Zangief revealed as BigBoysToys’ next collectible challenger

Hong Kong-based Toy Company BigBoysToys has revealed that Zangief will be the next member in their T.N.C (The New Challenger) series of collectible Street Fighter figures. They made the announcement via a Facebook post with the caption “Zangief is coming next as our T.N.C-07!!!! You better be ready!!!”, preceding the image shown below.

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 As the title “T.N.C-o7” implies, Zangief will be the 7th release in the line of World Warriors, joining the likes of Ken, Ryu, Chun-Li, Guile, Dhalsim and Blanka. Looking at this line-up, it is a fair guess to say that BigBoysToys’ mission is to make a figure for every member Street Fighter II’s original eight fighters. If this is the case, E.Honda is the last member of the original eight and is likely to complete the line sometime prior to the creation of the chibi Red Cyclone, but since the ‘Gief figure was only recently revealed, only time will tell.

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You can get a better look at the T.N.C Series in our previous reports.

Source: BigBoysToys HK

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Book Author Had No Faith In Game Success

EuroGamer has an interesting interview with Andrzej Sapkowski, the author of the Witcher books. In the early 2000s Sapkowski made a deal with CD Projekt RED’s co-founder Marcin Iwinski. The company could use his world and characters, but should write a completely original story. Sapkowski was offered a portion of profits from any games created from his IP, including the latest The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Gwent, which he turned down in favor of an immediate cash flow.

– Battle.net Renamed Into Blizzard Launcher

After 21 years the Battle.net name has been retired and will now be known just as Blizzard launcher. Battle.net was originally developed and released as a communications platform for co-op mode of original Diablo on 1996. Since then it evolved into a launcher for all Blizzard games, including World of Warcraft, Starcraft 2, Diablo 3, Overwatch, Heroes of the Storm and Overwatch.