Month: August 2017

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The first two episodes of The King of Fighters: Destiny are now available via SNK’s YouTube channel

Revealed all the way back in January by SNK China, the first two episodes of the new CG The King of Fighters series is now available to watch on YouTube. Following famous KOF characters like Kyo, Benimaru, Terry, and Daimon, this series is set to run for 24 episodes, with all of them hopefully coming to the SNK YouTube channel.

The first episode, named “South Town,” sees Kyo arriving for the latest KOF tournament and having a brawl with rival and trucker hat aficionado Terry Bogard. Episode two — called “Kyokugen Style” — has Kyo and friends heading off to Geese Tower and fighting against Billy Kane, Geese’s bodyguard and amateur pole vaulter.

Source: SNKGame

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BlazBlue Central Fiction’s Jubei DLC will launch August 31st

Along with the much anticipated version 2.0 patch for BlazBlue: Central Fiction, the feline shinobi Jubei will be coming to Japanese home consoles on August 31st. This patch is just for the PS3 and PS4 versions of BBCF, with Arc System Works stating that the PC patch will come sometime in the near future.

As for Western fans, Aksys Games confirmed that Jubei should launch August 31st, barring any sudden complications. He will cost 800 yen/$7.99, with the balance patch being free of charge to all owners of Central Fiction. One can also assume that European players will also get Jubei on the same day, but no direct confirmation is available at the moment.

If you want to see Jubei in action, make sure to watch this hour long gameplay demonstration, courtesy of ASW. For those looking to see how their main has changed in BBCF ver. 2.0, check out these character breakdowns from Level 482 Productions.

Sources: AllAksys; Arc System Works via Gematsu

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Two world title bouts to take place on Mayweather-McGregor undercard

Mayweather Promotions have announced two world title fights will take place on the  undercard of the Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor fight on Saturday August 26 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Gervonta “Tank” Davis (18-0, 17 KOs), who at 22 is the youngest American world champion in boxing, will make the second defence of his IBF super featherweight title against undefeated challenger Francisco Fonseca (19-0-1, 13 KOs) of Costa Rica.
Davis dethroned Jose Pedraza by seventh round TKO in…

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Two world title bouts to take place on Mayweather-McGregor undercard

Mayweather Promotions have announced two world title fights will take place on the  undercard of the Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor fight on Saturday August 26 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Gervonta “Tank” Davis (18-0, 17 KOs), who at 22 is the youngest American world champion in boxing, will make the second defence of his IBF super featherweight title against undefeated challenger Francisco Fonseca (19-0-1, 13 KOs) of Costa Rica.
Davis dethroned Jose Pedraza by seventh round TKO in…

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Dragon Ball FighterZ asks for your Gamescom 2017 questions via Twitter to Tomoko Hiroki

Gamescom, practically the biggest European games conference, is coming up at the end of August. And you can bet that Bandai Namco Europe will be there with their upcoming team brawler, Dragon Ball FighterZ. Even if you don’t live in Europe, you can have your voice heard thanks to the magic of Twitter.

Have a burning question for the game’s producer, Tomoko Hiroki? As the tweet states below, the company is asking fans for questions that will be submitted to her in an interview. Tweet with the hashtag #bandainamcoGC2017 in order for the question to count; it’s not certain if it’s necessary to reply to the same tweet. The questions are already piling in, so make sure to come up with something that stands out!

Recently, an English voice actor revealed that Android 17 is coming as a character to the fighting game, and an enhanced version of Dragon Ball FighterZ will be playable at Gamescom.

Source: Bandai Namco Europe