Month: March 2017

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Celebrate the 25th anniversary of EGM’s Sheng Long April Fool’s hoax with Sushi-X at Pixel Blast Arcade

You must defeat Sushi-X (at Street Fighter) to stand a chance!

It’s the 25th anniversary of the mother of all Street Fighter April Fool’s jokes–Electronic Gaming Monthly’s trick to “unlock” and fight Sheng Long in the original Street Fighter II arcade game. To celebrate, EGM’s Trickman Terry is inviting us all to attend a party at Pixel Blast Arcade in Lisle, Illinois. Creator of the Sheng Long hoax Ken Williams–formerly known in his EGM days as Sushi-X–will be in attendance to answer questions, sign pictures, and take on all challengers in Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting.

sheng long anniversary EGM event

Ken Williams will also give a talk on the history of the Sheng Long joke. You can get in with the $10 admission fee for the arcade–that is, unless this is another joke…? No, surely not. Be sure to check it out at Pixel Blast Arcade, if you’re in Lisle on April 1st, at 7:00 PM!

Thanks to Trickman Terry for sharing the invitation.

Source: Trickman Terry (Facebook event)

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Take a look at some combos from Hitman Reborn Battle Arena 2, a little known PlayStation Portable fighting game

It’s very rare to see a fighting game make its way to portable systems, let alone as a console exclusive. Fighting games tend to lend themselves to complex controls, which require sturdier controllers or joysticks to execute properly.

Hitman Reborn Battle Arena was one of the gutsy titles to actually appear only on the PlayStation Portable. With no real way to support a sustainable multiplayer scene and its relative unknown status, it has stayed in obscurity. However, a couple of combo videos were submitted to Shoryuken by an intrepid individual named SPK, who come up with some unique combos in the game.

Using its unique slow motion mechanics, sweet spot mechanics that are rarely used in traditional fighters, as well as the fact that dizzy doesn’t immediately knock a character down, you can net some pretty damaging combos with proper execution in the game, including many touches of death.

Source: Rhuel47

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Star Citizen – Lengthy Monthly Studio Report Published

The Star Citizen site has been updated with a tremendous amount of information for interested fans. Each studio has a short video and a brief description of what they have been working on for the past month. You can find out information about game systems, Squadron 42, light and reflection, ships that are still in construction and much, much more.