Month: October 2017

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Lord of the Rings Online – Gord Downie Memorialized in LOTRO

One of Canada’s most celebrated personalities died earlier this week. Gord Downie was a member of The Tragically Hip and passed away from brain cancer on October 17th. In a poignant new blog post, Lead World Builder Chris Pierson has written about Downie’s influence on his work on the game and more. To celebrate Downie’s life, he has been memorialized in Lord of the Rings Online, playing the part of Garthebir, the Fortress Keeper, a balding, hat-wearing minstrel.

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Dead or Alive 5 Last Round’s community-designed Halloween costumes are now available for download

All Hallow’s Eve is almost upon us, and for Team NINJA, that means yet another batch of Halloween costumes for Dead or Alive 5 Last Round. As with the previous Halloween costume sets, 2017’s batch is made up of various designs from the community itself.

For those not familiar with the contest, every May, Team NINJA holds a competition for DOA5 Last Round fans, to design their own Halloween-themed costumes for their favorite characters (except for guest character Mai Shiranui). The winners of this competition get their designs added into the game as paid DLC costumes.

For those interested in catching a glimpse of the winning costumes, Team NINJA has released the following trailer:

In addition to this, Team NINJA has also released a special costume for Marie Rose, based on the game Opoona, to celebrate 10,000,000 downloads of the free-to-play version of the game, Dead or Alive 5 Last Round: Core Fighters. The costume is free (for a limited time) for all PlayStation Plus and Xbox Live Gold subscribers.

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Dead or Alive 5 Last Round‘s Halloween costumes for 2017 are now available for purchase on PlayStation Network, Xbox Live, and Steam. Meanwhile, the special Marie Rose Opoona costume is available for download only until November 8!

Source: Team NINJA

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Guile eSports signs Pokkén Tournament and Injustice 2 pro Tyrone “Son Dula” Pinckney

Another Pokkén player has scored a sponsorship. Tyrone “Son Dula” Pinckney may be hail from New Jersey, but this Sceptile main has caught the eye of UK based Guile eSports, joining their fighting game roster alongside Injustice 2 pros “Cupcake” and “King Raj.”

It’s likely that this affiliation with Injustice 2 led to his signing, as he recently placed 5th at the Puerto Rico major First Attack 2017. Despite this, his focus seems to be exclusively on Pokkén Tournament DX, judging by both his own profile, and Guile’s:

Source: Guile eSports