Month: September 2017

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See pros battle in Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite with Tasty Steve’s PAX West footage

PAX West recently wrapped up last weekend in Seattle, Washington, and Capcom was on-hand with the latest build of Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite for fans to get their hands on.

UltraChenTV’s “Tasty” Steve Scott was fortunately able to capture several matches between Marvel veterans from days both old and new, to give fans a taste of some of the action they can expect in just 10 days time. There are several characters used here, with several notable names showing their stuff in this brand new title. You can check out all of the action yourself in the match videos below.

Mike D (Strider Hiryu/Doctor Strange – Time) vs. GOL|Ranmasama (Haggar/Dormammu – Time)

Mike D (Jedah/Dormammu – Soul) vs. Rocket Racoon/Arthur – Power

Gamora/Dante – Space vs. Bv|Kyle P (Captain Marvel/Jedah – Reality)

Circa|Jibrill (Zero/Haggar – Reality) vs. GOL|Ranmasama (Haggar/Dormammu – Time)

Mike D (X/Iron Man – Soul) vs. Bv|Kyle P (Spencer/Jedah – Reality)

Mike D (Gamora/Spider-Man – Power) vs. Bv|Kyle P (Nova/Jedah – Soul)

Mike D (Morrigan/Thor – Space) vs. Circa|Jibrill (Zero/Haggar – Reality)

Circa|Jibrill (Zero/Haggar – Reality) vs. KillerKai (Thor/Spencer – Power)

Mike D (Strider Hiryu/Doctor Strange – Time) vs. Circa|Jibrill (Zero/Haggar – Reality)

Mike D (Strider Hiryu/Doctor Strange – Time) vs. KillerKai (Chris/Dante – Soul)

What did you think of these matches? Did they give you some ideas you’re looking forward to implementing yourself come release day? Let us know in the comments.

Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite will be released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Steam PC in North America and Europe on September 19th. A Japanese release on the same platforms will follow on September 21st.

Source: Steve Scott

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Menat’s orb and V-Trigger glitch can cause CPU opponents to stop attacking in Street Fighter V

As Street Fighter V‘s fifth Season 2 DLC character continues to make waves with players, a strange glitch involving her crystal ball has surfaced that allows the “Eyes Of The Future” to cause her AI opponents to stop all attacks against her.

Looygi has discovered that, when facing CPU foes, placing the crystal ball with Menat’s Soul Sphere will cause her computer-controlled adversaries to immediately cease all forms of offense. Instead of attacking, they will simply begin shimmying forward and backward around the stage. However, once Menat retrieves her ball with Soul Sphere: Ankh, the computer will immediately snap right back into action and resume fighting.

This strange phenomenon can also occur when Menat activates her V-Trigger, Wisdom Of Thoth, which summons six additional orbs around her body that are individually tied to each of the six attack buttons. This will cause the same ceasefire effect with the computer until all 6 orbs are released, which will then snap them back into the fight. Looygi tested all of this against a Zangief set at CPU Level 8, noting that this glitch works best at higher difficulty settings.

For those wondering if this can be utilized to breeze your way through Survival Mode with Menat, looygi said the following in the video’s comments. “Yes it does [work in Survival Mode]. The problem is that it works better on higher difficulty, but in Survival the CPU level is kind of random. So you can use this bug on Survival too, but it’s still not going to be easy to complete.” You can see the full video demonstrating the glitch below.

It will be interesting to see if Capcom patches this out when the final Season 2 DLC character arrives later this year. Give us your thoughts on this strange glitch in the comments below.

Source: looygi

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Project M’s Backroom have released a brand new tier list for PM 3.6

While development ended almost two years, the competitive Project M scene shows no sign of stopping. The meta is starting to reach a place of equilibrium, now is a good a time as any for the Project M backroom to release a new tier list. There are still characters who have the potential to rise up — one only needs to look at the success of ThundeRzReiGN and his DK — but the top tiers of PM have more or less been decided.

As a result, this tier list is less of a definitive “these are the best characters now and forever”, and more of a symbol of the current Project M meta. Things will change and expect 2018’s list to have its own quirks and changes. In the abstract accompanying the tier list release, the PMBR notes factors like Falco’s fall down the tier list and the rise of DK, along with other points of contention among the panelists. You can read these full thoughts over on the Smashboards post, as well as see the full list of panelists. The tier list is as follows:

PM Tier List 3.6 2017

In comparison to last year’s list, ROB has fallen 20 places from A Tier to C Tier, while characters like the Ice Climbers and Sonic have seen a huge leap up. Meta Knight and Wolf have successfully booted Fox and Diddy from S Tier, while Bowser and Kirby still languish in the depths of bottom tier.

If you’re interested in learning more about Project M and its tumultuous history, keep your eyes out for Rewrite: The Project M documentary which is scheduled for release in 2018.

Source: Smashboards

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Your wish for more Dragon Ball FighterZ gameplay is granted with vids from Maximilian and Tasty Steve

The hype and anticipation for Dragon Ball FighterZ is reaching critical mass, with the game’s closed beta being just beyond the horizon. Though we’ve seen plenty of footage and character breakdowns since Gamescom 2017 — including an ESL tournament — we’ve still got gameplay coming down the pipe, as DBFZ was playable at both GameStop Expo and PAX West. As he did with some high-level Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite matches, UltraChenTV’s “Tasty” Steve Scott was on the scene to capture some great high-level DBFZ footage from some notable names in the fighting game community. You can check out the matches below:

Tasty Steve (Krillin/Future Trunks/Goku) vs. BT|Koogy (Android 18/Piccolo/Android 16) Match 1

Tasty Steve (Krillin/Future Trunks/Goku) vs. BT|Koogy (Android 18/Android 16/Piccolo)

BT|Koogy (Android 18/Android 16/Piccolo) vs. CoffeeAngel (Future Trunks/Krillin/Android 18)

TastySteve (Krillin/Future Trunks/Goku) vs. BT|Koogy (Android 18/Piccolo/Android 16)

Tatsu (Perfect Cell/Vegeta/Android 16) vs. Nakkiel (Android 18/Frieza/Vegeta) in a 2-out-of-3 Set

Tatsu (Perfect Cell/Vegeta/Android 16) vs. Circa|Jibrill (Goku/Vegeta/Piccolo) in a 2-out-of-3 Set

Tasty Steve (Gohan/Vegeta/Goku) vs. Tatsu (Perfect Cell/Vegeta/Android 16) in a 2-out-of-3 Set

Finally, we’ve also got some more footage of Maximilian Dood battling developers at Bandai Namco Entertainment’s U.S. offices, as he puts his team of Future Trunks/Perfect Cell/Android 16 through the ringer.

Dragon Ball FighterZ is scheduled for a February 2018 release on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Steam PC, in both standard and CollectorZ Editions. Sign-ups for the game’s closed beta test can be found here, which will run from September 16-17th, with a series of three four-hour sessions each day. An open beta is planned for sometime in January 2018.

Sources: Steve Scott; Maximilian Dood

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Woolie’s “Tale’s From The Loser’s Bracket” tackles Tekken fundamentals with guest Rami “Potatobrain” Nuseir

Rami “Potatobrain” Nuseir was, during the Tekken Tag Tournament 2 days, easily Canada’s best player. That’s why his appearance on Woolie’s (of Super Best Friends fame) talk show “Tale’s From The Loser’s Bracket” seems out of place: for a show billing itself as “A fighting game show for everyone stuck in the middle”, Rami certainly isn’t.

Not that his appearance isn’t welcome! This 30-minute+ podcast is dense with great information for new and experienced players alike. Rami talks about the surge of players in the Tekken community, parallels between 2D and 3D, and gives valuable advice to 2D heads on what adjustments they’ll need to make way in the 3D sub-genre.

Source: WoolieVersus