Month: June 2017

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Arc System Works announces the date and games for Arc Revolution Cup 2017

If you’re a fan of Arc System Works games (or you’re curious to learn more about them), Arc Revolution Cup is a must-watch event. The event is part of Toushinsai, hosted by Taito, and includes the major ASW titles, namely Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2, BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Under Night In-Birth:Exe Late[st], and Persona 4 Arena: Ultimax.

While so far there isn’t much revealed, we know the date of the event: October 21st, later this year. Other titles included in the cup are: The King of Fighters XIV, Tekken 7, Pokkén Tournament, and more. Area preliminaries will start next month, in July. Last year, European publisher PQube sponsored qualifying events to the Arc Revolution Cup, so some sort of international support is likely this year again.

Stay tuned to SRK as we find out more about the event in the coming weeks.

Sources: Arc System Works; Toushinsai

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ComboFiend discusses the mechanics of Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite with IFC Yipes

As part of the game’s presence at E3 2017, Capcom held an on-stream presentation of Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite. On hand was Capcom’s Peter “ComboFiend” Rosas (who, as you may know, was a longtime competitor before joining Capcom) as well as none other than Michael “IFC Yipes” Mendoza.

For those who missed the stream, Xuses has uploaded a recording of it onto his YouTube account. We’ve embedded this below for those interested in watching it.

The stream covers a lot of minutiae that many players may not get from just watching gameplay footage alone. These include how the small details of how switching mid-combo works (from the fact that an active switch will hit an opponent, to the increased distance after each switch), how this game’s version of the Capcom “magic series” combo string works, and how Advancing Guard can reflect projectiles, when timed right. In addition to these, they also go over some advanced tricks, including some with the Infinity Stones. These include using a switch to cancel the recovery frames from an infinity surge, to be able to immediately do another one with the incoming character, and more.

The first thing they go over, however, are the game’s features for newbies — such as the auto-combos. According to ComboFiend, the auto-combos in MvC:I are designed to show new players the general flow of how combos work. This is so that players have a framework for when they begin to try to develop their own combos manually. That said, ComboFiend also mentions that these auto-combos (as well as the easy hypers) can be turned off.

Source: Capcom, via XusesGB

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Killer Instinct is coming to Steam

While the rebooted Killer Instinct has been available on PC for a while, it has so far only been through Microsoft’s Store on Windows 10. This means that folks on older PCs who haven’t updated to Window 10, or those who simply prefer to use other services, haven’t had a chance to play the game. That, however, is all about to change.

At CEO in Orlando, it was announced that Killer Instinct will finally be coming to Steam. The official Killer Instinct Twitter account also followed this up, confirming that the game would be coming to Valve’s platform sometime later this year.

As for other details regarding requirements, including whether or not it will still require Windows 10, or if it will run on older versions have yet to be confirmed. These details are scheduled to be revealed at a later date.

Source: Killer Instinct

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Killer Instinct is coming to Steam

While the rebooted Killer Instinct has been available on PC for a while, it has so far only been through Microsoft’s Store on Windows 10. This means that folks on older PCs who haven’t updated to Window 10, or those who simply prefer to use other services, haven’t had a chance to play the game. That, however, is all about to change.

At CEO in Orlando, it was announced that Killer Instinct will finally be coming to Steam. The official Killer Instinct Twitter account also followed this up, confirming that the game would be coming to Valve’s platform sometime later this year.

As for other details regarding requirements, including whether or not it will still require Windows 10, or if it will run on older versions have yet to be confirmed. These details are scheduled to be revealed at a later date.

Source: Killer Instinct