnita, among others. Most interesting is that Saki forwent the usual selection of Nine The Phantom to bring out Mai Natsume, giving us a taste of what the currently-console-exclusive Blank Grimoire is capable of at the highest level of play. This is certainly a great event to watch for any fan of the series, featuring a large amount of character variety, amongst a bracket full of killers, and some of the best in the world.

You can catch the entirety of the streamed matches below, split up into two parts: the leadup to Top 4 and the Top 4 bracket, with timestamps included, courtesy of Mdesilva, below. You can catch the entire stream archive over on Tokyo Button Mashers.

Sources: Mdesilva; Tokyo Button Mashers (Twitch)

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Gato Ray Wants to Welcome You to 2017 with This Special Shun’ei Combo in The King of Fighters XIV

Start your new year of fighting with this “triple fortune!”

The King of Fighters XIV started strong in 2016, and shows no sign of slipping in the New Year thanks to SNK’s continued support and a dedicated fanbase.

To celebrate the arrival of 2017, YouTuber and The King of Fighters XIV combo machine Gato Ray posted this special combo performed with Shun’ei; pay attention to the damage meter, as the number “888” is the key here–it’s the lucky number to kick off another great year for fighting games!

Source: Gato Ray