Month: October 2017

The first and current UFC flyweight champion Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson stopped by the Body Count Fighting studios to play Marvel vs Capcom:Infinite and talk about his career in both the UFC and on Twitch.

Equal parts interview and play session, Demetrious professes his love of leveling up against the competition, which is good since he’s playing against MvC:I Pro”Priest”. But, it’s his experience and parallels between competing in traditional sports and esports that really elevate this interview. Demetrious drops some valuable insight on the balance between competitive skill versus branding: “The hardest thing for some streamers is that they’re good at games, but they aren’t personable.”

Source: Body Count Fighting

Did you buy Tekken 7 solely for the New Japan Pro Wrestling collaboration? If so, you may have thought their cross-promotion was going to begin and end with the Bullet Club costumes and King’s Kazuchika Okada outfit.

Well, that’s not the case. Tekken 7: Fated Retribution is getting a title update that adds a new Hiroshi Tanahashi outfit and “Rage Art” for Lars Alexandersson. Lars’s new “Rage Art” is Tanahashi’s signature “Sling Blade” finisher, and every time you pick Tanahashi’s outfit you’ll hear his “LOVE&ENERGY” theme song. There’s also some new Bullet Club Shirts in the update for various cast members, as well as Tanahashi-themed player cards.

The title update will hit arcades on November 18th. While there is no official date set for consoles, we do still have two DLC characters to go. Perhaps Lars Tanahashi will be  packaged with Geese’s arrival? We won’t know until a further announcement, but until then: Go Ace!

Source: tekkenchannel, tekken official

 

 

Electric Wind God Vids is back with a quick stress test to the cast’s sidewalk ability in Tekken 7.

It is important to understand that sidewalk and sidestep fundamentally behave differently, and one may be preferable to the other depending upon the character you play. Always make sure you test your own character’s evasion options versus the situation you’re having trouble with in training mode. If you’re still a little cloudy on how evasion works in Tekken, be sure to check out our step tutorial video here.

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Tokido’s tape measure giveaway isn’t the only Street Fighter-related raffle you can enter right now! Paul Johnson, the one-man animation studio behind the “TIE Fighter” animated short, has turned his sights to a Street Fighter-themed project. You can try for a chance to be a part of it; all you have to do is retweet this message below before October 31st:

Retweet to raffle YOUR FACE appearing in my Street Fighter film.Ends OCT 31!
リツイートすれば、宝くじでSTREETFIGHTER動画に、君の顔が出演するチャンスがあるぞ！
締め切り日は31 OCT! pic.twitter.com/uOtShghP32

— Paul Johnson (@OtaKing77077) October 20, 2017

Judging from the in-progress footage of the scene already up on YouTube, it’s safe to guess that the winner will likely receive the honor of getting bodied by M. Bison’s Psycho Power.

Source: OtaKing77077

Early August saw competitors clash in Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2, Tekken 7, Mortal Kombat XL, and Injustice 2 (as part of the Injustice 2 Pro Series) in Vienna, Austria at viennality 2017! For those of us that couldn’t make it to the event, viennality offers this brief documentary video showcasing the FGC experience that was viennality 2017 — featuring interviews with event founders, organizers, and professional players. Check out out below.

You can also check out the full results of the tournament here.

Source: Viennality FGC