Month: September 2017

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Capcom Fighters talks to Problem X about his CPT win streak, going pro, and succeeding with Bison

Europe’s last Premier event before its Regional Finals — EGX 2017 — saw Mousesports’ Problem X defending the house from both continental and global threats. Capcom’s Matt Edwards was able to catch up with arguably world’s best Bison both before and after his third consecutive CPT win, to talk all things Street Fighter V.

Problem X recently quit his day job to pursue Street Fighter full-time, and that extra practice looks to be paying off. It certainly needed when you play a character like Bison, who requires considerable “mental strength” to play properly, according to Problem X. He is determined to rock out with solo Bison going forward, hoping that continued exposure to bad match-ups will cause him to improve. Cammy is the only character that he would consider swapping off Bison for, but that’s a last resort.

As for what he wants for Bison in a potential third season of Street Fighter V, Problem X would like to see Psycho Crusher return as a special move — only accessible when the dictator is in V-Trigger.

Problem X is guaranteed a spot in Capcom Cup 2017 after his EGX win, and he is currently ranked eighth with 1132 points. With Milan Games Week this weekend, he has the potential to gain even better seeding within the final 32-player bracket.

Source: Capcom Fighters

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Injustice 2’s October update brings bug fixes and new Legendary Multiverses

The October update for Injustice 2 is now live, bringing with it a myriad of bug fixes for both characters and stages — as well as opening new Legendary Multiverses — while also making the newest level of Gear slightly easier to obtain.

Arkham Asylum, Atlantis, Metropolis, and the Red Sun Prison have seen adjustments to remove bugs that would allow players to go outside the stage’s natural environment boundaries, as well as a hitbox adjustment on bomb placements utilized by Gadget characters. Superman will also now remain inside the Red Son Prison should players decided to use the Bizarro Premier Skin!

The requirements for obtaining Legendary Gear have been slightly reduced, as now players will only need 1,000 and 3,000 minutes played with each character to complete Legendary Multiverse Events, and the “sacrifice Gear” requirements now accept both Rare or Epic items. Base stats for Legendary Gear have also been increased, and new Legendary Multiverses are now open for Black Adam, Brainiac, Catwoman, Deadshot, Flash, Scarecrow and Supergirl.

A new “Punish” icon has been added to gameplay where applicable, while Aquman, Black Manta, Blue Beetle, Captain Cold, Darkseid, Deadshot, Dr. Fate, Red Hood, Supergirl, Starfire and Swamp Thing received various bug fixes.

As for the minor balance adjustments, Bane’s Legendary Straight Damage Augment now causes damage scaling based on his total health, with 5% for Venom Level 1, 12% for Venom Level 2 and 25% for Venom Level 3. Superman has lost throw immunity on both his  MeterBurned Super Breath, and can now be thrown during the  recovery of his B1 and F2D1 string. Firestorm’s Heat Wave/B3 has had its hit region adjusted against certain crouching characters, who could previously low profile it. You can read the full patch notes for yourself below.

OCTOBER UPDATE

General Gameplay fixes

  • General stability and Online stability improvements
  • Move list corrections and improvements to AI logic
  • Increased the Base Stats on Legendary items
  • Legendary Multiverse Portals are now available for Black Adam, Brainiac, Catwoman, Deadshot, Flash, Scarecrow, and Supergirl
  • Reduced the “minutes played with” requirements in Legendary Multiverse Events from 3000 & 7000 to 1000 & 3000 respectively
  • The “sacrifice gear” requirements in Legendary Multiverse Events now uses Rare or Epic items
  • Fixes and Tweaks to some Character Tutorials
  • When you are hit during the recovery frames of a move or an attack the gameplay message will display “Punish” instead of “Counter” where applicable
  • Added dynamic shadows to some character items which were missing them
  • Adjusted the hit region of bomb type Environment Interactions
  • Fixed rare bug that could some attacks to have abnormal recovery when hitting Flash while he has Speed Zone character power active with specific timing

Stage Specific Fixes

  • Arkham Asylum – Fixed a bug which allowed the bus door interaction to sometimes be swung towards in the wrong direction
  • Atlantis – Fix a rare bug when using the console slam interaction which could result in the opponent being out of the environment boundaries
  • Metropolis – Fixed a bug that could allow movement outside of the environment boundaries after using electronic sign interaction under certain circumstances
  • Red Sun Prison – Fixed an issue with gadget and power characters being able to use a console interaction at the same time causing a misaligned hit region
  • Red Sun Prison – The cooldown on laser interaction will no longer sometimes immediately reset when interrupted
  • Red Sun Prison – Fixed a visual bug causing the laser interaction’s effects to become misaligned when repeatedly interrupted
  • Red Sun Prison – Superman will now still be in the background prison if Bizarro Premier skin is used

Character Specific Fixes

  • Aquaman – Fixed a bug that could cause his trident to briefly appear in the wrong hand after missing with a some Environment Interactions
  • Bane – Legendary Straight Damage Augment now causes damage that scales based on total health. The amount is now 5% for Venom level 1, 12% for Venom level 2, and 25% for Venom level 3
  • Black Manta – Fixes to Character Tutorial
  • Black Manta – Fixed a bug which was causing the stat scaling on a few Rare quality items to roll higher than intended
  • Blue Beetle – Fixed a bug allowing Legendary Character Power meter to sometimes keep recharging when not intended
  • Captain Cold – Fixed a rare bug that allowed characters dying from Frozen Tips damage under certain circumstances to leave arena boundaries
  • Darkseid – Fixed a bug that could cause Explosive Parademon to spawn in the foreground in rare circumstances
  • Dr. Fate – Fixed visual effects following Dr. Fate if he is punished by a cross-up after missing with his Super move
  • Deadshot – Fix a bug which could result in a lingering empty clip from his end of round win animation
  • Firestorm – Fixed an issue with the hit region on Heat Wave (Away + Hard) against some crouching characters
  • Red Hood – Fixed a bug which was causing the stat scaling on a few Rare quality items to roll higher than intended
  • Supergirl – Fixed a bug causing cancelling into Air Lasers and buffering down or back to cost double Character Power meter when input with a specific timing
  • Superman – (Away + Light) and (Towards + Medium, Down + Light) are no longer throw immune for part of their recovery frames
  • Superman – Super Breath no longer becomes throw immune when MeterBurned
  • Superman – Intro Cinematics will now play correctly when the full “House El” Epic Gear Set was worn along with the Bizarro Premier Skin
  • Starfire – Fixed a bug which was causing the stat scaling on a few Rare quality items to roll higher than intended
  • Sub-Zero – Fixed a bug which was causing the stat scaling on a few Rare quality items to roll higher than intended
  • Swamp Thing – Fix to some lingering visual effects when (Away + Hard) and Bio-Fission MeterBurn are interrupted
  • Swamp Thing – Abigail’s Garden visual effects will now work correctly against Starfire
  • Swamp Thing – Fixed bug causing Harley Quinn to face the wrong way when losing a round to Abigail’s Garden damage while performing Tantrum Stance

Additionally, Raiden and his Black Lightning Premier Skin have been added to the game ahead of their upcoming release next month. New Shaders are also available for all base roster characters.

Source: WB Games

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– Blizzard Releases the Battle.Net App for Android & iOS

For about as long as anyone can remember, players have been asking for a mobile app that allows them to chat with their Battle.Net friends. Blizzard has finally come through for Android and iOS users with the new Battle.Net app. The app lets you chat with friends, see what games they’re playing and add new friends as well. In short, other than launching games, it functions pretty much like the desktop application.

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– Blizzard Releases the Battle.Net App for Android

For about as long as anyone can remember, players have been asking for a mobile app that allows them to chat with their Battle.Net friends. Blizzard has finally come through for Android users with the new Battle.Net app. The iOS version does not yet seem to be out. The app lets you chat with friends, see what games they’re playing and add new friends as well. In short, other than launching games, it functions pretty much like the desktop application.

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– Middle-Earth Shadow of War Memorial DLC to be Free to All, Warner Bros. to Donate Directly to the Family

After an eruption of controversy surrounding the Middle-Earth: Shadow of War Forthog Orc-Slayer DLC to honor Mike “Forthog” Forgey who passed away from cancer earlier in the summer, Warner Bros. has had a change of heart. The controversy began when it came to light that donations would only be given through purchases made in the US and only from certain states. In addition, purchases of the DLC outside the US would not be eligible for the donation to Forgey’s family.

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Decidueye tech roundup for Pokkén Tournament DX: Glitches, combos, Bolimar’s SCR top 8 appearance, and more

Of all the new characters in Pokkén Tournament DX, the one most shrouded in mystery was the high flying console-exclusive Decidueye. With less then a week out in the wild, the community has already scored some impressive tech and tournament footage from a major. Let’s take a look!

21 Hits has a great breakdown of several advanced Decidueye combo paths in Duel.

For field phase, though, check out Bolimar’s 3-day old, tournament-ready Decidueye at SCR 2017’s top 8! In the first round he shows off a 184-damage wall combo in Field phase from a command grab — an odd sight in the Pokkén universe, for sure.

ZyflairGriffane has a great anti-throw combo when Decidueye’s back’s to the wall…

… and a practical example of Decidueye’s Ghost Dashes, a surprising mechanic from a character as mobile as the Ghost Owl. For comparison’s sake, Gengar and Chandelure are the other characters with this mechanic.

It’s not all good news for the new bird in town, though. StDxALLISTER shows of a strange bug that prevents Decidueye from command-grabbing a Lucario near the wall, if they are in high stance.

Evo champ tonosama721 found that the cross-up hitbox of Decidueye’s panic button, 4A (Frenzied Plant), does an absurd amount of damage. Beware, teleport characters!

To finish it off, check out some mid-combo cross-ups and re-wall splats courtesy of Swillo & BimmyQuestion!

 

Sources: StDxALLISTER; ZyflairGriffane; tonosama721; Swillo & BimmyQuestion; SF5 Secret Channel; 21 Hits

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Get ready to battle in Britain again with Street Fighter V’s new “English Manor” stage theme

The latest stage to blast out of the past has an appropriately reminiscent theme.

Street Fighter V is getting a big content update today, which includes (among lots and lots of costumes…) Cammy’s classic Super Street Fighter II level remade for the current game as the English Manor stage. The update isn’t fully live yet (servers are still down) but Xuses has pulled the theme out for us to have a listen. As a version of Cammy’s theme, it sounds much more like her classic theme arrangement than more modern versions, appropriately.

Source: XusesGB