Month: August 2017

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Legends of Aria – Final Alpha Launch Set for September 21st

Legends of Aria will be entering its final alpha phase on September 21st. Servers will come back online that day. All “current pledges” will have full access to the entirety of the game including new areas, a “fully updated feature set”. In addition, there are 32 new abilities, 100 new pieces of gear as well as 300+ new items and crafting resources for the taking.

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Artists celebrate Street Fighter’s 30th Anniversary with this massive digital fan art collection

The theme: “We are Street Fighter.”

The 30th Anniversary of Street Fighter isn’t just a big deal for Capcom: it marks thirty years of fans enjoying a game and a world that has become very special for them. Instagram’s @streetfighterlegacy set out to capture this love of Street Fighter in a massive fan art project, resulting in a spectacular digital artbook all fans of Street Fighter can now enjoy online, starting today!

Here are some samples of the art included in the collection.

Christian Howard Promo
Furin1994 promo

Jaime Herrera Promo
Absolumterror Promo
shadanouk

Omar Hernandez Promo
ldawb Promo

A few words from @streetfighterlegacy:

@streetfighterlegacy is an online fan blog that originated on Instagram back in January 2015, and has since moved to other platforms like Twitter and Facebook too. We are the largest Street Fighter account on Instagram with currently 48.6K followers, and growing every day. Our main focus is a daily dose of Street Fighter goodness through art, gameplay, FGC, news, products and of course the odd giveaway working closely with companies like NSURGO, Bigboystoys_HK, Multiverse Studios, Numbskull Designs, Mustertbrand to name just a few.

As the 30th Anniversary was rapidly approaching, I felt we needed to celebrate in style. As my inbox fills up with artwork from our users daily for reposting, I decided to set a challenge to our followers to create an online art tribute. This tribute will only available online and will be FREE for everyone to view. For the moment, we will not be producing any physical copies.

Our ethos for this was all-inclusiveness. So, every person that submitted a piece that adhered to the rules was included. (Rules being that it had to be “family friendly,” that it was not a redraw or reproduction of existing art and created specifically for this project, and not available online before.) I didn’t want this to be elitist. Everyone was welcome, no matter of style or skill level. This has brought in a wide rage of art.

Our cover was designed by one of our community members Tei Lee (@zonknuckle). She is a young and upcoming artist based out of Hawaii. We approached her early on to create a cover and she did an amazing job, that set an amazing tone for the rest of the book.

I had reached out to Christian Howard to be part of it in the early stages, asking him to potentially submit something, even if it was just a stick man. To my surprise, he is quite the artist and explained he had studied art (is there nothing he can’t do?). He submitted 4 pieces for the book, and this lead me to asking if he would write a forward and introduction.

As stated on the first page, this was really a community effort, by the fans for the fans and as the 25th celebration motto was “I AM STREET FIGHTER,” I have revised and remixed this for the 30th Anniversary: “WE ARE STREET FIGHTER.” Not to get overly political, but in the current world climate, having something that unifies us (even if it’s just the love of Street Fighter) is a beautiful thing. If anything over my last 2-year journey with this blog has taught me, that there are some truly amazing Street Fighter fans across this globe, all with their own story to tell, and I hope in part this book celebrates that.

Go check out the full digital artbook on issuu.com!

Teil Lee Cover

Source: @streetfighterlegacy

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– Dead By Daylight – Deluxe Edition Sweepstakes

MMORPG.com has 30 copies of Dead By Daylight Deluxe Edition to give away to our community! Get your key to this terrifying and unique 4×1 horror game where one player takes on the role of the savage Killer, and the other four players play as Survivors, trying to escape the Killer and avoid being caught and killed. Enter this sweepstakes now for a chance to win a Steam Key!

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Dissida Final Fantasy NT developers talk story mode and more with IGN at Gamescom 2017

We’ve finally got a release date for Dissidia Final Fantasy NT, complete with pre-order bonuses, a season pass, and high-quality fan-pleasing merchandise. Demonstrating that there is still more to come for their fantastic 3-on-3 fighting game, developers Ichiro Hazama and Takeo Kujiraoka sat down with IGN for a playful and informative interview at Gamescom 2017.

While high-resolution footage of Dissida NT plays in the background, the developers explain how there will more to the game than just the high-energy team battles we’ve seen so far. Without spoiling too much, they talk of different match types that will have varying rules and switch up the standard search-and-destroy format, and also reveal that there will be a continuous story that connects all of the characters to Dissidia’s “New Tale.”

Dissidia Final Fantasy NT comes out on PlayStation 4 on January 30th, 2018. Check out the fan Gamescom interview below, and click here to read up an all of the pre-order details.

Source: IGN

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Ed Boon tweets out the first in-game look at Black Manta in Injustice 2

Earlier this week at Gamescom 2017, NetherRealm Studios finally revealed the next 3 DLC characters that will be coming to Injustice 2 as part of Fighter Pack 2. The first new fighter we will be receiving is Black Manta. Aquaman’s arch-nemesis will be bringing his large assortment of weapons to the battlefield when he arrives in September; we see him equipped with shoulder rocket launchers, as well as his signature harpoon gun in the trailer. In order to build up more hype for his official gameplay reveal this Sunday, August 27th, at 4:00 PM PT, Ed Boon has tweeted out our first in-game screenshot of Manta.

Set within the Slaughter Swamp stage, he is blasting Swamp Thing with eye lasers from his helmet, similar to Predator’s Plasma Shots from his Hish-Qu-Ten variation, seemingly implying that he could be a strong zoning character. Regardless, all will be revealed on Sunday night. You can see the tweet and photo below.

Are you excited about Black Manta being confirmed for Injustice 2 — potentially with a zoning-heavy gameplan — or are you hoping he’ll be more of an offensive, vortex-heavy character to stand out as a larger contrast to Aquaman’s more defensive-wall style of play? Or do you want him to be something else entirely? Give us your thoughts and predictions in the comments below, and don’t forget to tune in Sunday night for his official gameplay reveal at https://www.twitch.tv/netherrealm.

Source: Ed Boon (Twitter)